The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-30
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

sively circulated here. Business men will
do well TO be on the alert.
The loss by food in and around Pitts
burgh is estimated at $5,000,00O. Money
is being raised for the relief of those who
are suffering for the necessities Of life.
The finest printing in this vicinity is
done at THE ARGUS OFFICE. Colored or
bronzed work a specially. Mr., Jones, in
the business Office receives orders and at
tends to their execution.
The house of Montgomery Thompson,
about three miles north Of Davenport, was
burglarized yesterday morning just before
daylight,-but the robbers got only $3.50.
Pity they didn't get charge of buckshot.
Very disagreeable day--hot sun, very
strong southwest wind, and dust every
| where. The wind made it difficult for the
ferry boat to land-it would force the boat
past the dock and then she would be obliged
to take a circuit round and try again.
Money orders costs as follows: Or.
ders not exceeding $40, 5 cents over $lC
and not exceeding 500, 10 cents over So
and not exceeding $50, II cents over $3L
and not exceeding $40, % cents over $4l
anu wv SASSSuhiS gu, - ACuto. " lln''
tons of cents to be introduced in an order.
United States treasury notes OF national
bank notes received or paid.
The arrest Of Theodore Tilton for Libel
| at the instance Of a man who avows his de.
sign to be to get at the truth relative to
the great Brooklyn scandal, bears marks
of the manipulation ofIon. Ben. +. Butler
in the interest of Tilton himself-as did
the publication Of Tilton's statement by
Tilton' editor Of Tilton's paper.
"A young lady from the East who was
visiting friends in the West was taken to
Krells the other evening for ice cream,
and was making unfavorable comparisons
Of the style Of our ice cream saloons with
those in Philadelphia which she had visit
ed. Everything was so nice in Phlla--
why" said she, there, our ice cream
comes up into the room in dumb bells /
Every summer some of our Henry
county neighbors, with their wives, camp
on Big Island for a week or SO, to fish and
| enjoy camp life. A party composed OF
Judge Human, County Treasurer Bev-
eaidge, ex-Sherif llagan and others, with
their wives. arrived by Tuesdays Peoria
train, with their tents and camp equipage,
and are having a pleasant time.
The action of the Democracy is tend
ing to make the financial question a more
distinct issue in the mex national cam
paign. This is well enough. The proba-
bilities are that the mel who believe in
honesty in financial matters will believe in
honesty in all matters, and the way will be
prepared for a new departure in politics
looking toward great reforms in the whole
conduct of pubic affairs. Boston AdUer-
tiser Rep
Leave out the history Of parties, ban
ish partisan spirit and prejudice, and the
last congress has done enough to damn any
political party forever. Their peans OF
praise to party are worse than sing
ing psalms to a dead horse. the time has
passed when the people can be deceived by
such false professions. The facts Of his
tory rise in judgment against the corruption
and frauds Of the last few years. The
mission OF the salary ~grabbers is ended.
st. Pant D,ispatch, (ind.)
The stencil on the river road above
Moline which arises from "a slaughter
house near that road is an intolerable pub
lie nuisance, and the little brook which runs
past that house and into the Mississippi is
il sickening mass of putrid otfal of dead
animals. The mouth of that brook is a
tavorite resort for catfish, but how that old
fisherman can exist there in such a stencil
is a mystery TO oil who travel that road.
Tho slaughter house should be removed to
some point where its stencil will not be an
offence to the public.
The Cambridge Chronicle, of the 3Oth
says, "A little girl OF Walter Bells, living
in the neighbohood Of Judge Mock's, had
an ear taken off by "A horse last week.
She was standing by the side of her father
while he buckled the girth to a saddle, and
while drawing it up the horse, as most
horses will under such circumstances, felt
inclined to bite and SNAP at something, and
unfortunately for the little girl her ear was
the handiest thing, which he bit clear off
excepting perhaps an eighth of an
inch at the top. DR.. Bryan thinks it gan
be made to grow on again.
In a well written article in regard to
new Catholic church, the LtAsete says
1T is now claimed to be the finest church
binding in Illinois, outside of Chicago, tr
III 1UNH- ulttI bldCt tdttittl al dI lawn |
port. Its eutite cost is estimated at about
s35, 900. 1t was built and formerly owned
and occupied by the members of the First
Presbyterian church-passiBg out Of their
hands only about a year ago. They spent
in the neighberhood of $4,000 in its con
struction. and Father Roles has rcftted
and repaired it at a cost Of nearly $1,000
We would infinitely prefer a Russian
deSpotism to the degrading and infamous
rule OF negroes aud carpet-baggers We,
like kemper, are for Grant, or for any
body who can help us save the State from
ruin, or who can assist us in the llimpor
taDt work of rescuing Louisiana from bar
barism. As regards national politics, we
of Louisiana are only specially interested
so tar as they may concern our local inter
We have tar too much to attend to
at home To take any very active part in a
scramble IN which we are counted as moth
ing, and our Gully care in the matter
should be tn discover who can help us
most, in order To cast our votes for him,
whether he be Gen. GIANT or the devil
Netc OyleoHs Bultetia. lIud.)
Charles Eberstin, a barber, of Daven-
port, basely deserted his wife and three
children and run away with a widow and
her children, preleriug them to his own
The poor deserted wife has been sent by
the authorities to her parents in Miuneso-
ia where She was married to Eberstin five
years ago. The Gozet'e says 1T is
that the hra.iiess husband mas
caught a mistress in the person Of his new
found ally who will claw him as his true
wife couldn't, when be shows evidence of
becoming tired of her. AID. from all ac-
counts, she understands the way in which
such Williams are to be dealt with she is
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