Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-29

the belle Of Sandy Mush this season. To
see her moisten her pink finger and
paste one of our large purple top or low
dwarf leas is well worth seasick and
choppy T de over the nebular and gum
my roads Of Buncombe county. Her re-
ported engagement TO Mr.. George Van
derbilt and other celebrated men of
Buncombe county was denied by Miss
Weary almost before the report started.
She will remain here till frost, and pos
sibly conl uct a Delsarte class for the
colored people of Gethseminy.
Miss Pearl Pfootfer is suInmering at
the Blue River House. east of Monroe
Glasscocks place and west of the Swan
anoa river. She appeared yesterday
evening in tennis suit and climbed
sourwood tree twenty-seven feet high.
She is wearing this season a navy blue
Isle thread hose, with ornate alarm
clocks on same. Miss Pfooffer is great
favorite at her home in East Hypochon-
dria, Fla. Her mother is with her, and
thoughtlessly told Us this in an unguard-
ed moment
Mr.. Plum Levi, the Patton avenue
prince Of harbers, spent week with US
recently, bringing his family. Plum
has made almost a national reputation
as prompr and painless post mortem
barber.
Miss Clan lestine Wartz met up with
a serious accident while riding Monroe
TushmaEer's claybank mare Emulsion
last --eek. 1t was at or near the foot of
Mount Busbee, on the Hendersonville
road, and it seemed ike the mare sat
down on a chinkopin burr by the road
side TO think over her past life and pass
resolutions regarding her policy for the
future. Ma1dened by the pain, the
spirited animal, with dilated nostrils
and erect tai, flashing it ever and anon
10 and fro across her chest and stomach,
undertook To climb 4 curly poplar tree
with her shoes on. She had not, there
fore, assembled more than twenty feet
with her young mistress when she lost
her grip and fell the entire distance,
falling on her fair burden and bursting
her surcingle Cher own surcingle, we
meanL Miss Wartz was greatly shocked,
and as soon as possible pushed the IN
wieldy brute off, as IT was lying across
her chest at the time. Miss Wartz is
| one of the best equestrian riders of South
Tincture, Ala, but says that where the
horses are mostly prehensile and people
! have to climb ices to get around mud
| hole 1t is time to call u halt.
| Apropos of the afore item, Mr.. Recon-
pense Stillwago IN laid on our table yes
terday dead colt, for which ne will
| please accept thanks. 1t only lived a
few days, he said, but is most peculiar
formation. NJ. Stillwagon says that he
has seen a number of these anomalies
within the past few years, which shows,
as he goes on to state. that the North
Carolina horse gradually changing to
meet the demands of his surroundings.
| Special attention Is attracted toward the
tail, which is like that of the opossum,
enabling the animal TO hang by 1t from
a tree while the wagon Is being drawn
from the road, or possibly to swing from
| bough to bough where the roads are i'm
| passable. Mr.. Stillwagon says that the
time is not far distant when no one will
use the roads at all. Many do not use
them already. The time is coming. he
claims, when the Buncombe county road
will only be used by people who have
Ueen SIun8 NOlHlLlt5 Is 50 SOOlllilS W q
sting as mud, he says, and some day
when you see nan sitting in the road
Up to his armpits you will know that he
has been recently stang and is engaged
il applying one Of our justly celebrated
roads to himself.
Mss Phoebe Beebe, of Caesars Head,
was at the dance here night before last,
and did not miss a dance. She danced
almost exclusively with her escort.
who, it is understood, is doing chores
for his board at her fathers place. She
was unusually gay, and rather chaffed
some of her lady friends who had no
steady company. Miss Beebe was well
dressed, and looked like she was a doll
She wore long angel sleeves, which
hung down like the wet narrative Of a
baby elephant. The floor manager said
she was as light OF the floor as anybody
he ever see, and as piquant as all get
out. She went home about o'clock,