The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-22
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
The Dubuque bridge is again in work
ing order and trains pass over as usual.

The Dubuque bridge is again in work
ing order and trains pass over as usual.
The Rockford depot at Hillsdale was
insured IN j. NJ Bufords agency in this
city.
Mai L. NJ. Buford has gone to Keo-
kuk to attend the Iowa state fair, to look
after the interests of the Buford Plow Com
pany.
The colored people of the three cities
held a pic mic in Brooks grove to-day, and
they will have a concert and promenade in
Otto's hall in Moline this evening
The Republican party has been the
party of sincere and moral men it has
now become the refuge of every species
of corruption and hypocrisy .-.Sprinafetd
tKass) Republican,.
Allen Russell, who died in Yuma, on
the 8th, was in his 18th year of age, and
was born in Danville Vt. He came west
in 1888 but did not settle in this county
till 1851, where he has since resided
An exchange says: mot a Demo
cratic vote was cast in Stannard, VT, and
it claims to be the Stan ard town." The
beauty of the pun is marred by the fact
that there is no such town in Vermont.
The Chicago Times of Sept. End gives
a very fattering account of the proposed
Improvement of the Watertown water
power. There seems no good reason why
they cannot build the Lowell of the west
at WATERFOWL.
Yesterday afternoon A. f. Cutter, ad-
ministrator, handed over the dockets and
the papers of the late Jacob Norris, Esq'r,
TO Magistrate Chopper, at whose Office par
ties interested in the same will be able to
find all required Information.
The nomination Of Horace Maynard
for Governor of Tennessee, and the
canvass he proposes to make on Civil
Rights platform, is very distasteful to Re-
publicans in East Tennessee, who resisted
it all they could, and who declare that
even the last stronghold of the party (Rod
Buffers district is as good as lost already,
1t appears that the last legislature of
Maine, as well as that of Illinois, was
careless and laundering body. 1t has neen
supposed that the amended prohibitory
law OF Maine was sure thing" against
liquor selling, but now it turns out that the
new statute was 50 bungingly framed that
there is in fact now no law at all in that
state against liquor selling, - Chicago
Journal,
Mr.. s, j. Randall of Pennsylvania, a
Democratic representative in congress, land
an honored Democrat in days gone by, has
been ostentatiouslY congratulating the
Democracy of Illinois on the soundness OF
their platform. Mr.. Randall should re-
turn his back pay with interest, and pub
licly acknowledge the rascality of the re-
ceipt and retention, before he assumes to
speak as a Democrat Rochester (N ~
Union.
Dialogue in cemetery; Wife-Ah,
husband do you see this beautiful carving?
how delicately cut in the pure white
stone Husband - Yes, very pretty.
Wife-But, William, you have no taste
for art, and dou't enjoy these things as |
do Just notice this slender column of
immaculate marble with the touching
question so beautifully carved, $40 they
miss me at home? Husband-Yes, | see
and here is her name on the foot stone
sc. A. B. Yes, | guess they miss her,
if that was her name. And there came 81
lence.
For man who did not care for any
more public life. congressman Kasson of
Iowa is making remarkable exertions to
secure reelection. The Desmoines Lea
der publishes the names of siz L. s. Treas
ury clerks who were appointed from Des
moines, and says they are all at home
working hard for Mr.. Kasson' reelection.
1t says their aggregate salaries amount to
$40 80 day, and asks the tax payers how
they like the idea of paying the Govern
ment that amount for helping in the cleo
ton of their Representative. Truly we
have most wonderful Civil Service.
-Horatio Seymour wrote as follows in a
letter explaining his absence from recent
reunion of some New York regiments ::
There is no part of my official life | re-
call with so much satisfaction and pride as
my relationship with our soldiers during
the civil war While have not the hon
or Of being one of them, yet beyond 9TH
ers | saw and felt how bravely and pa
tiently they bore themselves through the
trials, dangers, and sufferngs Of the con-
test.