The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-02

NOTES HERE AND THERE. |
California train on Sunday.
Ball at Negus's hall this evening by
Hope Hose Co.
The council room will be. open from
8 to 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
COL Beecher. son of Fl. W. is emit
tied to public thanks for bringing the
sneaking liars, Lnderer and Price, before
the courts, and exposing the Tiltonian
new conspiracy testimony,
The Wisconsin girl who killed nine
wolves last summer has thrown herself
away on a man who daren't help her take
the clothes of the line at night without a
slung-shot fastened to his wrist.
-Aspecies of black potato bug arrived
at Mokena. ILL.,, a few days ago. and is
clearing off the potatoes very rapidly. AS
yet it has not touched the early potatoes,
but has confined its operations to the late
ones.
Henry Banker, of this city, was
hauling load Of brick over the Arsenal
street crossing, when his team took fright
and he was thrown to the ground, the
wheels passing over his loins transversely.
He was attended by Dr's. Truesdale and
Gregg. 1t is feared his injuries are Sc
rious, though no bones are broken,
Taylor county, Iowa, is on the Mis-
souri, state line, and is the third county
east of the Missouri river, directly east of
Nebraska City. A private letter from
there says: Ton the 23d instant the
grasshoppers came to this locality, and
stayed with US two days. They consumed
everything. They destroyed over 100
acres of corn in two hours"
Joseph McElroy, while feeding a cir
cular saw at Weyerhauser & Denkman' s
mill, cut the bones of the first joint of the
thumb into five pieces, and split the end
of the second finger up to the root of the
nail, besides scarifying the back parts of
all his fingers. DIR. Keller amputated the
thumb, just above the joint so as to leave
a partly serviceable member, and dressed
the remaining wounds. McElroy is an IN
married man.
| Geo. Fl. Whitney, from Gofstown, N.
g., attempted suicide in Dubuque, on
| "Wednesday night. lodging a bullet in his
brain. He was alive at last accounts. He
worked in a sash and blind factory, il
Chicago, at small wages, last season, and
!, had secured employment in Dubuque in a
similar shop at small wages, and in a it
of dependency sought the great beyond. y
) His father is well of, and he is the only
} son by the first marriage.
Most people remember the great Gus
, tom house bookkeeping swindlers Leet &
Stocking, in New York, and the scandals
connected wich the Republican manage
ment and their frauds, even to connectin.
II hair NIT hn
Wilbur F. Stocking, of this firm, died OF
his way from New York to Boston, on ;
Sound steamer, on Tuesday night. Hi
: widow is daughter of Justice Miller, of thu
supreme court of the United States.
The loss by damage and destruction O
, property by the recent great inundation
! in Southern France is computed at $2l,
: 100000 in the two cities Of Toulouse ant
|, Agen alone. At least 1000 men, womel
and children were drowned at Toulouse
where an hundred thousand destitute PEG
pie are now dependent upon charity. TIL
loss of life by the great food on the Dan
ube, in Pesth, Hungary, on Monday las,
was very great. AS far as heard from
l25 dead bodies have been recovered, an
many others have been swept down tn
river.
Thomas Francis Mulligan, aged II
son of Thos. Mulligan, of Dock street, is a
n employee of the O., R. I. & p R. r.
Thursday evening, going home from worl
> he jumped on Rockford freight locomt
e tive at Arsenal street to ride down to Docl
= and when opposite Dock he jumped of
his right foot slipping under the wheeI
and cutting off his leg, it hanging only by
string. Dr's. Truesdale and Gregg an
,s putated the leg below the knee. the be
barelyliving through the operation. Il
is resting easy now, and doing as we'll &
can be expected.
AT the great singing festival at Spring
field, Ill on Tuesday, meeting to organic
a permanent State Sangerbund was hell
A committe of three was appointed
draft constitution and by. laws-Messr
tn F.Gehring, Charles Herman, and A.. Clau
ne This committee is to report at the ne,
IA State Sangerfest. which is to be held
- Peoria next year at a time not vet agree
* upon. Teusday night the grand conce
It. in which all the societies engaged, to-
b. place. There was very large attendant
~ at least 1900 people being present. II
y singing by 800 voices, accompanied by
~ orchestra, was pronounced to be me
I'd excellent.