The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-22

was the FINAL recipient Of she'cele6rated and
valuable Henry rife James Bfoderick, Of
the Shamrock House, drew the pistol donated
by Mr.. Channon !; Il h. Mayo Vas voted TIE
most popular dry goods man; 10. Gregg the
hand semest or best merchants clerk and
then Auctioneer Lundy, in his clear and en-
phalic way, disposed of what there was left
DR.. Gregg, in behalf of the ladies' com
| nittee, presented each of the printing offices
with a large, delicious and elegantly ornamen-
| ted cake-.the one for the ARGUS being much
the handsonest and best. II was received
BY one of our employees, Mr.. Harry G. Platt,
for the Aaeus. and it was devoured by the
bows in the office, to-day. with infinite delight,
and many thanks to the fair donors.
NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO Rock ISLAND
MEN FROM DRowNING.--On Thursday the
goth, Mr.. Elisha P. Reynolds, and Mr..
Thomas Saulpaugh, of the firm of Reynolds,
Saulpaugh l. Co., of this city, (the great
railroad and bridge contradictory were on The
ice in the great slough, at Dubuque, examin'
ing boat they wished to purchase. Both
are very large, heavy men, and Tom was
measuring the length of the boat, by step
ping it off, upon the ice, when he broke
through. Mr.. Reynolds, in endeavoring to
help him out. also broke in, and both were
in extreme danger of drowning. By holding
to the edge of the ice, they managed to keep
their beads above water, called for help, and
but for the assistance of men who came to
their relief with boards, plank. &c. &C., they
must both have persisted. Mr.. Reynolds ar
rived home the next day, and is well. Mr..
Saulpaugh is in Dubuque, suffering some
from bad cold, but otherwise well.
NEVER CoRREcTs MIsTAKEs.-It is no
torious fact that the Rock Island and Mo-
line Union utters any quantity of Infamous
falsehoods, and, when they are exposed, never
corrects one of them. 1t goes upon the prin.
ciple that "a lie well stuck to is as good as the
truth"-that somebody will believe its false.
hoods and that, to correct them would cause
its claquers to stop their mouths. Yester'
day morning it charged that the tax sale
notice should have been published only three
times, that the city printers published it four
times without authority and thus 'swindled''
the city. We showed that the city charter
requires four publications; that it was or
dered by the collector to be published four
times that the whole proceedings agains,
delinquent tax payers would have been He
gal unless the list was published four times
and that the bill was audited and recommen-
ded by Alderman Halves, the Unions polit'
ical friend. But that paper makes no cor
rection, probably preferring to have its
friends repeat the libel, while it loses the
respect of all minded men,
BURGLARIors ATTEMPT AT JAMES NJ. BU.
FoRD's HoUsE.-About o'clock this morn
ing tho 22d) as Policeman Woods was com.
ing up Illinois street, on his rounds, when
opposite the residence of James NJ. Buford
cashier LIST National Bank, he heard noise
in his yard, on the east side of his house
and in endeavoring to ascertain its cause he
discovered two men at one of the windows
attempting an entrance. He made q rush
for them and they broke for the alley, jump
ed the fence and ran for the river, and prob
ably for Davenport. Policeman Woods was
close upon them, ordering them to halt, and
firing upon them rapidly. As he was doing
this he himself was fred upon twice By a
third party, from or near the old log house,
one ball coming near him, striking the blinds,
breaking the glass, throwing splinters in his
face and lodging in the window sash. Mr..
Buford has the ball This morning, at the
front door, Mr.. Buford found two old iron
keys, a small butchers steel or ice pick, and
few ounces of powder, in a paper. Who
ever they were, they are great bunglers n,
their business, and even if they had effected
an entrance could have secured nothing IN
les perhaps watch or some trinkets from
the house.