The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-23
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Clear, pleasant day.
D.o4tr e.:

OAOoii pACdSdut udy.
Pretty fair sleighing, now.
Busy times shoveling off sidewalks
Severe gales on the Pacific coast, YES
sells wrecked and lives lost
Heavy storms and great freshets in
Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania
-Humpty Dumpty at Darts Hall this
evening. Twenty two of the troupe are
registered at the Harper House.
The Sterling train was delayed short
time this morning by one car slipping from
the track at the foot of Eagle street.
Any one who desires to understand
the Louisiana question should carefully
read the two column article in this paper
on that subject
"A new post Office has been established
in this county, called Happy Hollow 1t
is at Heagy 4 Stoddard's coal mines, in
Hampton township.
Edwin Colamer has filed papers in
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court,
in Davenport, asking for divorce from his
wife Kate Collamer, on the grounds of de-
sertiOn.
-FAIED.-Mr John B. Mayo, formerly
OF this city, now of Chicago, has met with
business reverses, and has gone into
bankruptcy. His many friends in this Vi
cinity will regret to hear of his misfortunes.
I-SprinQfeld Register, Dist
"A bridge over Swan Greek, in Warren
county, on the Rock Island st. Louis rail
road, was carried away by the flood yester-
day morning, and trains have to transfer
at that point. 1t will be all right in day
or two.
Under our telegraphic head will be
found another revelation showing how the
people of this State are swindled by the
Credit Mobilier ring which runs the Joliet
penitentiary. tits furnished to the public
by the Chicago Tribune's Springfield cor
respondent.
-Esq'r Chopper has received letter
from Browning, Schuyler Co. in relation tc
certain parties from this city who were
down there duck hunting and came away
without paying for the ducks they bought
or paying the man who did their skiff work
The writer describes them in graphic
manner and wants the Magistrate to have
his piece published if they don't pay up
1t is hardly worth mentioning. Il
seems too insignificant for notice. T. S
Bacon, late cashier of the Holyoke Nation
al Bank, is defaulter to the amount Of
$4,569,S3. The report says Mr.. Ba
cons sanity has been almost doubted by
his friends There is no room for doubt
, we should say A sane thief would have
taken great deal more The eighty
three cents settles this thing in our mind
Osborn County, Mo-, is alarmed anc
agitated by the presence of a mysterious
wild, ferocious animal, with a passion fol
, pigs AMI chickens Some say that he is {
California lion; some declare him a lynx
J others catamount others still do scorn
fully set him down as tom-cat three sizes
larger than common but he bears away
the pigs and chickens all the same an(
never stops to be scientifically classified.
The Associated Press news gatherers
seem to have forgotten to tell the people
that, at Middletown, Conn, the other day
the entire Democratic Liberal ticket foI
Mayor, Aldermen, ETC., was elected by ma
jOrities ranging from SO to over 200 Chas
e. Hubbard Democratic candidate fol
Mayor, has 2l2 majority For twelve years
} Middletown City has been strongly Repub
lican, the Democrats during that period
having elected their Mayor only once. Thi
is the first time their entire ticket ha
been successful since 1861. How will thi
election do for Connecticuts first gain fol
1874?