The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-22
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%, th'awful weather.
-Rained all yesterday
Showing all day to-day
"A little girl in Desmoines wants to
know why there are no he dolls. Sure
enough. why not?
Arkansas knows it has one politician
who is beyond suspicion, because the proof
against him is too positive to admit OF a
doubt.
james Sullivan, Independent Demo
crat, is elected State Senator from the
New York District, in place of Henry W.
Genet.
Josh Billings says: There ain t any
thing that will kon pletely kure lazyness,
though second wife has been known to
hurry it some.
The Michigan State Grange of Patrons
of Husbandry met at Kalamazoo Wednes-
day. Three hundred and fifteen oranges are
now organized and working in the State,
and applications are now pouring in faster
than ever.
-Dhen listened of my ear, some oxeitements OF /
hear,
Which ireezed my back init ices nefer see before
Mine heart comes of my mOut, swear / vas a lout,
Dots oney friendly shout" yoost hear me Of
He's feller. hafe no doubt standing of my door;
Veil, behind vas yet some more.
"A little boy was recently presented
with toy trumpet, to which he became
greatly attached. One night when he was
about to be put in his little bed" and
was ready to say his prayers, he handed the
trumpet to his grandmother, saying, Here
grand ma, you blow while pray.
Father, did you ever have another
wife besides mother?' mo my boy; what
what possessed you to ask such a ques-
ton ?" Because | saw in the old family
Bible that you married Anna Dominic,
1862, and that wasn't mother, for her
name was Lucy jenkins when she was a
girl. :"
"A young lady in Moline recently said a:
Some men are always talking about pa
tronizing their own town-always harping
on that duty-and yet they 60 abroad to
get married, while here we all stand wait
ing | do hope that some of these men
who marry Eastern women will get cheat
ed -
The New York Times publishes and
indorses long letter from Hon. Israel L.
Hatch, of Buffalo, on the cheap transpor-
tation question, in which he contends that
the Erie Canal, when dredged to the depth
provided by law, and the locks completed
(yet remaining to be doubled), can control
the trade of the west.
A Yorkshire cook received her last
basting in this manner:
Underneath this crust
Lies the Wondering dust
OF Eleanor Bachelor Shoyen,
Well versed in the arts
OF pies, custard and tarts,
And the lucrative trade of the oven.
When she lived long enough,
She made her last puff,
And now she doth lie
And make her dirt pie,
In hopes that her crust may be raised
about publishing their police court reports.
! this side to their Sunday night dances, and
get arrested and leave $25 in greenbacks
to pay their fines, are in no danger of hav-
ing their names published and sent to their
employers-tor they are generally sober
enough to give fictitious names.
-Burret Allen. the local ticket agent
of the NJ, V. & W. r. r. at Keokuk, has
been arrested on charge of embezzling
$780, He is also short in his account with
the NJ v & W, Road to the amount of
$500, but there are offsets or property
or something that reduces the amount to
about 800.
The ladies declare the new constitution
of Pennsylvania delightful, and propose to
have things their own way-as if they
hadn't always because it provides that
women of twenty-one years and upwards
shall be eligible to any Office of control or
management under the school laws of this
state. No more $50 month to men and
| $40 month to women who do the same
work.
One of the most interesting features
Of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition
writer's of that city. The champion, who
will occupy prominent place near the door
has lately produced the following:
No more his pa will candy bring
Unto his darling boy;
He loud aloft will praises sing,
| Expressive of his joy.
| With little angels he will stay,
| His rattle spring with pride,
| And bless the day when far away
He lay them down and died,
Gone to meet his grandmother.
The last line the author considers toe
good 10 associate with anything else in
English verse, and he places it boldly alone.
Frank Lombard, of minstrel fame who
is also an eminent pokerist, some tine age
brought suit against the Hon, Charles B.
Farwell, of Chicago member of Con
gress, who, like Lombard, mad achieved
distinction in the favorite Administration
game-and other leaders of the Grant par
ty in Illinois, for musical services rendered
during the last Presidential campaign. A
few days ago the suit was dismissed at the
plaintiff cost by mutual consent the mat,
ter having been amicably arranged out Of
court, and harmony once more prevails il
the Administration circles of Chicago
The reconciliation was duly celebrated by
''Old Shady" and his friends at the near
est whisky bar.
ALI kinds of fancy hand&erchiefs for pres
ents at the Boston Bazaar
Trouble between two Neighbors.
Out in Pleasant Valley, Iowa, the day
before Thanksgiving, james Hawley wa.
threshing on the farm of G. W, Alvord
near by. During the day some differenc,
arose between Alvord and Hawley, which
soon resulted in blows, in the course O
which Hawley was so reckless as to picl
up pitchfork and, thrusting it at Alvord
striking him in the eye, inhicting serious
wound. Alvord has been laid up eve
since, but on Tuesday he swore out
complaint against Hawley, charging hin
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