The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-09
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

merous. wasn't he?
M. B. Osborn Esq. has returned from
the Rocky mountains.
Let us have peace" 1868, BE
brief; am sick 1874.
Hon. Henry W. Wells, of Peoria, was
at the Harper House, day.
"A fiat boat grounded on Stoddard' S
Folly, at the foot Of Eagle street. to-day,
This delightful weather will send
Lamb bert into the woods again with his
tents.
The election of officers for the agri-
cultural society is postponed to Dec, ~, at
2 p. NJ
-Governor Kellogg is also sick, But
he will be briet-atter the Louisiana leHs-
lature meets.
Herbert Edwards, of Moline, had his
right leg amputa;ed below the knee. last
week twas fractured by runaway last
September.
Mr.. EOk is driving ahead Oh the job
at the Presbyterian church. II he gets
the walls done belole freezing weather he
will be lucky.
We wonder if the President when he
issued his proclamation thought the
Thank >glving turkey would turn out to be
be Democratic Rooster.
The Southern outrage mill at Wash
ington has been boarded up, and the sha-
ker of the bloody shirt has gone into
more profitable business.
NJ. +. Felix has sold his store, at
Illinois City, to Thos. Merryman, from
AIcdo. Mr.. Felix moves to AuScatiue, to
run his houring mill there.
We will venture to surmise that
Washington society" will be marked by Il
subdued sort OF gayety next winter. Some
Of the leaders" will be packing up their
traps preparatory to moving.
is it likely. at the present rate of pro-
press, that the extension of the water
works vii! he done before freezing wealth
er? If not, what will be the consequence :?
ihe water board will have to bear the re-
,pouslbil'y Of Il failure.
With the exception Of Secretary Bel.
inap we believe there is not to-day in the
,atinet Of President Grant singe mem
Der whose own state supports the admins
v.
popular Reputation is complete and abso-
ute.
The Democratic party need MT lay
aside the blul geun it has been using Tor the
asst few days with such good effect 1t
will have plenty of use for it in battering
several obnoxious Democratic heads that
sill take advantage Of the present occa-
SION to rise aud show their elongated ears
H. NJ. Turner. in speech in V aldosa,
ia, said that should the Radical ticket he
defeated in Georgia this year, $4,000 ne
sroes would go to Florida. 1t will not pay
tor them to go to Florida now, for Florida
has gone Democratic, too. They will find
more congenlal associates, just now, in
Iowa and Wisconsin.
The wGmen do vote quite generally
where they have II right. The London
Examiner says; SIN sixty six municipal
elections, ont OF every 900 women who
enjoy equal rights with men on the regis
ter SIC went to the polls. which is but As
less than the preportionate number Of
men"
The following despatch was sent from
W ashington;
WAsnINGToN. Nov 1, 1874.
Gsneya B. f. Bas!er, II Psm5ert0@ squire, Bos.
ton
one thousand yards of Grape have been pur
cha ed Tor he forty j4ckass power machine
When will the pr ccsslon move;
(Sisned) NEWSPAPER Row
AT Desmoines, Iowa, Saturday, about
dark sudden and severe thunder and
hail storm broke upon the city. The wind
blew very hard, unrouting one or two
houses, blowing down fences, breaking
arge branches from trees aud playing gen
raj havoc with the signs in the business
,art OF the city.
Three trays and an ace T. said one
# the oldest inhabitants, as he stepped up
% the stamp window at the pust-t,tice aud
aid down ten cent piece ui currency
The clerk at the window didn't see it"
lntil he had looked over his copy OF
'Hoylc." Then he dealt out three three
cent and a one cent stamp. 1H& olu III
lubitant passed silently out
THAT talk about Washburn may as
veil be dried up. Washburne would have
90 heavy load to carry in the Fact that
ne was the man WHO discovered Grant. -
lust at this i,y!ul iuucture it is not the
popular thing to have been the discoverer
II Grant He will have to be discovered
gain in the course OF II year or two, the
way things are going now.
j. VI. Gould, Chm Rep. Co. Com"
made dead failure in hi, effort to make
people believe there were no tickets print
I'd for j. I. Browning votes with
FnXs name lett off. We have copies of
uch tickets printed in Moline and used