The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-19
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
cold snap.


What is to be ga verb.
The child who cried for an hour didn't
get it.
Cruelty to Misunderstanding physie
to the dogs.
How to raise beets: Take hold Of the
tops and pull.
"A goat is good mixer, but succeeds
better as butter.
Hon. S. s. Cox has been appointed
one of the Regents for the Smithsonian
Institute.
THE American man of leisure, says
writer in Scribner's, for December, lis a
sort of lost dog
The Capital thinks that to go to bed
with your hat on and cotton umbrella I'M
der your arm is to have the panic bad
| 1t has been noticed that the men who
interrupt the end of play by breaking for
the door. all have low foreheads and scrub
by hair.
| Preparations for the ladies' fair,of the
catholic church, are going forward finely.
1t opens on Monday evening, and will con
tinue three evenings.
lack, who is at boarding school in the
country, writes home: please send me a
good trap to catch woodchuck and piece
of carpet for me to say my prayers on.
/. An old negro woman was heard to ex-
claim; Thomas Jefferson, you and
James Madison come into the house and
bring Abe Lincoln along with you, or Ill
t reach for you, shuah!"
} Steamboats, are making regular trips
between Keokuk and St Louisiana one
Nose Hall has the temerlty to run an indie
pendent packet in that trade against the
: old Northern Line monopoly Nose how
dare you?
The new altar for St Marguerite S
church, over the river, has been set up. 1t
was designed and built by Anton Butcher,
# Chicago, who has superintendent its cree
: ZION in the chancel 1t cost, without the
picture, about $1,000
Three little boys good little boys of
the Sunday school biography sort, were
comparing progress In the catechism. Il
{; have got to original sin, said the first. Il
b am in total depravity," said the second
But | am away beyond redemption, sale
the third.
In the Circuit Court of Scott Co. Iowa
yesterday morning the administrator, Geo
e W. Cable, and the administrative, Mrs
II Sarah ID. White, of the estate of the latt
n DIR. Joseph IL. White, were authorized By
the court to make an agreement leasing
e one third interest in the Davenport Gdzett
:. Company.
The Blonde Little Sheet is unhapp,
= because THE ARGUS neglects to motto
N something he said about fees. and h
10 seems sad that he has lost 80 much labo
- and space on so small subject Whe
= the Blonde Little Sheet will devote himsel
Is to subjects worthy of attention THE ARGU
st has no objection to correcting his false
,e hoods, occasionally. Try again, Blond
i Little Sheet.
The country is full not only of paten
right peddlers, and book agents, but c
J those who 90 around frightening farmer
I into paying for using gates and harrows
and now they are threatening to prOsecut
all who are using three horse double trees
10 One in Benton, county, Iowa, is demand
H. H. ing IS Of each man, and correspondent
the Prairie Farmer says that hundred
have paid this false claim.
IN 1t will be a matter of interest to III
n many friends of Miss Fanny Bellows {
learn that she was married on Wednesda
last and is now on her wedding tour cas-
W Mr.. H. I. Taylor, formerly clerk wit
IL McCalister Il Stewart, is the happy MAJ
o. Mr.. and Mrs, Taylor will remain at tn
at Bellows House, after their return. he tai
r ing the position Of Clerk in the hotel
n, Charles Shaeffer, a rapid skater, wit
al several of his school mates, was skat
us ing on Duck creek. He being a goo
W skater moved with great speed far in az
or vance of his companions, and rendered III
de comfortably warm by the exercise, woul
~ SIT or lie ,wn on the ice and wait for the
Is to come up to him. This dangerous pra
N tice was repeated three or four time
nd Cold settled on his lungs. fever ensue
Is, and on Saturday he died