Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-15
NOTES, HIRE AND THERE.

Beauty without grace is hook without
bait Tdlieyrand.
The eyes of other people are the eyes that
ruin us.-FrankliH.
The Baptist Sunday School had charm
ing excursion yesterday.
Q. NJ. Osborn, Eco, offers a house for
sale. See Advertisement.
A desirable second hand article-A
young, rich, and amiable widow.
God warns the earth with snow can be
not also warm the soul with grief2
Gen. James Shields made speech for
Greeley, at SsdAia, Missouri, on Thursday
Hon. John B. Hawley, member of Con.
gress, arrived at his home in this city last
evening.
Don't feet, for fresting, instead OF relev-
ing from trouble, will lay on you heavier
burdens.
Gov. Yarmouth, of Louisiana, has de-
elined proposal to join the Grant ring
be sticks for Greeley.
It is the water outside the ship tha. losses
it about, but it is the water that goes into
the ship that sinks it.
The repentance that is delayed into old
age is but too often a regret for The inabili-
ty to commit more sins.
The ladies Of the Baptist church, in Mo.
line, received sl66 for strawberries and
cream, the other evening.
Mrs. John A. Logan, OF Mibn, drowned
herself aud child, las. Thursday evening
Domestic troubles are supposed to be the
cause.
Congress re-sppropriated an unexpended
balance OF $4,000 in the 1871 appropria-
ton for the Government bridge st this
point.
A Lafayette lady played it fine at circus
recently exhibited in that city. She preteu-
ded to faint, and got nine glasses of lemon
ade Tree.
No man is SO poor that he has not Friends
whose happiness is linked with his fate, and
whose hearts will be wrunQ with anguish e.
bis punishment or bis suffering.
When one is always striving to please self
there is often a dearih OF WAYS aud means
Bu. let an effort be made to please others
aud what variety of avenues are opened
Col. Nick" BarweIl, of Princeton, has
sied at the post office in that place 8
notice Offering to bet 500, that Oglesby
will cot carry Bureau county at the ne1r
election.
Student little faulty 10 pron1eiSIioul 60
"Did you ever read the story of Psyche
miss o. Miss-"Oh yes Yoa mean Bill
that horT.d character 10 Oliver Twist
Wasn't il a pity about his dear little dog 2
A call is published 10 the Aledo Banner
numerously sigued by Republicans, iusitiui
a. i beral Republicans 10 Mercer county {
meet at Aleddo 90 the 18th and consult to
ge.her. and take such measures as may b
$ deemed advisable in the present politics
condition Of the country
The foIlowing pathetic note WAS pickle
u2 on Danoury, Conn, street: "Dea
Jane i hope you sin't mad because didu
lat at you when ycu lated a, me last even
ing at the pest ofhs. ] Aint Prowd, dea
Jane. but I've got bile under my arm, en-
! cant lnff as l used to IS Heaven is m
Judge Yours, truly, Henry"
"a bov, as Gait Hamilton SAYS, sis
. natural savage" He delights IN breaking
things aud CON hitting gener2i havoc. o.
the contrary, girls iustiIc, IS 10 the drec
tion Of besuiy and adorument. While be-
brother is breaking windows or demolisbius
chairs. she Is smoothing her dolls ribbons
or arranging her owo
, The River aud Harbor bill passed b,
3 Congress, contained an appropriation 0
. $4,000 for the 'iursber improvement o
e the Rock Island rapids of the Mississipy
e river" For the Ksokuk rapids. $500. O0
: was appropriated for dredge and sns
. boats on the Upper Mississippi, $4,000
for the Mississippi river between the mouth
Of Illinois and Missouri rivers, 50, 900
The lamps on the spans Of the new brldg
are being hung By John Rove. They ar
sixteen in number, aud are obong GLOBE
pendant from copper rehsctors-no fran
pAues IS is the case with our street lamps
There is one at each end, aud one IN tn
center, Of every sPan-alternstiug as t.
sides. The lamps on the draw span and Of
the south a5utment are OF the same patterl
but their light will be from kerose 1
lamps with Argaud burners The lamps q
the spans are hung on the inside Of II
posts aud IN such manner shst they wi
illuminate carriage way ana sidewalk
equally. At night these rows Of lamps W.
give the bridge n beautiful appearauca