The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-01
NOTES HERE AND THERE,


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DAILY and WEEKLY Rock ISLAND
ARGUS.
Song for the deaf-"Come back to
Erin
is Jefferson street, between Illinois
and Orleans, to be given up as permanent
stone yard ?
The Old Settlers of Rock Island and
morrow Start from Court Square at 10
A. NJ.
C. W. Gable & Co., have the contract
for supplying the Davenport city schools
with coal for the ensuing year at l3f cents
per bushel
The California fruit-cars that pass
here 50 frequently nowadays are hauled
from San Francisco to Chicago for 81 500
each. The profit on the fruit is about So on
each dollar invested. 5000 Cheyenne Leader.
"A parting at the railroad depot in Mo
line: Do not forget me or cease to love
me "murmured the confding husbands
Never; never" sobbed the artful wife,
and she pulled out her handkerchief and
tied knot in it. so that she might remem-
Der.
The capital stock of the Davenport
Water Works Company has been increas
ed from $75O,000 to 81 100000, because it
has been demonstrated that, by the time
the water works are completed, they will
have cost one fourth more than the origi
nal estimate.
Among the letters and papers found
among the effects of the murdered lady at
Des Moines, are number of love letters
from gentlemen in Davenport, Burlington,
keokuk and Falls City, Neb., these places
having been evidently visited by Ter dur
ing the past year Some of these billet
domr are peculiarly affectionate, and
abound in loving expressions.
The plate glass in Star Block is being
set and it looks very fine. The glass is of
uncommonly clear quality When the
seven stores are lighted up the block will
look we'll Much credit is due to Fred Hass
for the active and efficient part he took in
getting the block built. The store for
Bamberger's clothing house will be occu-
pied in a week or ten days.
The town seems to be overrun with
beggars, dead beats, Migrants, organ grind
ers, aud harp and fiddle nuisances. Can;
the police thin EN- out a little? The usu-
al number of people insist on being gulled
into buying worthless nostrums from trav-
cling auctioneers with tremendous lungs.
An oil lamp and nasal twanged song
draws the crowd to be plucked like geese.
",Sich is life.
The young man who came into this
Office this morning, sat down on a box, and
then bounced up with a yell and fled like
one bewitched. is requested to return four
long brass tacks that were on the box
when he took his seat No questions will
be asked--we understand it all: but we
want those tacks-we have use for them
That box is specially devoted to the par
ties who not only read our exchanges but
spirit them away, and the tacks are what
we depend on for excitement.
-"Dave, have come to kin, CASUAL,
observed MIR. Gus Moore, of Fairburn, Ga
to his friend. Mr.. Dave Rains, and forth
with lodged thirty eight buck shot il
Dawes body, and about half dozen in thu
body of another man who stood near. Dav'
had said something improper to Mr.
Moore wife, and the latter having clear
ed away the stain upon his honor in an ex
peditious and highly satisfactory manner
went over to Atlanta to spend some day
} with his friends This occurred a few day
ago. Both the wounded men are likely t
, recover.
Between Te o'clock noon and IL 0 clocl
midnight, on Sunday, $500 people crossed
the government bridge between Davenport
aud the Island. Eleven hundred Of thes'
came from the cities of Rock Island ant
Moline, the saloons of those cities being
closed by law on Sunday. Then l20l
went the other way, a large number belns
Davenporters on their way to the Island
With parties who came over by the way q
the bridge, and the hundreds who crossed
the river on the ferry boat, the saloons Of
Davenport managed to do q tolerably fail
business, seeing that it was Sunday, -Dap-
cnpoH Gozette.
Hans Reidan and two young German
girls, took a boat from the foot of Warren
street, Davenport, Sunday afternoon, t.
enjoy a row down to Offermann's island
Getting in the wake of steam tug, one OF
the girls fouled an oar and let go reaching
over to catch it again, she lost her balance
and in endeavoring to save her both her
companions rushed to the side, and the
boat capsized The young fellow was an
expert swimmer, and he succeeded in
catching the floating clothes Of the ladies,
ard got them on to the kelson of the boat.
The accident was seen by the steamer,
which backed up and took the three par
ties on board, all of them extremely wet,
no little frightened but fortunately safe.
Those young ladies are not near so fond of
pronaedade au battea~r as they were,