The Rock Island Argus., 1884-09-29
THE NEWS IN eHlEk,

Counterfeit standard dollars are In cir.
culation in Arizona.
A West Point Ga, couple were married
on horseback last week.
The University of Mississippi is free to
all the world, and to both sexes.
Kirk" Bennett, a veteran sporting man,
died Friday at Baltimore, aged 70.
A man by the name of Husband was
married in Hartford the other day.
1t is quite probable that Frank Hatton
will be appointed postmaster general
Gath says The New York Times has no
larger circulation now than before it changed
its price from to cents.
Dakota is the only territory that pays a
revenue to the postofiice department, and
there are only ten states that do
A half mile of the trestle bridge across
Lake Ponchartrain was burned, which pre-
vents the running of trains for several days.
1t is reported that Judge Gresham will
succeed Justice Bradley on the bench of the
supreme court of the United States in few
mon tbs.
Mrs. Victoria Hulskamp, nee Morosini,
absolutely refuses to make a show of her
self by going on the stage, or acting as a
clerk in New York store.
In bidding farewell to his Midlothian
constituents who have received him so en-
Enthusiastically, Mr. Gladstone said the peers
ought to be very careful and study the best
means to prevent the overthrow of their
order
League ball games Friday were: Provi-
dence 8, Chicago 3; New York Buffalo tie,
each; Detroit o. Boston S; Philadelphia de-
feated Cleveland The Providence club now
has lead for the pennant that cannot be
overcome.
Two fish factories at Crisfield, Md, en-
ploy eighty men, who daily catch on an
average of As, 900 fish, mostly alewives. The
oil derived from the fish is disposed of at 81
cents per gallon, and the scrap is made into
phosphate which brings S}5 per ton.
Miss Welton, wealthy young lady OF
New York, was frozen to death in a snow
storm on Longs Peak, in Colorado. She
assembled the mountain with guide, but
the storm coming on he went for assistance,
and when he returned found her dead.
A man in Hamilton, Ga, has written
for a divorce to the governor of the state be-
cause he says he doesn't wish TO give law.
yer $15 for one His letter closes as follows:
please see about this rite off, and doant
waite until after am ded befoor you let me
hear from you"
Groceries in England are 16 per cent.
cheaper than in the United States; but
meat, butter, eggs, and vegetables are 23 per
cent dearer. House-rent in provincial Eng.
land is only about half what it is in Boston
in London it is about two-thirds. Altogether
the cost of living in England is II per cent
lower than in the United States.
Six of the largest photographs in the
world were recently sent from Washington
to the Cincinnati exhibition. They represent
the different prominent buildings of Wash
ington and are five feet wide by seven feet
long. They are taken on a rough paper very
much like that used for drawings and water
colors, and it is said will Withstand the fierc
est rays of the sun,
Seth A. Tuley, IA clerk in the postotfice de
partment was arrested for violating the bank
rupt law of Indiana, and later it was learned
that he was also wanted for attempting to
defraud an insurance company, taking out q
policy, then departing for Texas, where he
changed his name to Philip Nolan. his wife
subsequently applying for the insurance on
the plea that her husband had been drowned