The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-10
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
RAINY afternoon.


Rainy afternoon.
1t is reported that fine pair of horses
were stolen from Mr., Henry Hull, on Mo
line avenue, last night.
City Attorney Gest has gone to Chi
cago on business connected with Bracket |
VS. Waite's Union Square law suit.
Mr. Hull wishes US to say that by a
misfortune he has broken his sprinkler and
can not get itout before tomorrow morn
ing.
Thanks to VIM. A. Nourse, of Moline,
for choice boquet of flowers, from his
greenhouse He has great variety, and
fills orders promptly.
"A man named Henry Lefiugwell, aged
%, while trying to ford the Wapsie, near
Oxford Mills, Sunday night. was drowned
Some enterprising Yankee is now i'm
porting toy balloons with correct likeness
of P. T. Barnum mysteriously woven in
their manufacture. The little red globes
are eagerly gobbled up by both child and
adult.
Several suspicious characters were
locked up by Marshal Halves and Police
man Brennan to- day, and several others
ran for the tall timber on the bluffs. Peo-
| pie who cant give a reasonable account OF
themselves will do we'll to keep away from
this place.
The will be camp-meeting picnic at
Tindalrs grove miles south of Milan on
next Friday, the 18th The object of this
meeting is to prepare seats and stands tor
the camp meeting to. be held in the grove
on the 25th. Everybody is invited and re-
quested to tai Re along Ratchet and saw and
give them lift.
The parents of those three young
girls who dressed up 10 boys clothing
Sunday night could not have been very
careful of the habits of their children or
they would have boxed their ears and sent
them to bed, Don't do it again, girls, its
not INTELLECTUALLY on Sunday even
ing-and then you might get into trouble.
Mushrooms and toadstoels are confus-
ing objects in fields. You can tell how
many years old they are by saving of
their heads and counting the rings on the
Oaks are slow growers. Mushrooms and
know the difference between toadstools and
mushrooms ;but it is not worth while trying
to learn this difference unless you belong tC
a very long lived family, and don't object
to being poisoned at the end. 1t takes
years to find ut,and authorities differ
, The only sure test is to eat one If you
live, it is mushroom. If you die, i
is toadstool-St Nicholas.
4 The contract for the iron bridge across
Rock river between Vandruff' Island anC
Hakes's Island was signed by the Mayor
on Saturday last with T. B. White & Sons
of New Brighton, Pa. The bridge will b.
in two spans, Of 1861 feet each, iron truss
The city agrees to have the substruc
ture completed on the lst of October
, and the contractors agree to have tn
! bridge completed and ready for travel b,
the lst of November. The roadway vii
0 be l6 feet clear between the trusses, an
e the trusses % feet high. The city agree
. to pay $2l per lineal foot for the work, an
has the right to reject the work if nc
+ satisfactory, but if satisfactory to pay O
the completion of the work or give cit
orders drawing 10 per cent interest.
The Republican state central commit
mittee of Iowa has begun the asses:
> ment of Office holders in close imitation {
u the action of the national committee, Gil
8 culars have been sent to all those who ar
g office holders nov and all who expect to b
-! hereafter. The expense Of the campaig
% is evidently to be considerable, judgin
from the circular, of which the following
an extract: To conduct the campaign q
III the footing and with the magnitude nece
sary to accomplish this, we will necessari
1t be at heavy expense; and. believing tn;
It it is your desire to see the Republican
If succeed, and that you are willing to use 8
legitimate and honorable means to accou
i0 plish that great result, we ask yoa to CO
Us tribute SIS to this end.
Vi The Omaha Herald has notice
~ ''Mr Henry Maret, the celebrated trag
as dian. " formerly of this city, who is playil
,c- an engagement there with the Germs
: theatrical company, and closes by sayil
u the gentleman comes to Omaha high
recommended" Yes. he took his crede
tails with him from this city by sneakil
n out of town suddenly, leaving board bill
printers bills, and several other bills u
paid. For several weeks prior to leavi
CHI here he had been engaged in the salo
ed business, and he swindled the brewe
.or who furnished him beer, and parties WI
lent him money to start in the business,
nd we were informed after he left. But
he all, he is very good German tragedi;
at and appears we'll on the boards, having
|, . fine form, good voice, and a winning W
abut him which draaos. -DaUenport De
icy 0crdt 9Th.