The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-27
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Rainy day.

Henderson, the artist, starts for Ohio
this evening to attend wedding
The river is rising, having gained three
inches in twenty-four hours, showing five
feet and eleven inches above low water
mark.
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. By
ron Warren, of Hampton, was found dead
in its crib yesterday Sunday morning. 1t
had been sickly Fl om its birth.
Mitchell & Lynde's block continues to
dump its filth into the streets and require
the whole city to be taxed to clean it up
and our city administration permits it
We regret to hear that Lucius Wells,
Esq, of Hampton, has had another par
alytic shock and is nearly helpless, though
his friends think he is improving little.
j E Doyle, general business agent of
the John Dillon Comedy Co., did himself
the honor of calling at THE ARGUS Office
this morning. He is stopping at the Har-
per House
MIR. and Mrs. Ham, the parents Of
poor little Katie. who was so badly burn
ed last week. took the child away, on the
steamer Minneapolis, Saturday night. 1t
"A gentleman in this city says that,
standing on one of the knobs on Rock ISL
and Heights yesterday, he counted one
hundred new buildings in process of cree
ton in this city. This is a splendid start
for April.
The Republican State Board of Equal
ization seem to have got the State into a
| fix bordering on bankruptcy, and an ex-
ira session of the Legislature is talked OF
to devise means to carry on the State gov
eminent.
The Scouts of the Plains, Buffalo
Bill, Texas Jack, Moracchi, Mordaunt etc,
a company of some 20 persons, will show
up at Darts Hall, this evening. The
company arrived to-day, and is stopping at
the Harper House.
A little boy or 4 years old, son Of
Mrs Jane Uhl, of Hampton, sat down in
kettle of hot soap, last week Tuesday,
and died on Friday. Mrs. Uhl lives with
her father (Mr. Stevens) near the German
Lutheran Church on the bluffs in Hamp,
| ton.
The Cotton Factory Store, at South
Rock Island, was burglarized on Saturday
night. Several boxes of cigars, cans OF
baking powder, canned fruit, and quaint
ty of fine cut tobacco, was taken, nearly all
If which was found Sunday secreted in the
culvert just north of the fair grounds.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Thorn
ton we're going to church yesterday morn
ing, Mrs T. stepped on loose plank, in
front ofor near the Lafayette saloon, which
sank down throwing her down and iniuring
her considerably The city is, of course
liable for damages, every day, from detec.
tive sidewalks, and our new city admins
tration, it is hoped, will take some vigor
Gus measures to have the walks made safe
An accident occurred by the caving il
of earth in new coal shaft at Hea-
gy's coal mines, in Hampton, on
! Friday of last week, by which three
men were partly buried. They were soon
extricated and two of them were able to
walk home, having received no serious in
jury. The other Mr.. Nj. B. Chase wa:
carried home and died the next day. He
was about 40 years old, and leaves a fam
lily.
The fire this Monday morning about
6 o'clock. was two story brown frame
house, near the Stove Works, the prop
erty of that Company. 1t caught FROM q
defective flue in the roof, and for the want
# hooks and ladders the fremen found
great difficulty in reaching it. The result
was that the house was drenched from tor
to bottom aud the roof pretty much burn
I'd off. The house was occupied by Mr. 4
*. Hyde, an employe of the Stove Com
pany, who suffered severely on his furni
ture, and, we regret to say, has no insur
ance The building had $500 insurance
in the Imperial, London, in j NJ Buford'
agency, and is damaged pretty near tina
amount. A hook and ladder company i
much need, and we hope the City Counci
| will take measures to organize one.