The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-18

Clay Dean-tne senate OF clay, NeUsteI.
Calhoun, Benton and the other giants OF
the time. And this will be the subject of
Mr. Deans lecture in Burtis Opera House
on Wednesday evening next.
The ferry boat is yet running thouG'
with difficulty, on account OF Heating ice:
The river closed last year, on the 29th OF
December, the ferry steamer having gone
into wiuter quarters the previous day.
On the 3Oth John Reamers, the pilot, cross
cd from Rock Island to Davenport on the
ice bridge and two hours after the ice
was all broken by rising water, and the
river did not close again until the 10th OF
January-and it was the 18th before teams
crossed with sleighs
Not few persons hereabouts are
wondering why the Mayor of Desmoines,
the Board of Supervisors of Polk county
and Governor Carpenter, do not offer re-
wards for the detection and arrest Of the
leaders of the Vigiantes who took Howard
from tbs Jail and hung him. Indignation
meetings have been held at the capital
and the barbarous deed denounced in the
strongest terms in speeches and resolu-
tons, but nobody proposed to take steps
for the arrest of the lynchers. -Doc. Gnz
Mr.. Michael Gunnell, living 3 miles
east of Moline, while driving load OF pork
to market, on Thursday, when about
mile from his home, was oyertaken by
gentleman and two ladies in light wagon,
and as they attempted to pass him his
team started suddenly forward. He was
walking and driving his team, and was
thrown to the ground receiving several
severe injuries and bruises about the head
and face and the hind wheel of the wagon
passed OYER his shoulder. 1t is feared he
is dangerously injured
Mary Lent, girl of Is, living near
Fort Wayne, Ind, while on her way home
from school was attacked by rnffin named
Elliot Parker, and, in spite Of her screams
and struggles, he succeeded IN outraglng
| her person. He threatened her lite 1t she ex-
posed him, and, believing himself safe under
the threat, he did not try to escape: AS
soon as the girl reached home she told her
pititul story, and Parker was secured and
taken to Fort Wayne under arrest The
girl is now 10 a critical condition.
A boy about Is years old was arrest
ed in Davenport on Wednesday with a
stolen horse belonging to James Tufts, OF
Fulton, Muscatine county. The boy said
his name was VIM. Pace, and he claimed
that the horse belonged to his father, who
lived in Muscatine county. When taken
to iail he wlted and confessed that he was
helping a gang of horse thieves, not 80
miles from Rock Island. If there is any
truth in this statement the police should
have kept it secret until they could get
hold of the gang. The boy will be taken
to Muscatlne for trial.
Maj. Beardsley, of this city, and DR..
James Sweeney, of Normal, are IN Spring
field engaged upon their report to the Gov
ernor The report will represent the
Home to be in good condition, There are
in attendance 3Ol orphans. The average
attendance for the two years past was w;
the average age was 10 years. The amount
of money expended for salaries and nurses
of the Home was S92,67 AZ. The expense
per capita, including salaries, ETC., was
Sl56. The Home has been in operation
seven years, and in that time it has cared
for aud sheltered 500 orphans.
-Atkinsons brick yards want water
from the water works, but Surveyor Stod-
dard finds that the elevation OF the Olulfs
at Elm street is l6l feet above low water
mark on the river bank. and thinks the
/ elevation is too great for the power of our
| water works. and that it will therefore be
impractcable to force WATERPROOF the bluffs.
In order to force water there it seems to
be the impression that it would be neces-
sary to keep up a fire pressure constantly
IN all the mains below the bluffs. The wa
ter pipes are lad on Elm street to Mrs.
! Weber S residence, which is about one
third ola mile distant from the brick yards.
On Sunday, Mr. f. D. Stoddard was
! driving into town, and when near Henry
! Cases brick yards he overlook some boys
who asked for a ride Mr.. Stoddard per
nitted them to get into the back part of
his democrat wagon. When they got out
it is probable that string OF quails MIR.
| 5. had in the wagon stuck to their fingers,
or had previously been dropped overheard
SO they could 60 back and pick it up. They
thanked Mr.. 5. veIy kindly, as they got
out. which, of course, was for the ride, not
the quails. Mr. 5. wishes them no harm
and hopes they did not get choked with the
quail bones.
A writer in the Cincinnati CONNER
cidl discusses with considerable abund
ance of detail Boss Grants habit of taking
too much whiskey. He says the practice
is growing upon him, aud that of late he
/ has been frequently ''on the ragged edge
of the iim Jams" Moreover, he has ac
quired within the last eighteen months
puffy. habby appearance not indicative OF q
temperate life This is all very probable
| 1t is known that Grant was Obliged to re
sign from the army in 1854 on account OF
drunken habits: and it would be a wonder
if he should escape an entire relapse int
them in the latter part OF his life.
There is no reason TO think that the
! following estimate of Gov. Kellogg of Lou
isiana BY so good Republican journal a
/ the Philadelphia Inquirer is in any respect
unjust He appears TO be a mere poiitI-
cal gambler, as devoid of intelligence as
honesty, treating the high office as Ii Il
were mere personal property, and not the
sole property of the people. which he and
hi, conspirators had stolen from them. IL
would naturally seem that congress should
decide that William Pitt Kellogg would
better ft the chair of a faro dealer in a
New Orleans gambling house than the
chair OF L0uisiana's Governor. C.n-
gre.s came tn that decision long ago. but the
trouble was that the leading Statesman
saw no reason why faro dealer would not
make a guod Governor 50 long as he was
liberal with his checks.-N ]. IribuH,.
French canned peas at i9 Star Block.