The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-04
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

The water works supplied the city
with II, 500, 800 gallons of water last month,
against Is, 1873, 500 gallons in the month OF
in which there was one DAY
less. The engines made 535, lO7 strokes
during the month, and the cost OF tuel per
day was $500,
Mr.. NJ. ID. Conway tells good story
of Rothschild in his entertaining article on
decorative Art in Eng land, IN the No,
vember HarperS. A fop once bothered
one Of the ROthschilds by boastlng OF set
of malachite studs he had Just bought, and
asked the banker if he had not admired
them. oh yes" said Rothschild. very
pretty, indeed; I've got mantle piece
like that at home.
The court at Winchester, ILL.,. has
been occupied for two days with the case
of Thomas Nash against Jonas Morse, OF
Exeter, Ill.,, for selling him NASH whisky.
oniwhich he became intoxicated and 1ell III
to the fire place and was 50 badly burned
that he has become cripple for lite and
deprived of all means of asupport foI hlm-
self and family. Nash laid his damages al
81, 900, but the jury hung-hve were tor the
! defendant and seven were Tor the plalnuh
The Railroad Gazette gives the loco
motive returns of various roads Tor JUNE
last The returns for the e., Il. l. ~ X r
] line Illinois division, are as loiio"s Eo
of locomotives in service, 70; mileage
1911 40; No. of miles run to ton OF coal
Al .43-tu pint of oil, II 81; cost per miI'
in cents for repairs, 4.ll-ior iuel o.'9-
for stores OGO-for engineers, tiremen ant
wipe.s, 7.06. Total 1886. Average COS
of coal per ton, 2.72-of wood per cord
$3.50.
Quite an excitement prevailed anon;
the citizens of Milton, Pike county, ILL.,, re
Gently, on learning that three horses ha'
been stolen from the livery stable. 1t wa
intensified when the news spread that Mr.
: I. n Hall ; business house had been rooted
: Mr. Hall had Just received a new safe iron
st, Louis. 1t was blown open and Its con
tents taken, consisting of money and Jew
elry. No clue to the robbers as yet. 1h
horses were abandoned five miles south q
There.
- The examination of John Dolan (th
. fellow who refused to give his name wne
q arrested) aud j. O'Neil, took place better
5 Magistrate Pinkley, yesterday, Dola
4 was identified by Mr.. Luce as fellow VIII
) had loated around his auction room l
} Iowa City. He was held in bonds OF 500
: and sent back to Jail for want OF bal
= q Neil was not identified and nothing wa
, done with him. He is still held on tn
3 examination before Magistrate Croppe
. No more of the property has, Us yet, bee
identified.
- A Washington le;ter-writcr says til;
inst now the literary world of that city
busily engaged in porting over an lmporte
English book containing a list of those e!
lied to this country from 1922 to lao
The writer says it makes him shudder
read of the ancestry of the blue blood
: Virginia; that the FauLtleroys were col
victs; that the Mason pere was sold i"r
term of years, and Mason mere a serva'
q weach :" that the Leighs were transport
. for sheep stealing and the Lees convict
: The constitution of Illinois forbiC
D., Iimprisoument for debt. This provision
- the constitution has been construed author
i tatively by the supreme court ot the stat
a The opinion was submitted ny Jud!
n Craig, and is to the effect that court
equity cuunot impriSon for contempt
= the failure OF party to pay money'
-. decree, unless the dlSobedlcnce Is VIII
e. ut would seem from this splul0n, I
: marks the Legal NeCS that our supreu
e. court do not Intend that tue provision
:. the constitution which declares no rerS
shall be imprisoned tor debt, etc. shall
4, main dead letter.
D" The Supervisors Of Moline ought
e have procured the passage OF an ora
y from the Board of Supervisors establish
s more voting places in that township-thr
10 places at least. 1t would save hundre
:" of dollars TO the people The number
ID votes registered was 400, and about i
er we're sworn in, on afiidayits, making oy
5. 500 voters and yet they east only a hi
10 over 900, People will bot waste their til
- waiting for a chance tn vote, and It
" wrong 10 compel them to do SO, In,
Ic- servants have not d0ue their duty. !.
n not another election pass without provlsl
being made SO that people can vote vii
cut delay.