The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-29
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Mild and pleasant weather.

Page, was run over by the cars at les
Moines Sunday night, and had both legs
cut off.
Cases of trichina spiralis have recent
ly occurred in Indiana. The only safety
in eating pork is in having it thoroughly
cooked.
The st. Louis Republican says VIC
Woodruff has got so she can manage to
dodge frozen potato nine times out OF
ten.
Mr.. Geo. B. Hall, of ST. Louis, gener-
al northwestern passenger agent, OF the
St Louis, Kansas City Il Northern railroad,
is at the Harper House,
An attempt was made to rob the post
Office at La Sale Tuesday night, A few
shots from pistol in the hands OF clerk
did the business for the burglars
Geo. Puterbaugh was at the Harper
House to-day He registered from Peoria
as confidently as a man would from moral
town.
Three Mercer county lawyers-Capt.
John G. Pepper and B. I. Brock, OF Aledo,
and B. G. Taliaferro, of Keithsburg, are at
tending our Circuit Court. They stop at
the Harper House.
The Davenport Shooting Club has re-
ceived seven hundred live pigeons tor the
grand pigeon shooting tournament to come
off at the fair grounds soon. The club ex-
poets to get several hundred more yet,
"A prisoner in petty court was asked
by the Judge if he had any counsel;
YES" he said, II had engaged an old
bald headed fellow to defend me, but L
, don't see him round, and | rather guess
he's out for drink.
In the Iowa State Senate there are
twelve farmers = barely less than one
fourth, and the Senate is largely Republi-
can. La the House there are seventy four
: one less than three-fourths, and the
House is a tie, In the House there are
also seventy Changers.
: When der door vas oben shut nit an airy, easy
shtrut
In coined shtately Teller, of der princey days Of
yore;
By his shoulder no got bundle der floor he let
But regardless of her rumble it unrafed der
. Now couldn'd speak moutfull der shweat be-
! Mine back vas Citing chilly, shdill some
n thing more
: A New Hampshire lecture committee
o wrote to Boston to learn what Mrs. Scott
i Siddons would read for The reply was,
o Three hundred dollars and expenses.
e Answer, as Mrs Siddons will sail for Eu-
l. rope at once if you don twant her. Let
n her sail, was the answer.
IS "A neat trick has been discovered in
y New York by which milk dealers sold gin
mixed with milk, to women. Several ar
= rests were made for selling liquor without
license. Suspicion was first aroused by
y seeing so many women intoxicated anc
d finding the milk bills increasing astonish
II ingly.
One day last week colored man me-
his death by a singular accident near
) Charleston, Lee county, Iowa While car
as rying home a dressed hog, he was com
at PEELED to cross fence. In climbing over
N the hog slipped the gambrel by which |
had been hung catching over the mans
/ head and breaking his neck.
/ On Monday night young man named
'e John Post, employed as brakeman on thu
e Iowa Midland railroad, was arrested at thu
to Transit House, in Clinton, Iowa, for stealth:
~ a registered letter containing $25, mailed a
" Princeton in Scott county, and directed t
O. the Postmaster at Almont, Clinton county
n. The package was taken from the mail ca
v in which q. l.. Yount was mailing clerk, OF
;s the morning of the 22d inst.
\ Yesterday one of the frail got into f;
- hack sleigh in this city and ordered tn
as driver to transport her to Davenport. II
H. did so, but when the trip was accompllshe
A. his passenger refused to vacate the sleigh
having become ugly drunk, and proposed
'o to raise Cain at Second and Main streets
We Officer Mcguire came to the rescue of tn
be driver, and for a couple Of minutes the al
m was heavy with the blasphemy and obscer
-, off ba Ar Iact che IN En
to Jail. She said she was fresh from Fl
he oria
I know men who wouldn't shave 0
NC Sunday but would black their boots. The
[ know some who would shave on Sunda.
but wouldn't black their boots. And
Is know of others who wouldn't do either Q
-or Sunday, but would shave their neighbol
nd awfuliy on Monday. When | went
he was a good man; for an icicle can
he good. could hook it down his backstair
Is 90 off hunting, return and reclte my lessC
he from slip in my hat. Now, the brea
,ra that was left over at the communion Sc
" vice in church was sent over for DIR. Ian
ELL bein's table, and, while | could decei
lte him as | have told you, | couldn't eat
lrn morsel of that bread. = Henry Wai
ar Beecher
&c "A blue-eyed, black haired, round fac
young swindler who has assumed the ga
Vi of priest in order to take advantage
to the generous impulses of members of t
, in Roman Catholic Church, recently recount
al his sufferings and misfortunes so plaintiy
" thatone or two of the clergy.of Ellzabet
VI n. j. as well as several residents, contrib
al ted literally for bis support. He was su
an sequently seen running from saloon to s
loon in quest of liquor In'Jersey City t
exploit was repeated-the charitable we
lult imposed upon and he got drunk. He W
ike seen afterwards in a saloon near Printil
nd House square, without money and witho
.- hat, standing at the bar and begging
,eS liquor A man in the saloon to whom
his appealed weeks before for funds for t
re- erection Of church in Kansas, recogniz
any him.
aw The House Committee of Ways a
oh Means have authorized the reporting of
0' bill fixing the amount of the currency
ac- $500, 600 900. To reach this limit, t
osi- $44, 000,0 900, which has lately been call
mot a reserve, is to be issued. The Co
mittee did not consider that Secrets
Richardson has any right to issue the s.
axe 100000 of the retired currency which
NAL has put out; but they have concluded ii
ivo his action might as well be legalzed, n
,;4a that it was past remedy. The eurreI
~ has been inflated in the face of the law a
mus the promises of President and Secreta
Zen. The steed is gone the committee will