The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-16
NOTES. HERE AND THERE.

III DAAhh AoP7 beNCA Will ldAS.
The election for Alderman in the 9Th
ward, in place of VIM. s. Phillips resign
ed, takes place on Tuesday june. Sd. The
term expires next March.
The railroad lawyers hope that the in
difference and neglect to vote on the part
Of farmers, mechanics, men and labors will
enable them to elect Lawrence, their can
didate.
The Republicans have bad set in Iowa.
Rankin, their State Treasurer turned out
to be defaulter some months ago-and
now it is announced that the clerk of Black
Hawk county is defaulter to the amount
of $1,000 to $4,000.
Singing pays. A Mrs. Brown of Keo-
kuk, has been engaged to sing forenoon
and afternoon, on Sundays, at St Bartho-
lOmew's church New York, at $4,000 a
year. In the evening she is to sing IN
Christ church for 81 900 year,
There's no harder working or more use
full member of the dental convention In
session here than the intelligent and pains
taking secretary, DR. Koch, OF Chicago.
He is much liked by all the members and
deserves every good word he receives.
Kansas City is agitated with the closing
the-saloons- on-Sunday question. The temp
erance folks have petitioned the coun-
Gil To shut up the benzineries, and the sa-
loon men who compose a large portion OF
the population have demonstrated. The
aldermen are in hot water.
The Upper Mississippi Turn Bezirk,
composed of Turn-V erein societies in Rock
Island, Moline, Coal Valley, Quincy, Dav-
export. Buffalo, Muscatine, Burlington,
Desmoines, Council Bluffs, and Platts-
mouth, meets in annual Convention at
Quincy on the LIST Of June.
Two Kansas City girls became infatuat
ed with the glitter of circus, and followed
the show to Nebraska City where they were
captured by an officer sent out by the dis
consulate parents The number of soft
headed females who banker after the ay-
eraee niger minstrel, in every town, IS
absolutely surprising.
An Ottumwa young lady was recently
struck with the uselessness Of her life, and
Immediately went to work with vigor to
learn plain sewing At latest dates she
had hemmed one end of towel, which
the proud parents have framed and
hung in a conspicuous position in the par
lor.
The fruit dealer who slyly emptied hi,
rotten oranges, in the night, on the side
walk, cor Eagle and Illinois, was made tt
pick them up and carry them away mex
day. Next time he will be fined People
ought to know better than to litter up til,
the walks, streets and cutters with thei
filth-and they ought to be fined whel
they do it,
The contribution box in the rooms O
the Young Men Christian Association, il
Davenport, was taken from the rooms
carried away. and broken up, and robbie
Of its contents. The pieces of the bo
were found in the back yard. The Y. NJ
c. 4. has bad luck This is the thir
time that the box has been robbed With
six months.
The St. Paul line of fast steamers con
8 prise the following ten boats: Clinton
b Lake Superior, Dubuque, Alex Mitchell
= Redwing Minneapolis, Rock Island, Bel
u of La Crosse, Northwestern and MINES,
" ia The Upper Mississippi Combinatio
has ordered out the towbOats Addie JohnSo
and 6. H. Wilson. Capt. Dinnear con
u commands the former, and Geo Dunla
: the latter. The Bill Henderson, Capt.
J. Ball and Dan Hine, Capt r, Haine
< have been out on duty some time, and ii
4 Annie johnson, Jennie Baldwin Charlie
Y Checver and Damsel are yet to be ordere
2. out. The latter is undergoing repairs @
e the LeClaire ways
e A barge loaded with Pittsburg coal
:. 1852 bushels-intended for the Davei
/ port Gas Company, and in tow of ii
c steamer T. A Babbage, strunk a snag an
e sunk near New Boston on Wednesday
e James Ranney, the thief who stole Me
e chert's horse in Davenport, but who g,
It off because the witness from GenesC
!. failed TO appear, was scared out of Davel
y port and came this side of the river yeste
day Look out for him
The authorities at Omaha have adopte
a very clever expedient in providing f,
the poverty stricken found in their midst
theyiust ship the poor victims ofthis world
r woe to Davenport The Gazette don lii
n it and says this game of Omaha hi
t played out 1t was tried on Des Moin,
e till the Omahans found that the authoritit
e there we're just as sharp as themselves