The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-23
ALL SORTS.


marriage to two young men, and APP
pointed the same day and hour for
both. At the last moment she made
her choice.
The whole of Russia is to subscribe
TO the expiatory church TO be built on
the spot where the car was assassin
ated, and st. Petersburg has thus far
given $50, 900.
In the vicinity of Big Hole, NJ. T.,
the bears unearthed large number of
Indian skeletons, and have strewn the
ground with bones. 1t is probably the
scene of an old battlefield.
The apartments of the Princess Jur-
jewska, in st. Petersburg, are hung
with black cloth, and she is said to dine
off black porcelain. The princess
drives daily to the fortress of Peter
Paul to pray at the tomb of the late
emperor.
The famous old English schools,
Elton and Harrow, Rugby and Win
chester, are constantly full to overflow
ing, although their cost constantly in
creases. Oxford and Cambridge were
never so crowded with students as now.
Saratoga complains of a legion of
genteel loafers, who spit over the YER
andas, stare at ladies, occupy the best
seats, and constantly remind decent
people of the fact that the American
loafer was never matched for impu-
dence.
On Dec. IL last, at Stockton, one An
tone Paravagnia shot himself in the
head. The ball lodged in his brain,
and has never been extracted, but, con-
trary to all surgical predictions and ex-
perience, he still lives and is in good
health.
Mrs Catherine Hall, of Louisville,
KY, is suing fora divorce and alimony,
alleging that her husband, who is worth
$4,000 and has a large monthly in
come, refuses to supply her with suf-
ficient food to support life. They were
married in November, 1877.
The church organ at Primghar was
taken to dance and made to grind out
terpsichorean music, and upon its re-
turn to the church Preacher Beebe
bounced it ont, declaring that the in
strument had been defiled and could
no longer do duty in the sanctuary.
The work of education in Armenia
will hereafter be promoted by special
society. This society has just been
formed in London, and has a numer-
Gus and distinguished committee. The
first meeting was held a few days ago
under the presidency of the late dean
of Westminster.
The Shoshone fails of the Snake riv-
er are two hundred feet high. A few
days since boat containing one white
man and two Cinnamon was caught in
the rapids and carried like an arrow
over the cataract. OF the boat, splint-
ers of wood were afterward found; but
of the men nothing.
One thousand two hundred employees
of the Old Colony railroad have been
examined for color blindness, in COM
pliance with the Massachusetts, law, and
over forty engineers, fremen, conduc-
tors, and others have been dismissed
because they have defective sight. OF
this number is Conductor Cowan, who
has taken tickets for thirty-two years
and never had an accident happen to
his train.
A member of the Carleton Club, of
London, was so uncivil to the club
servants that they appealed to the
Governing Committee. The member
was censured, and not expelled. One
gentleman who took his part said
that no member of the Carleton Club
should be expelled unless he cheated
at cards or was follower of Mr.. Glad
stone.
A month before the Guiteau crime,
the Mobile Register gave utterance to
the following = what must now be
looked upon as starelingly prophetic
words: lit may not be inappropriate
to seriously advise Mr.. Garfield to see
to thorough cleaning of the drains in
the White House, to vigorous scour-
ing of all copper cooking vessels,
and to the prompt confinement of all
insane persons stirring around with
Gu ont off anu YO,.afayt for
too sudden qualifying of his sue
cessor."
The passage on the fine clipper ships
from Melbourne to London, seventy to
eighty days, is only $3.50, and 4 writer
in London paper suggests the excur-
sion as mode for families with fixed
incomes to retrench, as the living Is
good, the trip health-giving, and there
is no means of spending money. 1t is
further suggested that girls might thus
pick up husbands.
Prof. Unthank, of Tucson. is alleged
to have in his possession q brick taken
from the great wall of China. The
treasure is 4x12x16 inches, is composed
of gray clay, and is as hard as granite.
There are said to be several similar
bricks vet remaining in the wall for
any hardy antiquarian who can obtain
them, but as there is a rigorous Chinese
law against the demolition of the an
cient barrier, the only way to smuggle
brick out of the country is to bring
it in ones hat. For this service some
Americans are peculiarly well fitted by
years of daily training.
In 1870 George Miller died in Sacra-
mento. His widow held the title to a
cemetery lot, and the body of the de-
ceased was buried in that vicinity.
Later it was found that the grave had
been dug on the wrong lot, and the
owner of the latter tract, under diree-
ton of the proper officials. had Miller's
body removed to another part OF the
cemetery. When this occurrence be-
came known, the widow, Feroniea
Miller, sued the city of Sacramento for
&c., 900 damages. The case dragged
its weary way through the courts for
several years, and recently decided in
favor of the defendant
The silver plate for insertion in the
granite panel which will represent Ne
Vada in the Washington monument is
one-sixteenth of an inch thick, about
six inches wide, and twenty-seven inch
es long. 1t was rolled at the Carson
mint, and it's silver value is that OF six
ty-four standard dollars. 'tNevada"