The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-23
NOTES HERE Ar D THERE.

UOu SlIH.
The discharge papers of one Joseph
Slnnott private 90. E. l36th n. Y, Volun-
teers. were found on the street and left at
this Office for the rightful owner
Henderson, the artist, returned from
the east this morning and brought along
some friends. The fish will suffer now,
and camp life will be all the rage.
No friend of Congressman Hawley
has ever denied that Mr. Harroun, one of
the rapids contractors, paid him $500. Why
did Mr.. Harroun pay him this money?
1t is not surprising that that pair of
Iowa steers died from eating old circus
bills-the lies told on them and in their
newspaper advertising are enough to kill
mule.
Jones complained of bad smell about
the pOst-ofhce, and asked Brown what it
could be. Brown did not know, but sug-
gested that it might be caused by the dead
letters.
Shall cut this loin of mutton sad
dlewise said gentleman. No, said
one OF the guests, "cut it bride wise, for
then l may have a chance to get bit In
my mouth"
-"Dupe," in the Union, intimates that
the stockholders in the Mozart Watch Co.
were sold and swindled by men right
here at home,-their own trusted agents
and officers
The Hawley Postmaster newspapers
in this District fume and fret wonderfully
because the people wont stop talking
about their masters conduct in the Iowa
railroad land grab.
II would advise you to put your head
into a dye-tub its rather red, said a
joker to sandy haired girl Il would ad-
wise you to put yOurn in an oven; it's rath-
er soft, said Nancy
Supervisor Krell paid the fare of AL
exander Wilson, the poor Louisiana suf-
ferer, to St. Paul, $6,-and advanced him
81, for subsistence, so that he could reach
his brother in St. Paul
New time card takes effect on the c.,
r. l. Il p. R. R., tomorrow Trains gen
orally arrive and depart about Is minutes
earlier than at present, See corrected
time table in this paper
The effort to start a glass factory at
Peoria turns out complete failure, after
all-and the glass blowers who moved to
Peoria are worse off than ever. They have
lost work here and got none there
Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock the
Rev. j. A Reynolds will deliver tenn
perance discourse in the Christian church
east side of Court Square. Subject
Christianity as the basis of temperance re-
! form.
How much of that thousand dollars
said to have been left with Congressman
! Hawley for the use of naval student, in
case Of necessity" has ever been drawn
| Has the necessity ever occurred? Will il
ever occur? And if it does not will Haw-
| ley keep the money?
No friend of Congressman Hawley
has ever denied that one Of the chief men
in the Moline Water Power Co. paid hin
$500. What was this money paid tt
| Hawley for? The Moline Water Power
Co. got a fine dam built at the expense Of
the people
is Illinois State or a Province p Is
now the great conundrum. Judge Zane
! of Sangamon, has done what he could tt
! show that it is State. There is to be q
conflict on that point, and we shall see
whether our State Courts can be wiped
out or not
The first circus that ever appeared il
| these parts, exhibited on the island of Rocl
| Island in 1890 There were two hundred
and fifty troops at Fort Armstrong, anC
officers and men attended the show, anC
settlers for miles around in Illinois wer,
also present The wagons and horses were
| ferried to and from the Island The circus
went from here to Galena.
! h. n;o,oo,l l. 49, = i - G.,
! business. The Diamond DO came in yes
! terday afternoon from Dubuque, with thir
| ten car loads Of grain. which she unloade(
in the St. Louis cars She took on a goot
cargo and left for the north tine same eve
ming. George Lamont, on the levee,is tn
agent of the Diamond 10 Line for this sid
OF the river
That man from Marshaltown, Iowa
who has the dropsy in his legs SO he can
walk, was found on our levee last night b
Policeman Rhinehardt. OF course he hat
to get him to place of safety some how
He got him on a hand car and trundlet
him down 10 the foot of Deer street ant
manage somehow to get him from there t
the jall-Mike says he rolled him down
| The county must send him off or keep him
/ He will be sent off. Pears to US that
| good many Of these dead beats fall to on
| lot, somehow. There ought to be a way t.
punish people who leave them here.
Davenport people had big scare be
tween and O'Clock yesterday afternoon
They thought it was an earthquake or tina
the powder magazine at Rock Island Ar
senal had exploded. Within the past tw
weeks several hundred tons of old shot an
shell, shipped from St. Louis Arsenal hav
been delivered at the Arsenal. Some con
demned shells, cover the hounds with iron
set the train on fire, and in minute tin,
the earth lifts, awful sound is heard, tn
earth quakes, the black sulphurous smok
ARISES, and that is the last Of it. Daven
port IS safe.
Mr.. Henry Watterson writes to tn
Louisville Courier journal from Washing
ton under date of May 9, that it is elaine
there now ''soberly, and by the coolies
headed men that Grant means thir
term, and that he does not reckon withou
his host. He thinks that all of Grant
past and present conduct indicates the il
evitable purpose Of his mind aud heart t
, be a personal government like that {
which Prince Louis Napoleon addresse
himself after his elevation to the chic
magistracy of the French Republic Nj
Watterson finds everything in favor
7 such movement, aud continuing says
t ''IhGs matters stand at the present nj
ment Grant is the central figure. TIL
Democrats are just strong enough to los
, The Grangers are just weak enough I
f hold their own. The Liberals are neithe
strong enough or weak enough to coul
except as idealists. Everything seems
favor Grant No matter what is done,
/. leans Grantward. If the PRESIDENT
v election should come off this year, nothir
! I.oo,, H., 4rou.