The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-21
NOTES, HERE AND THERE.

Whenever any meeting, festival, or other
event worth noticing, occurs, and there Is
no ARGUS reporter present, we shall es-
teen it a favor if some one will either sena
us an account of it, or call at our editorial
rooms and report it. /
Mrs. Patterson, of Alton, has sued
Joseph Kinder, saloon keeper, for szoo
damages, for furniture, etc., destroyed by
her husband while intoxicated with lquo;
sold him by Kinder,
The Lacrosse Democrat building mas
been sold to satisfy the judgment Tor
alimony rendered against Brick pomeroy
in the divorce ease. His divorced wife pa
it in at $ll, 900, considerably less than the
amount decreed her
Cardinal Cullen calls upon the clergy IN
Ireland to use their influence in preventing
wakes and speaks of them as danger
Gus in times Of contagious diseases, and
the source Of great scandals, great dissi-
patton, and innumerable sins
The enterprising people Of Ottawa last
year expended 100000 on a far ground
with the understanding that the State fair
should be held there two years IN sue
cession. The directors seem to have gone
back on this agreement-which IS not at
all to their credit
Has anybody heard of any Alderman IN
this city making any examination Of stove
aues and chimnies2 The law makes it
their duty to attend to this D. they pro
pose to treat the law with contempt? Ii
so we think their designations would be IN
order.
The shaft being sunk at Quincy for the
lead mine ut a depth of 1872 feet struck a
/ deposit Of coal; at SS5 feet vein OF lead
/ ore four feet two inches thick seven feet
below this a second vein of lead eighteen
inches thick, and fourteen fee, further
down another deposit of lead len inches
thick.
There was a large attendan-e oI the
young gentlemen Of this city, last evening
at the Harper House, to form -ymnastie
association, They will meet ~ the same
place at o'clock next Monday evening, -
/ hear the report Of their coulaittee on
constitution otc, and on pla'e for the
club 10 meet. An enthusiast vote of
thanks was passed for the c'artesies OF
the hotel
/ Criminal prosecution in the Halblg-
Barker case has been abandoned and
divorces are now talked Of Barker wife
having left him, 1t is expected now that
, b. will sue for q divorce, which. when
granted, win allow the marrias Of himself
and Mrs. halbig. Thus everything Is fix
ed up nicely for the future OF the guilty
pair, while Halbig-well he may enjoy
himself as best he can.
: The Chicago T'ri5vae say, With 3
r proper regard for the morals of our PEG
p pie we advise them all to real their Bibles
- carefully. and some sermon on the enormi.
= " of profaue swearing. before they 60 tt
, the City Collectors Office % pay theil
h taxes Unless thus prepared beforehand
K the footincs Of the several items will be 7
a temptation TO profanity which many will b.
. unable to resist. The f1ree,ine viii az
/. ply here. too.
5 \ negro in indianapolis, Ind, has beef
B convicted, under the laws of the State o
, the crime Of marrying white woman, ans
a sentenced to three years in til, penitentiar!
5 and $1,000 fine. \ RadicaI newspapel
r says there Is law in Iniiana agains
9 profane swearing, and another against Sab
e bath breaking, and still another again~
t marrying minors, or licensing them L
!, marry, without the consent # their par
u cnt> All If these laws are violated con
p tinually They are just about as old as tn
e statute against white and clIored person
+ intermarrying, and ought to he as vigor
?, ously enforced. Now suppose the coloret
% people 60 70 work to see the avs vindicat
It ed They have been outrage long enough
n and as prosecutions under obsolete statute
FL seem to be in order let us have a merr
= time over il.