The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-20


The rectiiers soliloquy-With all thy
vaults | love the stili.-Neo York; Com
maercial Aduertiser. 1
"A Brooklyn young man Of observation
mentions that girls who wear striped
stockings prefer to kick the gate open.
After all we may thank striped stock
ings for one thing. They have overcome
the prurient modesty shown by women in
an aversion to going up stairs first.
John Henry" said his wife with
stony severity: Il saw you coming out of
saloon this afternoon" "Well,
madam" replied the ohdurate John, you
wouldn't have me stay there, would your"
John Surratt married Virginia lady
last year and is now teaching school at
village in Maryland, about twenty miles
thence. Miss Surratt married treasury
clerk, but Immediately after the nuptials
he was dismissed from the department
The clothing store of A. T. johnson
u Co and the shoe mandatory of j.
). Miner, at kewanee, Henry county, were
burgiarized OF a large amount of goods and
the village trustees offer reward of 5000
for the arrest of the burglars and the re-
turn of the stolen goods.
The Glasgow Times would appear to
have figured the thing cut pretty accur-
ately when it says: 1.-THE man who is
curious to see how the world could get
along without him can find out by sticking
cambric-needle into a mill-pond and
then withdrawing it and looking at the
hole"
Last evening Marshal HAYES received
the following telegram from j. I'll. Walker,
sheriff of Clinton county Iowa: Look out
for sorrel horse, II years old, weight 900
pounds, right hind ankle cracked has
been broken. Also an open buggy; piano
box: new cushin; new harness, only in
use three months. If you find anything
answer at once.
From the Handsboro' Miss Demo-
crat, Those colored men in this county
who voted the straight Democratic ticket
last Tuesday should be remembered by
our Democratic friends. Give them the
preference when you have job of work
TO give out. They should be sustained
because they have assisted their white
brothers in redceming the state from Rad.
cal misrule Don't forget them, friends u
John Schroeder, sheriff of Grundy
county, this state. offers a reward of $25
for the arrest of woman named Eliza B.
Petit, who escaped from the Grundy coun
ty Jail on the night of the 18th inst She
is 20 years old; five feet six inches tall;
mas short, light brown hair; open mouth
plainly showing her teeth, and has -reck
led face. An additional reward of $50
will be paid for any information leading tC
the arrest Of the rascals who assisted hel
to escape,
F :om the Springfield Mass Repob-
Itcdn-There certainly is something
anomalous in Mr.. Tilden's proceedings
He is the only party leader on either side
who has yet succeeded, to any great ex
tent, in driving the rascals out of his owl
party and over to the other. AS a genera
rule it is the other thing-the driving GU
OF the honest men, or at least making i
very uncomfortable for them to stay in
that is the chief occupation of the party
managers.
Postal cards are out for horse THE
who broke Jail at Iowa City, The the
got away Thursday evening by nice OPP
Grafton. He sawed off the bolt of a Gel
lock and gained access to cell which
| opened into the outer hall. and, watching
. his chance, lodged out when the quite
door was opened for taking away the sup
per dishes. The fellow is described as 8
German, of low stature, only feet 4
gray eyes, dark complexion. 81 years old
, beard little gray but hair not much, talk
very broken English.
Now is the time when the horse THE
takes the team from the front door, al
ready harnessed, unless hitched with
,, chain halter. locked to post Thursda
. the horse and buggy of NJ, V. McCag
y were stolen from Charlotte street in Eas
Davenport, where the animal had been ST
f curely hitched by It's owner. Several otl
O er rigs were on the same street, but TIL
q was The only one disturbed. The horse
. bay, with black main and tail, and larg
p bunch 20 theegambrel joint of the left hin
+ leg. The buggy is black, with runnin
f gear striped red, and letters N, G." 0
+ sides al the box.
= Henry Watterson gives this decide
q opinion of the girl of the period: ''Th
girl of the period is at once the crosses
n ard most transparent Of hypocrites. St
4 has the French coquetry without I'll
French delicacy; she has the Engis
r. coarseness of manner without the Englis
!, solidity of mind; she has all the fippal
% follies of Latin belle without her endea
i ing blanishments and sympathetic il
pulse. She fouts out on the street wi,
> her pin-back, her paper collar and her ra
. tan cane, ready for adventure and som
+ what reckless of consequences, having
!. strong inward conviction that if the pro
70 pect prove less pleasing or profitable tia
n the early indications promised, she ca
If take care of herself and withdraw in SAT-
ty FROM an encounter she inaugurated.