The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-14
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Boston has raised over $44, 900 for the
sufferers by the foods in the northwest.
Chicago has raised over $4,000.
"A land agent in Colorado remarked to
70 an inouiring emigrant, that all was need |
cd to make the place a paradise was COM
Portable climate. water. and good society. |
THAT'S all that is lacking in hill, was |
the reply.
One of the Republican financial infa-
tionists Millesh. of Brooklyn, N. Y, has
gone crazy. If the advocacy of impracti-
cable financial theories is evidence OF in
sanity, an enlargement of insane asylums
should be made at once,
Charlie Townsend, fireman on the
engine used for switching, in the st. Louis
ward, was cleaning the cylinder, this morn
| ing, when the plug blew out and he was
considerably scalded in the face, the skin
peelng off in many places. DR.. Craig at
tended him.
The hotels of this city are crowded
with guests to-day, and the principal bust
ness streets are thronged with people.
Chicago has been more like its lively old
self during the past few days of pleasant
weather than we have known it for some
months. Chicago Journal 18th.
MIR. Hirschberg, as will be noticed by
his advertisement in this paper, goes to
Moline for two days, and if any of our peo
pie who want his diamond glasses haye
failed to get pair, they can take a ride
up there and secure pair Our friends
in Moline will find him a square man to
deal with.
"A fire at Ridgeway, iowa, Saturday
evening, destroyed the entire village, with
the exception of one brick building. Be
tween thirty and forty families are render
ed homeless The fire originated by two
boys lighting a cigar in an unoccupied
house, and will result in loss of nearly
100000
Uncle Bob Breedlove, aged seventy,
was married to Aunt Betsey Phillips, aged
sixty FIVE, in Kentucky, the other day.
Though their epidermis is under the cloud
produced by long centuries of too ardent
African sunshine, yet their love is as white
and pure as that Of two young doves in the
back yard.
The Southwestern inundation bids fair
to become as disastrous in the State of
Mississippi as it already is in Louisiana and
Southern Arkansas, where the greater
portion of the country is under water. Ad-
ditional crevasses are reported along the
east bank Of the Mississippi, and the coun-
try in portions of the State of Mississippi
is being rapidly submerged
The wife of the late Senator Sumner
has received permission from the probate
court of Boston to resume her maiden
name. She did not appreciate his worth
while living; after he is dead she spurns
his honored name The friends of Mr..
Sumner will not regret the act by which
she has sundered all connection with his
name.
Those railroad companies of this State
against which suits have been brought by
the State Railroad Commissioners under
: the Railway law, will as early as possible
transfer said suits to the United States
Courts. This is done with a view of reach
ing a final decision from the L. SSupremt
Court as early as possible in regard to The
: right of the State to regulate or control
t the rates of transportation.
2 People who on account of health arr
particular about knowing that their clare
is put in their cellars just as imported from
France may be interested to learn that 30l
barrels of wine for expectation lately con
+ fiscated in Paris contained with it'll
: alcohol or wine, which was even wanting il
n some of the barrels, water, carmine, cochi
neal, tincture of logwood, sulphate of al
+ umina, potassa, aniIine, fuchsine, etc. y
J. An interesting event occurred at tn
It residence of Postmaster Jackson last eve
|. ning-the wedding of Miss Ida Sammis
n sister OF Mrs. jackson, a notice of whi1
, appears in another part of this paper.
n large party of friends of the young coupl
congratulated Mr.. and Mrs Dart, on tn
e occasion. The presents to the bride wer
numerous and elegant. Ida Sammis ha
many ENTHUSIASTICALLY among the at
/ PENDANTS of Trinity, where for few year
" past she has been the organist. Mr., an
Mrs Dart left for the east last evening
a with the good wishes of all who kno'
them.