The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-04-04
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Capt Hayerstick has returned from
Washington.
The Mississippi is now open to and
above Winona
Florida proposes to lay herself out in
oranges altogether
Attention is directed to the timely notice
of the City Marshal
Pennsylvania has voted million more
to the Philadelphia Centennial
Palm Sunday day after tOmorow-and
Easter occurs on the following Sunday of
course.
The Dart boys have caused canal TO be
dug through Alderman Stengers ash pile
and drained off the lake in front of their
hall.
A once respected man but now a slave
to whisky, disgracing himself and excellent
family, had to be carried out of the Har
per House dining room this morning.
Magistrate Chopper was on the street
few moments to-day He has been shut
up by sickness three weeks, and he looks
quite weak and reduced. The pleasant
spring air will revive hin we hope.
While the frost is coming out OF the
ground, people with teams should be care
full about driving across or on the ridges
over the water pipes-there are some ugly
! holes in some places
- u e. - al r
mers movement will injure the Republi-
can party The RepUJlic ought to real
ize that no party is of any consequence
when the people are oppressed and used
as the mere serfs of monopoIies.
The Davenport Demoerdt, in publishing
the petition which appeared first in this
paper, in regard to expending appropria
tions at Rock Island Arsenal says The
object is a good one and we hope TO see
the petition numerously signed. and have
it, desired effect.
\ meeting of the Directors of the Scott
County Agricultural Society, was held yes
terdav. and measures taken looking to the
Quietinc down of the late unpleasantness,
and puttngIthe Society on the road 70
return to its old-timc prosperity -Daf.
Dem 3d.
That was something of a duck-hun
which Joseph Donaldson, Eugene Orchard
and Charles Wallace had in New Boston
slough from Saturday till Tuesday, with q
rest on Sunday. In the three shooting
DAYS they killed five hundred ducks. IL
will not do for every trio of Nimrods 10 he
SO successful as this, else wild duck will
be game of the past before many years. -
G8-eit. 4H.
Il is believed by some to he the fault Of
Bailey Davenport that the sun don't shine
more and thaw out the ground faster, and
dry up the mud In fact nearly all the
unhappincs> of the Radical Salary Steal
ing Credit MobjHer party seems to be
caused by Bailey Davenport And what
worric, them more than all is that he don
care a fc for any of the soreheaded dog
that are bowling about him He'll try It
do his duty toward, the people generally
and cause the filth left by Murdock's Ad
miuistratiou u be cleared away as fast a
circumstances will admit
That fellow NcCarty who got hit in that
shooting scrape over the river. in whlcl
these boys from this side were engaged
is wanted in Peoria. The account Of tht
affair attracted the eye Of the Peoria polict
and they came here yesterday the Sd t.
see the man II appears that one nigh
some six weeks ago. this Charles NcCartl
hurelarizcd q shoe store at Peoria, anl
went out with five hundred dollars worth
Of goods He was arrested. bun the iai
was not strong enough to hold him 50 h'
broke and fed The account Of his knock
ing the poor prostitute down with his ifs
caused the officer to feel certain this Nc
Carly was the escaped burglar, for h
once beat a woman terribly in Peoria
When the Peoria officer arrived he aske,
permission u see the wounded man, am
was taken u the house in which NcCart
was stopping A. soon a. hC saw him. h
exclaimed he Is the man we want Tn
fellow Immediately owned up To the bur
clary and left here for Peoria by the
clock train to-day the 4tht where he wi
he tried and will probably do the Stat
some service at Joliet