The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-06
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

week.
The county::clerk's Office was crowded
to-day with persons making certificates for
pension.
Another foreman in one of our large
factories was done broom at three-card
monte, during the fair. That game isn't
his forte.
Tim Riley captured fine swarm of
honey bees in Court Square this afternoon.
lin said one Of the little things "bit'' him
Oh the hand.
A-And now they say that our supervisor
IS out by trying hisluck at one of those
gambling games ut the fair ground. He
thinks he can make money on our town
auditing board.
-.People who wish to visit the great ex-
positions, at indianapolis. Cincinnati, Lou
isyilIe or st. Louis are offered transporta-
ton at reduced rates over the Peoria road
the nearest and quicket route,
-Squire-well its one of our justices Of
the peace who don't have very much law
business to do, got heeced out of over So
at the fair ground, trying to make some
fees out of those games Of chance.
We are in the habit Of speaking of
Aug. Herkert as turnkey. This is true
he is the turnkey, but he is also regular
deputy sheriff. and has some of the quail
ties OF an excellent detective.
The annual meeting of the board of
supervisors takes place on the second Mon
day in September 1.-THE 13th1 and the
board OF town auditors are required to
meet tomorrow to certify the amount Of
town tax required.
THE responsible" etc.. is never quite
so happy as when he finds typographical
error In the columns of cotemporary-
unless it's when he is lying drunk on the
sidewalk and somebody opens gate
against him. His great intellect shows
best on typographical errors.
1t is not an unfrequent thing to sec a
line OF men from the general delivery win
dow, at our post Office, reaching out across
the sidewalk to the street, about the time
the eastern mail is opened. 1t was 30 on
Saturday evening, for more than half an
hour. They are nearly all mechanics, and
laboring men. who can only go to the post
Office when work is over.
Roll the strap is even more dan
gerous game to bet on than three-card
monte, for the man that holds the strap
has an absolutely ''sure thing" on his vic
tim every time, A boy, not over dozen
years old, picked up several greenhorns
with the strap game, during our fair, thus
proving that the fools are not all dead
yet"
Last week Thursday night. burglars
entered the house of j. III. Manning, Da-,
venport, by cutting out pane of glass in a
parlor window and christening the spring.
They took some silver plate, lady's
watch and pearl necklace that was in a
bureau drawer, and then going into room
adjoining, they got a suit of clothes and
two reyolvers.
About o'clock Saturday night, while
Carl Schultz was sitting, with his wife, in
front of his saloon on Sd street. Davenport,
two doors above the Pennsylvania house,
Thos. Armil and two other men assaulted
him and attempted to rob him. His wife
blew whistle and the highwaymcn run
without getting anything. MIR. Schultz was
badly pounded. Armil is in Jail.
ALI the guests at the Harper House
were served with champagne, at dinner,
on Sunday. The house was quite full, and
large proportion of the gentlemen came,
via. the western train, passing Davenport
If order to be at the Harper over Sunday.
That's way good many people have.
The Sunday dinners at the Harper are an
attractive feature of the house.
Last night citizen of Rock Island
was knocked down and robbed by three
men at the crossing over the railroad lead
ing to the G. r. l. & P.depot. The affair
was seen by the Waterman at Anawait,
Denkman & Co.'S mill, who went to his as
sistance. The highwaymeu fed. The VIC
tim was followed from Davenport. He
was going home.
Not case of robbery occurred at the
Harper House during the fair, though the
rooms were all occupied, and people COM
ing and going at all hours of night. A
private policeman was stationed on every
floor, and there was no chance for robbery
there. Every floor of that house is watched
every night in the year, and the house is
considered pretty safe from fire or robbery.
There's little chance for any kind of
"shenanigan'., in the Harper House.
We noticed on our streets to-day,
many of the monte men, Honest john"
wheel of fortune and other gamblers, who
piled their vocation at the Rock Island fair
this week. They will probably be around
the fair grounds here next week. Look
out for them, for in connection with most
of these fellows generally travel gang of
pick pockets, who work on one side while
these fellows work on the other.-Dap.
Dem, 4th.
Last week Friday afternoon, young
man named j. P. Logan, was dangerously
shot in the breast on the steamer Alex
Mitchell, near Lansing, Iowa. Two gam
blers got into fight about their game, and
the shot which accidentally hit the young
man was not intended for him. He was
landed at Davenport Saturday evening,
and taken to the house of friend, and his
widowed mother, who lives in Blue Grass,
sent for.
Capt. W. II. b. Warren, who had
charge of the branch house Of B. d. Blu
ford Il Co., at st. Joseph, Mo-, died in
that city on Sunday, the 9Th, at ] 80 pm,
caused from injuries received by the recent
railroad accident on the North Missouri
railroad. This firm has very large trade
at that point, which was ably guarded
under the management of the late Capt.
Warren. Arrangements will be made at
once, so that the interests GA the Buford
Plow Works will not suffer by this sad mis-
fortune.