The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-30
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Philadelphia claims to be the candy
renter Of the universe.
The hop yield of Puget Sound, B. c.,
is estimated at 100000 pounds.
American homemade pie, now ap-
pears on the bills of fare of London hotels
Mr. Emo the fugitive b ank president,
has leased house in Quebec at $1,000 a
year.
Since the outbreak of the cholera in It.
ally, 13, 220 persons have been attacked and
| Q, $50 died
Fred Schultz, living at Jerseyville, Ills. +,
Saturday night shot his wife, and then shot
and killed himself
John Wren, dealer in dry goods at
Springfield, Ohio, failed, with liabilities of
800 900; assets $4,000.
Ehler & Co s sash and blind factory,
| and McCracken's tile-wofks, at Cincinnati,
were damaged $4,000 by fire.
The Niagara Falls are utilized by an
| electric light company at Buffalo as their
| water-power, with great success.
Terry Gilman, of Springfield, Ills, was
| shot and killed by a stranger Saturday night
Win Whom ne nai a dispute.
In the boat-race between Jake Gaudaur
| and George Hosmer, near st. Louis, the
former won aud has issued a challenge &c
Ross.
Premier Gladstone talks very rapidly on
the stump One of his recent speeches in
| Scotland contains IL 800 words, and was de
| iivered in one hour and thirty five minutes
George w Weaver, publisher of The
lion IN. W Citizen, printed his paper
recently with type which was set by type
setting machine. An electric motor fur
nished the press power.
Lady Dufferin, the wife of the British
ambassador at Constantinople raised $4,000
for charity in single year, and managed its
| distribution. She devoteS nearly all her time
to work among the poor people.
The funeral of the late John w. Gar
rett took place Sunday Many prominent
people, together with IL, 900 citizens of Balti
more, were present at the cemetery to pay
the last tribute of respect to the deceased.
The oldest English church now stand
ing in America is said to be in Isle of Wight
county, Virginia, between Smithfeld and
Suffolk. 1t was probably built in 1882 1t
walls and tower are still strong, and promise
to remain for long time Il Come.
A perfect opal, with movable drop in
the center, was found Oh the Pescaderc
beach, California, a few days ago. Severa
| irregular pieces with drops Of water in then
have been picked up on the beach, but it il
believed this is the first of the kind evel
| found there
| Having lost the whole of both legs il
the war, and subsequently, living in poverty
for twenty -one years on his pension, Nash
vile man hit upon the idea of making side
show curiosity of himsely by attaching de
| ceptive wax feet to his stumps and figuring
as Il freak Of nature He is now prosperous
| In the family of Mr. Pettiiohn, living
near Prescott, Walla Walla county, W. T..
are ten children whose average height i
six and and one-half feet and average weigh
is PA pounds; this includes two children no
grown. There are seven sons and thret
daughters. One boy II years old is sever
feet high and weighs 265 pounds
Left hand penmanship is now taught il
a number of American schools The method
of instruction is to make the pupil write hi
name in pencil and then so over it with
pen held in the left hand After dom thi
for some time the writer is able 10 WI . hi
| signature without the aid of the penailet
| copy. This is kept up until a sufficient de
gree of proficiency is obtained.