The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-23
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

WAS CdpLuEGu 0OOttopukJ, I
Indiana, yesterday.
The telegraph reports that Matt Car
penter has secured the Republican caucus
nomination for senator,
Daniel Williams, aged l6,a coal miner,
died suddenly and mysteriously at Rapids
City, on Tuesday the 18th.
Bret Harte, at Darts Hall, tonight, |
will tell some good yarns about people who |
risk everything for little gold.
"A jury found Geo. Adler. of the New
York House, guilty on two counts, for sell
"A Pennsylvania newspaper, the Ash
land Advocate, favors Judge Breese, of
this state, as a candidate for President in
1875.
The Chicago papers give an account
of how spooney was sold in mock auc-
ton ROOM He gave his name as Henry
L. Harris, Of Rock Island
The New York Herald denounces the
Louisiana government as "a self-branded
lie" And Mr. Hawley wants congress to
inoorse this self-branded lie.
Sheridan has simply sustained the
majesty of the law" says the New York
| Commercial Advertiser. Even so he has
made mad jestic farce of it.
The Union credits Mr.. Negus with the
first swell front" The public, judging
from the bearing of that paper, accord that
credit to Haverstick, since the sale OF his
paper.
In this paper will be found the result
of the action OF the state board OF equai-
cation in regard to- corporations in this
county. 1t is very different from the pre-
vious year, How will it be next?
TO the surprise of Mr., Thayer' sfriends,
Judge Dundy withdrew from the senator
) ial contest in Nebraska and A. 5. Paddock
was elected. 1t was supposed that Thayer
had things fixed to secure the election.
: Fred. Wager fell into a kettle of hot
water, when he was at work at fireman, s
slaughter house and was very badly seal
ded. He will probably recover. He is a
married man and resides on Ohio street.
The New York Tribune says of Mr..
: Francis Herman: 'He will be in every
way reputable senator He is a man Of
UNREASONABLE ability, of pure life and
stainless character He is incorruptible
and unassailable.
: The country is sick, both of Kellogs
t and his gigantic fraud" Of a government
8 which is unable to take a single step with
out the aid of Federal troops, and which
could not stand twenty-four hours if it,
4 bayonet props were removed. ChicdQt
:. Tribune.
~ Why is Phil Sheridan like the Gul
of Mexico? Because he lies about Louisi
g a.-NashUille Union and american
/ Good And now please tell US why tn
I. Mississippi river is like Phil. Sheridan
ID Because its mouth is always obstructed b.
10 bar.-tS Louis Times.
IA Poor Senator Conkling would do vel
% to stick to reading newspapers and writin
&c notes, during speeches of Democratic sen
al ators. He forgot this wholesome practic
Is on Saturday aud ran foul of Senator Sauls
Ia bury, who so astonished the quondar
20 Adonis of the senate that he will probabl
~ be more careful in future.
= "A we-bit girl in Cusco, Wis, Will
D. at breakfast table, few mornings since
is made loud and repeated calls for butter
ed toast. After disposing of a iberi
quantity of that nourishing article, sh
was told that too much toast would max
as her sick. Looking wistfully at the dis
:, for moment, she thought she saw a wa
- out of her difficulty, and exclaimed
er well. give me annuzzer piece and sen
e. for the doctor.
10 oh, your nose is as cold as ice"
n Boston father thought he heard hi
u daughter exclaim the other evening
70 as he was reading in the next room
- He walked in for an explanation, bu
Ak the young fellow was at one end of til
on sofa and girl at the other, while bot
of looked so innocent and unconsciou
70 that the old gentleman concluded that hi
= ears deceived him, and so retired frol
III the scene without word.
IN Elmer Glaspell, of Davenport, owne
that load of straw at the r. r, crossing Q
he Eagle street. The freight car was tc
as much tor it. Hind wheels, rack and .stra
were badly mixed, and now Elmer think
ID it was valuable wagon and ck,-an.
10 thing is always very valuable after a raj
" road smashes it up, Elmer's horses didn
,st run away-they are not the kind of horse
- that run away for trifes--probably coulc
eu MT if they would. A stiff head win
at would stop them anytime.
ed The Father Mathew Temperance an
,st Benevolent Society of this city will give
n. fine ball on the 9Th of next montl
Every friend of temperance should aid tn
excellent society by purchasing ticket,
. they do not dance or attend The youn
men who compose the society have muc
D. to contend with in their efforts to establs
good temperance organization and the
should be encouraged. They do not b,
lleve in making people temperate or GOO
lie by law, but by persuasion and good exam
in pie, and they appeal to the friends of goc
be order and good morals to aid them
49, maintaining their organization and increa
~ ing its usefulness.
le A Washington dispatch says: Senate
nd Logan has made himself the laughin
X stock of the capital, by having had inse
10 ted in the Congressional Record, of Satu
:. day, miniature illustration of the sku
IT. and cross bones placard which he exhib
ng ted on the first day of his TRADE. Th
be trick provoked general ridicule, and bot
ee radical and opposition senators have gree
! ed it with derisioD all day." The Wasl
10 ington correspondent is not aware, prob;
'e, bly,, that this is not the first time Senate
er Logan has made himself the laughin
s. stock of the decent people. 1t is not til
"a first time he has marched under the flag
AN the skull and cross bones" This is til
OF kind OF a flag he raised when he starte
or for Dixie" at the beginning of the war
en- fight for jeff Davis,
IL Mr.. Loeb claims to have the very late.
IL styles and finest patterns of importe
cloths, and to make them into busine.
hp or dress suits to order, and in the late
ry fashions,fat his One Price Clothing Hous,
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