The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-28
NOTES HERE AND THERE,

Will LIE
"A brakeman named Lambertson was
killed at Monmouth Thursday night.
There are 1872 common law, and l24
chancery cases on docket now for trial at
the next term of our circuit court, which
commences next Monday.
james johnson, a carpenter 80 years
old while working on the new elevator 10
MINNEAPOLIS, fell thirty feet and broke his
back. His death is inevitable.
-Jul.e Peasants having closed the
December term of Mercer county circuit
court las returned to his home in this city
He will commence the January term of
court here next Monday.
Il telegram from Muscatine to Mar
shall lIawes received this morning says,
I'VE have Graham's mare and buggy, but
say, nothing about the thief Mr.. Ora
ham starts for Muscatine this evening for
hi, property.
The item in Saturdays ARGUS con
caning the reduction of the bail of Dav-
export prisoner should have said Rossman
from Cincinnati who was found with tools
with which he intended to help Eggesh t
tHC HDlCu lVi SCI out VI jail
Charles Wynne, "a car driver, in Phil
adelphia was shot dead by Mrs. Strausler,
while endeavoring with others, to force an
entrance into her husbands saloon, in
Camden. from which they had been elected
a short time previously.
The Dave nport Gazette has daily
market report from which we find tina
pumpkins are nominal and that cabbages
can be had at from fifty to seventy five
cents per dozen heads. Editorial talent
seems to be cheap Oh the other side of the
big drink. -Rcoria transcript.
A man named II. Grote, in Milwau-
kee, had collected LOO to pay note he
owed He wrapped the money in piece
Of newspaper aud threw it into drawer
for the night, intending to pay his note the
next uay In the morning the girl used it
to lighl fire with. The state Of that
man 5 feelings can be better imagined than
described,
Mr.. William II. Edwards, foreman of
the wood working department Of the Mo
line Plow Company, and one Of the stock
holders Of the Company, while engaged IN
a friendly bout wrestling with Il. X swan,
! President Of the Company, in the office on
Friday morning, Of last week, fractured the
small bone of the right leg near the ankle.
Mr.. Edwards was removed to his residence
and DR. j. Is. Dawson called to attend
him.
"A Desmoines Telegram says; 'Re
ports have been received here Of a man at
Red Oak, whose name is unknown, who
beat his little girl, aged 10 years, on Sun
day night, because she could not repeat
her school lesson, until she died Tw,
years ago he cut off his boys finger in a fiji
of passion, and last summer he killed one
Of his horses in anger. / was proposed tc
lynch him, but he was removed to Mill:
county Jail.
A very dirty, dcbased aad ignorant
looking man came in to vote in a township
Of Michigan. Said one of the ladies' offer
ing him "a ballot, II wish you would obligc
us by voting this ticket What kind o
a ticket is that said he. why, sai'
the lady, won can see yourself" but
cant read, he answered. why can,
YOU read the ballot you have in your hand
which you are about to vote? the lad
asked NO" said he, Il cant read a
all. "WelI," said the lady, this ballo
means that you are willing to let the wo
men as well as the men vote. rs tina
it," he replied. Then | don't want it
the women don't know enough to vote.
The Changers and grange organs don
seem to like Senator John A Logan. On
of their organs, the Granger, talks yer,
''disloyaIy" and irrcyereutly about tina