The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-01
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Gov. Pound. the great lumber dealer
of Wisconsin, is at the Harper House.
The Rockford Gazette denies the sto-
ry of the indiscretions of 1t. Gov. Early's
daughter and Hon. Mr. Crawford.
DIR. Truesdale has left at this Office a
few pamphlet copies of the memorial to Con
gress on the Rock Island canal which any
one can have by calling at this office
DIR. Plummer has gone to Detroit to
attend session of the American Medical
Society. He goes from there to Pennsyl
vania. and is not expected to return alone.
We are indebted to Engineer Jewett
Colburn for the June number of The
Monthly Journal, published at Cleveland,
by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers.
The Republican convention called in
Peoria for Saturday night to choose So
delegates to their county convention was a
complete and utter failure Not one man
was present.
Philip Drienkenshue, drayman, had
new horse in his dray at the G. r. |. 4
z. II, r. freight depot this morning. The
horse became frightened by a locomotive
and ran upon the pole of Buford's pillow
wagon, tearing his bowels out and killing
him instantly.
Heaven doesn't pay much attention to
matrimonial enterprises at Cape Cod.
Twenty-three divorces were decreed at the
May term of the court there. The aver
age Cape Cod woman wont die young, ii
she sees a chance to make half dozen
men miserable.
1t is said that the heartiest cheers
given during the Grafton at the Arsenal
Cemetery, decoration day, were when the
orator spoke of the noble bravery of the
President in vetoing the imitation bill. This
shows how the people feel in regard to Lo-
gan and Hawley's reputation theories.
First Ruf6an: "Wot was [ hup for
and wot ave | got? / foor'd a woman
and took her watch, and I've got two
years and fogging" Second Rufian
"Ah, flung woman out of the top floor
window, an I've only got three months y
First Rufian: All, but then she was yer
wife.
Mr.. John L. Reed is again In his old
position, as bookkeeper and cashier, at the
Rock Island Glass Works,-the right mai
in the right place. He is, at present, stop
ping at the Harper House, but will go tt
housekeeping as soon as he can find suit
able house,-which is hard thing to d.
in Rock Island, the demand being too
great for the supply.
The election Of Mr.. Grenell as chair
man of the board of supervisors for the
, ensuing year is handsome compliment t.
the honor, integrity, intelligence and fair
mindedness Of the Farmers candidate fo
county judge, last fall. 1t is Mr.. Grenellt
third successive election to that position
compliment never before paid to any
man in the county. The confidence thu
reposed in him is not misplaced. 1t is
keen and fitting rebuke to the little rim!
Of political wire-pullers in this town VIII
wished to intrude their narrow notions o
party politics into the board ofsupervisors
: The Rev Borchers who grated on dec
, Grafton day, needs a little Of the leayen o
liberality, and to learn to look through
something besides Puritan spectacles. Sue
phrases, CD such day, as superstition
hands to pay the price of manumissio
: from some purgatorial thrall ;" AN over
ridden and emasculated christianity, etc
etc., can only be intended to stimulate tn
+ bigotry of some of his hearers and insul
others, and shows narrow and poorly &c
ucated mind, especially when followed b
fulsome praise Of the bigoted and intolel
ant old Puritans and Orangemen. Hi
e hate of the dead soldiers Of the South wa
e also as plain to be seen as his want of chal
: ity for religion which is as wide as tn
= world.
! We are glad to record an evidence
a more liberal spirit on the part of some
the G. A. Rs. On decoration day 81
y ex- federal soldiers proceeded to the nearl
+ defaced ground where 1000 of the Confet
J. crate dead lie buried and placed flower
upon the grounds Their names are n
II c. Follett, II. Karston, Henri Z. Well
n Corinth Curtis, j. f. Marcy and l..
), Mapes. OF course they could not decora
8 the 1000 graves but the placing of flower
on that neglected spot was kind ar
graceful act towards their own brave, p'
L triotic and fallen, though mistaken coul
trymen. When their example shall be fC
e lowed throughout the land we may loo
for a renewal of that fraternal feelin
which shall make the Union perpetual.