The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-23
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Thanks to Hon W W. Warner for leg
islative favors
1t was Hitchcock instead of Caldwell
who was elected Senator in place of
Thayer.
The Cincinnati Enquirer alliterativeg
alludes to Mr.. Kelley, as the Pig iron
Pirate Of Pennsylvania.
A bill has been introduced into congress
providing for the better protec'ioh o' saw
mill owners ON the Mississippi
Thomas Tavlor. Of Port Byron, fell from
the tender of an engine at Sabula, couple
of DAVIS since, and was run over and in
stantly Killed
Davenport is getting to be the resort for
bats and owls A very large white owl
Arctic species) was killed on the place of
j. T. Temple, near Locust street, on
Wednesday.
The alarm of fire, last evening, was
caused by efforts to thaw the ground from
the Brady street gas main to the new
/ Methodist Church, So as toruu pipes tpthe
edifce.
/ Senator Lyman Trumbull, Of Illinois.
viii resume the practice of law after the
Sd of March the day ON which his Sena-
torial term expires. He has been in the
Senate since lS55- seventeen years.
The Union is of the opinion that ii was
fortunate for the city that we had a
Mayor who knew how n make the people
pay two hundred dollars more for building
the hose houses than Phillips 4 Bladel
would do it for
I Warner, in his Backlog Studies, says
there are still attempts made to bring W
family round register but you
might Just as well try to bring it up by
hand as without the rallying point of q
hearthstone.
Martin q Brien, who runs Dave Hill
sleighs, has driven sleighs across the ice
bridge between the two cities for nine year,
past. and he is at it again this winter
Each winter he has made about $500; max
ing an aggregate in nine years of about
$500
, \ Kansas man dropped Il little note "a
a neighbor' wife, inviting her to meet him
under the pale, silver moon The hus-
band got the note first and kept the APP
pointment. Two doctors have been at
work on the Kansas men, in whom they
f,rud a rich load mine
1t is important according to the Union
that everybody should know that it is not
an ordinance but is charter that forbid
= member Of the City Council from bein:
interested in n contract, etc, etc. ant
therefore we say that it is a charter anC
not an ordinance But does that fac
make it any more proper for a Mayor than
for an Alderman to be interested in tn
profits of city works
4 new and extensive field of trade ha
been made by the recent connection ar
raugements of the Atkinson, Topeka 4
Santa Fe r. T., with the Southwestern
Branch of the c., r. l. Il p Not a ia,
passes but numerous cars come into thi
, city from the Topeka road which show
T. that the Southwestern road is now regarded
the most direct route from Texas Kansas
q and the far Southwest 10 Chicago and thu
( East.
A young lady teacher in Lawreuc,
J Sunday school caught boy smiling las
n Sunday. Said she What are You smil
ing at, johnny" Nothing, mum, wa
q the answer | know better, said thu
teacher, severely; now tell me what i
was. johnny looked frightened, as h,
b stutteringly said "I-I-s-see We
e newspaper s-sticking ont, mum. Tit
o teacher sat down suddenly and arrange,
r things
n The Secretary and Treasurer of tn,
p Credit Mobilier cannot tell where the miss
r ing books are, but is clear in the conviction
d that there i, a good deal of unnecessar,
p fuss going on at present He assured tn,
e committee it was all mistake II suppos,
: the public was interested in their doincs
E " Only few newspapers, he said ear,
Y anything about it. Blessed doctrine,
o said the veteran topper in a T'niyersaljs
+ meeting. blessed doctrine I'd girs fr
r do'lays If il ras ir"e' There are
number Of Congressman who feel just tina
way.