Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-27
UoTEs HERE AND THERE.

The Postal Gard System, has been iAoen-
li,ely post poned.
Mr.. Smith says that Livipgston's is the
,est place to buy Jour hats and caps.
Peoria proposes to have q union depot to
De used BY all the railroads centering there.
The coopers of Davenport are all On
strike and the barrel making business is at
= dead halt.
The old settlers Of Scott and Rock Island
counties enjoy their annual picnic on the
island on the 4th Of September.
A rousing Greeley sseeting was held in
Durant, iowa, on Saturday evening last.
Over 500 people were in attendance.
The meeting of the Greeley and Brown
club in Davenport, Saturday evening, was
an enthusiastic and satisfactory affair
The annual meeting of the State Teacher
Association, of Iowa, opened this morning,
in the Burtis Opera House, Davenport
The Liberals of Des Moines nominate q
candidate to beat KassOn, at Winterset
to-day.
The Electoral vote of 1868 for President
was; Grant, 22l; seymour, rs. In the
present canvass a maj GRITTY of those Electors
are against Giant.
The Boston TrGUelter accuses General
Banks of wanting to ride the popular wave
in going for Greeley. That ia pretty fair for
Grant organ.
Col. DAnforth left for Chicago last eve
ming to attend a meeting if the State Com
mittee, to-day, of which ne is member
| He will return tomorrow morning.
Out Of the ffsy-one lawyers in Daven-
port, thirty-six are for Greeley. Sixteen
out OF these thirty-six have heretofore voted
the Republican ticket, but are now firm
supporters of the sage of Chippaqus.
One by one the prominent men who thin /
ths. GreeIey's election will kill the 6nsncia
prosperity of the countIy are being heard
Of The last one is Mr. Collins, Pension
Agsnl at Washington. His dsfauloation il
nearly 100000.
A Servan. girl, named Sophia Peters, em
ployed in the family of Mr.. Dreamer, VIII,
r,sides abnut FIVE miles south of this city
IN thes Iowa side, while building fire re
Gently poured kerosene upon the kindling
Il exploded. and the girl was burned t
death.
Grants Louisville Convention is re
duced TO the necessity OF taking eithe
George Francis Train, or "Coln Woodhul
| by Chas. o 'Conors refusing TO be used as
=. fEurs-head. The "Straight-outs" no
I means "straiQh t-out of the White House fc
e Grant"
l. How very moral the Grant men are.
+ hotel clerk charged Gratz with drunkenness
: and they at once declared Brown unfit fc
office. A hundred living men have tsstifs
u that Grant was and is drunkard, and u
they declare that Grant is the only man VII
can govern shs country!
The commissioners appointed by the Sc
Rotary of War to examine and report upo
the preservation Of the Falls of
Anthony have recommended that the pla
proposed by Col. j. n. Maeomb, of this cit
Is in charge OF the surveys of the Upper Nj
4" sissppi, be accepted as the correct one, b
! as it would require ct least $500, 900 to cor
menee this permanent improvement in ell
Is cess of the funds available, the commissio
ID ers further recon- merded thst the prese
g. appropriation be expended IN ssrergihe
O. ing the Golfer dams, and in continuing Il
ID lining of the tunnel on the plan alreac
H. adopted
a. Here 10 another proof that the Loulsvil
Convention is managed in the interest
Of the Administration The Indisnspo
ds Sentinel has discovered that an anti Gre
ne ley address, purporting TO come from
re straight" Democratic Committee in l
III diana, and recently telegraphed BY the
5, ISOLATED Press from Indianapolis, was Sc
g. to the telegraph operator in the han
writing of ". p. Holloway, Postmaster
ee Indianapolis, and brother-in-Aw of Ser
" tor Morton, and was accompanied by
IN written request of the same Jealous pub
y servant that it be sent over the COUNT
r. Can't Blsnton Duncan write sutiioien
m stirring addresses that he is thus forced
h. call in the aid of Senator Morton