The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-22
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aOx64 HERE AND THERE.
Chs. T. Platt arrived home last even
ing, on visit, from Philadelphia
Some attention to the sidewalks Is
necessary at the scene Of the late IRE.
The Davenport Democrat is probably
dead. No copy received at this Office |
since last Saturday.
There are now 1,426 conyicts in the !
Illinois state penintentary at Joliet. which |
is a greater number than has ever been in
that institution before.
Kinds, Grants u. s. Marshal for A..
ALBANIA, accused of completely in the mail
frauds, is held in 800 to await the &C.
ton of the Grand Jury.
AT Gslesburg, Tuesday night, VIII
liam Brown shot and fatally wounded his
wife: The ball entering her lungs, she
can live but short time.
MIR. Henry Fisher, the clever West
End barber, has built two very neat look
ing one story houses on the corner of Rock
River and st. Clair streets.
In Brooklyn, Tuesday night, Bernard
Quigley, of Union Street, fatally stabbed
John Myers, his brother-in-law. The men
quarrelled over the merits Of their respec-
tive wives.
MT. Wiser srevenue reports show tina t
he has collected from all sources of reven
ue from June. 1873, the time of his ap.
pointment as deputy collector, to March /,
1875, 1886, 72S.Ol.
Daniel Pratt, of Weesaw, Mich. was
sentenced on Monday, by Judge Brown, to
two years and six mouths hard labor at the
state prison, for sending through the mail
postal cards on which was written indie
cent language. ......
j. n. Mcdonald, the boot and shoe
dealer who "skooted over the river with
his stock one night last winter, was pat
ron of our public library to the extent OF
drawing a book and selling it to Job Ross.
, MIR. Ross has returned the book to the IL
brary, where it belongs.
MIR. Geo. w. Dow, tson-in-law OF Or.
Plumr1er) station agent for the c. Il. q
p. r. r. &C Victor. Iowa, has received ano
accepted an offer of the position of station
agent at Moline, for the r. K. Il st. L.
road, and will commence work there On the
LIST of May.
james Madlove shot and killed hi!
father, near St. Paul, on Saturday night
while under the influence of liquor. The
son is desperate character. He was ar
rested soon after the shooting and taken L
, the county jail at Greensburg Intense
!. excitement prevails, and feals are enter
tanned that he will be taken out ant
ynched.
Lizzie Sidernard, aged 20, residing il
: City Hall place. New York, while waiting
! for car in Chatham street, Monday eve
ming, was shot by Jacob StouderDan.
), rejected lover, and was carried home in
dying condition. When asked about til
. affair he replied in broken English, IS
, shoots for love-" but could say nothipI
!" more. He was locked up.
l. MIR. John A. King, of the Wester
!. Brewery, this CITY, was shot at twice b
some one, about 8 o'clock. Tuesday even
> ing, in a walnut grove near Diedrick Alt
mann's, about half mile back of HamI
ton, while driving along the road in u
open buggy. He had money with him an
e robbery was probably the object. He es
l. capped unhurt.
Adler don't want people to think b
O. set the New York House on Gre He says
pa My loss is nine bedsteads and beddinl
one bureau filed with clean sheets
&c one trunk with children's clothing. one o.
gan worth $75. My loss is the heaviest
all, and no insurance. Everybody know
that Geo. M. Adler is not the kind of
N man to burn up his own property
8 DIR. Tegeler, who recently purchase
IS the Philip Zahn and Mark Wilson prof.
IN erty, on Orleans and Washington, says
- never entertained the idea of building a
% opera house; that he did at one time il
q RI ltn htpt
a has given that up-he will build notti1
n. this year. If we ever have a mics opel
house we shall probably be Indicted
Mr.. Harper for it.
The book keeper at the Union ofic
having to be absent for few days wro
I'll upon a bit of paper the KEY to the cont
r. nation with which their safe was locke
u, Ia order to prevent anybody from gattiI
We hold of this paper and thus learning he
to unlock the treasures usually found in
u printing office, the man who locked I'll
lie safe last night placed this piece of pap
ST. in the safe and locked it, and forgot Il
81 combination The paper was safe, bl
Charlie Fiebig, from Steel's sto. opent
it for them.
They came very near having q fire
Weyerhauser Il Denkmans saw mill We
Is terday. The SCOT in the chimney caugl
p fire and the sparks few around on Il
lie roof and in the lumber yard pretty live
re for few minutes. AS soon az the e
. caught it was put out by the employ
III with buckets. TO guard against any Fl
is in the future they will get the hose cart
'st that ward and wet the lumber and mill e
nd ferry day, until their water works are in @
= der again. A fire at that place wou
:. soon destroy many thousands of dolla
In worth of property.
be
e. Illinois Congressman.