The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-13
NOTES HERE Al D THERE.

Don't care syrup is very popular in
soda, on Sundays.
Several pic MICS are in the full tide of
successful operation in this vicinity to-day.
1t is not rank nor birth, nor state,
But the get up and git'
That makes men great.
A mother advised her daughter to oil
her hair, and tainted fiat away when that
damsel replied ''Oh, no, ma it spoils
the gentlemen 5 vests.
The Republicans have abandoned all
further efforts in behalf of Civil Service
Reform, and will now use the appointing
power to corrupt and purchase adherents
The Hippodrome showed at Des
Moines and what money wasn't taken at
the door, well organized gang Of pick
pockets and burglars got out of the peck
cts and tills of the community.
R. S. Page, switchmau in the Rock
ford, Rock Island x St.Louis depot grounds
in this city, while attending to his duties
to-day, got his right hand caught between
two cars and two fingers were badly crush
ed
The Turner convention met to-day, in
Davenport, in accordance with the pro
gramme published in The ARGUS several
days ago. Arches have been erected over
their principal streets, flags float from every
prominent building and the town is gay
with the Turner's and their festivities
There is to be t0rchlight procession to-
night.
Boys with harps and fiddles and a
shocking ignorance of music, beggars,
horrid organ grinders, umbrella members.
blind and idiotic mendicants. scissors
grinders, sewing machine age IS, lightning
rod men and book agents are thicker than
grasshoppers In Iowa. 1t is a common
belief that people would be justified in
shooting any Of the tribe on sight.
"A freight train on the Sterling divi-
| sion of the Rockford, Rock Island & St.
Louis road broke through the trestle work
over Canoe Greek, two miles this side OF
| tlillsd2le, on Thursday evening the 18th,
the earth about the trestle work having
been washed away by recent rains. Seven
! loaded cars went down but only two were
badly smashed. 1t took a hours hard
work to get things all right again.
People everywhere, aud particularly
financial men, are congratulating them
selves that the danger from Congress is
about over. They forget that the rea
danger Is just now upon US. In the next
ten days there Is reason to fear that Con
gresS may do us more harm than it has
thus lar throughout the session There
will be host of swindling jobs; appropri-
atoms for unexplained deficiencies, limo
cent looking bills which conceal the basis O
fresh attacks upon the Treasury, final de
spairlng efforts Of hungry railroads tol
bonds or guarantees or fresh aid of some
sort, in each one Of which is a steal fol
some partizan ring.
While in Jerusalem" writes a lady
traveller, we paid our respects to thu
Princes de la Tour d Auvergne, who re
sizes there, and who mas purchased tn,
Mount Of Olives for the Catholics 10
100000. ceding it to the French govern
ment. For seven centuries it was lost to tn,
Catholics, ever since the Crusaders wer,
driven out of Jerusalem She is now cree
ting convent on the very spot wher
Christ prayed. The prayer is inscribed il
thlrty-two languages around the court
yard. The Countess is very agreeable
rather past fifty. She lives in an old Orr
entail cottage, aud her sole companions ar,
her tortoise-shell cat 'Aiameluke' and he
brown dog Honey. She speaks Englisl
: very we'll She will remain until her worl
is done, which has already been in progress
seven years The Asiatic towns are $
wretchedy dirty that the streets are in
passible, SO that donkeys are used to carr
the ladies TO church, or to the bankers, @
to make calls, or to do do little shor
ping"