The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-02
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sta4ttSt1ufg I'll anu sfsitiltf HIS tocuts
five glass factories.
The Connellsvile. Pa. coke region
covers an area of about forty miles
wide
Murfreesboro. Tenn. ships cedar
sawdustto Chicagoto make crackle glass
with
The people of Easton. Pa. have near
~ enough money subscribed TO build
&nd lit up silk mill
Craig Co. Virginia has good slate
quarry. and is developing promising
lead mine.
Artesian wells are to he bored at cv-
cry water station along the line of the
Georgia Central railroad.
During the last fiscal year ls.074tons
of mahogany were exported from the
state of Tabasco, Mexico.
A strong competition has arisen
among the railroads for the cattle-car-
rying trade of the Shenandoah valley.
A bunch of bananas, over three feet
long, showing 250 specimens of that
delicious fruit, has been raised in Key
West
A manned brakeman sues the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad for 5000
damages for the loss of Il finger which
has involved the loss of a hand.
John Wanamaker's new residence at
Cheltenham. Montgomery county, Pa.
is the largest private residence in the
state, except Ogontz. Jay Cookies old
home.
Fine specimens of bituminous coal
have recently been obtained at Point
Loina. near San Diego, CAL. and it is
believed that valuable deposits exist
there.
ConVicts from New Mexico are kept
close and cared for in the Kansas State
peni;entiary al the rate of twenty cents
day per man.
A lawyer in Bangor Me. has brought
suit for 5000 damages against the pub
Fishers of a history OF Penobscot county,
which reported him as dead. and gave
him a complimentary obituary sketch.
Rosa Bonheurs latest picture is en-
titled The Lion ~ Home Ii is sup
posed 10 represent Stephen w. Dorsey
braced mp in front of the GilSey house
bar in New York city.
The Spanish minister to Washington
will spend the summer with his family
at Saratoga, but will not mingle in So
ciets there. Madame Barca being in
mourning for the death of her mother.
Sara-the matchless Sara Bias the
consolation of knowing that herd Anna
Ia is one of the sharpeSt men in Paris,
and the theatrical managers can no
longer take the lions share of her
= houses. as they used to do.
Philip Spever. an old man of 81 wears,
a cloth-cutter died lateiy in New York
from erysipelas resulting from the bite
of Il cat. the animal having bitten him
on the thumb when he attempted to take
her up in his arms.
According 10 official statistics Yucca
tan exported during the first months
OF this year ll,6I 1913 pounds of hene-
quen. which, placed aboard the vessels
At ) cents per pound represents a value
of $3.50, $3.50.
The ranchmen in Russian River val
lev, California, have discovered that the
white owls are destroying thousands of
the proof of which is in the
skulls and bones found Gin owls nests
broken from trees felled for wood.
Mrs NJ. NJ. Symmes, of New Orleans,
has met with more than ordinary sue
cess at silk culture: Silk cocoons lind
ready sale at 50 per pound. The lady
finds the leaves of the white mulberry
the best food for the silk-worms.
Penn Yam. N Y, IS likely soon to be- |
come the scene of aetivc boring opera !
lions for oil. A company of PennSyl- |
yania gentlemen who Have had large and |
experience in developing oil |
are expected to engage ia the |
matter.
Gen. Buford finds itdna being around |
races without taking part in them. and |
wants to leave Louisville anu go back |
10 his farm. His new creed. mingling |
religion with horse racing. has not
found favor among good people gener-
lily.
Count Won Moltke, the great field |
of Germany, represents q small |
borough in the reichstag, and is so con-
leienlious in his attention TO his duties |
Is a.depnty that he never misses a sit |
ing without reason of the most urgent |
nature.
They have a way, s'down in Ole Vir- |
sinny," of selling tramps TO the highest |
bidder. under vagrancy law, and then |
1utting them at work on railroad. By |
al means let every state pass vagrancy |
aw and sell the grand army of tramps I
o railroad and other contractors.
Considerable excitement has been t
aused BY the discovery of seam in the
ocks near Fultonville, Montgomery
county. y. Y. said TO contain valuable
The seam is twelve feet
vide, and on either side of it is solid
ime rock. The mineral has every APP
of containing lead, silver, and
old
At the close of the war two women at
lenfinll Ga hepan farming with an |