The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-31
MOVES HERE avn rHERE.
-Good-by old 1873.

-Uood-Dy OLD 1918.
Very windy day and the dust flies fur
iously.
Welcome the New Year. Happiness
to all
No paper will be issued from this of
fee tomorrow.
Some twenty or thirty of our young
people attended wooden wedding in DAY.
export last evening,
VERY STYLISH address cards, for New
Years calls are being printed at The
ARGUS job rooms.
A carload of silk worms passed
through Clinton the other day from Cali
foruia to France.
The Changers of Scott county, Iowa,
have selected Mr. Hurd, as their impie-
ment agent, with an office in Davenport.
According to the St. Louis Times the
Iowa State Grange has $4,000 in its
Treasury, and an honest sentinel at the
door,
The new paper at Geneseo will not in
dorse John B. Hawley's Iowa land grab,
but will want to know just how much he
was paid for the job.
The Champaign Gazette haunts the
following proud motto t. the breeze: Nc
pay no paper. Greenbacks, and not glory
is what We are seeking"
The adjourned session of the. Illinois
Legislature commences at Springfield nexi
Tuesday january 6, Congress will re-
4 assemble on the same day.
-Lemuel Parkhurst Clint 5 father
we'll known and popular steamboat clerk
has been appointed Deputy County Treas
urer or Scott county, Iowa.
The National Gas Company, of Chiea
go, are putting up hydro carbon gas works
: at Des Moines to make gas by new pro
cess from carbon oil and water.
1t is reported that owing to the reeen
death of Mrs. Lieut.. Wright, there will b
no New Years receptions held at the resi-
dences at Rock Island Arsenal
, Graham, formerly of Graham x Kerr
of this city, is running hack between tn
two cities. His son drives the team. Al
messages and errands will lie promptly at
) tended to ii intrusted to him.
| The filling of the mains of the Dayen
7 port water works goes on well, day by day
few leaks being found. By Saturday wa
< ter takers will be. supplied So far, tn
works have cost $4,000.
--GALEsBURG, Dec. 29.-Hon. Clark
{ Carr, postmaster at this place, left to-da.
$ for Mt Carroll, LII. where he is to be mar
ried on "Wednesday, the 3lst, to Mis-
Grace Mills, daughter of II. A. Mills, Esc
; Waiter Il. Andrews, formerly of this Of
i fee is the Anti Monopoly candidate fo
+ Assistant Clerk of the Iowa House of ReT
D resentatives. The Anti Monopolists wi
: probably control the organization of tn
house when it assemblies.
Fay Dimiek has commenced suit i
: Whiteside county, against the Northwest
y ern r. Il. Co., for $4,000 damages for th
! killing of his father by the ears last fal
! Hon. Charles j. johnson, of Rock Island
has the case in charge. Judge Johnso
| was formerly resident of Whiteside.
z-Rumor has it that a certain youn
t Davenport lawyer is no LANCER found in hi
e accustomed places, and that various ban
o checks are floating around bearing his sis
nature, on which the banks say mo funds.
Being a very circumspect young man, too
, ing neither in or out, and member OF tn
. \ NJ. Z. A. the story seems improbable
, Under the law of Congress it is a Grim
; to obstruct trains carrying the Unite
States mail, punishable with imprisonmeI
in the Penitentiary. Under the laws
: the State OF Illinois, the crime Of obstruc
, ing, or conspiracy to obstruct, railwa
Q trains is punishable with from five to te
years imprisonment in the Penitentiar,
A word to the wise, etc
? The public debt is increasing at tn
rate Of about ten millions month. II
strongest argument used for Grants ele
ton was that he was paying off the del
at the rate of ten millions a month. tn
now proves to be falsehood-the del
) is increasing every month and extray
CANT expenses aud salaries still go on u
n checked
nj The assertion is now freely made TIL
Attorney General Williams, when
; purchased $500 laudualette for his pr
} vate use and paid for it with GoVernmei
e money. only followed the example set /
Il Messrs Egarts and Hoar while filing ii
r. same Office.
d The strike against the reduction of W