The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-18
NOTES, HERE AND THERE.

A petition is TO be presented to Congress
asking an appropriation for improving
Galena river.
Harmonic" saloon is open again as
usual, and Mr. Guldenzoph will be happy
to see his friends.
Pinckneyville had case OF smallpox,
but didn't get scared, You know, and now
has five or six cases.
September 18th is the day finally fixed
as the time for the opening of the next
Illinois State Fair, which is to be held at
Peoria
George Paine, of Hampton hauling coal
one the ice, to MIR. Dalzell, over the river,
had horse fall, in Main street, yesterday,
and break leg They killed the horse
The Dixon Hose Co, are out Of shirts
and have petitioned the City Council for
an appropriation of 1925 for the purpose
of purchasing Firemen's shirts for the
Company
The Moline city ordinances are being
revised and viii soon be published in
pamphlet form. VIII the Union insist
that THE ARGUS shall have chance to
bid on the job?
The Moline City Council viii hold its
next regular meeting on Wednesday even
ing, February 9Th. 1t is expected that
the town will then redeem itself from the
disgrace of appropriating the property of
other people without compensation
1t now appears that husbands will have
to forego the pleasure of exercising a SUI
peryision over their wives correspondence,
As the postmaster general has decided
that married women may baye letters ad-
dressed to them and they shall be delivered
to no one but themselves
The Louisville Commercial is still en-
gagged in the good work of showing up the
iniquities of the late lottery drawings in
that city, gotten up ostensibly for the ben
eft of the Public Library Of Kentucky,
but, like all other similar schemes. really to
fill the pockets of the managers
Not to have money enough TO procure a
night lodging is a crime, according to
Chicago equity. Several boys were fined
by one of our dispensers of or with JUS
tice "a few days ago, for sleeping in door
WAYS The founder of our holy religion
had not where to lay His head, but We
never heard that any Jerusalem Judge ever
fined Him therefor Verify this is pro
gressive Chicago journal.
Governor Oglesby drove six-mule
team across the plains, from the States to
California, in 1919 We always wondered
whore the gallant Governor learned to
swear by note We are now sorry that he
is going to Washington, An accomplish
ed mulewhacker would be an invaluable
man to have within reach of the Lecisla-
ture. Peoria Rerie,o
H. ;. Comstock, the over Jealous county
superintendent Of Henry county. on a re
cent round Of visitation in the north part
OF that county, was so interested in his
work that he became oblivious Of county
lines, and trespassed on the domains Of
this county. They are making good deal
of fun of Comstock on account of hi, ofic.
lal visits to schools in our county.
The stockholders of the Northern Line
Packet Company held their annual meet
ing in Fast st Louis, on Wednesday. the
18th and elected the following gentlemen
to serve as directors for the ensuing wear
ThOs. b. Rhodes, T J Buford. y. Hunkins.
r, C. Gray, a. Jacobs. T. H Grifiths and
Geo. Melville The election of president
and the appointment Of officers of the
company steamers will take place at an
early date
The boys out in Orion have constructed
short line telegraph, with the necessary
instruments, from Welliver 4 Parks store
to II. " Reshels tin shop, 10 practice on
during the winter evenings Counting the
agents there are as yet only twelve opera
tors but there are several more talking of
learning the art which will no doubt sup
ply the wants Of the stations for some
time
The way the old soakers in Geneseo yet
their pizen is thus described by the
Rspnjlic. They get some money and
want to spend it for liquor. They know it
would be useless to apply at the bars for
it personally, 50 they find a go-between. a
halt respectable sort of person who loves
his rum and is not cut off from it, and he
it is who, for share in the bottle. buys
the stuff for the poor inebriate. They
take their bottle, and, behind some build .
ing or board pile turn down its contents
and get drunk. 1t is impossible for the
saloon man to guard against this practice 1
ne Is imposed upon, and the men who but
for these miserable go-betweens would be .
compelled to live sober lives are enabled Ia
get drunk and 90 home and abuse their
families
\ telegram dated at Lasalle having been
put on It's travels through the newspapers
stating that there is terrible suffering in
Dixon for coal, and that people we're com
PEELED to take to their beds to keep from
freezing, the Dixon Herald says this des-
patch was sent by some person in vein
OF humor-sort of third vein fun 1t is. /
we are proud to state, a base Islander. No /
person in Dixon not thoroughly intoxicated
has been compelled 70 90 to bed until .
bedtime for the past month. Its a coal .
ded nsinuation from some prince of dark .
ness lying in a coal bed. In another
item the same paper says; The fuel |
question is now solved Andy Ben has
contracted to open seven stone quarries
near Dixon, and has also engaged fourteen
painters who are to give color to the
show of business and he hopes to keep
our people fully supplied with seventh
vein coal of an average quality unless
the black paint runs out.
SENTENCED. - Joseph London and
George Williams, who entered store at
Moscow, Iowa, last month, and were, a
few days afterwards, arrested at their
house on the Milan road. short distance