The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-11
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Iowa, was struck by lightning on the 4th,
and four valuable horses persisted in the {
flames.
Col r. G.. Ingersoll is severely criticised
for bad taste in introducing his peculiar
religious Tor rather anti-religious) notions
into his grafton at Galva, on the Fourth,
Mrs. Vim. AcufL, of Cambridge, dropped
lead while attending to her household du-
ties last week Wednesday afternoon. Inc
cause is supposed to have been heart dis
ease
''Vhen a Teller makes his arm around /
his girl, und she vas hken dot pooty well
When dot was Scripture, on akound 1t vas
maken habiness come on waist places,
don't it?'
Sidney Smith once commenced a charity
} sermon by saving. 'Benevolence is sen
timent common TO human nature. A
never sees B. in distress without asking c
to help him.
A victim of the flowing bowl was John
Ellis, who laid down on the railroad track,
on the Fourth, near Eddyville, Iowa, while
intoxicated, went to sleep, and was literal
10 cut in pieces by train.
A Syracuse paper has received poem
5 on the loss of the Atlantic, but it is afraid
to publish it, lest some of the survivors
seeing it, might feel worse than they did
at the time of the tragedy.
~ e I
, have indicted Samuel Hughes and DIR.
Phillips for the murder OF Hughes wife,
in procuring an abortion on her person.
Hughes was also indicted for bigamy
An attempt to fill lighted lamp with
kerosene, at Red Oak, Iowa, on the Sd
d inst, resulted in the destruction by fire of
a Mr.. Bars house. and the loss of little
: girl named Effie Robertson, who was burn
r ed to death.
Creditor-''EIow often must | clint
three pairs of stairs before | get the
m amount Of this little account" Debtor
~ ''Do you think l am going to rent place
re on the first floor TO accommodate my credi
y tors?'
r An indigant young woman in Utica, whC
had not received cards to friends wed
ding, sent bill for 500 for twenty week,
board of a canary, which she had takeI
st and cared for during that friends absenc,
H. in the city.
.; An infant was found in the ditch besid,
ad the P. 4 R. l. track in Galva, Thursday
IN the Sd, just after the passage of train
oF supposed to have been thrown there by
a woman on the train. The child, which i
u, six or eight weeks old, was put in charg
n. of the authorities.
nj The silly, soft-headed girls who lose tn
~ little sense they ever had whenever the
see a Snowman or gambler are not al
dead yet A scoundrel who follows Lent
circus for prey induced young girl il
'st Museatine to accompany him on his trav
"a els. Her father followed the show to low
ne City, and recovered his child in dam
'e, aged condition.
eo A man in Springfield, who suspected hi
'u' servant girl of using kerosene to kindle tn
% fire, thought he would try her one nigh
recently, so he poured the oil out aud file
'rS the can with water The next mornin
ng there was no breakfast and no fire to COO
res it-nothing but stove filed with soake
,rs wood and the foolishest looking girl b
nc ever saw
les A Springfield dispatch tn the Chicag
cit journal, says A erin non case is report
'rs ed involving gentleman of character and
YET married lady in this city, which is now az
yet itating the social fabric The gentlema
We resides in this city, but is at present MAJ
&C. aging the affairs of one of our state inst
NJ tutions The developments are looked fC
by the lovers of scandal with much intel
est ' Who are they ?
New Hampshire leads the way in a
~ effort to prevent eccentric advertiser
20 from abusing nature by painting up roc
and fences in the usual fantastical style
% The general statutes of the state provid
=, that any person painting the names of an
wares or occupation on fences or Oth(
j. private property, or on any rock or natur
-, object, without the leave of the owne
.bo shall be fined $40 One-half to the use
.. the prosecutor.
a. County Treasurer Dalrymple, of Can
al bridge, Henry county, has gone to Sprin
of field 10 settle up his accounts. He pr
,or poses to try and collect the per centage f,
m collecting taxes as collector, outside of h
vr salary as treasurer 1t appears that tbel
,ro is quite diversity of opinion among off
Gals whether treasurers are entitled I
-, any per centage for collecting aside frol
their fees as treasurers. A corresponder
says it has always been the custom there
I'd; prior to the adoption of the new constitu
ton, for the treasurer to collect his DC
centage only for the taxes which he co
We lected and his fees as treasurer, but
a seems that Dalrymple wants per centag
on the whole collection, and treasurer
Ia, fees besides.
eo- just received 500 striped coats, blac
ON and white, selling for one dollar each q
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