The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-12
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

he y. Il. q L. Il. X. expects to
need 200 additional freight cars to do its
increasing freight business.
In Illinois K-e yes spells Keez; in
Wisconsin it is pronounced Kize. Does
the climate make the difference?
-Thirty-one cars Of tea, from the Pa
ciic coast, passed through this city on the
G. X. |. Il P. r. r., on Saturday, going
east.
"A great many people will be glad to
learn that Miss Lucy Higgins has partial
ly regained her sight, and will hope that
she may fully do So
BY compromise between the Chicago
Typographical Union and the daily papers
the rates for com position have been reduc-
ed three cents thousand.
The name of the Democratic candidate
for Attorney General of Ohio is Richard
Plantagenet Llewellyn Baker. That's the
kind of a Matt Head he is.
Both sides-Beecher and Tilton-are
now after perjurers and conspirators with
sharp sticks. 1t both get their deserts the
prisons will receive large additions to their
population.
"A time lock. like the one on the safe
Of the Peoples National Bank in this city
saved bank in Vermont from being rob
bed the other night, as will be seen by an
article in this paper.
If you find anything extraordinarily
leathery and tough on your plate at your
boarding house consider yourself reminded
that this is the season tor spring chickens
-car-spring chickens.
"A little Is years old daughter of 8
miner, named Boyle, at Miuersyille. was
burned to death ON Wednesday. by he1
clothes taking fire from kerosene which
her little brother was using to light a frt
with.
-Messrs. Cowell & Co. have, for some
weeks, been building water works a
Anamosa, Iowa. On Sunday they shipped
a portion of their tools there, as they vii
work less men here than formerly.
The passenger business ON the Peori
railroad is increasing rapidly, in conse
quence of recent arrangements for through
connections at both ends of the road. Tn
number of passengers arriving here to G
north by boats is quite large.
| Robert Bollinger, from Pennsylvania
stole shirt from the back yard of Mix
Brennan's Mechanics Hall, near the wool
en- factory, Saturday, A boarder, name
Campbell, ran after him and recovere
the article and gave the fellow a deserve
thrashing, and he was sent to jail AND
to day, Judge Guyer sentenced him t
three days in Jail.
The famous Haverly minstrels i
Burtis Opera House tomorrow evening
The ferry boat will run, after the pei
formance. The reason they canno
show here, now, is want Of time to e
their previous engagements. Milt Barlo'
is along. which fact will add largely to tn
audience. Everything done in Raverly'
show is well done.
| Charles Lewis, the white barbe
charged with attempting to poison b
partner, Frank Days, colored. in DaveI
port, was arrested here on Friday evening
by policemen Feeley and Rinehart, an
turned over to officers Devinny and Feit
of Davenport, with whom he concluded
go over the river. He was to have an e,
animation to-day.
The baggage of the man who was four
in the river near Buffalo, Iowa, was foun
on the steamerClinton, Itconsisted of va
Use and white bag that contained pair
boots. None of the officers of the boat r
membered the man. His ticket called f
deck passage from Dubuque-instead
Davenport, as first stated--to St. Loui
and, as it was marked trip SHE must ha'
fallen off the boat about the middle
May.
: The foliage of the shade trees abo
r town is infested with bug or worm that
+ doing great damage. In Union Squa
q the lower side of the limbs of the mapl
r and .lms is covered with their nests, or
posts of eggs. For a few evenings pa
the Hope Hose boys have been trying
remove these deposits by turning st
Istream of water upon them. The lind
trees have very few, if any, of the pests
them.
o Last night the grain. store of J.
IS Graham, in Davenport, was entered
burglars, by way of the cellar, and abe
SIS worth of sample cigars were take
They had been left there by an agent.
+ clue to the thieves. Now is the time
- the people to keep a sharp lookout
rs thieves. as the city will soon be crowd
ir with harvest hands. Don't depend
~ much on the police force, and leave yo
no doors and windows open, for they will ha
their hands full for while.
- On Saturday VIM. jacobson, a Dav
le port grocer, drove to the river at the f,
'e- of Gaines street for the purpose Of wateri
er his horse. He had been to that place
,;r the same mission hundred times-t
, this time the horse went too far, lost
ho footing. and plundged forward till the was
10 was ahoat. Mr.. j. was unable to mana
IN the animal, and he jumped from from
r.. wagon and swan to shore. 10 a
minutes the horse went to the bottom, q
% drowned. Men assembled, and, at
he much hard work, they got the wagon
q land, and the horse with it tor the sake
m its harness. The loss is severe once
$, Mr.. j., who has just started in busile
m Saturday two men came from Atkins
to see Ben StempIe,a Rock Island boy, v
nc is in Jail in Davenport for attempting
OF pick lady's pocket. In February last
ole couple of stores in Atkinson were burg
no lied The clerk in one of them saw
10 burglar. and fred at him-but the burg
no got away, leaving drops of blood on
'n- floor that showed he was wounded.
- he bagged 1000 cigars, six reviewers. ;
NJ a pair of rubber boots It was noticed
the Davenport police, towards the frs
March, that Ben Stemple was around "
10. hand bound with cloths. Chief Mart
100 9Ss saw it, hut said nothing-but kept g
1 o watch on Ben's movements. And the
"a suit of this watch was the knowledge t
III Stemple sold four revolvers, and nun
III GUS boxes of cigars in this vicinity, {
GA Chief Martens soon secured three of th
u revolvers and sent for the Atkinson m
=, ~ who recognized the revoRers and W
~ anxious to take Ben to Henry county
'n trial, But it was finally concluded [