The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-27
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Mercury degrees above zero at noon.
The draw to the old bridge is being re-
moved.
The horse Brother Jonathan well
known in this city, has been sold for $l2,-
600 cash
Sleigh bells are musical on our streets,
but the sleighing would be improved by
little more snow.
The bids on building the hose houses
are to be opened at the City Council room
tomorrow noon.
n. H. Brainard, Radical P. NJ. at Iowa
City, was recently accused of theft, by the
clerks in his Office.
Sleighs crossed the river on the ice this
forenoon for the first time this season,
coming off the river near Sylvan Water
bridge.
VIM. kale is repairing his saloon and
billiard hall, which was damaged during
the recent fire, and will open on Monday
Of next week.
During Christmas services in Williams
port, n. Y, in the Baptist church, the
floor gave way and killed "A persons many
more were injured,
No examination of chimnies, stoves, fues
etc. as yet. Has the Mayor any duty to
preform, in seeing that the laws and or
ders of the City Council are enforced?
Josh Billings gives the following advice
to young men: Don't be discouraged if
your mustach don't grow; it sometimes
happens where mustach duz the best
nothing else duz so well.
1t might have been ''too much Christ
mas which caused the person who cor
reefs our weather table TO get things mixed
yesterday. The right figures were Is de
grees above, at noon, and Il above at 3
Pm
The parties who run sleichs across the
Mississippi ice bridge now keep night
Waterman at the plank walk over the open
water in order t. prevent eyil-minded
or interested parties from destroying it
\ man named James, one of Mr.
Grant loyal postmasters in iowa at Leon
clipped from that place with a Young wo-
man, for parts unknown, leaving creditors
and riied post office
The Radical postmaster of Pella. Iowa,
James H. Better, editor Of that very loyal
sheet, the Pella Blade, picked himself up
a few days ago and, in company with =
nice, virtu1uS 1amsel, music teacher, late
of Desmoines, lit ont for parts unknown
Better leares a wife and SIX children His
wife and aged mother have been rendered
almost insane by his cruel deserti1n
Thirteen deac ms at Gardner, Maine,
were enjoying a nice, quiet turkey rattle the
night before Thanksgiving in hay-mow
when one more nervous than the rest
slammed the dice box down on the top #
the halEhushel measure 81 hard that the
candle tipped over, set fire t. the hay. and
ab'u; half Of the party went home with
their eyebrows Sinsel If ana NJ pants or
coat tails to speak OF. Raffles are n,
longer popular in Maine.
Mr., Ncllyaiu' weather report, we re-
greet to say, I'D not reach Us in time fer
The WEEKLY ARGrS Of this week-bu. it
wa not his fault, for it hears the Rock i
land r1stuark II Yesterday. Three times
during this forenoon, oar messenger exam
ined our post Office box ana could not find
It--but at l p. NJ it was the first thing
which met his view, in our box. We
think the post office management must
shoulder the mistake. Hope it wont occur
again.
/ Mr. 10. the poor Indian, was wandering
about town, today, several of him, locking
as nasty, ragged and fascinating as usual.
Ii there any soft headed female reader
( If waller kiver i literature who wants 10
run away with him, 10 he Is ready-and
he will beat her and kick her out of his
/ slualil tent within a week as Is usual.
The Cincinnati Commercial speaks with
the bitterness of i person who has a griev-
ance 1t says There is hardly a ring
Of thieves in the country that has not a
newspaper partner, Hit Il public thief,
sul you will hear the squeal Of an editor.
/ The nasty little county rings throughout
this state and all the states have the regu-
lar partisan editors bribed and muzzied
This Is n5t always or often done in gross
form. Per4uisites' are employeI-the
| spoil is shared-the official adyertisin, is
carefully bestnwed-party usage Is quoted
III iust.foati n So the press is taken care
Of