Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-03
NOTES. HERE AND THERE.

NOTkb, HERE AND THERE.
Bad weather for strawberries.
Charley Jarvis, of the Rock Island House, Il
s dangerously sick. "a
The county Sabbath School Convention c
commences here at O'Clock tomorrow. a
The death of Stephen A. Douglas, occur I
ed eleven years ago to-dsy-Juns 3, 1861
Grants immigration message is now call
ed "the message to aid Tom Scott in fore
ing immigrants to ride over his railroad
lines"
The Brooklyn Eagle counts mp already K
43s votes in the Baltimore Convention Sc '
cured for Greeley.
Lumber in Dubuque has been reduced in
price 81 per thousand. Shingles; lath and
picket are also lower.
The n. Y. World, and the Chicago Times
are still busy manufacturing cartridges for
Grants followers to FIRE at the party opPos-
ing his reelection.
All uncertainty IS to Gen. Longstreefs
position has been removed. He goes back
ON his March letter in favor of Grant and
comes out strong for Greeley.
The new bridge across the Mississippi, at
this point, has been in charge of the govern
msut officers for several weeks. When will
il be open to the public?
All fears Of g scarcity Of lumber are at an
end. Rats are coming down plsnteously,
and lumbermen now fear surplus in the
market, rather than a stringency.
Some of the great papers are calling
Greeley "old Granny" Some years ago
the Democratic papers "old RrAnnied"
General Harrison into the White House.
/ D. V. speeches.-DOlly Vardens for the
Bourbon press-old garments out of date,
but of Howery pattern and made over to
hide the scAntiness Of worn-out ward
robe.
John E. Henry, OF the firm of Reynolds
ssupaugh & Co. has been appointed di-
rector in the D. & St. P. railroad company
= to Gil the vacancy caused by the death OF
:. Hon. Jno. l.. Davies.
The 10Th grand annual communication
Of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, A. f. Il A
NJ. opens in the Burtis Opera House, Da'
q yeupor,, at 10 o'clock tomorrow forenoon
and will continue in session 3 days at least
a A majority of the committee appointed
to confer and arrange terms with the D. y
y St. P. railroad, by the citizens of DAven
port, report in favor of two per cent tax
Or A minority Of one is opposed to the meas
re ure.
* The Galesburg, H., Republican, Gran
paper, says:
" Il 10 understood that movement was O.
foot to place a. C. Hsssing on the Gran
ticket for Lieutenant Governor, but Ogles
"a bv positively refused to run on the sam
:. ticket with "ths Dutchman."
o' The Omaha Herald has seen lette
written by Mr.. Angus. Belmont to frien
in that city in which he used the followiu
language:
10 l hone the Baltimore convention will 81
O. cept the Cincinnati nominations, al ID
~ only means of defeating the present corruI
, administration.
q, An sduiuistrGtion editor attempted :
M announce that Hon. Richard Yates woul
g. 20 into the canvass for Grant "all RICH
r. and with his usual ZEAL An intelliger
M and conscientious composition, mindful
- Richards favorite beverage, substituted
To-. az for the IT - in right: which aecoun
i. for the atrocious remark of the CoITte
-, Journal that the statement was unnecesss
~. ''as the honorable gentleman is so sot in b
wGys.'
A very formidable bolt to Greeley fro
AZ the republican party OF California has o
IN Cured in San Francisco. The Chronic
OF gives long list of prominent men engage
eu in the movement, and Frank NJ. PiHly d
le clared At meeting of these Liberals tn
'fu in three months there would be 200
names on the toli. He said: eve ha
u 10000 voters in the state, aud we inter
nc to poll them all for Greeley, except Il
'y' 1000 who are in Office
oA A young New York journalist is about
'eu formally introduce canoe travelling to q
'e United States, and to undertake yoyA
which will exceed anything heretofore Z
'S tempted BY csnoeists. His canoe the Dol
OF Warden the pioneer cruising canoe Of Amt
'ne leo. II weighs So pounds, and will car
VIZ 2 200 pounds burden and 3 sails. He Il
To- St. Paul on the 29.h of last month for La
Itasca, from whence he will descend i
at Mississippi to New Orleans. 1t is no'
experiment aud people here will have sor
nan curiosity 10 see the Dolly Warden when 5
a a makes this port.
NO. The San Francisco Bulletin, is giving
iva sketch of Colonel George ", McDoug
.u who committed suicide in Washington
"a. Gently, says he took part in the Bls
an Hawk war, land was in camp with the ArI
Sc on Rock Island during the devastation
Oh the cholera among the troops at that s
H. ton, 10 the summer of 1882. During
i, stay Of General Scott in San FrapoiscO
-. 1859, on his way to settle the San ia
a.. Island dispute, George called upon his
a. Commander at the Oriental Hotel, VII
they compared notes in relation to this
no. ing ordeal of disease and death, throu
which they had both passed unscathed.'
ers,
FIGHT WITH RoBBER. bold atten
81 at robbery occurred at the residence
James Coulthssrt, who lives upon the lc
shore, Just east of the city of Davenport
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