The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-04
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Circuit court opens on Monday.

NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Circuit court opens on Monday.
Meeting of the city school teachers at
the Board of Education rooms, this even
ing. Teachers are all requested to be pres |
ent.
There is nothing which SO disgusts a
PARTISAN as to hear an independent news
paper say unpleasant things of his party
or kindly things of his opponents.
Our city marshal will never see that
fifty cents again which he bet on Red
Cloud" and American Girl, at that race
course gambling stand. at the fair, on
Thursday.
p. Quinlan has Withdrawn his COM
plant against his wife and paid the costs.
If he will leave strong drink alone he will
be more likely to avoid family troubles
Let us have peace"
The foreman in one of our large manu-
featuring establishments was trying to
bust" the proprietor of sweat board" at
the fair yesterday, but day he thinks he
can make more money making pl-wel
never mind.
They were seated at a late dinner,
when the door bell rang, and the servant
handed card to Smiths wife. Good
gracious it's our minister, and I've been
eating onionsl" she exclaimed. s'Neyer
mind" said Smith, you need not kiss
him to-day.
The postmaster at Casey, in Guthrie
county, Iowa, writes to Postmaster Rus
relation to one Thomas E. Mitchell, a
| oro0y mon fhoro xubo cove ho 10 fro,,, nox,
export. Mr.. Russell would like to hear
from any one knowing anything about such
a person.
Who is that "religiouslyl inclined
youth from Proud Moline" who lost $65
by gambling at the fair? The Gazette
should have given his name, Wouldn't
his Ma. be shocked, though, to think
that her SOD, who was never known to &c
into saloon in Moline, got drunk and lost
$65 at gambling! Show him up.
1T was written j. A. King & Co. but
a stupid compositor made it read j. G.
} knight Il Co, in regard to little runa
way. There was only one horse and the
item should have read John A. King &
Co.-the we'll known and popular proprie
tors Of the Western Brewery, near the
glass works, clever gentlemen and maker:
of very superior beer.
A man named John Stamp, working
for Hib Moore, at Pleasant Ridge, was as
saulted without provocation Thursda!
evening at the fair, by some of our Rocl
Island roughs, and badly beaten, Frida,
3 his eyes were so swollen and injured tina
, he could not see, and it is said that his fac
was cut and bruised with brass knuckles
The roughs escaped from the grounds be
fore the police got wind of the affair.
. The police gave nine suspected thieve
their walking papers yesterday. This de
9 tecting thieves by their looks has funny
results. Experienced officers hit it nine
teen times out of twenty. When they NEE
a suspected one, and tell him to leave, h
is very eager in his promises to go RICH
t away, in nearly every instance, thus
acknowledging his trade. Charge Q
+ yagrancy and thirty days at the stone phi
is what these fellows hate.-Dav Gaz
4th.
The raft steamer Mcdonald demo-
q ished section of the coffer dam a
t Stubbss Eddy on Monday the Both, an
j Anton Carmen, laborer on the dam wa
. drowned. His body was recovered at But
idiOs - HtlCo UCAOWs VA w COuOoudl Ill
g LIST. Carmen was a native of Prussi:
]. street, near Fillmore, in the lower part
e Davenport. He leaves a wife and OF
child, in destitute and needy cireumstal
IS ces.
l. Thursday was the big day for the pr
IS prietors Of the numerous games of chant
le at the fair ground, more people being pre-
ent than any other day. Young COUNT
q boys, and even girls, could be seen stan
70 ing before one of these games Of chant
until they had lost every cent they ha
trying to get 800 for 81" or 81 for
ID cents" Some of the parties would ''kicl
es but that didn't get back their none
Friday most of the losers were parties fro
town, and they were taken in" about
easy as the country youths, although the
a we're ashamed to ''squeal'' as loud.
Sc This good little boy was sitting on Il
he front steps whiting up his sisters embrt
r. derry frame and muttering to himsel
at This amt no good word to live in unless
ne Teller is his fathers and mothers on
IT. orphan boy. What makes me git 20 m;
en- is to have my sister 60 and take all n
tie ripe peaches to give to that big loafer Of
y, sweetheart of hers that comes round sew
lie nights in week to git a square meal, al
at makes out as if he wanted to talk politi
tie with the old man. wish they'd marry al
of 60 to Texas, [ dol" And then he threw t
ed remnants of the frames in the street a.
be seemed lighter hearted.
eu Several years ago a little boy "
ne adopted into the family of Mr.. J. T. d
ns ney, of Buffalo Prairie, kindly cared
~ and treated like an own child. On Tue
- lG day Aug. 81, this boy, Sherman Disne
l Se about 10 years old, was sent to school, !
!, " run away, was traced to this city and, it
ie believed, crossed to Davenport. He
about the usual height, for his age, but
slender built; has brown hair, hazel ey,
and wore dark suit, drab felt hat, a
et- gator shoes. Any information in rega
US to him will be thankfully received by
I'd Disney, Buffalo Prairie post Office, Re-
7 Island county.
US Two Rock Island justices, Cook Al
III Chopper by name, have been imposed up
ap. to an extent that creates doubts as to tn
pa sanity, to say the least. On Friday Il
cr they released Benson, the Moline PC
49, Office robber, on 5000 bail, He had
ING difficulty in getting the bond slnged by
TO T. Moulden, moulder in the Mol
mes Malleable Iron works of this city. T.
ces affords a good estimate of justice as met
"a out in these parts. Commissioner Haw
= stated in letter published in the
full Review that If Benson were examined
Chicago his bail would have been fixed
-, not less than $3,000.-Moline Rerie,o
an jefferson Davis couldn't accept