The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-19
TIE NEWS IN BRIEe.

Missouri has 7s5, 122 school children. OF
whom y, - are cnlorel
a healthy l3,mcnths- old child in Bates
county, aii~s,u ri. has tire distinct head.
! totacconiat in Easton, Pa. recently
-ecety Il 3 20 pennies IL payment for a debt
Miss Rose Coghlan, the actress. has
sdoptet Il mothsriess babe, aud chrlsteaei it
AZ e Rosalini
\ babe was born at knoxville, Tenn
-ecaa.i,. which weighs only eleven ounces.
AMI 5 ja,t SIX incbes Ip.-
The average gold We'd of the mines of
Nevada cou ity. California. ranges II m S.
$1,000 - S4oJo,0oJ per year
IN English doctor asserts that person
who can move his ears at viii l. suspicious
character aud can not be trust :,
The Crouch murder case cost Jackson
county. Michig IN, s3J.U90 Tie persons I'M
plicated claim that their expen~es have been
a., 800
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining
human SKIN to graf over graduating
wounds, London physician Is using the skin
Of frog with great surca-s
John Snyder, one Of the oldest resi-
lent Of tue suburb OF Nnkin-burr, Pa.
amphatica'ly declares that the timbers in
Noah's ark were cu5 in Westmcreland
county.
Inquiries fer iron at chattanooga have
increased, and two lurnaras Eay-, b,en blown
| i. Employees in different manufactures
nave been aurmentaJ, and tic outlook is
more Cheerful
Capt Daniel Annisead, a venerable
citizen Of Nas:ina ton. - year, Id las wit
| ne sed twenty piessTl,ntitl inaurations. lie
was present at tie second inauSur1 ion Of
jefferson, an las benl at every ,rra since.
A bill was introduced in the Indiana
senate Friday proniti,rI-, ,l..l.i, Irr.Ia 10 J.
ing real estate. The judiciary committee
reported fayoring the inaetn tie postpone
| mont OF the I'LL for constitutional convcn-
ton.
It is stated that the Cisco bank failure
| 1t New York WIS ils,Lg,.U ..to Gt u tle us
| ters of John J. Cisco deciding to have the
| estate liquidatei, and Withdrawing the
amounts beqIsstiai them by their father
| from the concern.
! The question Of brandin.; cattle is again
oeln5 considered ~ Muntali4 st'#rEttE-
hide not branded will bring 81 TO $L5J more
than one side branded, and the present Gus
Tom is estimated to cost Montana breeders
| alone S1.0J0 900 year.
a 300-pound hog, owned by Farmer
| Buchanan, al Roscoe, IL, was accidentally
| turied under straw-rick last October. The
nimal was unearthed Thursday, alive, and
found to weigh but twenty five pounds, but
has increa,ei its avoirdupois materially
since its discovery.
| Three clubs of the American association
have informed the president of the National
! Base Ball league that they do not indorse
| the proposed amendment allowing Mr.
| Lucas, of st Louis, to enter the league. This
| IS construed to mean that Lucas can not be
Omitted unless the league disregards the
national agreement.
West Vifgiuians, particularly those who
| wagered that Wilsol tDemocran, for gov
ernor, would not have 5,005 majority in the
state, are disputing the returns of Randolph
county, which officially give Wilson S56 ma
iority, instead of 500 as previously an.
nounced. The belief is that. the ballots Of
Randolph county have been tempered with
and an investig alton viii be demanded