The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-10
NOTES HERH AND THERF.

Io-uny, put WALL HoI PEODaDly DC uDlSleQ
until late hour.
The number of Oranges in Iowa is
2,0O0-an increase of 1853 in the last year.
Is the order dying out?
The little "tip-up' who does the Rock
Island items for the Gazette is almost old
enough to leave his clouts off.
The noble words of s. S. Cox, in Mary
land, to be found in this paper, will give
his friends additional pride in the man.
The telegram 10 this paper, from Mem
phis, shows that the negroes in the south
are beginning to learn who their friends
are
Edna Dean Proctor has settled her
libel suit against ''our mutual friend Moul-
ton" Moulton apologies, takes it all back,
and pays the cost.
The Rev. DR.. II. G. Potter, Rector of
Grace church, New York City, twas, yester-
day, elected Bishop of Iowa, in place of
Bishop Lee, deceased.
The recommendation of this Admins
tration for a grand arsenal on the Atlantic
coast means no good to our locality. Read
the extract from the report of the secre.
tary of war,
We notice that there we're seven arri-
walls at the Burtis House on Wednesday,
among which was the following: m. +.
Wiser, Cedar Rapids" Has "Maquizer'
changed his residence.
The foreclosure and receivership suit
against the Peoria 4 Rock Island Railway
Company, in the United States Circuit
Court at Chicago, has been postponed by
agreement to Monday, Jan. 4.
A German-name not reported-was
recently taken from Edford to the Henry
county aims house. By the aid OF belt
and handkerchief he hung himself few
days after his arrival at the aims house.
John Fishers genuine Havana cigars
are worthy the attention of smokers Mr.
Fisher also manufactures great variety
of other cigars-some very low, HIS iac'
tory is kept busy as his wholesale ,raue Is
extensive. His retail store Is In Mitchell
q Lynde block.
w. L. Dalrymple, of Cambridge, re.
Gently went to Chicago to receive treat
ment for his eye that had for several years
been blind, but recently became infamed
and painful. 1t became necessary to re-
move the ye,which operation was success
fully performed and Mr.. d. is doing well.
Just exactly where Supervisor Dart
finds any legal authority for taking $500 Of
the money belonging to the people Of this
county to pay Washington lobby COM
mittee, it will be difficult for him to point
out. Those supervisors who vote away
their constituents money will be required
- Oh un,,,o Ia VI, nth IL
The Fanny B.Price combination troupe
which appeared recently in this city, broke
up in Springfield, last week. Some OF
the actors did not have money enough to
leave that city, and some of the citizens
got up benefit for them so as to enable
them to 60 home. There wasn't ability
enough in the whole company to make one
good actor.
Numerous rhymesters writeto us Offering
to furnish New Years addresses, for
stamps. The practice Of issuing begging
addresses of that sort was discontinued by
this paper many years ago. No such ad-
dresses are wanted They are humbugs.
Nobody cares for them, and no paper is
sues them except as means OF begging
money to pay its carriers, THE ARGUS
pays its carriers, and they have no claims
on subscribers.
Whenever the Mayor of Rock Island
is not a Republican the Union continually
abuses him for not enforcing sidewalk ordl-
nances. Now that the Mayor happens to
be Republican, the Union says, The
Mayor doesn't live who can strictlyentorce
sidewalk ordinance He may try on one
man or two men. whose offenses are rank
because on business streets. but he can do
little more" Jesse, Mr.. Winslow, jesse -
Among the promised amusements, TO
precede the holidays, is Husband to Or
der, comedy, by the st. Joseph ANA
teur Dramatic Association, of this city, to
be rendered in the hasementof t.Joseph's
church, on Tuesday evening next. The
ladies' inform US that they have complete
stage foot lights and ~. arranged ia the
hall and that they will be assisted by la
dies aud gentlemen from Davenport and
Chicago. They, with the bright stars of
our own city, will make the entertainment
deserving of liberal patronage.
We have of course no objection to the
supervisors, as citizens attending the flu
neral of the late John Morris,-but we do
object to their charging the county for it.
They haye not even the excuse that he was |
a member Of the board at the time Of his
less that he died while in the
discharge OF public duties. If, every time
a man dies who has at some period OF his
life been a supervisor, the books and the
are to be numbered with
string of resolutions and the members of
the board are to be paid out of the public
funds for attending his funeral, the thing
will get to be little monotonous after
awhile.