The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-12
PERSONAL.

travelling through the south.
Gen. Butler intends to make only one
speech in the Massachusetts canvass.
A. HI. Stephens Georgia audiences al
ways contain large proportion of women.
The Cnristiancy scandal ended by the
granting of divorce to the ex-senator on
account of the desertioE of his wife.
Erastus Corning. of New York, owns
$130,O00 collection of orchids. and Jay
Gould has collection worth 100000.
Jay Hubbell says that his chances as
a candidate for Ferry's seat in the United
States senate "are daily growing better"
Gen. T. G. Baylor, of Jefferson coun-
ty, Virginia, owns the sabre which John
Brown wore when captured at Harper's
Ferry.
Mayor Baker, of New Orleans, is in New
York gathering attractions for the Mardi
Gras festivities in the former city next
February.
M. Sailor, the veteran financial editor of
the Philadelphia Public Ledger, who lately
retired from that position, will draw his
full salary for life.
Senator Stewart, the Independent Re-
publican candidate for governor of
Pennsylvania, speakes four nights in
each week, and expects to poll 10000
votes.
A Spectator of New York has offered
Professor Huxley 800 for each of two
hundred lectures on popular science, to he
delivered in this country in 1888 and 1884.
1t is reported in New York that Jay
Gould is worth 500, 100000, and that he
is about to retire from stock jobbing, and
take the presidency of the Western Union
telegraph company.
Fred L. Martin, of Toledo, obtained
from the probate judge thirty two certified
copies of his marriage license. to be used
in collecting policies in marriage endow-.
ment associations.
The ex-Empress Eugenie has bought
chateau and park in Syria for $500, 900,
and it is no secret that she quits England
in anger at the attentions shewn to Cete-
wayo, whom she hates for the death of
her son in Africa.
John W. Dorsey, of star route nOtoriety,
is visiting his old home at Middlebury,
Vermont. A local paper remarks that he
does not look as happy as he did when he
eral years agao.
Khedive is a very old Arabic title form
erly translated king" for English read
ers, but disused for long series of years.
1t was revived by Ismael /. In the order
of precedence it is higher than viceroy, but
not so high as sultan.
Sir Garnet Wolseley calls war cores
pondents of newspapers CHOSE newly in
vented curses to armies" 1t would be
more eminently fitting should Sir Garnet
thank the correspondents for making all
they could out of this pretty little two-cent
war.
In the German military maneuvres this
year the Crown Princess rode at the head
of the regiment of Hussars of which she is
honorary colonel. She wore the regula-
ton uniform, except that a skirt took
the place of trousers, and instead of a
sword she carried riding whip sword
wise. i
Kings and Princes are getting down now
adays to the same prosaic, bnsiness-like
ways of thinking and doing as other NOR
tails. Oscar III, sovereign of Sweden and
Norway, being about TO undertake Jour
new TO the latter country, has had his life
insured in favor of the family for the sum
of 600. 900 crowns.
When Mr.. Blaine reported the proceed
ings of the Maine senate for the Kenne-
bee journal. in his youth, he educated his
to keep the roll-call of one or
more bills in his mind without writing
them down till he went home, so that fl
nally he could remember as many as five
votes on different bills, and
write them out several hours after they
were given.
Gen. b. F. Butler is wanted at Warm |
Springs, Virginia. Judge John Critcher, |
ex-member of congress of Virginia, has |
entered suit against Mr.. Butler to GUST |
him from the possession of Al, 1000 acres of |
land on the Cow Pasture river in that sec
ton, and the court has issued a rule |
against the would-be governor of Massa-
chusetts to pay Virginia visit this month
and protect his interests.
DIR. Lamson had his life insured for $5
600, and prior to his arrest on the charge
of poisoning his brother-in-law only one
premium had been paid. Immediately be-
fore his conviction DIR Lamson assigned the
policy absolutely to w. A. Mills, the solic-
itor by whom he was defended. and direct
ed that the money be used to cover the
balance of the costs of the defence. Some
wears ago the honse of lords decided that
under circumstances like those of the Lam
son case policy was void, even though
the policy provides that death at the hands
of Justice shall not vitiate. In spite of this,
however, the company have decided to pay
the full amount of the policy, although
there seems to be no doubt that they might
have successfully resisted payment.
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