The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-16

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The best seals in the Baltimore thea
tres are Is cents: 10. Boston and PhilsdeI-
phia. 81. 49,
High back combs are very fashion
able, but the sweetest thing in combs is
the honey.comb.
We have seen PACK of cards that have
been cut several hundred times,
and yet they are whole now.-Boston
Post.
When you are seeking to get out Of
the way of mad bull, to be slow is
not to be sure Chicago Com. Adver-
User.
The right kind of man will always
have the life insured, 1t gives bis wife's
second husband a start. Louisville Cou-
rier-JoUrndl.
The nights are fast approaching when
fellow can no longer lie down beside a
fence at night and dwell in the arm Of
Morpheus,
There is man in Pittsburg who is 80
thin that window-glass company there
have hired him to cut glass with bis elbow
joint Wheeling Leader.
"A NORTH CAROLINA editor declares
that the man who will read newspaper
three or four years without paying for il
will pasture goat on the grave of his
grandfather"
What is ''old sledge," anyhow
Norestoon Herald. S'ledged TO be q
kind Of economical game of cards, some
times called Save 'em up. ~ Graphic
10 Hillsdale. Mich, serenading parties
ride about 10 wagon, in which they carry
ga organ, upon which accom- animent are
played by competent organist. That
would be decided improvement on the
brass horns and vocal screeching employ
ed by RICK Isl4nd and Moline serenaders.
The register of the Taylor House
reads: Geo. Moran aud wife Orion. "
The ceremony was performed, to-day. by
Judge Adams, and the newly married
couple left for Nebraska, The bride was
Miss Alice McCausland. of Orion. The
parties are well known in Henry county.
Over the river the greenbackers Re
solVed, Any man receiving the nominina
ton for congress should come from the
laboring classes" and then they cast theil
eagle eyes about for the horny handed sol
, of toll to bear aloft the banner of labor
and dragged from his honest and laborious
occupation.a.Mr. Streeter. net assets, 800,
000 We would say he had come from
the laboriug classes; about as far as h
could get.-BurIiaaton Daily Ha,okeye
! Henry NJ. Stanley's real name, &C
cording to the Baltimore Eoerg Saturday
is Henry NJ. Eastway. and he was born il
this city. His father was s,a C plain
The family went to E1rnpe when Herr.
c was very young, and soon afterward tn
captain died. Henry quarrelIed with bi
mother at the age of Is, and went away I
seek his fortune Other accounts max
Stanley a Welshmsn, by nam,
Rowland. IN. Y. Sun.
"A man in dilapidated clothes is said t
: have spoken as follows to San Francisc
Nea0letter reporter, at the recent mechan
les fair: "You see that case of elegan
4 silk-embroidered drawers down there: we
t'other day they had rattle, and won
!. pair of $35 drawers, white cloth worke
/. with pink rosehuds. I've got 'em on now
Y | take in the grand promenade, but thes
people look with disgust at this il
; formally off coat and blamed tart pair
g pants. They don't know what's inside
they don't know that / am halfway bette
dressed than the biggest swell here. The
don't realize that beneath this rough e.
I terror beats the noblest pair of drawer
: 10 America.