Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-02
SCRAPS.

Giye the boys g chance,
The sleighing still holds good.
Swearing of" is now in order.
The holiday ball at Milan WAS a success
Prescriptions carefully compounded at
Spsiders.
The scarlet fever continues to spread at
Davenport.
Mrs. Jacob wollerhsupt has had se
we're illness.
Everybody went calling yesterday. Not
bad custom.
Livingston l. Co. have oil the late styles
Of hats ard caps.
Tooth brushes, combs, soaps, and perfu-
meres at Speidsl's.
The American Union and United States
Express sre at outs.
Lost--sn iron club skate, yesterday.
Leave ct this Office.
Forty tour marriage licenses issued for
Scott county in December.
The New Year still finds |. BAmberger
retailing hrst class clothing.
Begin the new year with clear cor
science aud an empty pocket book.
Fifty marriage licenses we're issued in
December, and 365 during the past year.
The man mistaken for Alexis, yesterday
had Just bought hat of Livingston & Co.
Go to speiders for all kinds of standard
patent medicines, perfumerieS, aud COS
metics.
The City Council took no action on the
embsnkment matter, last evening, as was
expected.
A house belonging to John Showback
Audslusia, was destroyed By FIRE on Sssur
day last.
Capt Per,e leaves for Texas this week
without fail We sent him off once, and h
didn't go.
To get fne jewelry repaired in proper
and durable manner. you should 60 to EP
stein Bros.
State tax for the past year, 80 cents pc
800 Last year it was IS cents, and ii
1860, 100 cents.
dearest, thou hast loved and left IN
for twenty-five cents sdvertises Chicsg
music dealer. Cheap enough
3 Eggs are IS and 40 cents dozen, an
D none to be had at that No pullet shoul
: just now be eggscused from laying.
It It's always customary to bore the reade
$ With long winded New Years articl,
e This item 6ls the bill, and saves the spac'
The length ov time that a goose kA
stan on one leg depends entirely upon til
D. natif endurance ov the goose Billing
! The Springfield Register is mistake
'e The Grand Duke goes 10 St Louis by Wa
oi of Rock Island and the Rockford road. "
e are nov e pecting him every day.
e, The post Office authorities are no'i6t
). that the ARGUS office is not the Rockfoi
r. Railra ad office, aud shoald not, therefor
le receive the mails Of tia. institution.
ID The latest and most popular seOtimsnt'
song Of the dsy lie: Bury your Dog in Il
=, Garden, it will make your Grape Vim
4 Grow" irisarare and pathetic produ
=, ticn.
Three chaps who vent calling yeIerdA,
. declined wine aud requested milk instead
n One of the girls writes us TO know if thu
have ever been weAued, or only want
emetics.
win Head, a fruit stand msn in Il
Council Blufs Post Oh,e, failed the oth
day, owing a firm in Moline $l6O for cigA
The Noluers would like TO get that He
n in chAncery,
.c. Tits cheerful to be sitting in a raliro
ed car, going atths rate OF fbrsy miles an hol
IN: and have man pass through the tran a
ce put a tract in your lap entitled Prepare
.ob meet your God"
n, A youth in toe Second Ward asserts IL
lis his lady love is fine singer and ''pl
nd beautifully on the catsrrb." She ought
to try some of Durnos snuff, or Goes Coz
ice Balssm.
Some angel signing herself "Queen V
toriA," sends us bran new pair Of seiss
ing through the post otRce--she only n
ere Years present we have yet received
ce' wish We knew where her father lives.
Z. A picsyuuish merchant up street obje'
} to closing his store 10 the afternoon, yes
err ; day, on the ground that he'd lose g
s. deAl Of trade. Ons Of his clerks suggei
A. tbs; he might make good thing Of /
b keeping open every Sunday.
In OF all the trades that men may call
the Unpleasant or offensive,
Tbs Elitor's is worst ofall,
For hsis ever psn-sivs;
men His leaders lead to nothing high
big His columns are unstable,
, on And though the printers make him pi,
inns II doesn't suit his table.
iba-
t;oh CITY COUNCIL.