Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-02
SCRAPS.
Give the boys q chance,
The sleighipg still holds good.

SCRAPS.
Give the boys q chance,
The sleighipg still holds good.
Swearing off, is now in order
The holiday ball al Milan was success
Prescriptions carefully compounded at
Spsiders.
The scarlet fever continues to spread at
Davenport.
Mrs. Jacob wollephsup, has had sc
we're illness.
Everybody went calling yesterday. Not
9 bad custom.
Livingston & Co. have all the late styles
of hats ard caps.
Tooth brushes, combs, soaps, and perfu-
meres at speidsls.
The American Union and United States
Express are at outs.
Lost--an iron club skate, yesterday.
Leave at this office.
Forty tour marriage licenses issued for
Scott county in December.
The New Year still 6nds l. Bamberger
retailing frat class clothing.
Begin the new year with clear cor
science and an empty pocket book.
Fifty marriage licenses were issued in
Der, and 500 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
embankment matter, last evening, as was
expected.
A house belonging to John Showback
Andslusia, was destroyed BY Ere on Satur
day last.
Capt Pier,e leaves for Texas this week
without fail. We sent him off once, and h
didn't go.
To get fine jewelry repaired in prope
and durable manner, you should go TO Ep
stein Bros.
State tax for the past year, 80 cents pc
800 Last year it was IS cents, and il
1860, 1870 cents.
Dearest, thou hast loved and left N
for twenty-five cents, sdvertises a Chicsg
music dealer. Cheap enough
Eggs are 35 and 40 cents dozen, an
none to be had at that No pullet shoul
E Just now be eggscused from laying.
It's always customary to bore the resde
with a long winded New Years ar.icl,
This item 6ls the bill, and saves the spsc,
The length ov time that goose ka
stan on one leg depends entirely upon I'd
= na,tf endurance ov the goose Billing
r The Springfield Register is mistaken
The Grand Duke goes to St Louis by We
u Of Rock Island and the Rockford road. "
are now expecting him every day.
;, The post office authorities are notGe
!. that the ARGUS Office is not the Roekfor
:. Railroad office, and sbo1ld not, therefor
e receive the mails Of that institution.
The latest and most popular sentiments
song of the day is; BURY your Dog in II
~, Garden, it will make your Grape Vim
! Grow" 1t il rare and pathetic produ
y, tion.
Three chaps who vent calling YetsriAy
= declined vine and requested milk instead
One OF the girl, write. Us to know if tbs
have ever been weRued, or ouly wsnt'
emetics.
viii Head, fruit stand man 10 Il
e Council Bluf, Post Ohee, failed the 9th
day, owing firm in Moline $3.50 for ciger
The Moliners would like to get that He
l. in chsncery.
=. It's cheerful to be sitting in rsiiro
ID car, going as'the rate OF fDrsy miles an hot
n: and have man pass through the train a
,e put tract 10 your lap entitled Prepare
,b meet sour God
II a youth in the Second Ward asserts II
a. his lady love is fine singer and "pls
"a beautifully on the catarrb" She ought
tn try some of Durno's snuff or Goes Cou
ce Balsam.
Some angel signing herself "Quesn V
torla," sends us bran new pair of sciss
~ through the post ofRce-the only N
70 Years present we have yet received
es wish We knew where her father lives.
u A picayunish merchant up street objec
F.; to closing his store in the afternoon, yes
r day, on the ground that he'd lose g
) deAl of trade. One of his clerks sugges
A. tha; he might make a good thing of ii
) keeping open every Sunday.
In OF all the trades that men may call
he Unpleasant or offensive,
This + Iitor's is worst ofall,
For hsis ever psn-sive;
len His leaders lead to nothing high
big His columns are unstable,
on And though the printers make him pi
ma 1t doesp' suit his table.