The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-19
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Funny times at Darts Hall tonight.
Charley Shay's show.
County Treasurer Porter has received
his commission from the governor.
The Port Byron Weekly has not yet
heard of the election of Sam Porter.
Another charming day. So delight
ful an autumn has not been known for
years.
For to-days Chicago. Milwaukee, St.
Louis and New York markets, see first
page of THE ARGUS.
The Union, of this morning, apologies
to the roughs and rowdies for seeming to
have shown even disposition TO promote |
the cause of law and order in the city.
Mob, dy is surprised.
A Milan citizen says that the question,
"How's climbing Peter" is all the 20
there since their intelligent constable was i
fooled at y eyerhauser & Denkmans saw
mill the other day,while making an arrest. |
-THE EVENING ARGUS, with afternoon
Geographic news and markets, delivered
t. subscribers in Rock Island and Moline. |
Now is the time to subscriber. Leave
orders at the Phoenix Hotel in Moline, or
at the office in this city.
There was no doubt whatever as to the
election of Lane Dem. to congress in Ore
gon, the only question being as to his MAORI
ty,which is now set!down from ], 900 to L.
500. This conclusively settles the political
complexion of Oregon at the next election.
"A big brother of the sister who eloped
with the high school principal from Jack
sonville, H., was in Des Moines, Iowa, on
Monday, in search of the pedagogue. 1t
| is known that they bought tickets for
| DesMoines, but no trace of them can be
( found.
Mrs. John Hughes, a respectable and
| hardworking married lady Of Charleston.
ILL.,, waylaid and shot woman of the town
Monday morning at 5 o'clock, doing, how
ever, but slight damage, the ball only
grazing the arm, producing a painful but
not dangerous wound, Cause, jealousy.
Charles Smith, brakeman on the
Rock ford road, died Thursday afternoon, at
the Taylor House, Of intermittent fever,
He was the son of Harvey Smith, from
near New Boston, ILL.,, and was "a years
Of age. He was very patient during his
illness, which lasted nearly month. and
bore good character among all who knew
him.
The new chimney at Weyerhauser &
Denkman's saw mill is now completed
and the stars and stripes were floating
oyer it to- day. 1t is l4O feet high, and
was built by Peter Farrell. An iron
ladder runs up to the top of the chimney,
on the inside, to be used in case of an acct
dent. 1t is the highest chimney in this
vicinity
Scene in cloak room of frst-class
store-Dapper clerk taking up the thirty
ninth cloak Now, Miss, this is
sweet, pretty garment! So stylish,
tool! Why not Toxic this?" (persuasively),
Young lady with the last new drawl) J.
Because. as | said befoah, want some
thing bettaah. Besides, it doant fit. 1t
makes me look so-so-it makes me look
like a fo-o-ol" Yet the clerk protested il
, was becoming cloak.
Invitations have been sent to all OF
the soldiers orphans who haye attended
, the Illinois Soldiers Orphans Home at
j Normal, to revisit the Home on Thanks
, giving and have good time. Between
% and 80 children attended the Home
E from this county who have nearly al
grown to be young men and women. Maj
Q j. Nj. Beardsley, the president of the in
1ulSUUS hlSliIUS tuC dt
time.
/ Last evening, little before dark,
horse and buggy was stolen from the stree
> in fron: Of J. w Hartzell's, on Beave
\ street, between Illinois and Orleans streets
= = This morning it was found, tied IN the allie,
q between Beaver and Otter streets and no
. far from where Hartzell resides. TIL
r horse was wet and cold and had evident
a been driven hard 1t had on no blanke
; and was left there to suffer in the cold
a This is the third or fourth case of the kin,
Il which has occurred in town, lately, and i
- is believed that some Of the lawless gan
= of rnushs take this means to procure
+ night lllc, for some evil purpose.
y The fellow who stole Mr.. Lemon
o. mare near Aiedo, the arrest of whom wa
y notices. III last evening 5 ARGUS, has bee
er a resident g! Davenport for some time
D, His name is Il. L. Tracy. He was arrest
l. ed last winter on suspicion of having con
RS United murder in Somerset, Ohio, bu
d no one appearing against him he was IT
IN leased. He was afterwards arrested fC
at vagrancy and in ten days he was discharG
lie ed. and hidden to leave the city, which
N did in short order. He now turns up III
I'd der another name-John Anderson. II
he was taken to Aledo to-day by Francis an
I'd Lockhart Lemon, ironed, where he will
10 tried He will probably see the inside {
IN Joliet prison in a few weeks, though
he penitentlary is no new institution to hi
r. Tor he served term at Fort Madison NJ
long before he came TO Davenport in tt
winter of '74-'75.
n Writing essays in school is general
pretty hard task for both the boys an
girls, and they resort to many devices
of go through the ordeal without any labC
ct on their part, such as exchanging wit
D. friends in other cities, reading old one
so or begging their friends to write one #
he them A case Of the latter kind was lat
st ly discovered in our high school, in whic
at it appeared that a young lady had. la
en- spring, written an essay, but not using
b. had given il to one of her school mate
as Her school mate co~ied it and returne
r. the original, but did not use her copy I'll
r. til couple of weeks ago. Young lac
ng No |, having waited several months fl
ID No to use the essay, and being witho1
re one herself, concluded that she would VI
OF it herself, and did. This might ha1
ry passed, but No 2's teacher happened to
r. present and made the remark that ST
es had certainly heard that read in her roo
Y, only week or Two before. An explain
q, ton was made, and the matter droppe
n on No. promising never to do it agai
es Many little tricks of this sort are playe
in our schools, and they should be stoppe
at or the system Of writing composition
?. abandoned, for as it now is the scholar
let soon learn to deceive their teachers, ar
lis friends and at the same time learn notl
in ing-at least not in the line for which TIL