Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-12
NOTEs, HERE ANp THERE.


Nothing doing 10 police court to-day
The water works question is again being
agitatsd in Davenport.
The Fishing Club pic-nicked on van
draft island this afternoon.
! From five to eight boats pass through the
draw OF the new bridge daily.
Fresh oysters, fruits. confec.ioneries, &c.,
At Wsir,s restaurant, Washington street.
I,tskes three men to run the draw of the
nav bridge, and three tons of coal are con-
sumed daily.
The Northern Line steamer Minnesota
leaves in the morning for ST. Paul and the
/ Davenport for st. Louis.
Always examine every page Of this pa
per, FOR you will End reading matter on ev-
cry page which deserves attention.
The avenue on the Island, near the Arse
nal, will soon be finished, and will then be
one Of the finest drives in the West.
The Chicago Times is he ping Grant and
no Liberal ought to encourage It, The
Tribune is the best paper in Chicago.
Married, on Wednesday, at the Rock Is
land House, BY JasIics Chopper, WIN. Pow
ers and Nancy Hesemsu, of Buffalo Prairie
; Thomas jenkins, Of this city, his twenty
varieties of grapes on exhibition at the lows
} State Fair, now in session at Cedar Rapids
F. Weyerhsuser, of this city, was elected
President of the Mississippi Logging Com
r pAny, at meeting held at Wiuous, MINI.
recently.
' Alderman Kelley who has been sick toE
: sometime, has gone East for his health H
i will return IN time for the next reguls
Il meeting of the Council
y The house Of Mr.. T. Harrison, near Far
l. nun and Sixteenth streets, Davenport, Wa
burglsrizsd Tuesday evening, to the vslu
of $500. No clue to the burglsr.
The finest Chicago Depot, the Roc
Island & Pacific. i. approaching CON pleuOr
On with the French.roofed towers sud tn
T. south end of La Sale street will again
crowned with beauty.
? Mr. F. r. Smyib returned home last V
ming, hf.er an extended tour through II
East. He left Mira. Smyth in N,r5t
Springs, New York, considerably impro'C
in health. Mr.. Thomas, Of the same hous
has also returned to his homo IN this city.
81 Something ought to be done to keep wEt
from the CUTTERS on Illinois Street. Botwe
sr Eagle aud Jefferson, it is scarcely possi5
for a person to walk without being splssh'
with mud from horses feet kicking hiG
'sS /, there no way TO prevent this nuisance
rn Senator Trumbull arrived in this city
11:3G this forenoon, aud will speak th
evening at the Conrt House. Il behoov
every friend Of the Liberal cause 10 help 8
:. up big crowd The Senator visited Il
Government works on the Island this afIe
noon,
l. Tle missing young lady from Davenpol
advertised in The ARGUS last evening, hi
been found and restored to her friends, 81
bad gone on board b-af going down Il
river and landed at Muscatine, The CT
4. Marshal Of that place took her in charge at
y sent her to Davenport, Tuesday evening.
;la This is the last month that internal IT
In euue stamps viii have tc be affixed to leg
cir documents as the new law abolishing I
stamp duties imposed by schedule B, exec
the tax Of two cents imposed upon bal
49, checks, drafts or orders goes into effect
N the lat of October.
OF On the down trip Of the White Coll
On steam boat, s. S Merrill near Quincy,
Tor Friday last, female passenger Of co
took seat a. the table much TO the disgr
of the pink-and-sstin skins. The wall
and then the captain requested her 10 ia
her shiny self away. She didn't see wi
u" as she paid frat ass fare. They sltemI
"" ed to force the "why" upon her vision, wh
-, she hooked her ebony claws ioto the Gle
:, and cleared the beard and spread the Ac
~ with hog, bomiuy, gingerbread and mud
80 coffee
In our native tow, Barnard, VI sh'
was quite = spirited coutes, for Represent
L tive, with FIVE candidates in the Geld.
VI, each township ia entitled TO one memi
of the Legislature, and it requires a msjc
~ of all the votes ca, to elect. Among
candidates, at the start, few votes ",
gas cast for Mr.. Boydeu, the methodist cler
the man, and on the fifth halo: he was cleo
10, by majority. The mex! day commit
her waited on him to learn his politics.
Ath answer was 81 have always been Der
to- crat, and an row for Greeley" Mr.. B
the den will do. We extend our hand acr
thy the prairies to greet him.
SENATOR TRUMBUI
ill ,,a.L NJ tho CoDrt UoDsa IN ,bis oft,