The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-22
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Thunder aud lightning north and west
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place to get your supply.
Mike Kane, the irrepresslble stov
dealer, has just received car load OF tn
+ celebrated Monitor stoves
The mercury, today, shows about g
degrees lower temperature than yesterda.
"a very pleasant change
Heavy thunder about 2 P. NJ. and i
an hour afterwards slow steady rain
Looks like an all night rain--just what W
need
Surveyor Stoddard commenced sur
yey of the ferry landing this morning bu
was obliged to give it up on account of tn
high wind.
Mr.. Jones, of THE ARaUs,is perfect
overwhelmed with congratulations. 1t is
ten pound boy, and mother and child ar
doing well.
Tho storm of last evening seemed t
divide below the mouth of Rock river,
passed north and east of us without giviny
us any rain.
Ralph says it was not revolver il
the hands of an infuriated woman tina
made that hole in the glass in the dool
of the telegraph office.
The Anti Monopoly party in Iowa bld
fair to sweep the State. Their meetings
are largely attended and enthusiastic, while
the Republicans are respondent
"A boy aged IA, son of j. G. Williams
a jeweller at Port Byron, named Willie
was drowned while bathing in the river at
that place on Friday the 2lst
1t is expected that Hon. Gideon
Welles, one of Mr. Lincolns cabinet, will
deliver the Grafton at the dedication of the
| Lincoln monument at Springfield
Prof J. B, Young, of Davenport, is
announced as conductor of the High
School Section, of the State Teachers Asso-
citation, which meets in Des Moines Sep
TENDER lst
The guilt of Morse, the Grinnel
Iowa depot robber is established. -Four
hundred dollars were found on his person,
and 5000 which he had hidden in tin
case. He was sent to Jail.
The special telegraphic lies beat all.
One of the curbstone gentry recently tele
graphed that Bowen had sailed for Eu-
rope. 1t turns out that he had not gone
and had no intention Of going.
There is trouble between the Des
Moines iowa Valley railroad officials and
their conductors. Several old conductors
have resigned, and the rest will follow
them, it is supposed to escape discharge,
Hon. d. c. Cloud, of Muscatine, with
draws as a candidate for the Anti. Monop-
| oily nomination for Copgressin that district.
Judge Brannon is good deal talked of as
candidate who would unite all the oppo.
sition to the Republicans,
There is no more justice or propriety
in making the city bridges free during the
fair than there would be in making them
free every time circus comes to Rock
Island, or every time Lundy has an
auction. Tne order should be rescinded,
The Moline scandinavian pic mic at
Gilbert tomorrow. The steamer Lone
Star and the pleasure barge does the ferry
ing. Everybody is invited The first
boat goes over at 10 o'clock, from the
steamboat landing, near the tub and pail
factory.
" ednesday night as the night express
on the Chicago, Columbus and Indiana
Central railroad was coming into Dublin
Station, Ind, it ran into team of horses
and wagon containing two men named
Cummings and Williams, instantly killing
both men and horses.
Those Vermont Republican green
horns who permitted themselves to be
cheated out of SO good congre ssman as
Willard are receiving cordial abuse from
all directions. But it must be little COM
torting to them to read in New England
organ Of the Republican party that Con
gresham Willard has manifested dis
position at times to help the renegades
who are trying to break up the party to
which he owed his election v
On Thursday night (the 2Oth) three
men on horseback rode up to the residence
Of James Peat, near Orient, Adair county,
Iowa, discounted, and by means of lad
der gained access to an upper room where
was sleeping daughter of Mr.. Peat, girl
II years of age. They bound her with
ropes, then carried her out and strapped !
Ter to one Of the horses and rode off |
Three men were seen travelling on horse
pack with something tied to one of the |
horses by a man who was not close enough |
to discern what it was. 1t is probably a |
'ase OF eopement, as another daughter
went OFT two years ago in the same way.
Last night the 2lst) before dark,
here was very heavy rain about four
niles south of Milan, causing perfect
lood in the roads on the Crandall hill.
'lr. John Clapp, who was driving home
With pair Of horses had got part way up
he hill when his horses fell. the water be-
ng ankle deep where they fell He had to
Inharness, but he finally got home without
amage, A mile below Crandall hill there
'as not rain enough to lay the dust. The
am cloud did not seem to be more than
nile and half wide. Near the Hubbard
loore place there was scarcely rain enough G
. lay the dust. :
james Furgnson, engineer on the {
alt steamer Mountain Belle, attempted il
commit suicide at La Crosse "A few eve s
lngs ago by Jumping from barge into the t
Yer y lew men standing near by watch. Il
the performance until they were suspi- II
Gus OF his intentions, when two of them r.
hinged into the water to rescue him. G
erguson resisted their efforts to save a
ln, aud inflicted upon one of them a el
we're wound with his teeth. After much Il
iertion he was brought to the shore and lie
'operly cared for Ferguson resides at b,
e Claire, and this is his second attenut ;.
self destruction-he having tried to bl
uffie off about year aga ii
Idle, meddlesome ond vicious bows OF
ntinue 10 stop1he discharge pipe to the 81
lrket square tiuntain, aud otherwise III
nper with it. Aid. Engel has had il re- 81
lred several times, and the committee ca
that unless people will take care of lit
sir n'ischievous boys aud cause them 10 no
the fountain alone, the water will be an
at off entirely. If the police depart CO.
mt would set few traps for these bows tn
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