The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-02
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

-4l5 marriage licenses were issued In this
county in 1873, 400 in 1872, and 367 in
1871.
The alarm of fire at noon to-day came
from one of Copp's old rookeries south
side of Illinois street, just above Madison.
No damage.
Chicago paid As cents square in two
napers, the Post and the Stats Zeitung,
last year, for publishing the official proceed
ings of the city council, and the whole bill
was $4,000 500, 900 to each newspaper.
The Farmers County Association is in
session to-day Friday but as our weekly
paper goes to press Friday forenoon, we
cannot give the proceeding this week.
They will appear next week.
Mr.. George Farrar, conductor on the
Chicago and Davenport division of the Z.
r. |. 4 2. for more than ten years, Is con
ductor no longer. He is going into other
business.-Davenpot Gazette.
Undertaken Knox buried $40 persons
in Rock Island, in 1873, and 10 in other
townships. Undertaken Merrill 80 in city
and county. Undertaken Lord, in Moline
IS, and Undertaken Bergstrom, in Moline
/ So.
The usual New Y ear calls were MADE
yesterday, but it is believed that there was
less drunkenness than usual. Ladies are
beginning to find out that it isn't exactly
good example for them to turn bar keep
ers to the swell mob who go calling on
that day.
The passenger train from this city to
J Peoria, while running at 20 miles an hour,
was thrown from the track at CHAMPION
station, Thursday, January ist' ano
delayed some six hours. The tram
men think a pin at the switch hao
been removed for the purpose OF throwing
the train off,
1t isn't often that bright boy, let1
inside a room in the third story, with
spring lock on the door, will stay there
half day wondering how he can get out
and then drop note out of the window
into the street asking for relief,-but i
does happen sometimes. lie knows no"
the lock works, now.
The Cambridge Chronicle of Jan.
seems anxious to know what THE ARGUS
thinks of the Gage robbery in Chicago. Il
the Chronicle will turn to The WEEKLY
t ARGUS of Dec 20, first column on thirC
page, and read an article headed ''Sympa
thy for Robbers" it will find the intorma
ton it seeks.
The Chicago. Rock Island and Paci6'
r Road has retracted the order for a reduc
: ton of the engineers wages which was t.
take effect Jan. /. A petition was sen
out last Monday by the engineers to secur
: the signatures of all those in the emplo.
r of this road, which when the names haC
all been obtained, was to be presented t
the general manager of the line. If tn
petition was not needed, then the men wer
9 toestrike. The engineers are satisfied witt
the present pay, and if no reduction i
: made will take no part in the strike.
1t is said that the case of David A. Gage
the defaulting Chicago City Treasurer, wi
be presented to the Grand Jury in th
Criminal Court some time next week. Tn
January term of that court will open o
Monday next, Judge Rogers presiding
and on the same day Grand Jury will b
empaneled. The charges against Nj
Gage, on which an indictment will be aske
for, are: |, For using money belonging
: the city for his own private purposes;
!, for failing to pay over the public funds
|. his hands when called upon to do so by h
I successor in Office The law makes eac
J of these offenses punishable withlmprisor
- ment in the Penitentiary for periods of NJ
u less than six months nor more than te
5, years.