The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-13
NorEs HERE AND THERE.

-Ihe severe cola weather continues, as
gill be seen by our weather table.
A select social party will be given at
Capt. Timm's hall in Moline, Friday even
ng.
The Republicans of New Hampshire
have nominated P. G. Henry, of Manches.
ter, for governor.
-Ex-G Gov. Thomas Bramlette, of Ken
lucky, died at his residence in Louisville on
Tuesday, after several weeks illness.
The Grant paper published in this
city makes very coarse attack upon Sem |
ator Schurz. wholly misrepresenting his
position.
-Senetor Carpenter is not included in
'all of u.s." He does not approve en-.
tirely the action of the government, and
thinks the interference of congress advlsa-
BILE.
LOADED teams, with coal, wood. hay,
straw, etc., are crossing the river, 10 day
several small droves of fat hogs crossed
much to the annoyance of the fast sleigh
drivers.
EARLY Tuesday morning the st.
Georges school, church and nunnery, at
Kenosha, Wis. were entirely destroyed by
600 insurance 1000,
1t is fortunate that in Louisiana women
do not yet hold office. Had the FIVE mem
bers of the legislature who were turned out
by bayonets been women they would have
run the risk Of being murdered and scalped
as the poor Piegan squaws were.
There is "a spirit of defiance to all
lawful authorities and an insecurity of
life" ii Louisiana, according to Genaral
Sheridan. Of course there is. That is
what Sheridan was ordered to bring into
the State. and he brought it.
This evening Colonel Utley, of Dixon,
Charles Atkinson, Esq, of Moline, and
Captain T. j. Robinson, of this city. start
for Washington, d. G.. as delegates from
their respective localities in the interest
of the Rock Island and Hennerin canal.
john Harper. formerly of the hard
ware frm of Harper 4 Steel, in this city
died at Shippesburg, Pa, Dec. 3lst, Of
cancer of the bowels. He was native Of
Scotland and came to this country wher
only | 1 years of age. He leaves a vile and
three children.
1t is said that the young gentleman
who does the Rock Island items for ths
Gazette was nicely sold by the darkies
about that pretended prize fght,-ant
that the whole thing was fgment Of tn,
fertile brain of an imaginative free Amer
lean of African decent"
Out Of such miserably poor materla
as nlurderers, thieves, villains, cheats an,
Migrants the Illinois Penitentiary ha
, made itself a paying institution. Their
E should be more such public bene- factorie
for turning money out Of social SCUM
yes, and the scum should be more assid
uousy collected.
There seems to be an impression cur
rent in the Democratic press that Gen
} Sheridan, backed up by ''all of u.s. u
r Washington, has given the Democracy
very strong platform on which to max
, the Presidential run in 1876. 1t is wort
: good deal more to be spoken of as
y Democratic candidate for the Presidenc
t now than it was last week. N. Y. Tribune
e wait till we have the report of tn
p who secretly applaud Grant aud Sherida
. and oppose the call for an indignatio
t meeting. When Sumpter was fired upu
d did Democrats at the north propose t
d postpone all action until Compression;
! Committee should have counted the sho
marks on the fortress wall?
Alexis was married when he came t.
It America, where he was sent to cure bin
IS IF his youthful passion. The Gear eve
n since has kept the Prince away from hi
o. wife, who, with her little son, is banishe
into Switzerland She will not be bougl
off, and alexis is no man or he wnul
take the prosecuted two, come Yves
4 settle down and grow up with the courtr,
% The chief of the high crimes an
. misdemeanOrs" for which President JOIN
son was impeached. was his removal frol
office of Secretary Stanton. But Pres
10 dent Grant has removed from Office, /
brute force, five members Of the Legisl
ie ture of the State Of Louisiana. The lie!
s. allty of the removal of Stanton was ;
ID most matter of doubt. The ilegality
o. Grants action towards Louisiana is
clear as that of the Payia murder of t,
Spanish Pepublic.
y The tone of the administration pre-
le on the Louisiana outrage indicates II
a. confusion OF counsels which GRANTS
N has developed. A few of the thick an
! thin partisans defend the course of Il
:, President, Secretary of War, and &c
III Sheridan, Others like the Utica Heral
r the Albany Erpress, and even the Alcar
S Evening Journal, plainly express their di
10 approval. Meantime the indignation
- the whole country without distinction
OF party seems to be steadily rising.
Tribune.
The name of the young man who die
Monday forenoon ON the Milan road W;
Elijah Ayles. 1t seems that he lie
k Wadsworth & Parsons's dry goods stol
about s o'clock in the morning. intendir
re to drive out to the Cotton factory. A
ID hour or two afterwards he was found by
ID passer- by lying in his wagon in an insens
he BILE condition short distance out on tt
Milan road, The horse was standing still
Id A doctor was called and attended Ayle
lie His legs and arms were discovered to
rs frozen, and the doctor said he had CIV
d IDENTIFY been attacked by congestive chi
Io He was removed to a neighboring hous
to and well cared for, but in less than ha
an hour he breathed his last.
.e 500 of the best Racine Trunks, with in
proved locks, for sale I. BAMBERGER.