Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-28
NOTES, HIRE AND THERE.


yere towed to the Davenport side BY the
erry boat.
Daven port wants the D. 4 ST.. Paul ma
.hine shops, but don't like to come down
With the stamps.
If you want anything done in the line of
,lumbiug or Gass fitting, Thomas Yates can
10 i, cheap and well.
The Scott County Democratic Convention
9 10 be held at the Court House in Dsven-
port, Saturday, June LIST.
ThIes Fraum, an inmate of the Scott
,ounty poor house, committed suicide Sat-
1rday afternoon last, by hanging.
The mail train from the west was over
TWO hours late this morning, il consequence
Of the non arrival Of trains upon the I. P.
road.
Hou Homer A. Nelson, ex-SecretAry of
State, is named as q candidate for the Dem
Dcratio nomination for Governor of New
York.
10 April &c RATS passed the old bridge
so far this month l5S RATS, with an sggre'
gate of 500 strings, have come between the
piers of that venerable structure.
The Atlantic is fast becoming great in
Sensational ferry. The passengers who
traverse it weekly are to be numbered not
by hundreds but BY the thousand.
A Democrat who was dining at the HsF-
per House the other day, when q polite
waiter said to him Beef, pork, mutton,
veal or chicken 2" replied IL don. care
anything to bsAt Grant"
One of the two RATS so badly broken on
the bridge piers, yesterday, was the PRO
psrty Of Weysrhauser 4 Denkmsn, of this
city the other belonged to ST. Louis firm.
The stray logs are fast being caught and
lied up.
From thirty to sixty car loads of hive
stock, bound east to Ceiesgo by the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railroad, stop over
aud feed al Geueseo, daily, besides several
trains tina, 60 through without stopping.
The iron steamer Clyde made trip down
the river last week from Reeds Landing at
the mouth of The Chippswariver, to Dubuque,
in fOr,y.eigh, hours, with one million three
hundred Thousand feet OF lumber in tow.
This is said to be the fastest trip on record.
A little son Of Mr. Simons, of this city,
fell from raft into the river yesterday, and
would have been drowned but for the timely
arrival Of Ferris Tompkins and John Haley
who rescued him as he was gOinE down fer
the last time.
Such is fame When Bryant the poet,
was in Mexico recently, he met au Ameri-
can lady, aud after the introduction she said
to friend Everybody in New York knows
Mr.. Bryant, aud they all 20 to hear his min
strels sing
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad Company have made arrangements
with the Kansas Pacific road by which
through trains will run between Chicse o
and Denver BY way of the Southwestern
line, which crosses the Missouri at Lesven-
worth.
The JGcksonisns, an influential Demo
cratic club Of Albany, and one of the most
spirited military organizations Of that city,
has under consideration q proposition to
visit Baltimore a, the time Of the Democrat
Convention, acting as escort to
the New York delegation.
The Nashville Union md american says
that Andrew johnson is willing to become
candi'at for Congress for the State at
large, under TIE law giving Tent e,see an
additional representative. The friends Of
General CbeatbAm wish him to announce
him self for that position.
A composition, now in the Office of the
Newark N. J Advertiser, once asked Mr..
Gresley's influence to procure q govern
ment cierkship in Washington. Can you
saw wood ~ queried the philosopher. Yes,
sir" falEe.ingly replied the applicant
"Theu stay away from Washington" was
the only further remark vouchsAfed.
Last evening, a gentleman driving upon
Illinois street, with lady companion, seci-
ientaly dropped one of the reins, and the
horse began to whirl them arouud in the
IGreet in q dangerous manner. Fortunately
! street car came along and he horse ruU-
ling against it, 5ysssnder seized the bit
md prevented a runaway.
Is it not slightly inconsistent for Demo-
rats who we're enthusiastic in the support
# Frank Blair for Vice President, in 1868,
o object to Greeley, now, because Greeley
8 Republican Was there ever q more
'iOlent and indicative Republican than
frank Blair? Has Greeley ever said harsher
Kings Of Democrats than Blair has?
A few days ago the Union said that the
ntire Greeley strength in this county con-
listed of zone chronic sore-hesd in town !;
ne fellow in the country who thinks Gree
y is a hArd-working farmer, and two boys
rho cant voto." There are ndications in
his city, Moline and other parts of the
ounty which will induce our contemporary
D come to q very different conclusion soon.
A terrible instance Of carelsssness of
abroad officials happened last Saturday
light, near Joliet. The C., R. l. & P. train
'as backed against by the Michigan Cen
raj, and a gentleman from the east had his
rm SO completely severed, that, upon re-
,oving his coat it dropped from the sleeve.
lie was sitting in the sleeping car, with his
rm out of the window. He now asks &c.
90 damages from the railroad company.
CANNED fruits at J. Stuart Darts.