The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-21

inuian ana negro plooa, rwenty-unree
years old, has record of twelve lives
saved by him. He is justly proud of
it, but he should now be very careful
not to blast his reputation by saving
dude.-M I. Times.
Some time ago pine tree in Chester
County, S. c.. was blown down. One
limb of it was sawed up at the mill OF
Walker & Ferguson and turned out 47O
feet of lumber. The butt end of the
tree was SO large that it could not be
moved by team of six mules.-M 7.
Times
Dennis t. Cardigan, the Oldest ho-
tel clerk in America, died at the Sturte-
want House recently of apoplexy, aged
seventy years. He served as clerk in
hotels for fifty-one years in Boston. Phi
ladelphia, San Francisco and New York.
He won his fame at the st. Nicholas, in
this city.-N. Y. Herald.
The Bangor (Me.) Commercial re-
ports that President M. C. Fernald, of
the Maine State College, finds from OBJ
servation of the weather extending over
eighteen years, that Saturday is the day
on which most storms occur, and that,
contrary to the general idea, Friday is
the day on which fewest storms occur
"A young woman who is able to earn
her living in the country should hesitate
long before coming to New York to seek
employment, is the advice the San gives
correspondent, Such advice is appli,
cable to maidens who think of coming to
Boston, or any other large city. Unless
they have an exceptional chance the
country is the best place. Boston Globe.
In the city of New York alone it is
estimated that there are at present no
fewer than four hundred millionaires,
thirty of whom own from So, 900 to
$50, 600, 900 apiece, while there are about
ten who possess from $50,000,000 to
$3.50, 200, 900 each, Mr.. VIM. H. Wander
bilt standing at the head of the whole
list with the magnificent accumulation
of $200,000,000.
-''Vulgarity, pure and simple, is pre-
tending to be what you are not, says
Emily Faithful This, however, is too
sweeping 1t is considered the height OF
vulgarity for a couple on their wedding
tour to spoon" in public, although by
so doing they are only acting naturally,
while it is considered anything but vul-
gar for them to treat each other like
brother and sister, which they are not.
-Butalo Express.
| There is a man in Berrien County,
Georgia, who has not slept in house
since the war He carries his entire
wardrobe with him wherever he goes,
as well as his pantry and kitchen uten'
sis, and spends his night wherever
dark may overtake him. He is verita.
Bile curiosity. He never reads news
papers, claiming that to read the Bible
as it should be read occupies all of hi:
time. Several days since he inquired o.
the editor of a paper if Germany anG
| France were still at war, referring tt
the war of 1S70-Loaisalle Courier.
Journal.
Colonel A. Heaton Robertson, O
New Haven, Conn, has a gold watcl
which is probably nearly two hundred
years old. 1t was a present to hin
from Abram Heaton, his grand
father, who was born in 1776, ant
who remembered his father carry
ing it, as far back as he coulc
remember anything. 1t has double case
and a stop attachment, with a seeont
hand marking the.quarters. The piec'
bears the name of Liverpool maker
but the date of its manufacture is no
given. Notwithstanding its age tn
watch keeps excellent time