The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-08
ONE.
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Another Republican ice-holder is
to be Observation-Disclosures, the may
or of New York.
Magistrate Chopper is unwell-con-
fined to his bed by sickness, and his court
is closed until he RECEIVERS.
AT the races in Buffalo on the 7th'
Goldsmith Maid trotted a mile in 2:l54.
Dexter is king of the turf no longer.
On the night of the 4th inst, during
the thunderstorm, the barn of MIR. N.Sev-
erns, near Illinois City, in this county, was
struck by lightning. The hay took fire,
and the barn, with 80 bushels of wheat and
three horses, two large sheds near it, and
three stacks of hay each were destroyed.
The total loss was about 81, 300.
Yesterday thirty seuen cars loaded
with coal, from Heagy, Stoddard Il Co.,
left Hampton on the Western Union rail
road by freight No. Il, for the north.
Every day large trains 60 over
banks Of Heagy, Stoddard & Co.
produced more coal than any other banks
in the county. 1t all finds a market on
the Western Union railroad.
"A St. Paul paper says; '"The low
water is beginning to interfere with the
regular running of boats. For some time
past they have found it necessary to have
daylight for running between St. Paul and
Hastings, but otherwise they have not
been detained. There is a bar just above
Winona that is giving boats some trouble,
and was the cause of the Clinton being
late.
In noticing the suicide of Henry
Smith, OF this city, the Dubuque Times
says, While living in Dunlieth "a brother
OF his killed a man named Rose, and after
wards shot himself, accidently it was be-
lieved. Smith leaves Il wife and eight
children in destitute circumstances. His
family is actually dependant upon public
charity for their daily bread. An engineer
of the Diamond 10 Line was in the city
Yesterday to relieve the immediate neces-
sites of the family. Smith was well
known in Dubuque, and his old acquaint-
ances contributed literally.
On Friday, July oath, Mr.. Geo. r..
Shaw, son of Alderman Shaw,a well known
grocer, corner Front street and Bridge av-
enue, Davenport, took the ears west with
out the knowledge of his wife or friends.
1t was soon ascertained that he wasinsane.
He was traced to Wilton, then to Iowa
City, then to Des Moines, where the track
was lost. Yesterday a letter came from
the superintendent of the Insane Asylum
at St. Peters, Minnesota, stating that a
young man had been brought to the asyl-
UNI from a village twelve miles distant
from St. Peters, where he was wandering
ia the streets, talking incoherently abclt
wanting work. He will be brought home
as soon as the journey can be made with
out injury to him. 1t is earnestly hoped
that his alteration is but temporary.
The great American franker is in trou-
BILE. The colored voters OF the Lid Virgin
ia District have come to the conclusion
that they have had enough of Mr., James
Fl. Plat, ir., and have concluded to nom
mate one of their own race for Congress.
When we consider that Mr.. Platt was so
anxious to serve the colored men that he
left his native heath, in Vermont, and
went to their State for the self sacrificing
purpose ofgoing to Congress for them, this
hostile act seems just IA little ungrateful,
The journals favorable to Platt admit that
he is not SO popular as he used to be, and
fear that between the two Republican can
didates the Conservative nominee may Sc
cure an election. 1t wouldn't be very sad
if such an event should occur, for now the
ranking privilege has been abolished there
seems to be no use for Platt.