The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-04
Do you want dry and fancy goods cheap
the Boston Bazaar.
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

-ClOuuy udyf WIN Squalls vi suOW.
james Snyder has been appointed a
policeman.
DR.. R. NJ. Swander, of St. Louis, is in
town on visit
Victoria Woodruff proposes to lecture
in Moline this month.
The foot path over the ice from Eagle
street to Davenport seems to be well pat
ronized.
The California farmers are just cutting
brush for their peas, but we Il wait two or
three days more.
New Workers are discussing whether
taking bath causes death. The commits
sioners of our Joliet penitentiary can in
form them.
Conductor Cain, of the St. Louis road
who has been suffering with the rheuma-
tism for sometime, is on his feet again as
good as ever, and making his regular trips
In Moline, on Monday morning, man
named VIM. A Clark, working in Dimock,
Gould 4 Cos factory, had four fingers Of
his right hand cut of.
One can Judge something ofthe patience
Of Hoosiers from the statement of an In
diana paper that twenty men handled over
twenty five cords of wood to get a rabbit,
which escaped after all.
p L. Cable the newly elected Presi-
dent Of the Canada Southern Railroad has
appointed Mr.. Webster Snyder General
Superintendent of all the Canada Southern
lines, with Office at ST. Thomas, Ontario.
1t is rumored that Mrs Cowles, half
sister of Schuyler Cofax, has been arrest
ed for completely in her husband S robbery
of the mails She will be remembered as
trying to help Skier account for the 81 200
Cakes Ames paid him.
"A man in Fayette county, Penn. read
in an almanac that his feet could be kept
warm by lining his boots with Cayenne
pepper. He don't feel much like walking,
now, but he says he would like ito find
the man who put that piece in the alma
nae.
L. E. Rice, Esq. of Lyndon, visited
Rock Island on Monday to procure printed
quantity of stock certificates for large
pillow manufacturing company about
to be organized at Lyndon. He
stopped at the Harper House, and or
dered his work done at THE ARGUS office
One wet night in Boston recently yisi
tors to a public hall found a man at the
! entrance holding out a ticket check, anc
saying Umbrellas, please People
his custody, but when the entertainment
was over both man and umbrellas had dis
appeared.
The Moline editor of the Gazette SAYS
Col Blood, husband OF the Woodruff. KEEP
a clothing store in Moline about 20 years
ago, in partnership with a Mr.. Healy, un
der the firm name of Blood & Healy. TIL,
store was in the old postofice building oil
Wells street. "
The nine saloon keepers of lie Claire
who were indicted by the Grand Jury las
fall for selling liquor. are all in town anC
hug the court house pretty close 1t i
probable they will all plead guilty, and pa,
up the fines imposed, which will rang
from $50 to $500 or whereabouts. -Dar
Dem.
A sermonizer, with high forehead
made these remarks upon the ul-savin
question Ny brethren, u man canno
afford to lose his soul He's got but one
and he can't get another. Ii IA man lose
his horse, he can get another; if he lose
his wife, he can get another: il he loses hi
child, he can get another but if he lose
his soul-good- bye john
Den der princely youthdid said, from der languae
by his head.
Dot der journey it tedious. ind der vedder ';
bore;
YAH you look tired nit der load / dink you shou
hafe rode
Many hours you must hafe strobe, to reach my be
house door;
Bat told me Of your pishness, vat brings you of n
door.
lie ynked und shdil some mors
AT recent wedding in New Yorl
among the bridal presents was careless
displayed a check for 100000 drawn
: the order of the bride and signed by hi
father. One OF the guests was the cashis
i OF the bank on which the check was draw
He was one Of those disagreeable person
a who can never appreciate joke, and wi
always delights in telling the truth whe
it is unpleasant to somebody else. Til
I gentleman threw damper on the spiri
e OF the party, by declaring that the gene
! Gus father of the bride never had mo-
: than half 100000 to his credit in ii
bank since his account was opened
: All kinds of fancy handkerchiefs f
presents at the Boston Bazaar.