Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-31
NOTES. HERE AND THERE.

W. T. Riggs will give formal opening
of bis iewelry store Thursday, August s.b.
Estimates show that there are at present
over one thousand steamboats, running upon
the Mississippi
A great FIRE occurred at Hunters Point,
Long Island, on Tuesday, caused by hapihr,
Loss half million.
The lst National Bank, of Council Bluff,
was robbed of $4,000 on Monday. The
cashier can t Explain it.
A Davenporter, named Port, deserted his
wife few weeks since, and the poor woman
has become insane. She will be sent to
the poor house.
The citizens of Long Grove, Iowa, have
organized a vigilance committee, to drive
out the numerous thieves and roughs which
infest that locality.
Some Of the heavy timber of the draw
box, at the new bridge, is being removed for
the purpose of filling it with the stone to be
taken from the channel
A rio, occurred in Savanna, Ca, between
whites and blacks. about negroes riding in
street cars. The cars suspended running
and quiet WAS soon restored.
Bills are being posted about this locality
saying that enc thousand harvesters are
wanted in Minnesota, and large numbers of
men are leaving for that State.
Balch & Frazer have sold lot IS feet
front on Swan street, corner Of Toledo, to
Mr.. Hamilton, for $500. Mr.. Fl. will pro
coed to build upon the property at once.
The letter from Mr.. Sumner to the colored
people will have much influence with that
class Of people; they know him to be one Of
their sincerest, ablect and truesi friends.
The Grant people begin to complain that
challenging will be resorted to in order to
keep out illegal votes in North Carolina.
This looks little as though they were
afraid of being defeated.
new and dangerous counterfeit of the
$40 national bank note is now in cireula-
ton-uow naming one bank, and now
another according to the distance of the
'fence" from the locality of the pretended
issue
Mail Bags alias Brown MApes must be
getting shaky, A gentleman offered him a
handsome high priced horse and take his
pay when Greeley is elected. Mapes said he
didn't believe he wanted q horse. He is
getting ready to go on foot after November
next.
At a conference of the Nation Labor Re
form party, go persons presently held in
New York on Tuesday, resolutions denounc
ing the so-caIed labor reformers as trick
sters and wire pullers, and announcing
the withdrawal from that body were adopted
amid great excitement.
The Nation, printed in New York, a
Grant paper, admitting the truth of Mr.
Schurz's charge that Grant offered hi N al
the patronage he wished if he would sup port
the San Domingo Job, excuses il on the
ground that Grants predecessors have often
successful swindler can excuse himself in
the same way.
Willie Dolling, lad of this city, wss
severely injured, yesterday morning, by a
cow. he was standing near the animals
head, when, being annoyed by the flies, she
threw her head around and one horn struck
him under the chin, passing through the
flesh up into his mouth. He blsd profusely
for time but no serious results are antici-
pated.
Yesterday, the 3Osh, young man named
James Means, put on suit of diving arnor
and walked sbout the bottom of the draw
bridge &C .ffer-dAm, on the inside, to ascertain
where Il e leaks were BE was Under water
about two hours in all, remAiniu g at one
time alb ,ut three-quartsrJ of nm hour without
coming up at all 1t is expected that the
water thin the Golfer viii be all pumped
out by tomorrow morning,