The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-31
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
burglars are at work in Davenport.

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Only Is marriage licenses issued in
Scott county last month-twenty-seven in
this county.
Aaron Thompson, of Andalusia, an
nounces that he wants the Republican
nomination for sheriff.
That recast bell on the ferry boat Is a
very complete failure. 1t is worse than
the cracked one. a good sized COW bell
from Alex Steels store would be better.
There is great need of a green house
in Rock Island where flowers can be had
at all seasons of the year and where bo-
quets can be made with something like ar
tistic taste.
"A son of lawyer Martin, of Daven-
port, aged IA, by the careless handling of a
pistol shot'himself in the left leg, ~fractur-
ing the bones below the knee badly. 1t is
hoped that the leg may be saved.
Among the American citizens who
will serve their country as juryman at the
coming term of our circuit court will be
found jackson Beardsley a prominent rep
resentative of the colored men of Rock
Island. Jack" will make a juryman as is
a ~juryman-you bet.
There were two burglaries on Wells
street in Moline last night,-one at MIR.
Webbs, where they ransacked the house
and got 81. They got in by tearing the
mosquito bars from a bed room window
and from a parlor window. The other was
at Mr.. Viewers, where they got IS.
The house of Mr.. Peter Finder, the
well known farmer who lives two miles
north of the village of Blue Grass, in
Scott county, Iowa, was de ltroyed by fire
between 2 and 3 o'clock Thursday morn.
ing-and Mr.. T. and his family had a very
narrow escape from death by smoke and
fame. The furniture was all destroyed, as
was the family clothing.
The Big Island fish fry didn't end
happily with all its members, four of them
two D~avenporters and two Rock Island
ers) being engaged in a drunken saloon
fight at a late hour of the night, in this
city. Scratched faces and bunged eyes
were the results. Where were the police ?
They cheated us out Of a good item by
keeping out of the police court.
John Goode, a former saloon keeper
between this city and Milan, who was sen
fenced to one hundred days in the county
Jail and to 5000 fine and $l76 costs, by
Judge Peasants at the last term Of the
Circuit Court here, for violating the liquor
law, was yesterday pardoned by Governor
Beveridge and set free. He has served
sixty days, but is still obliged to pay his
fine and costs.
What can the matter be with the
Geneseo Republic? Its cheeky article
about Hawley makes everybody laugh, the
statements are so wild. But in another
article, about the Rockford road, it is evil
dent that the editor is not a crusader. He
says Judge Trumbull resisted the attempt
Of the German bondholders to get a re-
ceiver appointed in Chicago, whereas Judge
Trumbull was attorney for the German
creditors and made an effort (which was
defeated by MIR. Osborn of this city, to
get a receiver appointed. The Republic
says Judge Trumbuli made application to
the Henry county court for a receiver,
whereas it was Judge Lawrence. And to
cap all the blunders, the Republic says
Mr.. Z. L.. Gable is appointed receiver, in
whose hands the road now is,'-whereas
it is Mr.. X. r. Gable, president of the
road and G. Lynde, director and Treas
urer of the road who are appointed receiv-
ers, and in whose hands the road now is.
We recommend liberal doses of Saratoga
water to clear the brain of the Republic.