The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-20
NOTES. HERE AND THERE.

A Grove" of Druids has been institut-
ed at Coal Valley,
Many thanks to Daisy Mcdonald for
fresh flowers on our sanctum table.
An unusual amount of building is going
forward in Rock Island this spring.
Prospect of strawberries up this way be-
fore loug-they are down to fifty cents
quart in St Louis.
Between 200 and 400 men are at work
grading the Davenport & st. Paul road be
tween Fayette and Cresco.
Lumber is being shipped in large guam
titles from this point to Springfield, Ill,
Why not, as well as from Chicago?
The fifth annual exhibition of the South
ern Illinois Fair will commence on Mon
day September 80, and continue FIVE days.
The Davenport 4 st, Paul Railroad Co.
has contracted with the Coal Valley Min
ing Go. for its supply of coal for the com
ing year.
Apetitionisin circulation asking the Pres
ident to pardon Thos Sargent, the young
man who robbed the mails on the Western
Union railroad.
The Hon Levi Davis, of Alton, has
been selected by the lawyers of the TWEEN
ty-second Judicial Circuit as their candi-
date for Judge.
The rolling mill in Springfield, Ill., made
Sc tons of railroad iron on Friday, Of last
week. Rock Island is better place for
such a mill than any other place in Illinois,
A goodly number Of Knights Of St 81
mon of Cyrene Commandery from Daven-
port, were the guests Of Evarts Comman-
derry in Rock Island by invitation, last
evening, and were entertained in knightly
style.
The California train going East on Sun
day, was five hours behind time, and car
ried 10 passengers bound for New York,
The train waited seven hours at Omaha
for the Union Pacific train which had been
delayed by storms.
\ lumber raft of 100000 feet was
pushed from Reeds Landing to Muscatine,
37j miles, by the steamer James Means,
in a days, last week, the time including a
halfday's delay at lie Claire An amaz
ing feat to a Mississippi raftsman of ten
years ago.
President Grant has not yet signitied
his intention to return to the United States
Treasury at the close of his present term
the 100000 which was his share of the
salary grab. His signature made that
scandalous bill law He profted 500,
600 by writing his name just once.
Sunday, while religious services were
being held at the Jail, in Davenport, under
the auspices of the Young Mems Christian
Association, the petition to the City Coun-
Gil to close saloons on the Sabbath was
presented, and signed by every prisoner in
the building, nearly all of whom are cOnfn.
ed for drunkenness.
\ few nights since there passed through
this city by the Rock Island road, JOSEPH
Neuman, the silk producer Of California
on his way to the Vienna Exposition
He carries with him mulberry tree shoot:
of years growth, and fourteen feet long
and has sent by express, cocoons, and sill
/ flags
The chief sufferer by the destructive fir,
at Aurora on Sunday is the Chicago, Bur
lington 4 Quincy Railroad which had it
main workshops there Beyond 4 dwell
ing house or two, no private property wa
destroyed The Company loses part o
its shops, 4 number of cars,-among then
some palaee.cars, and other property
The loss will not exceed S25O,OOO
A young man, aged "a, and two boy
aged l6 years were caught emptying
cask Of wine belonging to the Northern
Line Packet Company, on the levee i
Davenport. They had bored hole in tn
cask and by means of piece Of small ga
pipe were emptying the cask at viii
They were taken before Justice Kauf
mann, who fined the young man $50, an
the boys $40 each, with costs The thre
went to jail to serve out the fine.