Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-28
NOTES, HERE AND THERE.

Over eighty arrivals at the Harper House
yesterday.
Why does donkey eat thistles2 Because
he's an ass.
At LivingstOn's you can find the latest
styles Of bows, collars, &c.
Contrary to the statutes of Illinois, SEEMING
iS still carried on in her waters.
What kind of wax should bees use at the
top of their hives2 Ceiling wax.
To day (Jupe 28) is the thirty-fourth
anniversary of the coronation of Queen
! Vic,oris.
The roofers are going to join the strike of
the other building trAdes-in order not to
be shug'ler
The steamer Minnesota leaves for St.
| Paul in the morning and the Lake Superior
| for St. Louis.
/ Who was the strAightest MAJ in the BIZ
bic? Joseph, for Pharaoh wanted to make
q ruler of him.
Why must Satan always be q gentleman?
Because it is impossible for an imp of dark
ness to be imp o'light.
Cheering reflection for our American oars
men now in England-The British Lion nat
urally overrstes its own rowers.
Mount Washington is still blowing its
SHOWS with a severe cold (The joke is from
an ancient MS, but the application is true. J
If Mr.. Summers speech hasn't destroyed
the stronhOld OF our military administration
it has, at all events, greatly alarmed the
Garrison.
At the funeral Of Father Flavin, yesler'
dSo, there were at least two Thousand PEG
pie in the procession, while hundreds
marched along the walks.
Fish are very plentiful at Milan, aud the
people Of that place have introduced q
novel method for catching them, viz; by
j means of a common pitchfork.
An incipent FIRE was discovered this P. NJ
! in the roof Of Mr.. John Aster's bakery. A
few pailsful of water was sufficient TO extin-
guish the flames. But little damage done
!, The most gallant mac ever heard of il.
Ouo hAu ASiihlutN lAbu4 hLGhluS u hOS hud
i. had bitten him, because il was female dog
Il "If it wasn't for your sex, said be, I'D kicl
, your head Off
is An irate Western editor lately wrote TO
II contributor: "If you don't sto psending n,
/. such Abominabls poetry, I'll print piece o
r. it some day with your name appended il
,e full, and send copy to your girl"
At The last car load Of pipe for the waite
as works was received to-day and the layinl
re- will be completed BY tomorrow night
- Steam will be raised and list Of one hun
IN dred and fifty pounds put upon the pipes tn
FIRST of next week
Mr.. GusEavA Wettmeyer, formerly wit
WsdIwortb 4 Parsons, in this city, has as
sociAsed himself in business with the fra
Of D. V. Fisk & Co. of Chicago. He leave
this evening for that city. His numerou
friends in Rock Island will learn with re
- greet of his departure.
= Farmers speak OF the storm of Wedns.
a day night as q very destructive one 70
a wheat ana barley. Many fields looked, o.
Thursday morning, as if great rolin
machine had passed over them 1t seems t
r. be the general opinion, however, that whes
- and barley will right themselves agar
: with iavorab Bile weather.
- The new locomotive recently put on th
-. Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis roat
-. aud oAris,ened the &c. Truesdale, - in con
pimeut to one Of Rock Islands most boz
orsd professional men, is acknowledged
- run the best Of any upon that road.
\, few days since it made nine miles and la
- in eleven minutes. Fifty miles an hour vi
=, distance any mail train.
=, Opinions differ, no. only in regard to pc
- tics, but also 10 regard to garments. I'll
Columbis Is. O. PHonir does not take thr
peculiar view of Mr. Greeley's clothes wbiC
:, suggested itself to the esthetic soul OF Hs
= per's Howsdji "Mr. Greeley" says th
u PhRujr, "hss q level old head under b
~ hat, and his heart is as big as bush
measure, whether the coat that covers it /
in cut in the fashion or not We are il
-, ciued 10 think that this will be the popuii
- view Of the great clothes question, the Bss
VI Brummel philosophy not having been gs
I'd orally accepted by the voters Of this free an
er enlightened Republic.
sy This is the time for Publishing the variC
Gus cures Of hydrophoba, but a cstAlog,
of all of them would be too much for Il
En- crowded state OF these columns. When
10 patient is seized with this djseAse: /. /
ha zEtr fTua bg
dram OF powdered castor internally.
r. Administer small quantities of chlorofor
OK BY inhalation. 4. Wrap the patient
ter blankets saturated with warm solution
- nitrate OF ammonia. 5 Apply oil of Jun
per externally. 6. Administer vapOr bath
cd :. Put the patient upon q diet of raw onion
en- s. Try the mad stone, if you can get spec
nd men of it. If the dog was mad, ihir stol
. will adhere to the wound.-N Y. Tribm