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

The new regulation Overcoats have been
ordered for the Davenport policemen.
See advertisement of Mrs. Russell for
boarders. The location is in a pleasant
part Of town.
The chisel boats have finished the cut
ing out of the troublesome chains in the
rapids in front of East Davenport.
There has been one fatal case of yellow
fever in Dubuque-a man who arrived
there from the South, on steamer.
Connecticut has finally decided to make
Hartford the sole Capital of the State by a
majority vote of from 1000 to 5000.
The women in Springfield, Mo, are hold
ing public meetings with view to break
ing up the saloons and gambling houses.
During the month of September the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway car
ried 6, ls9 cattle, 81 ,5ss hogs, 1923 sheep,
and PAT horses into Chicago stockyards.
A sharp boy in Cincinnati was sent after
kerosene, but he spent the money, filled the
can with water, and his father went over
and pounded the grocer for swindling him.
The Wide Awake boys will give ball, at
Turner Hall, on Friday evening, the 18th.
next week. They expect to have good
time, and invite all to come and join them.
One of our exchanges remarks, in mo-
ment of inspiration: Don't loaf about
the streets and depend upon the Lord for
your daily bread. He isn't running q
bakery"
Since Tom Kinsella was driven out OF
the Democratic party he has been issuing
triple sheets of the Brooklyn Eagle, and il
is believed that he Kinsella heap more pa
pers than ever before.
John Dalzell, highly respected citizen
of Davenport, died of cholera morbus on
last evening-the 9th. His age was 81.
| He was born in Ireland in 1890, and had
been a resident of Davenport since 1874.
The power of love receives a fresh and
striking illustration in the case of the Mo
! line girl who knocked her lover heels over
head down flight Of stairs because he
stopped kissing her long enough to get q
good long breath.
The New Orleans Times get off the to!'
lowing busting poetry:
Mary had a little lamb,
With which she used to tussle,
She snatched the wool all of its back,
And stuffed IL in her bus lie.
The lamb soon saw he had been neeccd,
And in passion flew;
But Mary got up on her ear
And stuffed the lamb in, too.
DR.. A. Cone, formerly resident of Day
export, but for some years past citizen o
Memphis, died in the latter city, on thu
Goth, of yellow fever, being taken down oil
the 18th The Memphis papers speak il
the highest terms OF his devotedness ant
skill, and state that his death is regrettet
by all in the city.
Prairie fires have already begun, Tn
entire crop of small grain of W. .. Tuttlt
, four miles south of Independence, Iowa
was destroyed last week, together with hi
, granaries, hay, and some 400 bushels q
old corn, the total loss being about 81, 2Ot
with no insurance. Other grain and ha
stacks in the neighborhood were also burned
According to a California paper youn
, lady of that city in telling gentlema
about her Yosemite trip said the scener
was gorgeous-perfectly ravishing-bU
she didn't like their style of locomotio
down there. ''How's that said he
friend, how did you loeomote p WHY
don't you think. she replied Il had t
ride a la clothes pin
The heavy swell in the river at the mort
is amounting to something here-the stag
being feet inches above low water mar
Q yesterday P. NJ, a rise Of three incht
A in "a hours. At St. Paul it was feet
e inches at Lacrosse, #. in. at he,
\ kuk, fit. in. and rising at Nicksburl
r 4 #. II in. and rising; at New Orleans, l
! it. in. and falling.
A fire in Steffeu 4 Bros cooper shol
;. in Davenport yesterday, the 9th, did dan
age to the amount of $500. The fire
supposed to have been caused by sparl
;. from locomotive which passed son
: twenty minutes before the flames we're di
covered. The roof had been fired in Il
" same way several times before.
i John Tuberty, a lad II years old, sh
another boy, Henry kuechler, in the bat
: with pistol loaded with shot, yesterda
the 9th, infictinp dangerous wounds. T
pretended to officer kessler that the pi
tol, as he was pulling it from his poke
fell and went off by accident Boys wi
witnessed the deed state that he point,
. the pistol and fred on purpose 1t was
II very cruel deed, and the perpetrator d
e serves severe punishment.