The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-14
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Moline wants more policemen if she
would have less crime.
The colored people of Davenport have
expressed sorrow for the death of Senator
Sumner, in suitable resolutions.
AT Bloomington, ILL.,, George Lewze, a
German citizen, was poisoned fatally by
drinking by mistake solution of nux vom-
lea.
Richard Notter, of Dunleith, ILL.,, died
from injuries received some days since, by
his clothes taking fire from an exploded
lamp.
Warner Lardy, living in Dubuque
county, Iowa, was killed recently while fell,
ing tree, by branch striking his ak and
driving it into his skull.
John Garvin, charged with the MUIR
der OF Edward Gillespie, November, LIST,
lSl3,ls now on trial in the Sangamon coun-
ty Circuit Court, at Springfield, Ill.
Nearly all the wards in Mercy Hospital
are tull, over forty patients being treated
there now. Of these, over twenty-five are
receiving treatment for insanity, the rest
for other maladies.
The body of William Mitchell, one of
the six men who left Alabaster, Mich, to
help two men who were adrift on the ice in
Saginaw Bay during the winter, has fioated
ashore clad only in pants and shirt.
"A special meeting of the Davenport
Board of Trade was held at three o'clock
this afternoon for the purpose of hearing
the report of the committee on the Gov
eminent bridge and Hennepin canal ques-
tons
While burglaries -obberies, and 9TH
er crimes are daily and nightly committed
in Moline, Davenport, Clinton and all
around us,our efficient police force manage
to keep our town pretty clear of the crimi-
nal class.
| Police Magistrate Norris has rented q
room in Buford's block, near the City Mar
shal's Office, and is putting it in order for
business. The room is over Bakers lew
elry store, and was once occupied by DR..
Plummer as his Office.
People who send to THE ARGUS mar
rage notices for publication must send a
dollar with the notice, to pay for publish
ing it. Young gentlemen who want the
public to know how happy they are should
pay the printer as we'll as the parson.
The stockholders of the Peoria & Rock
Island Railroad Company have elected the
old Board of Directors, with only one
changer. H. Whiting, of Peoria, takes
the place of VIM. 81. Cruger. The Off
GERS are as follows: William r. Hamil-
ton, President; b. E. Smith, Vice resi-
dent, and 0. p. James, Secretary and
Treasurer.
E Burial, Jr., T. j. Robinson, Hen,
~ Dart, John E. Bready, J. Silas Leas,
| W. L. Sweeney, Morris Rosenfeld, Alex.
Steel, j. R. McCalister, A c. Dart, VIM
Eggleston, S. s. Guyer, j. S. Drake, Mylo
Lee, L. NJ. Haverstick and W. W. Eggle-
ston, have been appointed by our Board Of
Trade as delegates from that association tc
the canal convention on the oath.
On Tuesday morning, the Pittsburgh
Gazette loyal to Grant said the election
in New Hampshire will indicate the drift
of popular sentiment - and, furthermore
that "A Republican victory, at this time
will be particularly inspiring" OnWednes
day morning the Milwaukee Sentinel 10y
all said THE advices from the election
in New Hampshire yesterday indicate thai
the Democrats may have carried the State
by a small majority If this should prove
to be fact, however it will have little
significance