The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-11
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

- nat was charming rue around the
Island last evening, and Cy Darts bay,
behaved splendidly. Both are Kirkwood'
colts, and are pretty steppers
The Moline Reriew continues the
fraud OF imposing upon its readers, as 9
part of the Republican platform, what the
convention rejected and repudlated.
1t is pity that the Union not only can
not publish resolutions of coincidence and
respect correctly, but cannot even plagar-
lze our notice OF the fact without blunder,
ing in that also.
johnson Beatty, who now lives at Hi.
awatha, Kansas, has colt sired by the
Drury stallion, Of this county, which, when
one week old, weighed l4S lbs; two weeks,
1856 IBIS, and three weeks, PA lbs; being a
gam OF SO Tbs. week. -Aleolo Banner.
"A c. X. |. & p. freight train stopped
at Port Byron junction this afternoon, and
sent out no fiagman to warn other trains;
1t was on curve where approaching trains
could not see it, and it was run into by a
Rockford train. smashing several cars.
Nobody hurt,
"A traveller and his family, stopping a.
the Harper House. took drive over the
Arsenal grounds yesterday, and when he
returned he remarked that, if no draw
back occurred, it would be quite an attrac-
tive spot over there in about so years from
now.
The illuminated page of the Harper
House register, containing the names of
| the Hampton Singers is quite an attrac.
tlon, Charlie Bloom, the night clerk, is
the artist. Practice Of that sort, to while
away the dreary hours of night, has made
Charlie proficient In that line.
"A young lady at Keokuk, with love
for dry goods beyond her means, ran up
little bill, and while her father was inves.
tigating the trausaction-she set the
house on fire as a warning to parents who
grumble at paying for their daughters
drapery
The Hampton colored students will
sing at the Edwards Congregational
Church, in Davenport, Sunday morning,
and at the First Congregational Church,
in Moline, Sunday evening. They will
sing their own peculiar hymns. Colec-
tons will be taken up at both places for
the benefit of Hampton College.
: Says punster: Last year l saw
watch spring, a rope walk a horse fly,
and even the big trees leave, | even saw
plank walk, and a Third Avenue bank
run; but the other day saw a tree box,
a cat fish, and stone fence. | am pre-
pared to see the Atlantic coast, and the
Pacific slope.
And this is the way the Upton SLASH
er talks of Lady Sartoris: Nellie Grant
only had twenty-five trunks full of clothes
when she started across the ocean. Four
teen years ago when she drove the old
blind horse in the bark mill, she kept her
buds 10 an empty soap box. The whirlgig
OF time, along with a few contracts works
wonders"
There is law of this State prohibit
ing minors from going upon any railroad
depot grounds or jumping upon any rail
road trains. President Gable, of the Rock
ford Rock Island 4 St. Louis r. r., has
issued card notifying all parties interest
ed that the law must be enforced The
boys have become an unbearable nuisance
IN his depot grounds and on his trains
Occasionally some unfortunate who
has by his own fault got into the hands off
the police begs that we will not publish his
name in the police court report. TO all
such we say it is their fault, not ours. that
their name appears there. If they don't
want it there, they. must keep out of the
police court. The requests to suppress
their names are useless They will all 90
in, no matter who they are.
Fools and dead beats show themselves to
hest advantage in first class hotels. Near
ly every day some of this class try to use
the Harper House and never pay cent
| Ilay don = S1,oonal ,von mad ,vannr,l
ly get away with a flea 10 their ears Any
one who is broke or suffering, and has the
decency to say 50 and ask for privileges is
always kindly treated at that house-but
dead beats are neither popular nor success
tul there.
unfortunately for Mrs Smith, and for
the Coroner, Henrys dose of laudanum
didn't do the business didn't stay
down, and SO there was no use for Dr.
craig stomach pump He bought the
little dose at Benser & Thomas's drug
store. We hear rumOr that Smith was
| unhappy because his wife called him "a
coward, and this made him want to die
Or prove to her that he was not coward, |
by taking cold pizen." But the DIR. doubts
it he took any laudanum at ALL
An exchange tells of a young manwl 0
while calling upon IA young lady "A few eve
nngs since, became deeply interested 10 |
the search OF Coggias luninary in the |
northwestern heavens. just as he thought |
he had discovered the object, he accident
ally dropped his arm about his fair com
panlon waist, but lost all interest in as
tronomy when she executed double re-
move from his protection with the sharp
observation, y GU cant comet over me in
that way, sir
-Macoupin County, ILL.,, has its ro-
nance. too, \ farmers daughter there,
pretty and only seventeen years of age,
tell desperately in love with man nearly
eighty, aud the deluded damsel was so per
slstent in her wooing that the old gentle
man, though weak and feeble, promised to
marry her. On the morning of the ap-
pointed day, however, the hesitating lover
desired to postpone the ceremony, claiming =,
that he lacked strength TO 60 through with
It, lie pleaded in vain. ''lt you can
stand ! will marry you, exclaimed the :
lmpetuJIs beauty, and she did
The new vault for the Peoples Ma N
tionaI will be a very secure affair. II n
Is In the middle Of the room, on founda I
ton Of solid masonry. The first lob is /
Of solid whole sides, ends lex .
,ept irJu doors, top aud bottom. Of Joliet i
stone. about Oinches thick. Outside Of this. !
with a space Of 1 inches betwccn,is to be {
solid brick wall aud brick arch over the n
Top, for protection from fire. Inside. q
leayy plates Of iron, side. top. bottom and n
loor- And inside Of the area. which i. y ,
y - feet, a fire AMI burglar proof safe =
The vault, when completed. viii defy fire
II burglars
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