Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-16
NOTES. HERE AND THERE.

! A beAutiful day.
Fancy shirts at 81 white shirts at 9Oc,s.
At Livingston's.
Large quantities of hay coming into the
market nowadays. ....
The one cent postal cards will not be
ready before the middle of October.
! The nett term of the Sisters Academy,
Davenport, commences on the l9tn oil the
present month.
Edward Bendschadlsr was fined % and
costs this morning BY Magistrate Chopper,
for drunkenness.
One of Grants Postmasters saJs; ut is
a pity the slave drivers had not killed sum
uer while they were about i"
Yesterday the horses attached to one Of
the r., r. /. & ST. Louis transfer wagons
ran away in Davenport, and did cOnsdera-
BILE damsge.
Some excitement has been produced at
Upton, Iowa, by the Postmaster, W. d.
Morrow, coming out for Greeley aud max
ing preparations to start a paper
The only doub. in Connecticut will be
whether the msjority for Greeley shall be
over 1000. We are confident that it will
exceed that number.-Ne,O Haren Register.
John A Logan began his ''dirty work" in
the Illinois Legislature, by advocating
measure to exclude free negroes from the
State. He was then, as now, opposed 10
Greeley.
Travellers Who don't know any better than
to throw water from hotel room windows
out upon sidewalks or spit from balconies
| ought 10 remain in the bsckwoods until they
can learn decent manners.
A Young man named Jacob Chsistesen,
of Hickory Grove, Iowa, lost his life last
[ Wednesday morning, while attempting to
. rescue a child of his employer, which had
fallen into well containing eArbonic acid
gas.
According to the new postal law pack
!, ages of dry goods, hardware, Drugs, Except
liquor drugs), and other merchandise, not
exceeding twelve ounces in weight, can be
mailed to any part Of the United States at 3
4, charge Of two cents for each :wo ounces OF
n fraction Of two ounces.
The work of deepening the channel under
the draw span ofths new bridge next the
Island goes on rapidly, The Golfer dan
% embraces an area Of about three acres, anc
4 $50 men are constantly employed within thu
10 enclosure, while thirIy-six teams are KEEP
steadily at work hauling away the rock
: The daily expense for labor, exclusive o
l. tools, ammunition, &c, is about S625.
L The Davenport Board of Trade having
been notified that an excursion party con
sistiug ofthe members Of the Board Of Trad
of Cincinnati, and several prominent rail
road officials would visit that city on tn
Gosh, are making extensive preparations TO
their reception and entertainment. Rocl
'ir Island has received no direct intimatiol
from Ciucinnaii of their visit, and conss
quently has taken no steps towards their re.
= eeption here.
A drunken man went into Geo. Gaestei'
saloon, on Eagle street, this P. NJ. and De
A. coming angry at remark made by som
of one present, began TO storm about an,
make deal of noise. Marshal Mitsch in
vited him to take walk, but "Bsrkis WASH
u willin.' With the assistance of bystande
!" the Marshsl was able to lodge him in jsi
NO however, where he will have an opportuhit
to cool off and ruminate upon the fate {
e's the transgressor.
at Yesterday afternoon boy playing on
DIS raft near the Iowa shore, discovered she
with the sole up between some logs. Il
10 took hold of it and found it to be the foot
. a man The coroner was summoned an
h. an inquest held upon the body. 1t va
very much decom posed and had the appeA
sucs Of having been il the water severn
weeks. The verdict of the Jury vas "thI
the said unknown man came TO his death
he a time and by IN ans to the Jury unknown
cd A bin of the denomination of $50, issu
ed Of the first National Bank Of Jersey Cisy,vt
II presented st the counter OF a bank in Da
irs enport, yesterdAy-aDd was discovered to
nd Of the package of 100000 blsnk notes
~ this bank winch was stolen from an EXPIRE
car between Washington and Jersey Ci
while en- route TO the latter place, sou
Is time since. Its number was "A7l0' CT
pm 'l967sA" OF course the signature Of Il
er, President and cashier we're forged. I'll
ats note looked as though it had passed throul
% a great many hands So here is eviden
iss that the stolen notes were put in circulatio
an The Northern Line Packet Company a
now running twelve passenger steamer
worth about 100000 They have for
My barges and lighters, with a capacity
o. 5000 tons, and valued at 500, 900. TIL
ou have wharf boats ct 81. Louis and Dubuq
~ valued at $3s 900, end, taken all in all, th'
are probably the strongest and best COZ
81 pany now running boats upon the Upp
0O Mississippi. The officers are; Presider
T. B. Rhodes Secretary, 7. Il. Griffith
bs Supt., ThoS. ]. BufOrd Agent, !. N. M
n son, and their Office il at the corner
Levee and Vine streets, st. Louis
In FOR TERM AT JOLIET.-Two Weel
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