The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-09
NOTES, HERE AND THERE.

The Chicago T'ribune's special from
Springfield says Southern members are
urging Burkley, of Wayne, for the Peni- |
Tertiary, and the North presents Johnston,
of Rock Island. We never expected to
see Johnston's own party friends propose
to send him there
A wedding was recently broken up at
Columbus City, Ia, in the following man
ner: The preacher asked if any one had
any objections the young lady said, yes,
l don't want to marry him. The expect
ant folded his broadcloth and silently stole
away.
\ good many people who live in Dayen-
port have to come to Rock Island to find
work, for the reason that there are no fac
tories and few shops or mills over there.
These people find the walk across the
bridges or the ice pretty severe one dur
ing the present cold and windy weather.
This is the way the Mobile Register tells
it "A negro woman on Edisto Island the
other day attempted to light her pipe in a
gin house and burned up $4,000 worth OF
truck The negroes in the Clubhouse who
before the war were worth half is much
more, barely escaped.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
year is now given as the moderate aver
age sum which the Indian RIM have
stolen from the federal treasury under the
guse Of an appropriation for 4 mythical
tribe Of Indians called the Teton Sioux
The Chicago Daily Times appeared yes
terday in an enlarged and improved form,
and says 1t is nav not exceled in size by
any daily paper in the United States.
Sometime next month Tie Times will &C.
cupy its new quarters on Washington
street.
During the quarter ending with t}ecenl-
Der 3lst, there were collected from the
eight street letter boxes in use in this city,
/ S,9H4 letters. Those who before had II
carry their letters t. the office rom all
parts Of the city, can imagine now many
steps we're saved by the above collections.
The prospect for the nighr Shool Is
good. There are many young men and
boys in the city who are compelled, by
force Of circumstances, to labor during the
day, who gladly avail themselvc- Of the
chance u attend a free school at night
Any who have not yet entered their names
can d. So by going t. the Third Ward
public school building any cveuin-
The grand jury for the January term Of
the Circuit Cour; adjourned Tuesday, hay
ing been in session only one day and q
half AM found only three Indictments.
This either speaks very Hight for tAe
moral, o.. the county. or badly the cu-
ergy aud vigilance Of the grand Jury, You
pays your money. and you tsNes war
casice.
The main line of the D. & s. P, Raj
road was completed t. a point 60 miles
northwest Of Davenport, Jan /, 1872 ;
Feb. :, -, reached M1nticelo Aug. Is,
finished t. HopLirtou, TO miles from Mon
ticello; Oct ID, Is miles tlrther--94
miles from Davenport; Dec. d. TO Straw
q berry Point, III miles; road NV located
from Iowa line T. Rochester MINI,
miles.
The Fourteenth Annual Festival of the
Young Pioneer Association Of SOFT county
was held in ElIril-e Hall, 4st night.
u Several guest. from Rock Island were
present and a jolly time was hal W w
Gabbert, ESQ. delivered an ors-ion eight
minutes in length after which the party
INDUCED in dancing At II clock SUP
per was served. Dancing wa resumed al
t 1870. and kept up till 3 O'Clock this morn
c ing.
The latest and most successful mode 81
: clntesting seat in the LEGISLATURE ha
been discovered in Arkansas. And whel
:. You come b. understand it. it j. as unilu,
u in design as it is successful in execution
A defeated candidate, who haruens To be
3. magistrate. procures the are. If sue
e ce~slul competitor On some crumped-ul
1t charge, secures his conviction ay perjure,
testimony, and imprisons hin while tn
'contes, for the seat is made.
2 \ sign-painter recently decorated tn
+. side Of new house in an English towl
ie with these words in staring capitals
Is Mrs Brown, Dealer in al Sorsof Ladies.
The town was in tumult Of wonder q
y to what might be the nature Of such
y business until the painter, recovering from
III a weeks illness, finished h. work b
to adding; And Gentlemen Wearin
Apparel.
" 4 serious accident occurred on the Peori
branch of the Chicago, Burlington
u Quincy Railroad, Monday morning. As
y train was nearing Edwards Station. tn
l. first station out of Peoria between tha
~ and Galesburg. A broken rail threw tn
, last car, containing a large number Of ia,
sengers, off the track, down an embanE
o. ment, smashing the car to pieces but, FL
- tunately, killing no one. Had the trai
been going full speed, the destruction
Il life would probably have been fear.u
Ut General Thomas J. Henderson, Collect,
es of,this District, had his head and face ba
,e ly'cut up. Hon. Charles B. Lawrenc
ut Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
this State, was in the ear and got quite
& number of bruises.
=, AT AUcTIoN.-The sale of goods say
III from the late fire belonging to H. c. BlaC
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