Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-08
NOTES, HERE AND THERE.

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People who neglect to read the inside
matter of The ARGUS will lose by it.
l. Bamberger has large stock of gents
furnishing goods, on hand, for sale cheap.
The gas pipes have been put on the Gov
eminent bridge, and the hanging OF the
lamp fixtures to the posts is now in order.
The Post Master, in Davenport, called his
friends and clerks to order last evening, and
cred his little crackers for Grant. Can't tour
Post Master follow suit?
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad company is quarrying rock from the
west end of the draw pier Of the old bridge
for the foundation of their new depot.
Would it not be more impartial in our
news dealers, who take pains to display
Harper's Nasty cariAcatures of Liberal Re
pubicans in their windows, to display Frank
Leslie's cartoons Of the Gift taker also ?
"Bnly" Wilson may be good hand to rid
Geneseo of its surplus dogs, but the Repub-
lie is in error whea it gives him the title OF
"engineer" He was formerly freight COL
ducsor, and is now one of our best passen-
ger conductors.
James DAILY, sawyer in Renwick's mill,
was badly injured yesterday morning BY be-
ing drawn upon the saw. The flesh, veins
and muscles Of his right arm were torn in q
terrible manner, but as no bones we're in
L.
The Chicago Tribune says ''the next Gov
eruor of Illinois will be nominated At
Springfield, on the 26th inst, aud names
most mentioned are those Of Gustavus
Koerner, Lyman Trumbull, john NJ. Pal
mer, Samuel s. Marshall, John D. Cation,
and William F. CoolbAugh."
| "Do you execute this deed without any
, fear or cOmpulsion Of your husband y asked
= . comm ;ssioner Of deeds of woman whose
! acknowledgment OF deed be was taking
, Fear of my husband" exclaimed the irats
= lady. "He-compel-me You're a fool =
G And she sailed indignantly from the com
8 missioner's Office.
r John Kehoe, conductor Of a gravel train
!. on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
+, road, when the train was leaving Davenport
last evening, attempted to jump on the ca
boose. lie lost his nold and fell, the wheels
!, passing over his left foot, breaking til,
bone, and decorating the foot badly. It il
thought it may be saved, however.
The strike Of the swilchmen, upon th
', various railroad lines, in Chicago, is prOduC
tive of much inconvenience to wholesaN
;. dealers and shippers everywhere, as it j
hardly possible to get car load OF salt, o
anything that is freight in bulk out of tn
~ city. One of our wholesale firms here ha
only been able to get one out Of the sixteer
carloads of salt ordered, for the past tw
weeks
The Government has accepted the nev
bridge, and Major Benvaurd has the ehsrg,
b of it for the present Pedestrians are a
'e liberty to cross ii, but the guard at the soutl
is end requires passes from Colonel Flsgle
9 before allowing persons to 90 upon tn
" Isand. Teams are no. permitted to eros
= upon the bridge, and probably will not b
g until the work of macademiziug the az
5 prosches is completed.
e DR.. Truesdales patients are better, an,
n he has gone to Princeton, Bureau county, t
h attend the grea. Liberal Republican meet
IS ing, which comes off there to-day, the Sth
! Gov. Palmer is one the speakers. 1: is sal
le that the call for this meeting was signed
= fifteen hundred Republicans Of Burea
to county, embracing the names Of the able:
and best men Of that party. II this is tru
It really begins to look as though Mr.. Gree
ley would de7elope some strength in hi
: State
5. Mr.. Joel I. Griffin, postmaster at Omaha
I was recently indicted 10 the United State
-, Court in that city, for absirsc;inR mail sack
I from the Office and converting them to hi
d own use. It is charged tina. the indictmeu
d was drawn 10 such a way as to permit Nj
a Griffin to couprimise the matter, which b
n did when the case was called, and immed
e atey started off to Philadelphia to renom
nate the delinquent olfic 'sl's friend, {.
Grant.