The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-06-30
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were drowned in Dixon. while bathing.
The river is now THE 30th about 10
feet above low water mark at this point,
and falling at the rate of three inches a
day.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says Hon.
John B. Hawley, NJ c., viii deliver the
Fourth of July Grafton at Buda Bureau
County
A girl named Ella Quinn died from sun
stroke in Galena on Wednesday of last
week. Three men in Galcna had slight
sun strokes the same day.
Change Of time on the Rockford Rock
Island 4 St. Louis railroad See time
card. All trains, after July l. viii run via
Moline, 6olona, Minersville and Orion.
Dover, VT, has not had death for FIVE
years, and the town hearse was put up at
rafle the other day, and won by a man
who is going to alter it over into milk cart
The Union has had a little sense cents
Knocked into its head aud it gives THE
ARGUS credit for doing the job. 1t ISM
the first time THE ARGUS has done that
thing.
1t is reported that an unusually large
number Of frauds on the revenue recently
perpetrated by New York importers are
being compromised by the Treasury De
partment
Barley harvest viii commence over the
river in about TWO weeks, farmers say.
The gale on Friday levelled the barley badly
all over Scott county. but it is thought it
viii recover.
Daniel Hill, Of Belvidere, Ill, Is years
old. fell under a train at Rockford On Mon
DAY night of last week After the cars
passed his remains were found scattered
along the track
Cholera-on the increase at CINCINNATI ,
decreasing in Tennessee; at work on the
Mississippi riyer-crawlng slowly north
ward. The Gazstt6 denies the report, that
two cases had occurred over the river.
\ Little Rock letter dated the Goth,
says that rains have fallen necessarily for
forty-six days, iuundating the lowlaud,
and prairies, aud utterly running the cotton
crop along the Memphis and Little Rock
road
Cannot something be done to prevent
young ladies from being insulted on our
streets nights - asks Cincinnati paper
There eau. just have the girls mother
tuck her into her Ettle bed about : O'Clock
in the evening and lock the door on her.
Miss Alice johnson, an attractive young
woman, started barber-shop in a Kansas
town the other day. All the wives in
town seemed moved by a common impulse
topresent their husbands with some little
love token By remarkable coincidence
they all selected razors and brushes and
mugs
Jersey caauy. Illinois, has !lus teea
famous a. one If the largest and hest win
ter wheat producing counties in the West,
and the harvest Of IS. which was began
last week promises to excel any since 1854,
both in quantity and quality If the grain.
This week thousands Of acres viii he ready
for the sickle
Some p % - horses practice ca Dim
ick : track at the FaIr Grounds, every
morning, beginning Is early . s. o'clock.
some Of them coming from Davenport and
Moline. 1t is the best track in the west.
aud !, good in almost any weather The
prospect j. that there viii be q large Ut Of
fine horses here at our fair-August ~
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. \ German aged about Il years, working
"a the farm Of Mr.. Sleter, about q mile
south of Duraut Iowa, met his death from
sun stroke last week Tuesday DAY
which oar readers VIII remember a. beiu-
extremely hot. He went into the field IN
the forenoon u pillow, and not returning a
the accustomed bour, some one went aftel
him. He was found lying on The grauul
near the pl5w, in Hiele-s condition. Al
inquest was held
The Hon Mr. Lgughrdre and the Hon
+ W. Cults, Of Mahaska county, Iowa
were in Chicago last week IN negotiation
with the officers # the Chicago, Rock IL
and and Pacific Railway Company. trr q,
extension Of the SiglurDey branch 81 The
Chicago, R,rk Island and Paei6. Railway
20 Oskaloosa. The extended line would
PASS through cue Of the most valuabl,
farming regions Of the State The rcsai
. OF the negotiations viii be kn IL q few
days.
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