The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

8, Thirst and starvation have capsed
tne recent death of two thousand head
OF cattle in one drove at Coahu;la
Mexico. "Oiia'
The aqueduct of Washington. d
-, furnishes the city TWENTY-FIVE mil.
hours. '"'''S -iouf
At late fashionable wedding in
England the brides bouquet, composed
Oh white lilies, was large enough to fin
big wheelbarrow.
Rural Congressman will be allowed
two million bushels of seeds TO dis
tribute among their constituents this
year. Chicago Times.
"A patient in the Nevada Insane
Asylum grasped his windpipe so fiercely,
unaer the impression that frog was in
MS throat, the other day, that it re
CURED some hours to resuscitate him.
-Cryolite, mineral which is of great
value in the potash manufacture. has
been discovered in the Yellowstone
Park. Heretofore it has been obtained
only IN Grecnland.-San Francisco cat.
-Parrot-dealers of the East are max
ing money by teaching their parrots to
croak kiss me, darling" Ladies are
very fond of the feathcred tribe when
they can speak so lovingly. Chicaqo
Times.
In an English criminal trial there
are no exceptions, after verdict O.
guilty, no matter how erroneous the
law has been laid down or how ILLEGAL
the conviction, there follows no appea,
except for mercy at the Home Office
which is rarely granted.
Out of the twenty-five Boston ladic
counted on the piazza of an Isle O.,
Shoals hotel, eighteen wore eyeglasses
or spectacles, and ten had scientif,
books in their hands. The intellectual!
lty OF the place is consequently mos
pronounced. T. Mail.
The first corn crop of Mexico has
proved disastrous failure, and as the
weather has been too dry to plant TIL
second, the farmers have given up hope
OF corn harvest until next June. Thi,
will necessitate great demand for corn
raised in the United States. Chicago
| NeGS
Curious wedding cards appeared a;
Guadalaiara, Mexico, recently. The
read: The rector of the Catholic Sa
grarlo, Rev. DR.. Barbosa, acting under
authority of the Archbishop, has refused
to marry me to Irene Moreno. | hay
married her according to the civil code.
and now have the honor to offer YOU an
invitation to our house on Gale Car
men, No. 81. Gregorio Saavedra.n
Writing to q German newspaper. IA
| victim of Daltonianism, or color blind
| ness, protests against the tendency t.,
| the exclusion of the so-called color
end from lives of activity in which the
recognition of color is an element H.
declares that, although the sensation,
are different, persons afflicted with Dal
tonianism possess a distinct recognize,
of the different bands of the spectrum
and are consequently as capable of dis
tinguishing color signals from eacE
other as persons with normal vision.
While Washington was Presideu
the Congress Springs, at Saratoga. wa.
discovered by member of Congrc3
from New York, who was cunning OF
the site. There are now fifteen i
thirty springs in the vicinity, not very
different in character. The Congrce
Spring is still the most celebrated Th,
flathorn Spring, discovered about thir
teen years ago, has become its princi
pal competitor. For nearly hundre,
years Saratoga has been celebrated, ant
continues to be the most remarkable col
lection of mineral springs in the Unite
States. N Y Tribune.
1t is astonishing how much tras,
and how many things of one kind ans
another can set into a well. The publ
well on the court house square wa
cleaned OUT on Monday, and, accord
ing to Jake Davis memoranda, the fol
Lowing is list of the articles take,
from ii: Tin cups, sin cans, old shoes
AK handles, pop guns, bricks, bones
match boxes, part of chain pump, oil
hat, States. beer bottles, whisky TASKS
base ball, skull of COW. three wei
buckets well whirl, buggy shaft, YES
buckles and stone coal Gre9sSbOy
(Gn. UcrGJd.
The principal feature about Il Chin:
mans costume is the fact that nOthin
ever fits but his stockings. His clothin
consists really of three or four shirts 0
garments made after the fashion of
shirt. each opening in front and haVin
five buttons, a sacred number. Thes
buttons are never in straight row, bu
IS an,N,i ,Ip,Io holf rpnnn Al
body The outer garments have sleeve
Il foot longer than the arm, fact whic
affords abundant opportunities for theft
A Chinaman's Jackets are his the,mOn
etcr. He will say: To-day is thre
Jackets cold, and if it increases at TIL
rate tomorrow will be four or five jact
cts cold. Chicago Herald.
We think of Wyoming Territory a
a desert and of Cheyenne rs a frontic
camp, but a New Yorker lately IT
d turned from that Rocky Mountain SCI
t Element says that he found there ger
: tIemen's club rs complete as any
IS New York The members are prime
n pallv rich cattle owners, many of theT
d EnrliShmen. The club house is tilt
| minated DN bne lHCE1lucSCtnU tlcGtt
light and \ chef from Dclmonico's look
after the cuisine TurIj4h rugs, marbl
sta:;lary. fine library, rich ChandC
liers. tropical plants, etc, adorn til
interior. He also says that as clegar
equipages are to he seen every day
-. the streets of Cheyenne as in New Yorl
N J. Hcraid,
-,Johai tells story OF a gypsy whic
illustrates the happy freedom from a
the ordinary restraints of civillzatio
which characterizes the race. Th
gypsy was the happy father OF tlou
ishing progeny of twelve children, Oh
Of whom II hunter happened to shoe
70 one day, mistaking it for his more law
., full prey. 70 console the unhapr
TX father the repentant hunter gave him
o compensation in money, which !
deemed approaching adequacy from h
own point Of view, but which seemed
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