The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-17

match occurring at the rI1e range 10 this
city.
The Philadelphia North american
calls the attention of the Postmaster Gen
eral to the fact that Scent stamp be,
comes a sent stamp after the letter is
mailed.
Rev. E. G. Barnard, chaplain of the
18th, battalion, and pastor of the Congre-
gatlonal church, Moline. has sent an invi
tation to the Rodman Rifles to- attend his
church on Sunday evening.
William Lloyd Garrison's will gives
$500 to each of his grandchildren, and be-
queaths the remainder of his property to
bis five children, to be equally divided. He
left an estate valued at about SIC, 1000.
Jimmy Corcoran. for long while
with s. Stader, and more recently of the
Rock Island House barber shop, has rented
the store on the corner of 10th street and
End avenue, and will open up tomorrow.
"A Canada editor refused to be knight
ed by the Marquis of Lorne. He was wise.
There are enough be'nighted editors in
Canada already, judging from their pap
ers.-NOTTlStOaU Herald
There was once man in Louisiana
who could Mt tell lie. He was trans
lent viSitor-exceedingly transient. They
killed and scalped him three minutes after
he reached the State Buffalo Express.
| The military companies of Moline are
agitating the armory question. 1t requires
something more than agitation-the way
! to do it is to build, and it certainly would
tbe credit to Moline to assist her citizen
soldiery literally.
Davis, who ran against Lon McClain
for collector, in April last, will contest the
latters election Tue case was to have
been heard to-day but was postponed until
tomorrow when it will probably be heard
8 before the county court.
DIR. "Bull-Run" Russell has severed
! his connection with the London Times, af-
: ter thirty -eight years service. His age
is 81 years, and he has gone into South
Africa with General WolseIey to cores
pond with the London Telegraph.
The New York Commercial ADDER
tiSer says that ''the correct style of the
C thing now before entering upon the mar
ried state is to have ones blood examined
by microscopic. If either party carries
: about an inferior style of gore the mar
rage should be stopped.
t "A few of the soldiers on the border
, are clamoring for the eight-hour system
of service. At present they are expected
y to be ready to stand guard or fight Indians
j if necessary, every hour in the day. The
day of no hardships is very slow coming
along.
Proctor Knott's late effort at humor-
! Ious speaking is designated by the New
York Herald as ''duIl. heavy, and clumsi-
y written" Pat Donan has evidently
Z Withdrawn his support from Proctor. and
the latter is Knott-otherwise spelled
''naught"
The great funeral of the year 10 Phil
adelphia was that of Major George r..
Mcguire, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Or
der of Elks, held yesterday. Lodges
from Plttsburg, Boston, New York, BaIti-
more, st. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago
were in attendance.
The army officers to be retired on &C
count of age are Major General L. D..
Townsend, Adjutant General; Major Gen
eral Randolph B. Marcy, Inspector Gen
eral; Major General NJ. G. Meigs, Quar-
termaster General; Major General Joseph
K. Barnes. Surgeon General; and Briga-
der General Benjamin Alyord, Paymas-
ter General.
States Attorney Parmeuter returned
from Cambridge last evening but went
back again this morning. He does not
think it will take great while to secure a
Jury in the Bernard Heeney case. A
number of persons here have been sub
peue1 for the defense who have not the
remotest idea for what purpose they are
wanted.
The Rock Island gun club will have
shooting match at the club park on Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, at which it is
expected number of crack shots from
Geneseo, Davenport and other places will
be present. The new patent explosive
ball will be used, said by all who have
practiced with them to be far superior to
the ordinary glass balls.
Mr.. Spurgeon." says the London
Ne'cs' has been gifted by nature with a
voice distinctly audible at the edge of a
crowd of 10000 persons 10 the open air
and his perfect astery of his owe Ian
guage is never marred and spoiled, as the
far inferior style of many highly educated
people is apt nowadays to be, by the uu.
seasonable intrusions of foreign idioms."
"A young Italian woman who gave nm
her good name for the friendship of the
King, Victor Emmanuel,is about to sue his
heirs for recompense he promised her
the sum of $4,000 francs. Victor En-
Emanuel, is reported to have given the