The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-04

The work OF laylnS pi'Uh ~.
freight depot of c., r. LIZ r. fSiiio"' IL
going forward rapidly.
A Paris journal, in noticing the 'oS'p p.a,
of the shah, remarks the absence u 'ne
American minister, Sir EKhu Washburn.
The editor of a Nevada newspaper gives
notice that hereafter he cannot De or'Ded
with five-cent cigar to write nVe-uoilaf
puff,
Pauline Markham who is to represent
the character of Stdlaeta in tile DlacA
Crook" this fall, will be dressed in stalac-
tights.
One of the glass factory teams ran from
the c., r. l. 4 P. depot to the hooAiord
depot, down Front street, to-day III Tear
full rate, but did no damage.
The DAILY ARGUS was tventy-ohe years
old last month. 1t was 'stabhshed III
July, 1854, by one of its PRESENT owners
and never failed to appear o. every publ
cation day since that time.
A New Albany, Indiana, nan who killed
a neighbor the other day lracas has
presented his widow with wo bushels of
new POTATOES. and everything is satisfae-
tory.
The Union is disguste with the fire.
OUGHT bulletins about Vice resident Viii
sons health, and brutally sys; wv neither
he is prepared to die or nc, it will be very
singular if his last periodical relapse don t
find US prepared to see hin die.
The funeral of Mrs. R. ?. Chase sister
of Mr.. A. X. Philleo) will,ake place at the
house of Mr. Philleo to morrow morning at
10! O'Clock. The Rev. Mr. Harper of
Port Byron will oficiate. Frinnds are in
vited.
A despairing Americana Strasburg re-
Gently exclaimed g Dot ask me to see
sights ] am no longer 'ea-sick, but sick
of sights. Please introduce me to some.
body who talks English, ad who won't ASK
me TO see anything. -
Gov. Moses, of South }arolina, has an.
swered the charges mad against him by
State Senator Mcintyre, of the Collector
Gazette, by removing NhIntyTe from tn,
command of the Fourth egiment, ofwhicl
he has been colonel AID yet some PEG
pie still believe the chares true.
The Northern Line seamer Rock Isl
and was engaged yester,ay in the occupa
ton of trying to pull barge into tn
water, on the other sidelf the river, whicl
had been left high and ry by the falGni
of the river. After snspping her hawse
, several times and not sarting the barge
hair, she gave up the jO.
t Mai. Connolly has prchased of c. W
Andrews his store in [ ion Block, now oC
d cupied as a music stoa. The Maj sol
! one Of the stores, recently, to the propriC
tors of the National Saxon. The one OF
o cuped by Wier restaurant is owned b
q Geo. NJ Babcock, -anc those occupied b
. the gymnasium and IL music store ar
= owned by Maj. Council
The Gazetfs tells sd story of youn
O man from Cedar count who brought a
n order to a Davenport link for 81, 800 for
g friend who could not pare the time I
r come after the money. This was on Tue
day Of last week. On thursday messel
gel arrived from Ced.r county to leal
=, what had become of tie young man al
n the money The youn, man was found
a beastly state OF into1cation, and he hi
. either squandered 500 of the money
bad places or it had ben stolen from hir
He claims to have lost some of it in RO,
Island He was taken back 10 Ced
S county and his friends made up the mi:
ing funds.
Let car drivers beware of maltreatil
! horses, however aged for even in the
ashes may live their " nted fires The
was a raw boned creature on a street ra
way in St Louis, who was not suppOs
to have energy enough to Jump even at I
- unaccustomed sight # peck of GA
= Patience with him, however, ceased to
virtue about the middle of last we,
n Then it was that he. with vicious ener
Ill totally unexpected, kiked over the da:
a board, and bringing hs hoofs well to be
IN on the abdomen Of tn charioteer, fore
him through the glass loor of the car, a
% landed him in the YER middle thereof,
of the great delight of the passengers.
III will be some time before he grasps I
ribbons again.
The Union thinks SINE censure is {
the members of the City Council who vo'