The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-19
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

,een appointed whisky gauger.
The Noonan boquet is all the rage
Town on Buffalo street. Its perfume lasts.
Judge Dillon and family, of Daven-
port, have gone to Europe. for q summer
rip.
Hon. VIM Ii. Ferry. receiver for the
R. r. |. 4. st. L, r. r. is at the Harper
House, with his-wife and daughter.
The Guzette and the Union have ap-
pointed James Feeley to a position on the |
police force in this city. Who is he?
John Beck, son of farmer in Black
Hawk Township, brought in four wolf
scalps and made the necessary affidavit at
the county clerks office.
DIR. Burtis, of Davenport, has received
a telegram from Mrs. Jas. A. Oates, en-
gaging the Opera House for two nights,
June 25th and Goth. That will be good
news to all of Mrs. Oates admirers in this
city.
John McGoyern, of Orion, had new
buggy and harness, value $3.50, and Will |
liam Anderson, of the same place, span
of good horses worth $3.50, stolen on Sun
day night, between the hours Of IL P. NJ.
and 2 A. NJ
In Aledo the door knobs, and door
latches of business houses and dwellings,
are nightly daubed with coal tar. The
sneaking. cowardly scoundrels who commit
such acts deserve public exposure and the
severest punishment of the law.
The Brown-Weir case is still on, and
| bids fair to be protracted one. The ex-
animation of the second witness, Gard
| ID Eo..Lol ,Eo,,
went to press. So far, his evidence is not
positively damaging TO the defendants.
Information gathered throughout
the hop growing region near kilbourn
City, Wis, Indicates favorable prospect
for the coming crop. Notwithstanding the
backwardness of the season, the plants
haye made good start and are growing
vigorously.
Some time since, WILDER Ingraham
committed rape upon a little girl aged 6
years. living at Cooper, a few miles north
of Kalamazoo. Mich His trial was con-
cluded yesterday, and the jury sentenced
him to ten years Imprisonment in the
penitentary at jackson.
The governor of Missouri has desig-
mated June as day of special fasting,
| pIuyCl IOI LnC ACHOA Vi
that state from the grasshopper plague
: by which the western portion of 1t is now
terribly afflicted, and which threatens to
sweep the entire state. Kansas is similarly
afflicted, and already the cry of distress
and apprehended famine is heard in the
and.
The peace and quiet of some people il
this city is disturbed by dog fights. They
say they have demonstrated with the mai
7 who sets these animals fighting in his bacl
+ yard, and unless it is stopped they will b.
compelled to complain to the police Magis
trate. Sec g of Division Third, of the IT
dinance against Misdemeanors will proba
bly, cover the ease. mot less than S. no
= more than $25 for every such offence. ="
-Howe's circns had an audience of owe
g 5000 people in this city last evening, an
: the performance was very satisfactory
!. They exhibit in Davenport this Afternoon
and evening, and proceed ON their way t
d California. They travel wholly by raj
ii having AZ cars for their use during the sea
son, provided with every comfort to
cooking, sleeping, caring for the animal:
carrying tents, etc.
J. The intensely interesting play, Mari
|. Antoinette, was presented in the Burt
IS Opera House last evening, with Mrs. Lar
s der in the title roll. But there was ma
le in the audience whose feelings lay so nes
the surface that he spoiled the most effe'
As tive scene. This gent was affected to teal
id when the Queen commenced manltestin
5 her grief; and at the last when, she baC
her hus and flrewell as he was DEF artir
er for the guillotinc, the fellow sobbed so al
II dib1y that those around him forgot the
r. grief and lowered their handkerchiefs
he their mouths t0 prevent loud laughter
But some of n IN didn't succeed, to tt
I'd evident annoyance Of persons near Il
N stage.
an The Independent voter seems to
ne causing the partsans a good deal of an
he iety. The Republican party press decid
or with much earnestnesS that he must lney
er tably vote the Republican ticket. II
en- Democratic journals are just as confde
1t he cannot consistently vote any other tic
of ct than the Democratic. Neither sit
Id seems entirely satisfied with its own rea
oning, because, manlfestly enough, Meth
" knows anything about what the troubl
some parsonage in question will do al
in that quandary they have the satisfacti
Va tuAI hLIG lhAOpShNCbS WI
himselfis as ignorant of what he will do
he. they are.
According to Mrs. Oates, Tracy Tit
ng was troubled with some of the eccentrI
* ties of Brooklyn genius. During the qu;
IN rel he leaFed out Of bed. dressed, and {
ut dered porter to take away his trunk.
nd then pulled out his watch. Let his wi
WI finish: 1T was valuable one, and h
nd been given to him by MIR. Oates before /
ne death. He pulled 1t angrily out of |
ey pocket, and, marching a few steps towar
ID. the bed, Il was lying in bcd,) he took q
im liberate aim at my head, and hurled it wi
he all his force. The watch struck agair
he the head of the bed and smashed into
OF thousand atoms And after that
lg, caDed Allison, Mrs. Oates treasurer.
m, Chicago Tribune.
~ When a book agent comes around as
~ ing you to subscribe, ask him to show y
ILL., the circular issued by the publishers
ny agents, directing him how to attack yo
ne One OF them has got into the newspape
9e and reads as follows: always secure t
py most influential men first. Never fail
"a s do this, as your success depends who
lie upon it. If in no other way, get the
'aS conditiOnally-i e., have them sign yo
ia canvassing book even if on condition IL
$50 they may take the book or not when y
go come to deliver it. The getting of leadi
names is the great turning point of succ,
We in canvassirg The influence of exam
lue is of incalculable advantage to the canya
I'd err Ii any of these leading people are /
able to buy or assist as a helper, then {
for their names to head your list fer I
saks of their influence, the cOndit
to- being that they are at liberty to take I
=. book or not when you bring it. The