The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-18
NOTES, HERE AND THERE.

Clear, cold and pleasant.
The Turner fair added $500 to their
funds.
Friday night masquerade ball at Tur-
ner Hall.
The Muscatine five per cent. railway tax
has been injuncted
Editorial post masters are busy excusing
Brainerd, the recently arrested post mas
ter at Iowa City.
Hon. Hugh j. Campbell, for many years
resident of Muscatine, is president of
the Louisians fusion Senate.
Is the Clay county Ne,cs in favor of mis-
cegenation? In an article on leap year, it
says; But few days remain; carry the
war into Africa, girls.
Gen. Geo. w, Jones, of Iowa. formerly
of Fort Lafayette, is out in letter giving
in his adhesion to the Grant party. What
Office or job is he after?
We learn from the Union that after
passing the gaping mouths of numerous
coal mines, at La Sale, huge stacks of
corn adorn every station = That's a new
use for corn.
An incipient fire was discovered to- day in
the roof of the one story house on Washing
ton street, owned by Mr. Don, opposite
Field Bros store, and occupied by Mrs.
Haviland. 1t was soon axtinguished
The Democrat says: I'VE know of sew
eral women, wives of drunken husbands,
in this city, who intend to put TO the test
the new liquor law, making the liquor
dealer liable for consequential damages. -
Speaking of UNCONVENTIONAL colleges the
Dubuque Herald says, IF lot more Of
the weak and sickly colleges throughout
the State would initiate the example sci
for them by the lately deceased one al
Davenport, it would be good thing We
could name a dozen which should die, and
their death would be an infinite relief t,
the church that owns them. .
The City Council, over the river, at its
meeting held on the 4th inst, adopted {
resolution instructing the City Attorney tt
commence a suit against the Davenport
4 St. Paul Railroad Company, for the re
peal of the ordinance approved May llth
1870, on the ground that the company ha,
not complied with its requirements in rela
ton TO the location of its road
:, The petition for injunction to RESTRAIN
: NJ, L.
over the other side Of the river in accord
ance with the provisions of the ordinanc
recently adopted is 10 be filed to-day
The Gazette is certain that, if anybod,
was to make the city donation Of a pub
: lie library, somebody would ''injunct then
, from receiving it.
The Chicago Times. speaking of compe
titive examinations for army or navy stu
dents says it may be questioned whethe
an examination in arithmetic, grammar
and geography viii determine which o
the candidates is best fitted TO become
good officer of the army Some might b,
cruel enough to suggest that a foot rae
would be more useful test Of qualifca
ton for that device. "
Why don't the Union pitch into til
county officers fr not asking THE ARGU
70 bid on their advertising and job print
ing? That impecunious newspaper couldn
live day it its official pap was to be Gu
off, and yet il whnes because it cant nav
everything Take away its post office an
its county patronage and the thing woul
die of starvation If it had any regar
y for consistency it would come down heav
~ the Radical county officers for not asl
ing proposals from THE ARGUS to do the
. advertising aud job work
d THE Rock IsLAAp ARGUs.-This o.
v and staunch Democratic paper comes
\ us in an entire new dress, giving eviden,
\ that the efforts of Col Danforth To pu
/" li~h the best paper in north-western Ill
nois. are duly appreciated The Argus
published dale and weekly, and has lor