The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-05

The Rev, J. V. Douglass OF Lynn.
Mass, under bail for several offences, has
run away and left his bondsmen to pay.
Two young women in Carthage, Mo.
1.-THE local calls them ladies J, cowhided
their uncle in the street because he had
criticised their conduct.
"A man was crushed by a heavy
wagon iy Aurora, Nov, and left writhing
10 agony. His companion, reasoning that
he could not recover that it would be mer-
ciful to end his suffering, deliberately shot
him through his heart.
Jones. the man who was recently tarr-
ed and teathered iu Reno, Cal. spends
most of his time reading the hotel regis
ters in San Francisco. He carries two
loaded revolvers, and will talk with
nobody. 1t is surmised that he is in
sane.
Russia is compelled to economic in
many quarters, as a result of the late war.
| Among other retrench ments the funds an.
nually allotted for the construction of the
University of Siberia. and for the repair
of Siberian post roads are withheld.
The Holly system of heating houses
with steam sent through street mains has
just been established 10 Springfield, Mass.
/ where gas company has bought the
right. Springfield is the second city to
try it. Lockport, N. Y, having been the
first.
"A son of ex-Mayo. Stevens of Cam
bridge was engaged to marry one of the
bellies of that city, bat on the day appoint
ed for the weddiog, after extensive prepa-
rations had been made, and many guests
had already arrived, he declared that he
had changed his mind.
The first case taken 10 hand BIZ the
Boston Union for Christian Work was that
of family of six persons, who were with
out work, food, or fuel. Their immediate
wants were supplied, and $40 was left
with them. They spent most Of the
money IN a carriage ride OF the following
day.
"A miner was riding up on an eleva.
tor 10 Nevada shaft. One of his hands
caught IN the frame work of the side, and
he was left dangling 1000 feet from the
bottom. His plight was not discovered
until the elevator reached the surface
without MIN. He was SO weak, after being
rescued. that he could not stand.
Notwithstanding the dullness o.
trade in England, building is particularly
active at present in London. Whole
streets aud quarters are pulled down anc
replaced by more expensive buildings. A
the same time there are more houses
floors, and officers to rent than ever Ii
some portions of the city fully twenty PEI
cent. Of the available space seems to b,
unoccupied.
-Beecher is advertised as follows b,
| the managers of Maryland fair: "Thr
{ wonderful man, Beecher writer
f and logician-will ass1redly be 10 Cum Der
S land, and deliver the address at the fair
/ The managers hava engaged him at al
enormous outlay, but we are assured tina
: it is money well invested, as thousand
: will be drawn to hear the remarkabl
man.
Charles Gilbert has been in the Con
necticut State prison thirteen years on
life sentence for murder. The truth no,
}. comes out that he was only guilty of
2 knowledge of the crime. his father beiu
q the actual murderer. The son would nc
speak until after the death of the father
} 1t is believed that. as he had been punsit
2 ed enough for his complicty, be will
]. pardoned,
s The Greek Archbishop of Smyrn
. was almost fatally wounded the other da
+, by man desiring to be married. TIL
D latter, upon being informed by the prelat
Is that, among the formaIities to be compile
i With, the consent of the parents was indi,
! pensable, stabbed him three times an
fed. At last accounts the archbisho
9 was IN a precarious condition, and th
y assassin had not been captured.
i At dinner recently given in Par
j. by Emile de Girrrdin to the Russia
). Grand Dlke Constantine, Arsene Hou:
sage offered a toast in praise of wine
. Mile. Sarah Barnhardt, the actress, re
piled by a toast to water, and closed he
eulogy by quoting the Duchess de Lor
gueviile, who once said: What a Dit
that it is not sin to drink water!" Th
Il lady thought that little sin always adde
; zest to an enjoyment.
q Michael Evans, treasurer of Sout
: Chicago, has just been acquitted after
: long trial on the charge of stealing th
o public money; but the verdict was ger
= eral surprise, and the Judge set it asid
- as contrary to law and evidence, saying
: 1T is an absurdity most unprecedented.
q One of the jurors subsequently said
: I'VE didn't think the judge was right o
. the law, and SO we decided the case accord
= ing to our own ideas"