Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-06
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vorce.
The Aledo Record man has found bet.
ter half.
The shooting and the suehrs seasons are
both in.
Young ladies prefer newspapers that make
the most hustle.
The Moline Register Board meets for
work on the 18th.
The river 10 still Is inches above low
water mark at Quincy.
India-rubber sings pronounced Abomina-
Bile. Eschew them boys.
We learn tina, Mr.. Cox, of Hampton, kick.
ed by horse, is doing we'll.
Kate Field is q good pistol shot, and
maybe will lecture out here this winter.
Mr.. J. Swanson of this city, won an ele
CANT prize at the Davenport Fair, last eve
ming.
Change of time. The morning mail train
leaves for Chicago at s:l5 instead Of 1875 as
heretofore.
The r. 1. county s. School Convention
has been postponed until the middle Of
November.
The first international money order issued
at this city was to John Jack, $50, payable
in Scotland.
The Peoria dignitAries visited Black
Hawks Tower this morning, and went home
this afternoon.
A female barber, over the river, has retired
from business on account OF the arrival of 8
little shaver"
High winds and fogs have been botheriug
the boats. The river men have had q mean
time Of it this season
The cheering on Front street, at 8 o'clock
last evening, celebrated The return OF the
Rescue boys from the FIRE.
Elof Anderson, eleven years old, wa,
thrown from q wagon ct Minsrsville, on the
the I'd, run over, and killed.
10 the absence Of II. HAustmsn, Of No
line, on Wednesday, somebody entered hi
house and stole $50 in plumber.
This afternoon smoke could still be seeI
rising from the ruins of the Davenport Ele
vstor, as viewed from our levee.
Newspapers are getting q little caution
lately, 10 regard to innocent looking poms
provided with interesting scrossies.
Trying to do business without advertising
in the ARGUS is like winkirg at q prett
gisl through pair Of green goggles.
A fellow OF our Acquaintance was recon
mended to try concentrated lye TO take o.
dAndruf. 1t took the hair off with it.
ThA; sharp man Of The Union is "imper
tinent" in one way, at least. He steals OF
jokes and passes them off for original.
Mr.. Davenport and the R. R. NAvigatio
, Company are sGill injuncting one snothe
3 The Company seems to keep the upper hanC
A new broom sweeps clean. We're
new broom, but after while we'll get lsz,
and won't make the people laugh an
, more.
Our Water Works commissioners mes
business. The frat car load of l6 inc
water pipes have arrived here RE the Roc
D Island Road.
? We acknowledge the receipt OF ''Stst
: Prison Life, by one who has been there.
Might be . very useful book to our conteu
porAry up street
Tbs Corne. band was practising last eve
Mig, up street, and filed several squAr
acres of the surrounding atmosphere wit
meIlifuous strains.
Johnny Warner has returned from hi
trip to Chicago. Nobody missed him BIT
his girl. He's flying around again, full {
business, just the same as ever.
T The correc. Union states that Baker An
Riley had al ARRAY q, PIT. Byron the othe
day, and that Barker was stabbed. ReI
the ARGUS. His name Was Bowker.
Four horses broke out of Perry Hende,
sons farm, the other night, and were kille
on the track of the r., r. ]. & St. L. RoaC
Two of them belonged to Capt. Robinson.
We denounce that fellow in the Unio'
{ this morning. Hes wsilApvs, Al itchy
dOrulite, and q bogus hammochrysos. He
better take q dose OF Gsrgling oil, an
quit.
HurrAh for the old girls Wen bet o
, 'em every time. Six or seven Of 'em pitci
ed in and put out the Ere at Jacob Schillir
gers barn, yesterday, while the FIRE dspsr
meut was busy at Davenport
The Iowa and Illinois Central DiEtriC
Medical Association meets in this city o
the lth inst. A full attendance is expec
ed. Matters of considerable importAnc
will come before the society.
! Mr.. Jas Keller, Of Milan, adorns our sal
, tum table with an IriSh potato as big as yor
Z head . cabbage soon to be devoursd al
; q squash which We guess we'll have TO d.
lte to the Library Association.
Rock Island postals have cancelled Il
900 stamps in three months, sent 79l mis-
, ives TO the dead letter Office. issued $780,
worth of money orders. paid out $4,000 {
money orders, &c. Industrious boys
A subscriber suggests that the city Ma
shall should station . policeman at Il
= post office, every evening, to see that 81
: doors are KEEP. open. As matters now ar
it is extremely hard work to get through.
,. We stand corrected. Capt. May was q
!, only in town yesterday, but has been he
for many weeks, and intends to stay rig
!. along with u.s. That only pleases US belts
3 We like 10 see such old landmarks cireuls
: ing about.
Cheering indication Of prOspsrity-tl
8 editor Of the Union announces that he b
in his possession "a damaged one doll
! note of the Dover, New Hampshire, N
. tional Bank" Some OF his creditors hi
- better 20 for it,