The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-15
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

On Christmas day, in London, Mad
anne Parepa Rosa gave birth to a son, still
born.
-Humpty Dumpty, by the Fox & Den
Ter troupe, in Darts Hall, Friday evening
of next week.
A meeting of citizens is to be held at
the Harper House on Saturday evening in
relation to the proposed military prison.
MIR. l. Heinsheimer left for the East
last night to buy new goods. His brother,
Ferdinand, will superintendent the open
ing tomorrow.
Miss Ophelia Able, an accomplished
vocalist, will assist at the DeBeriot club
concert, at Moore's Hall, in Davenport,
next Tuesday evening.
-Tillebein has bought out Billy Coe-
and Billy goes to Rock Island. Joe Gin
ton remains with the Main street institu-
tion.-Dauenport Gazette
The ladies of Trinity Church will hold
one OF their pleasant social gatherings at
the residence of Col Macomb this evening.
The invitation is general.
Hon. VIM. A. Steel, of Joliet, has is
sued elegantly printed invitations to the
18th anniversary of his marriage for to-
morrow, the 10th. Thanks for a copy.
Sorry we can't leave home
1t is reported that the Grant family
are so much pleased with Mrs, Richardson
that her husband, if he leaves the Treasu-
ry, is sure to have another department, or
at least first-class foreign mission. The
qualification for Office under this Admins
tration is to have a pleasing wife.
"A woman in Louisville, Tenn, recent
ly sneezed false tooth out while feeding
her chickens, and one of them picked it up,
whereupon the woman caught the chicken
cut open the crop, and, having taken out
the tooth, sewed it up again. And that
chicken is as proud as Credit Mobilierist.
When he went for his hat at the con-
cert the other evening he found 200 pounds
of fascinating femininity carefully holding
it down like pile-driver inrepose. Mad
anne, said he, you are sitting on my hat "
The lady blushed. turned around. 'Oh, /
beg your pardon. I'm shure I thought it
was my husband s.
Watterson, ofthe Coaier-Jommal, hay-
ing been informed that Baltimore has
10000 more women than men, says
We never go to that blessed city that the
number and beauty Of the girls there don't
make us long to seize a couple of car loads
of them and fly to the bosom of the Nor
mon Church as city of refuge.
After considerable study of the mat
ter, it has been determined that corn color
is the appropriate color for those who dress
with an eye to the may. The frog" does
very well for hops Watered silks are
. very appropriate for ladies who desire &c
float gracefully through the dance, but fol
those who have an ambition to stalk il
there is nothing like corn.
Pretty cold snap. The mercury was..3i
below at Breckenridge, Mimi, on Wednes
day morning 20 below at st. Paul; Is
below at Duluth 10 below at La Crosse
from 4 to IA below at Chicago, and 10 be
low at Rock Island. This Thursday
morning our thermometer indicated 10 be
low. At Col. Crockett's residence, on Rocl
Island Heights, it indicated l6 below
| Conductor Martindale brought down
25fb box of superb yellow perch, fresh from
Lake Geneva, last night, and divided
them among his friends. Mrs. Charles Blu
form, Mrs. l.. NJ Buford, and Mrs Yves
got most of them He says the fishermen
have shanties built on the ice, with stoves
cooking apparatus, and hunks to sleep in
and that you can sit by warm stove AM
1sh from a hole cut through the ice.