The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-01

No one of Queen Victorias daughters
has ever mixed in general society so much
as the Princess Louise this season. She
drives out with the frequency of regular
diner out, presumably for her health's
sake.
Only three members of Parliament are
still in the House who were dissolved
when William " died-Mr. Christopher
Talbot, Mr. G. P Villiers, and Mr.. Glad
stone. The Queen has the advantage of
them all in age and in the promise OF a
long life.
The Rev. Henry Knight of Clifton, Kan,
knocked down a man who expressed hope
that the President would not recover. An
eye witness estimated the weight of the
blow at $4,000 pounds. A church tribunal
will determine the gravity of the offence.
Ingenious little Billy Ryland construct
ed jack in-the-b0x, with figure of unex-
ampled hideousness, with which to amuse
his mother, in Sacramento. He sprung it
on her when she did not expect anything
of the kind, and the shock threw her into
COMMISSIONS during which she died.
A man wagered that he could crawl
through a drain 500 feet Ion. at Steuben-
vile. o. He went in through an aperture
scarcely larger than his body, and the
spectators waited an hour for him TO
emerge at the other end. But he got stuck
in the center. and had to be dug out. The
job lasted all day, and when rescued he
was almost dead.
An invention Tor easing the strain on
horses in starting horse-cars has been in six
months successful service in Boston. A
little pedal touched by the drivers foot puts
the device into operation. 1t connects the
tongue OF the car with lever, which oper-
ates a latchet, taking hold of a cogwheel on
the axle, thus easing the dead pun nearly
one-half.
The people of Wilcox, Pa, were greatly
alarmed and angered by the news that q
torpedo of nitro glycerine was to be ex-
plcded in their town by oilwell borers, and
they determined to avert the danger if pos
sible. They discovered tin cylinder in
an office, and brave volunteer carried it
to safe distance, where it was buried
deep. 1t really was case containing a
surveyors drawings.
TIE Grand Duke Nicholas, late Com
mander- in Chief Of the Russian armies in
Turkey, is living in Paris. He is accom-
panied only by doctor and one aide-de-
camp. He occupies rooms on the third
floor Of the hotel Chatham, and is living
in very retired manner. He is suffering
from nervous arrangement and says that
the recent campaign in Turkey left his
health in very unsatisfactory condition.
At a concert recently given in London
by Sir Julius Benedict Mile. Sara Berh-
hardt gave a reading Her flower covered
hat and costuming seemed to create more
surprise and pleasure than her defamation
Henry Irving, who wore no flowers in his
hat, seemed to please more by his decla-
nation, and won immense applause by a
pathetic rendering of My Uncle" accom-
panied on the piano by Sir julius.
A woman who exhorts among the ne
groes of southern Georgia wears on her
head a halo made of FURNISHED brass,
which seems to impress some of her hear
ers profoundly She tells them that it was
given to her by an angel in vision, as a
reward for her superlative piety, and is
positively the only one ever conferred up
on anybody before reaching heaven. She
claims that its possession enables her to
intercede with certainty for sinners, and
gives her miraculous power over disease.
John Sheppard, an infdel of Orion,
Neb,, built a platform alongside Metho-
dist camp meeting ground, and made daily
speeches against the doctrines preached by
the Methodist ministers. He was great
annoyance TO IDe 0uTlSlldHS, dliu 6dC tAiSd
hard to convert him, but all in vain One
day an impulsive clergyman prayed that, If
Sheppard could be silenced in no Other
way, he might be removed by death. Thai
evening the infdel died very suddenly, and
it would be difficult to convince the people
thereabouts that he was not killed in direct
answer to prayer.
Philadelphia has severe law against
selling liquor on Sunday, and of late an eff
| fort has been made to enforce it, Keepers
of beer gardens in the suburbs complain
bitterly that, while their places are relent
lessly closed. traffic in spirituous beverages
| goes on brisl1ly in Paramount Park, under
the countenance of the Park Commission
ers. The Park is the chief attraction
which this city has for strangers" says {
member of the Board, and it shall not be
managed in narrow, Puritanical spirit.
He defies the Mayor to interfere in thu
management of the Park, and says thai
temperance spies win be kicked out il
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