Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-11-16
NOTES, HERE AND THERE.
Work on the old bridge is suspended.

rom Sylvan Water.
Geo. A. Hobbs, Esq, editor Of the Gene
leo Republic, ia at the Harper house.
A great deal of hustle" has been obssrv-
ID 10 and around the dry good stores during
he past week.
Insurance business is very active At Be
ford L Reeds Office, ARGUS building. See
A Davenport boarding house fegales its
bOarders with mince pie made of cats and
Favored with hair oil.
An interesting letter written from Rock
Island to the Chicsgo Times will be found
inside this paper.
Commercial travellers are thick nt the
Harper House, each with "ful Inns OF
samples for the holiday trade
Coal buyers from Davenport were IN the
city to-day, Offering tsenty two cents per
bUshel. Some teamsters refused to sell at
that price.
The sigh of the bachelor will be heard 10
more in the iaud. An ingenious mechanic
hAs Invented buttons which can be sewed on
With screwdriver
j. B. Rose, Esq, Of New York, is in the
city to-day. Mr.. K is proprietor OF the
celebrated centanr Enimeut, "CastoriA,
aud other proprietary medicines
The Rockford, Rock Island & ST Louis
R. r. Co. has paid Mr. Samuel Banner for
the loss Of his boraes, killed at the Jefferson
street crossing on the 24sh OF October
Geo. l.. Davenport, E,q has given Chief
MalchAu his check for 800 in scknowlsdg.
ment of the services of tho Fire Department
in saving his property last Tuesdsy night.
Au observing editor says that you can
safely bet on nine ladieS out of every ten
who wear trailing dresses 10 the streets
being the owners OF large and unshspely
'ee.
An Inscriptions psrserapbiSs accounts
for the fact that Peter vas cheerful while
Paul was sad, by quoting Paurs assertion
that Peters wife's mother lay siok of a
fever
The msil TRAN from she EAST, OF the {.
Y !. Il ?. r r, was sa hour late last ee-
enug in consequences Of a freight tram
! getting off the track near Mr.. p l.. Cables
residence.
/ Thomas Yates has the contract for lay
ing 3Du0 tee. Of steam pipes Ia Deere n
Cos new blacksmith ahop. He is also
ti.,Bg uy the Offices Of The Moline Plor
CO. with gas fixtures
! Considerable coal aud wood I'D a sale 10
MarseE Square daily. Goa soid Iher yea
tsrday and to-day at Is cents per oushel.
Oak wood a, S625(a 800 per cord rise
of ora dollar since Thursday.
Remember Carl Schurzs lect ire AZ the
Burtis Opera House, Monday evening, the
II h. Subject" Germany and France $
This will probably be the only chance our
citzeas will have to hear him, as his ,iO,
IL ali engaged Tor months Ahesd.
! over $500 has been subscribed By tne
people Of Davenport for the assistance OF
EggeTt Wrl-dt, the tirem Who was SO Sc
verelv 10 ared the other day. 1t is thong b
that Re wi. eventually recover though net
for raauy mouth,
The city of 5 eriing, Illinois, has passed
az "sdisaOee providing that if the window,
or doors of drinking SALOONS shall be OBJ
scursd BY means OF screens. painted oil
other de&ses, to conceal what is going CT
=irkin, the proprietor shall be- liable to &
6n- of from five to twenty dollars.
Tee generous who is always just, and til,
just who IL always generous. may, unsn
uounced, approach the throne Of heaven
L,rratsr.
Genius is the geld IN the mine, talent il
the miner who worAs and brings 1t out
Lady B!essiHgton.
Genius carries its own lamp and finds it
own road WHR.oH
Gold is the souls curtain which hides al
its defsc's from the world Feitham.
Party is the madness of msny for the gal
of a feE.-F0pe.
The society of women is the element {
gooG manners - Goethe.
The full heart overiows On Willingly, hap
py, and ashamed at the carrsnt of JOY an
aeW sensations with which AL unknown fee
Jog has flooded her Tame
The thought of eternity coudolss Tor til
shortness of lite -Hdlesherbes.
Let me dream that love goes with US .
'He shOre unknown --Hrs Hemans
We pardon az long as We love.
1t requires greater virtues to suppo
good than bad fortune -Rochet oucduId
The ideal of friendship is to feel a. on
Wills remaining tWo.-Had Sicitchine.
When a man is StriDging a harp he tri.
the strings not for music, but for constru,
ton. When it is finished it shall be pl.ye
for melodies. God is fashioniug the hums
heart for future joy. He only sounds
srrinR here aud there to see how far Il
work has pro2ressed.-H " Be. cher.
Games of chance are traps to cato
schoolocy novIces aud gaping COUNT
'quires, Who begin with guinea aud Ell
~IIh q mortgage go Cumberland
CHRISTMAS PREsENTs.-The most accsp
able are those excellent Rembrandt photo
! aiken at GaJford's gallery. Leave yor
orders at once, so that they may be ready /
The holidays. 7.u&s-4w.
We have just received 40 pieces of blAc
AlEacas and MohAirs, which will be sold
very loW figures. MAY BRo's
Hos containing seven rooms. good &C