The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-11

This was for awhile taken as evidence of
devoutness, but eventually it became a
nuisance, and he was requested to be less
NOISY or stay away from the meetings. He
would take neither course, and was there
fore arrested on a charge of disturbing
the peace. He regards himself as a chris
tan martyr, and will not give bail, prefer
ring to languish in jail until his trial.
Rapid progress is being made in the res
toration of the ancient Abbey church of
Minister, IN Sheppy, England, which is said
TO be the oldest sacred building but one in
the kingdom, and it is expected that the
work will be completed next month.
The fight between Brooks and Love, at
Logan, Ohio lasted more than an hour
They began by throwing bits of wood;
they then used stones, and finally fired
from behind cover with pistols. Twenty
shots were exchanged, and both men were
mOrtally wounded.
leading Lincolnshire England paper
contained the other day advertisements of
ffty-seven farms to let. In many counties
there are farms which would be let at lease
with no rent for the first year or two and
at a greatly reduced rate afterwards, pro-
vided the tenant would undertake to culti-
vate them properly.
The central station for the carrier
pigeons kept by the German Government
for use in the event of war, is at Cologne
in disused monastery The keeper and
offices are located on the ground floor, and
above is a huge pigeon cote. The birds
are kept in training by being sent on regu-
lar journeys, short in winter. They are
all reared at Cologne, and thence despatch
ed to Mayence, Strasberg and Metz. The
central station is connected with Berlin by
intermediate relays.
& The F'reemdn's Journal (Dublin) SAYS:
s'The more we study and attempt to mas
ter the Land bill the more we become inn
pressed with the marvellous ability it dis
PLAYS. We can well understand how it re-
quired twenty three several draughts before
the measure satisfied its author 1t is, we
say without hesitation a great measure.
1t is, based upon true principles, which
fully, even generously, recognize the rights
of the Irish tenants. Mr.. Gladstone
deserves the thanks and the admiration of
the Irish people"
The late Bishop Wilberforce mentions in
one of his letters that Mrs. Norton, meet
ing him at Sir Sterling Maxwell's, after
ward her husband, she told him that she
once asked the Duke of Wellington to
allow her to dedicate him some military
eristic: 'Very sorry to be obliged to
refuse but have made it rule to have
nothing dedicated to me, and have kept it
in every instance, though as Chancellor of
the University of Oxford and in other
situations much exposed to authors
A little boy in Ballachalish, Scotland,
who was never taught anything of arith-
metic, possessed an extraordinary intuitive
mastery over figures. Getting hold the
other day writes visitor, ''of large
slate, we figured question in simple addi- |
ton, of nine columns and with sixteen |
figures to the column. We ordered him in !
Gaelic to add up the sum. This he did in
a few seconds. He seemed to add column |
after column in the usual way, but with |
rapidity, muttering the addi-
tiOn to himself in a soft, bee-ike hum, un- |
til the sum total was reached. 1t was the |
same in the most difficult questions of |
compound addition, though where he got |
the knowledge of the money table, indis |
pensable in the working out of such sums |
neither father nor anybody else could tell |
The chaplain of the Illinois Legislature |
prayed that God would give the members
more wisdom and greater promptitude" "
The Maine chaplain during the recent |
deadlock, cried out 90 Lord. have com
passion on our bewildered Representatives /
and Senators. They have been sitting and /
sitting, and have Matched nothing. o Lord! |
let them arise from their nest and go home, I
and all the praise shall be Thine The I
Pennsylvania chaplain recently prayed:
GIVE these lawmakers, o God, more brains |
more brans-morc brains!'
Lord Beaconsfield had a strange swift /
ness in utilizing the best ideas of other
people The saying to which he gave ut |
terance during the speech on Candahar that !
the key to India was London" is claimed |
by Prince LobanOff as one of his own, ut
tered in a conversation he had had with /
Lord Beaconsfield about fortnight before. |
Some of the memorable phrases of his early |
speeches, such as sublime commOnplaccs"
and others applied to Sir Robert Peel, may
be found in the first volume Of Fraser, and .
some others Of his phrases are taken from
Rufus Choate, whom he greatly admired