The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-09
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

currency dollar yesterday for 85tcents in
Democratic money, Gazette.
The only way to git thru this world
and eskape censure and abuse il to take
sum bak road. Van kant travel the main
turnpike and do it-Iosh Billings.
Good mannersis the art of making those
people easy with whom we converse,
Whoever makes fewest persons uneasy is
the best bred in the compaDy.-Saeift,
If Gov. Allen ought to be beaten for
preaching ifation, then thousand times
more ought the Republican party to be
beaten for practicing it.-Albdny Argus
To morrow, at 10 A. NJ, in front of the
Rebublic Life Insurance office, in Chicago.
the Rockford, Rock Island j. ST. Louis
railroad will be sold at auction to the high
est bidder.
ironically the Cincinnati Commercial
says; Can we hope to have little speech
Ciust for the moral infuence) from the dis
tinguished citizen Of Ohio who is a mem
Der of the cabinet.
EFF. Pillsbury, of Maine, has published
a long letter accusing James e. Blaine of
participating in the famous paper-credit
fraud which created so much excitement
In the state during the war.
AT the conclusion of Bishop Henpes,
sey GRAFTON at the O'Counell centennial in
Dubuque, Hon. J. II. Murphy, of Daven-
port, was called for, and the Herald says
made very happy response.
-Mausell's storm chart, prepared by
| Henderson, the artist, is posted at Henry
| Woltman's sal loon, ia order that all may
see how correctly our SCIENTIST has pre-
dicted in regard to terrestrial phenomena.
The Illinois Republicans have another
load to carry, in the person of Avery, late
chief clerk of the treasury department,
now under indictment for completely IN
the whisky frauds at st. Louis. he was
editor of the Canton Gil. Register in 1860.
Out of suffering have emerged the
Str n gest )uls; the. most massive.characters
are scanned with scars; martyrs have put
on their coronation robes glit.ering with
FIRE. and through their tears have the
sorrowful first seen the gates of heaven
E. H. Chaplin.
"A good many fine improvements are
being made in Rock Island this year, The
Rock Island House, Bengston's elegant
block, the Rock Island National Bank
Volk's big building on Washington street
Tegeler's block, Hubers Brewery improve
ment. and the Central Presbyterian church
are the most important. The amount OF
building in this city this year will be quite
large.
The Republican newspapers Of thi;
state are having uphill work of it in dis
paraging Coy. Tilden's reform efforts
They have been hard at it for severa
weeks proving that his canal crusade was ;
sensational humbug, and just as they
thought they had proved their case The
investigating commission comes out with ;
report upsetting all of their silly SANDERS
IL was very thOughtless Of the commission
N J. Tribune.
Some mooney old bachelor writes
; IF, in instruQting child, you are vexeo
with it for want of adroitness, try. if yol
have never tried before, to write with you
left hand, and then remember that a chile
is all left hand Which is very pratty
: But if one OF those podgy, puddlngy littl
. parties had him by the hair with bntl
hands and was pounding him 10 the pit q
the st, mach with both ieet, ly way 0
! keeping tune to circular scream of ear
! splitting teuuty, he would think Their
! was considerable about it that was mo-
!, than ambidextrous. It depends upon
, what you want child to d., whether it i
all left hand
Yesterday morning a long haired
thickly- bearded stranger entered Girls
, void street barber-shop, and in respons
r to the inquiry if he would like to be shave'
, he replied: Yes, sir, you miserable con
. temptible highway pirate, L would H'
: remnved his hat drew a hip navy revolver
r cooked it, and sitting down in chair wit
: the revolver in his hand he continued
' Now, go aheadl If you ask me to hav
I my hair cut, or say that l have dandruH
or cut my chin, or ask me to buy your hal
9 restorer, III shoot you dead in your tracks |
. The barber didn't say one word while shaw
! ing that man,-Detroit Free Press.
8 The recent demise of an Indiana II
0 FAINT under circumstances of a peculiarl
e tortuous nature, suggests these lines
y which are hereby offered to the Philade
II phia Ledger for future use: Our littl
Mary Jane is dead. the fact makes us fe,
j. blue; she took it in her little head to swa
n low iack-screw, Gone but not forgotten
It gone to meet r. Chimedes." Beautiful
e beautiful And the Ledger may, at til
e same time, have the following, which
It seasonable. The deceased's name ma
be varied to suit the case. Little Rogt
has gone to the evergreen shore, from ca
e ing green apples and melons; they fnishe
: him quick, but they rassled him sore; "
le wouldn't have lost him for forty five shi
10 lings. Gone to meet the inventor
& cholera infantum. Gone to meet Gree
lJones, Gone to meet old Scum"