The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-14
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About one couple in sixteen marie,
In Vermont are divorced.
Mr.. John W. Tiff, the dead Cattl,
hing OF Colorado, leaves an estate valued
at over $1,000
"A Young woman about "a wears n
age, named Lena Burbridge, of Morrison
I'LL committed suicide, on Tuesday of las
week atCedar Rapids. by taking poison.
>, When a tramp arrives at Dallas
Iexas, he is taken in charge and mt r.
work on farm which the city has bouOht
for the purpose
during the present packing season
Cnicago pork packers have Slaughtered
z,iol' 900 hogs. against 1,43O,757 for the
same period last season. ' Tux
Trains began on the 5th To RIM h
tween Cairo and st. Louis over the ra;,r
and st Louis Railroad, which has beer; II
condition of suspended animation since
last Fall. A''o" sln'e
New York boys stand on the street cor.
ners holding out pamphlets and savir o
Please. mister. buy a sermon on he'll )
and if the passer by refuses thew -,
him to go there. '0
They are having such Indifferent
success in checking petty crimes in Shelby.
vllie' N.Y., that largely signed petition TO,
the reestablishment of the whiopinp most
mas been sent to the Legislature.
"A new disease has broken out among
the hogs at Riggsville. I'll. A number
OF nogs that died of the new disease have
oeen dlssected, and the conclusion arrived
at Is that it is disease of the lungs.
The New York Legislature 10 holding
Its hundred and.frst session, the New JERSEY
Legislature its hundred and second, and
IN March the Vermont Legislature will
celebrate its one hundredth anniversary.
Stanley ia man who is cruel to his
most devoted friends. An African native
became so fond of him that he begged
stanley as favor to kill him and eat him.
but the hard-hearted explorer peremptoriIy
refused.
Japan has no patent laws. When a
Jap invents square cart. wheel or a
shovel shaped like hat box, he reaps no
further reward than a brass medal, which
entities him to free bath once q week.
Worcester Gazette.
The prosecution in the Rande Scott
case at Galesburg, have fully identified
hande as the man who shot Belden, much
to the surprise of the counsel for the de-
tense. Now for some trick in the supreme
court to save the fellows neck.
Denton, Tex. has a desperado of
African descent, named Joe Faust. whose
tactics are rather peculiar, Cooking 8
pistol on divine, he made him get down
on his hands and feet, bleat like a sheep.
and compelled him to butt an oak tree
until he made the acorns fall.
The Davenport Democrat saws that
DR.. Burtis has forwarded to both houses
OF the legislature a proposal to sell to the
state the old Burtis House in this civ. to-
gether with the ground upon which it
stands and the block of ground opposite,
for an asylum for the Deaf and Dumb.
Professor G. A. Blanchard, of
Wheaton College. Wheaton, ILL.,, will
deliver his lecture on Reform and
Reformers." before the Chicago Christian
Association, next Tuesday evening. Feb.
II, in Carpenter Hall, 221 West Madison
street. Admission free, Every body invited
to attend.
-When certain young ladies step down
from street Car why do they think it
necessary to wriggle and twist and bob the
head like an energetic robin pecking
away at worm in the ground, and giving
the neck succession of swan like era
nings, and take little nervous clutches at
the dress folds, and systematically feel at
the hat and back hair, as they step over
the road with a jerky, hop-skip and Jump
motion, for all the world like a demented
sparrow ?-Philodelphia Times.