The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-31
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Charming weather.
The last day Of the year.
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The last day Of the year.
Egg nog day tomorrow.
Ferry steamer still running.
The Turner Society, In Moline, will
give grand ball on New Years friday
evening, Jan / at Turner Hall.
- Thanks to Mr., and Mrs. VIM. A..
Steel, of Joliet, for beautifully printed
card Of imitation to their New Year spar
~ this Thursday evening.
The fire in Davenport, noticed in last
evenings ARGUS was in fine double-ten-
ement, corner Sixth and Main street, occu.
pied by +. +. Cook and by F. II. Griggs.
loss about $4,000. Fully insured.
New Years day is at hand :'Howds
do Made hundred calls Job indeed
More to make, Glass er wine, please.
Good bye" Chorus of young ladies' F:
what fool that young Snivins is.
p l.. Mitchell, j. NJ Buford, Wm,B B.
GreneIIe and DR.. Thomas Gait have, for
some years, made their New Years calls in
| company, and their card TOR this year is
| one Of the neatest out. 1t was printed at
The ARGUS office, of course. DIR. f..
btIhhSti IuG u EiullilI ouS
LETTERS received at Washington from
prominent business men throughout the
country agree in pronouncing Sherman s
resumption bill worse than nothing. This
Is hard on Sherman, who prided himself
upon the bill as exactly ,neetingethe wants
Of the public,
The New Orleans papers do not APP
pear to relish the idea of having Phil
Sheridan among them. They ALL with
one accord, charge him with being in a
great degree instrumental 10 forging the
letters by which the people of Louisiana
are bound. The Bulletin, the organ Of
the W hlte league, says the people will not
resist the federal troops, and that lieuten
ant at the head of a squad of Infantry
would be as potent in the preservation Of
peace as Sheridan or Sherman. The
sending Vt Sheridan to the seat of war
would not, apparently, please Louisiana or
tend to promote a more kindly feeling to
ward the general government,
Another nurse stolen. John Brani.
an who lives IN Bowling township, is the
unfortunate loser. The stolen animal is
described as follows; a brown mare, II.
years old, ID hands high, weight | 900
pounds "A few white hairs in forehead,
little white in lett hind foot, letter
81 branded on left shouder-but not |
plain; newly shod, and well built ami
NAL Also good high horn saddle and
bride were stolen. All supposed to be in
Muscatine or Louisa counties, Iowa. Mr..
Bra1ian offers $50 for the return of horse,
saddle and bride and arrest of thief, or
s2j for the return of the stolen property.
The theft was committed on the night Of
Dec 49, Dr. Branian's Post office is at
Preemtion, Mercer county, Ill. It's pref
y near time some of these horse thieves
Here brought to grief
1t is significant and commanding fact
# the times that the Republicans of the
nited States Senate have united upon
/ financial measure and that this measure
has for its ayowed purpose the resumption
II specie payments albany E'Je Joarnol
1t is still more significant fact that
his Republican financial measure pro
tides for Initiation to the amount Of $2o,-
10000. Eighty two millions of green
packs are to be replaced by one hundred
md two and half million national bank
notes.
1t isa still more commanding fact that
he promise to resume specie payments in
$40 is precisely as worthless as the
26,0OO,00O outstanding promises to the
anne effect.
The "ayowed purpose" of specie pay
lcnts in 1879 is lie Not a step toward
hem is taken, but twenty and half
million steps backwards. ~ y. World
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