The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-13
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Moline has debating club.
Thanksgiving two weeks from to-day.
Hon. Ira 0. Wilkinson is at the Rock
Island House.
Methodist sociable at Capt Bill Hen
derson's this evening.
DR.. Plummer has returned from his
eastern trip.
Another spicy letter from LIE Nard,
in this paper.
Horse thieves, in Davenport, steal
teams hitched in the street
A sweet window-Dart 4 Gregg's;
full of open boxes of honey.
First SHOWS; 1870. Nov. 18th; 1871,
Nov. 81; 1872, Nov. 10; 1878, Oct. q.
john McBurney offers his Bowling
farm, three miles southwest Of Milan, for
sale.
Robert Laird Collier is a regular con-
tribntor 10 the columns of Our Fire SIDE
Friend.
Thomas Yates does very nice plumb
ing Gas or water fixtures put in by hun
are sure to work well,
S. K. Porter, Esq, our new county
treasurer, will reside in Moline during his
term Of Office.
WHAT'S the difference between cloud
and beaten child One pours with rain,
and the other roars with pain.
An Indiana Judge has decided that a
woman has a right to cuff her hired girl
for leaving an outside door open.
Many people throw away clothing
which could be made to serve children Of
poor people in this city, very convenient
"A malicious soldier on the plains writes
that nine tenths of the time of the army
officers is occupied in counting Indian
squaws.
A New York thief tied lady to the
leg of a piano and then ransacked the
house This is another reason why folks
shouldn't keep pianos.
To morrow night there will be given, at
Darts Hall, the finest entertainment we
have had in Rock Island for long time.
Tickets at Crampton's
j. PTaylor, the new proprietor of the
| Farmers Hotel, in this city, is winning the
good opinion of people and his house is
/ well patronized, Mrs Taylor's table is well
= spoken Of by all.
f 1t is estimated that there are at least
= 10000 men out of employment in the city
: of Pittsburg. In no other place have the
+ monetary difficulties worked more disas-
trous results.
-Aleading mandatory in Augusta, Me
has been compelled TO discharge most Of
its hands, for the reason that it has plen
:. ty of funds at the bank, but cannot draw
n them.
60 The heavy writer for the Union i:
trying his hand at figures on the county
: treasurer, and he actually figures it that i
Is Cleland had received the votes that Porte
received Cleland would have been elected
The camping party, of Messrs Warn
5 Ell, Norris, Lambert, Strong, and other
70 have all returned to town. Ii they wOul'
ID now take a Turkish bath and get som
b. clean shirts they could associate wit
', white folks again.
-Martindale speech is having the ru
e. of the Anti Monopoly papers The Mi
ey waukee Daily Ne,cs thinks it is a goo
thing. Shouldn't wonder if that speec
would send Mart to Congress or tn
Legislature
Y, In response to a call for potatoes, "a ;
al Paul produce dealer writes that THE p,
tatOes are all frozen in the fields an
u ground, and there are none TO be had bI
We such as are badly damaged and not wort
at shipping.
IT -Mckinlay, the passenger on the Nortl
- western road. who was knocked down by
brakeman while re-entering the car he hi
vi been occupying for some tune, has obtaint
a verdict In the Linn county, Iowa, Distri
Court Of $1,000
The collections of Internal Revenue
" the State of Iowa for the year ending Jul
80, amounted to $l,0l2, 907.24. OF tn
Is 1896, 9S7.9l was from spirits 1901 ,46S.-
ms from tobacco; $l5S,67OS4 from fermeu
at ed liquors S23, 564. % from banks al
De bankers
rm The high school building in Moline,
he architectural beauty, Is the finest buildil
in this county Moline also has the han
.pe soonest and most expensive churches
,rv the county Rock Island will have son
"a splendid public buiIdings-when they a
III built
Billy Youngman did intend to l
. =, the editor of this paper and the editor
{ the Milwaukee Duty Neios, for publish
ar the facts about that bale of hay,-0ut
lad many papers have since published it tn
+" he says he can't kill all the editors and
IN he has concluded not to kill any Bi
VIII eats his fodder regularly
- Col. r. 2. Morgan, Jr. was defeat
l. as the Farmers Anti Monopoly candid;
ar for Treasurer of Mclean County by !
nv votes. The Republican majority last
"a was 1900. The Republican papers
Gu over the State are rejoicing at the resi-
wo- and that shows how friendly they are
, a the Farmers Movement Col Morg
She will be heard from again.
ems For the year ending June 3Oth, inter-
49,. revenue was received by the United Stat
h"S as follows $1,000 38l from Spirit
S34, 2S6, 3D2 from tobacco; 50, 324 937 fir,
b., Ifermented liquors so we pay Uncle 81
o. $95, 72O, 800 taxes on our drinks and {
ent smokes The tax on the entire bank
per business of the country was less than f
nod millions; and the internal revenue from
sources was $l06, 2j5, 537.Sl. Whisky a
eel tobacco did more than nine-tenths of it
l"u Seymour Bassett, of White Gre
cry Washington county, n. Y, undertook
nd. defy the Vermont liquor law by float
,ers whisky boat on Lake Champlaiu, anch
;,i ing near where large numbers of railr,
- men were at work in Vermont One MI
are his boat was burned, and as he met
ant party who set it on fire, rowing home,
of fired on them. They returned the fire
.on, killed Bassett The men were mask
Why don't Gen. Grant send the army
III Vermont to put down the Ku klux.
lu- --
Tenderloin, pigs feet, etc, can now
had at the pork house Of j. ). Gilmore