The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-12

Everything done by the Sup'rs up to
noon will be found in this paper.
Christmas trees are making their ap- |
pearance in front of some of our stores.
"A peaceful settlement of the Cuban
question appears now to be settled fact.
-Cargil is fixing the cross-walks lead
to his store He wants people to come
right in there.
What disposition of the butcher of
Santiago de Cuba would best please the
Cubans? His Burriel, OF course.
The river yesterday commenced ris-
ing. and at p NJ it was , feet inches
above low water mark, a rise OF five inches
in few hours.
Christmas Ball at Hills1ale in Concert
Hall, Thursday evening, the 18th. Invita-
ton cards just printed at g'HE ARGUS Of
fee,
On Monday all railroad lines leading
east from Chicago advanced their rates to
Eastern cities FIVE cents per hundred
! pounds.
Miss Ella Merrill, daughter of NJ. d.
Merrill. ESQ, most excellent young lady,
was married last evening to MIR; Charles
f. Hawley, Of the First National Bank.
Hack sur? Right over the river.
Take you to the Arsenal If you wish.
Right over s. 7. Lyon, formerly po-
lieeman in this city, is running hack be-
tween this city and Davenport. Right over.
The Erie Canal, from Utica to the
Hudson has been reopened tor navigation,
and the prospect now is that all the boats
loaded with grain for the seaboard, that
were frozen in few days ago, will get
through.
The salary grabbers of the Forty
third Congress have drawn s., 625 each al
ready under the new law, or more than a
year $ salary if that be now reduced tC
S., 200 per aunum-our Mr. Hawley among
the rest.
George Fl. Williams was Judge of the
Fist District Court of Iowa from lS47 tC
1853, sixyears. The Albany Lam journal
states that during this period nearly one
half of his decisions were reversed by the
, Supreme Court of the State.
Mr.. James Russell Lowell, in his ''ThC
| Courtiu'," has drawn by anticipation al
exact portrait of the average back pal
Congressman of the day
He stood a spell on one foot fust,
Then stood spell on t'Uther:
An ON which one he felt the wust
2 He coldn't ha' told ye. nutnern
Town collectors of taxes are not nov
required to furnish their own tax receipts
By late law of our legislature county
= treasurers are authorized to furnish then
o for all collectors, at the expense of tn,
]. county. They are all printed, for thi;
county, and the treasurer will give then
C QUO with the tax books.
!. Mrs. J. w. Weston, of the Mendles
s sohn Quintette Club, lost her skye terrie
g at Burlington, the other day. and the citi
zens of that place are now trying to detec
the flavor of an aristoeratic canninein thei
n sausage, with view of ascertaining if pos
C sible, which butcher it was that was SO for
&c tunate as to get hold of such fine hare,
% material.
"A thermometer should be placed in al
open space, out Of the vicinity of higi
y buildings or any object that impedes tn,
. free circulation of air 1t should face tn,
e north, to be always in the shade, should b.
% twelve inches from every neighboring oh
Q ject, should be fifteen feet from the ground
, and should be protected against the Ugh
l. reflected from neighboring objects, or tn
Is ground itself.