The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10
NOTES HERE AND THERE.


The old time Abolitionists are having
a jolly meeting in Chicago. Why shouldn't
they?
The Canoe Greek double distilled |
damnation" petition will he found in this
paper.
"A little 10 year old boy, named Charles
Hilliker was drowned yesterday, in Daven-
port, while bathing.
Crop prospects are fiattering in this
vicinity. The copious rains will probably
insure bounteous harvest
paper that Bill Wilshire's claims to be
congressman are fraudulent.
The sociable of the Young Mems Aid
Society, at the Presbyterian church, was
excellently managed and gave great salts
faction.
The Republican platform makers in
Washington are in a bad way. They can
not agree on any policy by which their par
| ty can he saved.
"A gentleman has two canaries which
he calls Wheeler" and Wilson, His
reason for these Applications is that neither
of them are singers.
| Proposals are asked bya committee of
the City Council for some or 5 acres of
ground called the hospital ground, in the
lower part of town. See our advertising
columns.
| The grounds at Rock Island Arsenal
never looked lovlier than now, every shrub
and tree freshly washed by recent showers,
the dust of the avenues well laid, and the
grass like that of an English park.
The loss of Dr. Morey, by the scoun-
drel who smashed things in his drug store,
must be over enc hundred dollars, and for
which the DIR. has no remedy, as the crea-
ture is vagrant, without means to pay for
his mIsdemeanors.
Our editorial table is made brilliant
and fragrant with sweet flowers from our
little friends Mabel and BERTHE Champion,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Cramp-
ton, of Sunnyhill Nursery, for which we
thank the dear children very much A
stupendC US boquet from another friend
also graces the sanctum.
The word Independent" in the poll
ties of this year, will be liable to double
and sometimes doubtful use, unless it be
kept in mind that the Independent Move
ment is itself but the aggregation of indie.
pendent men, and that it encourages, and
must continue to encourage, personal in.
dependence in every one.
Boss" Shepherd, Grants ring mas
ter, has the cool effrontery to lay before tho
District of Columbia Investigating Com.
mittee his views in regard to reform in the
government Of the District This is the
prisoner at the bar telling the Judge what
instructions to lay before the jury
Cheek, thy name is Shepherd.
A good way to advertise Ton the sly
when you have land for sale, is to give some
, it and get him to say "a gentleman count
ed them, -then nobody will mistrust wht
: the gentleman was. People will think i
was some distinguished traveller from New
? Zealand, and the real owner of the lane
can chuckle over the item as piece O
: cunning which no ''fellah can find out.
&C. H. Mccormick, of Chicago, ha:
sold his fine stock farm, in Cordova, thi
county, to VIM Mills, of Moline, for $l5,
t 000 The papers were made out yester
day by Osborn 4 Curtis The farm con
tains about 1900 acres of choice land, ant
/ fine buildings. The house is of stone an,
? cost 200. 1t is one Of the finest faru
+ houses in the county. Mr. Mills has secur
t ed good bargain.
o MIR. John Cromie, of Louisville, VIII
c packed large quantities Of ice at Soutl
> Rock Island last winter, has been sudden
t ly called here by the fact that his agent i
y charge Ia man from Ottawa, named Marsh
! has absconded, he having got badly de
d mOralized by bad women Mr. Cromie
q stopping at the Harper House He ha
; from 5000 to 5000 tons OF clear Rock riN
+ er ice here, and will soon commence shiE
y ping it South
A great sorrow has fallen with almos
crushing weight upon Mr. and Mrs. j
i Gregg. Their very bright, beautiful an
: promising little boy was buried, from tn
: house of DIR. Gregg, to-day. They no
. reside in Chicago, where the child died
: for interment A similar atfiction came
! Mr. and Mrs Payne last summer--and no.
l the two sisters, Jenny and Alice (formerl
, Wilson, mourn the loss of two little DO,
who were greatly loved by all who kne
them.
- That $1,000 package which old SUI
V sidy gave to Senator York. of Kansas, ar
II with which he etfectually killed that 'Chri
If tian statesman by the exposure of his a
IS tempted bribery, is in the Kansas Sta
Treasury, and no one claims it. You
only took the money to expose the rott
e would-be Senator, and the latter said
, gave it to York for one Page to help sta
d a national bank but Page, after cor
=. mencing suit for it, has abandoned Il
idea of establishing his claim to it, and
y the package goes begging, and the Sta
l. Treasurer is anxious to know what to
IF with it. If the State Treasurer is like
majority of the Radical office holders
. Kansas this $1,000 does not worry hi
I" much for he will be5 just that addition
y amount ahead when he lights out