The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-24

king kill-acoU-a is in New York
City.
In the Daniels murder case at Cinciuua-
ii, Daniels goes to the penitentiary for ten
years.
Ann Eliza Johnson, an insane pauper,
from Moline, has been. taken to the county
aims house,
-Four laborers, at the Bergen, N. j.
tunnel, we're killed by bucket breaking
while descending the shaft.
notwithstanding the efforts of the
army people are crowding into the Black
Hills country hunting for gold.
Miss Amanda Tomlinson, of this city,
aged 81, has been taken to Jacksonville to
be treated for temporary insanity.
| The little snow we had has nearly all
disappeared, but the weather is colder, and
there is a good deal of floating ice in the
river
The colored children, at their concert
tonight, will sing some of the songs which
the Tennesseeans and the Hampton stu
d11ts sing,
Henry Schloeffel $ residence and brew
cry at lie Claire, were totally destroyed by
fire on Wednesday morning, Loss $4,000
to $4,000. Insurance S., 700.
"A railroad brakeman Charles Stat:
ford) died at Wyoming Stark county, on
Tuesday, in consequence of injuries receiv-
ed while coupling cars, on the l4th.
Vice President Wilson seems to be
worn out He has gone home, and the
Republicans have again elected the motor
ious Matt Carpenter as president OF the
senate. The Democrats voted for Senator
Thurman.
1t is expected that Cromie's Northern
Lake Ice Co., of Louisville, will pack ice
here again, this winter-and perhaps 9th
er ice dealers also. We hope so, for it
will furnish employment for many men
who need work.
Several distinguished colored Republi-
clu politicians have been arrested at West
Point, Miss, for robbing freight cars.
Among them were Vincent Petty. county
treasurer, Jordan lvey, an alderman, and
others OF chat sort.
The burglars who entered the stores
of Samuel IIeagy, and of Francis Black,
Sunday night, must have been disguised
at finding only some 81 IN fractional cur
rency. They didn't want goods--it was
cash they were after.
Charley Ross father has offered 1000
nation that may lead to his recovery, no
questions to be asked aud no attempt to be
made to detain any one bringing the boy.
If this does not bring him people vii! con
clu!e that the boy is dead.
About $50 persons assembled at Bur
It's Opera House last evening, to hear Hen
ry Clay Dean lecture upon the old sen
ate, and he disappointed them by de
livering rambling but eloquent discourse
on the causes of the American revolution
= subject which most of his hearers were
pretty well informed about.
The house of Pete Hill, in the 9Th
ward on the west side of Carroll street, be-
tween Canal and Commercial, was pretty
tents saved. 1t was one story frame, and
is hardly worth repairing. Insured for
| $500 on the house and 5000 on contents,
in the Phoenix, Hartford,in Wiser's agency
| Mr. Hill is a stove mOulder, at the Rock
Island stove works, The fire is said to
have been caused by defective hue. PEG
pie should look well to their chances OF fire
on their premises.
A young lady in Moline remarked to
a companion in conversation the other
day,th she would never paint her cheeks
again before attending a funeral. Why
not?' asked her friend. Because, re,
piled the young lady, Il was painted up
when | attended funeral last summer,
and | never wanted to cry so bad in my life,
and was getting my handkerchief ready,
when glancing around at, | saw that
coarse, yellow skin of hers through the
tear tracks, and it looked horrible. lneyer
had such hard work to hod my tears in
since was born. I'm done painting for
funerals"
A Dubuque telegram OF the 23d says
! \ horrible case of abortion and death oc-
CURED last week at Hamrton, Franklin
county. The victim was Mrs. Ives, who
consented to the operation, which was per
| formed by drunken doctor and her hus
band, resulting in her death several hours
after the operation was completed, or, ratE
er, inflicted. Mrs Ives came to sufficient.
! " to know her terrible condition, and in
her agony screamed feartully, and the doe
tor again administered chloroform, and
when he found she was gasping for breath
and dying, he grabbed her in his arms and
carried the lileless body about the room,
trying to restore life. There has been Il
preliminary examination, and Mr.. Ives
and the doctor have both been bound over
for their appearance at the next term Of
the District Court.
An aged citizen of Arkansas went
into the rooms of the congressional com
uittce in Little Rock to tell Judge Poland
that since reconstruction in 1868 Arkansas
had had sixteen governors. He complain,
cd that it wasn't safe for man to live
there: that he himself was rather slow in
his mental operations, and scarcely got
his mind made up to support one COVER
nor when they sprang another on him, and
made him liable to arrest for treason. He
said every time he came to town he asked
men at the outskirts who was governor
on that particular day, lest he might make
a mistake in hurrahing for the unpopular
one. After relieving his mind of little
more dry humor, he left but presently
returned, asking permission to make Il
correction in his statement. 1t was seven
teen governors, he said, instead of sixteen
he had remembered another one while
he was going down stairs.
Walking canes, carved ebony, and rose
wood, with gold and ivory heads, new styles
and every variety at Dart x Darts.
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