The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-08
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Business is improving in railroad circles
aud the amount of freights carried Is daliy
growing larger
A farmers motto exhibited at meeting
in Lexington, ILL.,, recently READ No"'
but live stock should be watered
Some signs to indicate where letter ana
newspaper boxes are, at the post once, eS-
pecially on the outside, would be deslraole'
The freight on a box of goods, says inc
Upton Advertiser, was 81 from boston
to Chicago, and 50. 90 from Chicago to lip
ton
That Troy baby with four teeth IN It's
nose is nowhere beside Chicago man'who
had ten teeth in his nose the other day
They belonged to another man. too.
A Boston correspondent believes that
most of the Washburn Republicans
willbeworking with the LiberalRepublicans
next years. They and Grant are sald to
have fallen out
There are great complaints OF burglarles
in Davenport. 1t is well for people every
where to be on their guard Hard times
developes sneak thieves, burglars fires,
highway robberies, etc.
ANY. World special from London
saws the Due Daumale, on Monday prl-
vately said it was certain that Marshal
Bazaine would be condemned to death by
Court Martial and then pardoned-
They tried to have a Board OF Trade
meeting in Davenport, onMOnday evening,
to talk up the muddy ehasm between Duck
Greek and the city, but they had to give it
up because they couldn't find the key to
| their room.
Nusbaum's new dry goods store, Darts
Hall, continues to be the great attraction,
and is thronged with customers. The en-
terprising proprietor is kept constantly on
the qut cire TO cater to the wants of his in
creasing patronage.
/ A large, new and very elegant fire and
burglar proof safe has Just been put into
the office at the Harper House. The in
creasing quantity of money and jewelry
which travellers want placed in the safe
rendered it necessary II have one of great
err capacity
\ prominent western politician went to
Washington the other day to consult with
the President upon some political matter,
and when he returned to his hotel he in
formed friend that a. he had learned
was that Grant INTENDED to enter nine
horses at the St. Loui, fair
The Grand Rapids Mich Democrat
puts the case III this style: I'VE advise,
, therefore, that every nan who owes debt
and has a greenbaek to pay that debt al
E once. The greenback mas never been any
thing put printed he, and the sooner
, men get rid of it the better, provided they
, owe it to their neighbor-'
: Col Stewart, the dishonest Pittsburg post
l master, not only cheated the government
| but withheld from most of his clerks abou
: fifteen dollars month out of the sum paiC
: by the government for their salaries. H'
I also placed the name If his livery stabl'
attendant upon the payroll and pocketeC
, fifteen hundred dollars per annum for hi
supposed services to the United States,
1 A meeting of our library directors wa
, called for last Saturday evening" but n
meeting was held for want of quorum
= Four members-Messrs. Burial, Gest, Nc
r Elherne and Jones dropped in, one at
t time, and concluded there would be n
2 quorum. As the Board is now full we pre-
sumo there will be no failure for want Of
t quorum in future.
t Geo. B. Dow, formerly u conductor O
. the c. r. l. Il P. R. T. died in Muscatin
l. on Saturday, aged 49, He first ran on tn
e main line to Iowa City in 81 or IS, and
e SO was transferred 10 the branch, takiu
the first train into Washington. In c
/ he was sent back on the main line and ra
to Des Moines. and the following year /
, left the road to engage in other business
d Donaldson aud his Graphic balloon, il
~ Stciu vi CitS>lhS 6llc 'tCaili was CduSht
2, storm in New England, and after a mo
te thrilling experience the three air-voyage
n escaped by jumping and the balloon W;
ID afterward secured Il is doubtful wheth,
they ever intended to go farther than Ne
lie England. But the recent failures al
Ie deaths in consequence of balloon expeI
ments will make little difference. The e
ID periments and deaths will 90 on.
nc Sheriff Leonard has submitted his r
It port of prisoners confined in the Sec
at county, Iowa, Jail from April Is, 1873, u
Sc til October LIST, 1873. This report sho1
IN that during the time stated three hundr
he and eighty-three prisoners were cOnfin
nd in the Jail for various offenses. OF IL
IS, number one hundred and twenty-thr
70 were in for intoxication; five for murde
N for stealing including grand and petit ID
II ceny, thirty nine for disturbing the pea
No. including assault and battery, assault wi
nd intent, fighting, &c, forty
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nd General Grants Private Secretary a
Plenpotentiary to San Domingo, and
perintendent of Public Works for the d
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