The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-25

LIZ tlc bc1OtHOflC OGpdTbI10Ib "a IuO
Philadelphia local telegraph company,
recently, a telegraph wire and one used
for electricity came in contact. A great
burst of flame ensued, the lady operators
screamed and fed, and the fire extin-
guishers were called into use to check
the flames arising from the ignited wood
work of the room.
President Grevy can ssturn ON his
theatre or his opera whenever he likes,
and sitting quietly at home in the Elysee
can hear all the first artists of his coun-
try He has telephone connection
with the Opera, the Theatre Francois,
and the Opera Comique, and the voices
are heard in his yellow drawing groom
as clearly and distinctly as in those
theatres.
The saying s.as rich as Jew is COM
planned of by the Jesoish Messenger as
misleading at present, even if it ever
had any justification. The wealth of
the Jews in New York is greatly over
estimated, according to his authority,
for 1.-The vast majority are in moderate
circumstances, few only are million
aires, and many thousands are actually
dependent on the charity of their more
fortunate brethren"
A young man proposed for the hand
of beautiful girl. AS she hesitated
about answering, he said: I await
your answer with bated breath The
girl, who is good deal of humorist,
said: well, Mr.. Man, you will have
to bait your breath with something be-
sides highwines and hmburger cheese to
catch your humble servant. Good even
ing.''
There is at least one man in Maine
who might make his fortune in Wall
street Several years ago Baptist So
ciety was formed near Brunswick, and
a church edifice was purchased and
moved to a convenient site. The man
employed to perform the work of re-
moval- whether one of the deacons or
not does not appear bought number
of the pews at small price, got up
religious excitement in the village, and
when it was at its height closed out his
purchase at a profit of $500
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Queen, writes: -'Parisians read
very little in comparison with London
ers.. The newspapers, though numer-
Gus, are limited in volume; that univer-
sal Petit Journal hardly contains as
much as two columns of the Times.
Weekly literature does not extend be-
yond the comic and illustrated press.
The monthlies may be told off on the
fingers of the two hands
DR.. Brown-Sequard, OF Paris. is the
grandson of Irish emigrants to America,
and the son of an American naval officer
who was probably lnassstcIed by pirates,
and of a French Creole l;sdy. He was
born in tire Mauritius, where he learned
to speak French as q child and English
as a school-hoy. There is the warmth
II L.
entific facts which he IS always trying
to master appear to feed his fancy as
well as to enrich his intellect.
The railway up Vesuvius, known as
the FHnicolare, is a French undertake
ing. 1t was started from q capital of
972, 900 and costs "a, 900 a year to main
tain. In fifteen years the company ex-
pect to realize the entire capital, and as
the lease from the government runs
thirty years, there will remain fifteen
years for profits, which are estimated at
ten per cent after the working expenses
are taken out. The company is insured
in five French houses at If. per 1,000f.
No English house was willing to insure
it under 10f. Everything about the
road is said to be well managed. At
the top there is a restaurant, and a good
one.
A tramp who wandered about the
eastern counties of Connecticut was re-
markably ugly and apparently sixty
years old, his hair and beard being
streaked with white. He was sue
cessful beggar, his hideous appearance
exciting pity. One day a woman at
Preston refused to give him dinner,
and he angrily assaulted her, throwing
off his air of feebleness and knocking
her down with great vigor. Being ar
rested, washed, and dressed in clean
clothes it was found that his hair was
artifcially whitened, that his decrepi-
tude was all assumed, and that his age
was not over 30.