The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-04
NOTES HERE AND THERE

Regular meeting of the Library board
tonight.
Nearly every farmer in California is now
a Granger
Yesterday and to-day, cold, raw, rainy
aud gloomy.
Cairo has established quarantine on
account of the yellow fever
Good Joke on old Peter, in an article
headed The T. W. & w. R. R., in this
paper
From Rock Island to St Paul, the dis
lance is 400 miles, by river to StLouis $50,
and to New Orleans ] 600.
Charley Fisher has opened a new barber
shop on Illinois street, opposite Union
Squared few doors west Of Madison street
( Charley is an old favorite with man Of our
citizens.
1t is said that the financial panic has
had depressing effect on the consumers of
beer and other beverages throughout the
country. Arrests for drunkenness have
been very few since the scare commenced.
Capt. Lew Clark hitched his horse at a
post in Davenport the other day, and went
about town on business His horse and
buggy were stolen, and afterwards found
at the Seven Mile House, back Of Dayen-
port,
The L. S. steamer Montana has dredg-
ed Pigs Eye bar, and now there is a three
d foot stage over it. The light draught boats
) with barges will hereafter have no trouble
> in making connections regularly between
! It. Paul and Hastings.
y Capt Jack and three other ModGcs were
hung yesterday according to programme
>, They made long speeches, claiming that i
III was not their fault that they assassinateC
e. ourcommissioners. They wanted to see tn
great father and thought that he would par
don them.
=, II is rumored on the street to-day, tina
u there have been more failures in Bosto
and New York Lamper 4 Co., hcav
- grain dealers in Boston, are reported t
> have failed-indebtedne $4,000; as
u sets 100000. Financial matters in Me-
York are represented as quiet
Is In order to get the weekly meteorolog
+ cal report into our weekly paper, it shout
Of reach us Thursday evening, or at the late'
ID on Friday morning at the opening of tt
ne Office. This week it did not reach us Il
ID Saturday morning, and, of course, lid nj
IT appear in our last weekly. Mr. Mcllva
of will please take notice.
\ characteristic item appears in Il
N Lajoa, this morning, abusing Pollcemi
rs Murrin for leaving officer Kessler, of Da
on export, to manage his own case, and clos
gn by saying Of the 'vag who was trying
AN escape His name was Kessler, fro
cts Davenport and as there was no eviden
lnd against him he was discharged, that
~, officer Kessler arrested himself and findi
ing no evidence against himself, he discharg
himself Intelligent and reIieable Unioi
as An extremely fastidious literary new
iir- paper printed in New York compares t
ng, panic of the Stock Exchange to the "brI
terror by which horse is devoured W
oo, has pair Of broken shafts hanging to
N heels, or dog flying from a tin saucer
~ attached to his tail +" Bad for the no
.Lo and bad for the dog The tin saucer
,ok- seems to have rather the best Of this &C
was plicated business. Notwithstanding
ing horse and the dog may be ''leetle ahea
II a The latest dodge of the thieving frate
rod ity, with which some cities abound at
one present time, is this A thief wearing
: to look of injured innocence presents an
, NC watch to his intended victim, with the
The quest, please set my watch, sir. Gre
r it. pulls out his gold repeater to accomoC
any his friend H. when the friend snatche
e 81 81 and runs. 1t is very thin" but is '
mali. ming frequently.
sen The types made us say Tom Riley
man, police case yesterday. 1t wasn't Tom
81 ID was Tim. Tom keeps saloon in Ha
II, :" = row, and when he is sober is a decent n
d in Tim lives over the slough, and is an in
boy rightly bad mana drunkard, wife l
lney er, and dead-bea generally. Any
the the Don keeper who lets Tim Riley have lii
who ought to have his license revoked
fish, stand q suit for damages 10 Tins wife