The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-27

1t Is so satisfactory TO know VINO the
most fashionable young men are.
Water Dauber aud Phil Mitsch are in
a law suit about a dog. 1t will be tried be-
fore Esqr. Pinkley next Saturday.
The boy who, when asked to what
trade he would wish to be brought up, re-
piled Il will be a trustee, because ever
since papa has been a trustee we have had
nuddinps for dinner" was a wise child III
his generation.
There is not another city of the size of
Davenport, in the country, whose streets
are in as lamentable a state Of dilapldation
as ours are, Wish the council would wake
up and take hold of this matter. -Daren-
port Democrat.
A dispatch received in this city last
night from Il. 5. Dingess, agent for Fore
paugh's great show, warns the people to
look for the biggest thing which was
ever brought to this part Of the country.
| Look out for their announcement in The
ARGUS.
'-General A. G. Dodge, of Burlington,
has notified the Gazette that he is not and
will not be q candidate for Congress. 1t is
sour grapes" now, since Gen. Dodge fool
lshily stuck his foot into that crusade bust
ness, The German element which was
inclined to sustain him, before that, would
not touch him with a ten foot pole now.
Capt. Haverstick exhibits his profess
sional courtesy by copying the Pearce at
tack on the editor of the Gazette, with OPP
probious comments, without noticing the
reply which the Gazette had made to it in
the issue Of the previous morning. Any
thing for attack, but nothing for truth or
fairness, appears to be the motto OF the
Union. -Dauenp0,t Gazette.
-Ifany farmer wants to secure the SER
vices of "a young, able bodied man, who
likes to converse, and is perfectly willing
to lie in the shade, discuss politics, talk
base ball, 90 fishing, take his daughter to
all the gatherings within ten miles around,
talk horse, and work a little VERY ~little),
he can be accommodated by applying at
the postutfice corner, court house steps, or
almost any shady corner in our city.
Lying in the shade a specially. Work no
object.
1t is not the heat of the sun that is
the immediate cause of sunstroke. The
human frame can bear without injury a
far greater heat than the sun ever gives to
anything on this earth. Men have been
put in ovens and came out %uninjured FROM
a heat of S2j degrees, Fahrenheit. But
when from sickness, lack OF cleanliness,
too great moisture in the air, accompanied
by excessive heat, or from some other
cause, the temperature of the body rises
above the limit prescribed by nature
about 100 degrees), then danger is immi-
,,Ant SttpsfrAl-a Dr S,nan nthAr AraA
shock to the system follows.
We had a delightful ride Sunday af-
ternoon, with Mr.. Harper, behind his best
bays. over the Moline bluffs, and then up
the river road to Mrs Buffers fine farm.
where berries, melons, fruit. garden truck,
hay, corn, small grain and all farm pro-
duce louriShes in luxurience. The fine shade
over the extensive grounds around the house
and the cool breeze made the call a pleas
ant one. We noticed al along the route a
good deal Of blight upon the foliage of the
trees and a remarkable shrinking Of the
leaves. The terribly hot weather and a
want of water about the roots of the trees
is pro ably the cause. Numerous sailing
craft were skimming over the river above
Moline, and large numbers Of bathers were
enjoying their evening bath. The same
inevitable fishermen were on the rocks
but there was little sign Of fish.
Evidently there is soft place in the
head of a man who pretixes or s~ufixes a
title 10 his own signature. Ii is in very
bad taste and shows a weak and vain spot
in his head. We observed an instance of
this sort on one of our hotel registers the
other day, 10 the man's own hand writing,
as follows. Mayor Nc Gtvrcv, Non
Had the entry been made by
the clerk or by any one except the owner
Of the name it would have been well
enoush-blt it was in the mans own
hand. Aud this is a man the Republicans
talk of nominating for Congress in the
district. The entry reminded
rs of a similar instance Of anxiety q have
1ne's title known; 1t was the case Of the
bid cooper. Mealman, who lived On the
Camden rad, over twenty years ago. and
Kho was elected a justice uf the peace.
He gave lis note for a small sum be we'd
o a business man in this city, aud signed
I j. h. Heatman, Esq'r.