The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-14
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

General Schenck does not come back,
it is now intimated, because General Grant
is not strong enough to call him.
Sweeney & Jackson's new sign in the
window Of Bengston's block is handsome
and attractiveE
MIR. Hawley has rented rooms in
Bengston's block, fronting on Market
square, ard will soon move his law Office
there.
The invitations for the Bellows House
ball, Thursday evening, are much ad-
mired. They were printed at THE ARGUS
JOB Rooms.
The third annual ball to be given by
Mr.. Harper to his help, will be On Thurs
day Of next week, (the 23d) and will be a
fine affair. The invitations, printed at
The ARGUS jon Rooms, are elegant and
"toney."
This morning George McNeal, town
ship collector for Port Byron, filed his
bond, of 80 67444, with the county clerk,
with the following security: Erastus f.
Rogers, Nathaniel Belcher and Jesse Max
well.
AT an election of officers held in Ma
sonic Hail, Of Philo Lodge, Ne. 436,
Port Byron, Ill. Dec. 9, 1875, the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: John W. Herbert, W. NJ. J. S.
Knowles. S. W.; Thomas Jennings, J.
W; J. G. Wainwright, Treasurer, John
Skater, Jr., Secretary; Al. Rowe, S. D. :;
VIM Bryant, j. D.; Casper Morrow and
John Beal, Stewards. Installation
Thursday evening, Dec. l6.
Billy Swami. in Jail under $4,000 bonds
for horse stealing has, for several days
past. been subject to fits. Last week,
Friday night, he had very severe
I one, and it took the entire strength OF
Turnkey Herkert and one of the prisoners
to hi him. At irstthe turnkey thought
that Swan was only putting up job" in.
order to escape the penalty for his crime,
He is now satisfied tat Swami is subject tc
fits. Saturday and Sunday nights Mr.
Herkert was obliged to be up waiting upon
him, although he had left one of the other
prisoners to attend his wants.
John Burlingame and Charles Benton
made another attempt to escape from our
Jail last Saturday. Since the attempted
escape on Thanksgiving Turnkey Herkert
has kept these beauties shackled, Satur-
day forenoon, on entering the room il
which they are confined, he found that
they had both succeeded in breaking their
shackles, with stone which they had pro
cured from the water closet. With the
aid of the broken shackles it you'd not
have taken them very long to dig through
the stone wall, and escape. Mr.. Herkert
keeps his eyes open though, and very little
goes on inside the Jail that he does not
know about.
PEOPLE who have been 10 the office Of
Justice Pinkiey may have noticed ''little
brown jug" there. He don't keep any
thing to drink in that jug though, for the
justice is a strict temperance man, bn
then it has purpose to perform-it i:
used to call constable. Whenever bis
honor has any papers to serve, and there
is no constable around, he grabs that ju!
by the handle raises the window and sets
the signal on the window sill. One of oul
constables will look around Bengston's cor
ner and when he sees that jug
he knows that his honor il
waiting patiently and singing. "Charli,
dear, want you" The justice says it
strange that brown jug will bring con
stable quicker than anything else. TIN
Jug was out on the window sill to-day.
Go to E. Zeis's to buy clothing, wher
!, you can get them at about halt of wha
other houses charge. l4-dlt.