The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

NOTES HERE AND THERE.

-fteasant gay. CuOW DettS little.
That story in the Union about Mrs
Camp who lives on Vandruff' Island" is
rather thin. .. sl- ..-
There is but little change in Mr.
Brakes condition since last evening. He
is no worse.
The Onion charges VIM. Atkinson
with being a Democrat The Democrats
will welcome all such men as he is to their
ranks.
john E. Fleming. formerly telegraph
er. has, for some time past, been acting al
local of the Cairo Bulletin. He is in town
on his way to Pittsburgh, but expects to re-
turn in few weeks.
The Union says no votes were cast
in their convention for DIR. Gait because
he had positively refused to be a candidate
for reelection. But we think, If they ap-
proved of his administration they might
have passed a resolution to that effect, and
that it was treating him rather shabbily
| not to do so. AlE&-f { bsS
Miss Matte A. Cooke, daughter of
our city clerk. has accepted the position OF
assistant teacher in the Moline High
School. Miss Cooke is highly accom-
|
acquisition to the corps of teachers as well
a teacher in Chicago. Sd
The Gasette's man has discove, e
that during the last twelve years Bailey
/ Davenport has been elected mayor FIVE Oh
six years IN alternate years" He should
take out patent on his discovery. Mr.
Davenport was first elected mayor in the
spring of 1861, and he was elected fve
tyears in succession He was elected again
in the year OF 1873. es-F e r
| Taxes come in very slow. The total
tax for this townships about $l3O, 900 and
of this amount at the close of February
only $40, 1886. SO had been collected. The
!. two per cent commission for collecting, on
this amount, would give the library only
1886. 70. Unless people pay faster there
will be gnod deal of work for Sam Porter
and very little money for the library.
Vests billiard tables, a, the Harper
House billiard rooms, are run by the hour
now, which is much the fairest way. Capt
West says that most OF the eastern billiard
rooms are adopting that method and tha
: it gives very general satisfaction The
price is 80 cents an hour. rs for half ar
hour, Is for quarter of an hour, ane
for fractions one cent minute,
Boston is remarkable for the irregu
. larity and crookedneSs of its streets,
Chicago Christian visiting that city recent
J ly assures US that, after having gallant,
J maintained his integrity for over thirt!
. years, he came nearer being lost man
while there than ever before in his life.
The Nebraska Superintendent of I'm
migration gives the result of inquiries int,
the history and habits of the grasshopper
in which he states that from extensive ex
perlments in Kansas. Nebraska, Iowa ant
Minnesota, it is ascertained that no egg
7 have been laid tat will hatch the comm,
spring, except in part OF one county il
: Kansas.
fl "A North Carolina paper says that tw,
. negro girls in want of bonnet, placed OBJ
structions on the Wilmington and Weldon
railroad, near Warsaw, the other day, a
: they say, ''for the purpose of killing som
ladies on the train that they might secur
the bonnets. .-a-.
There are thousands of persons VIII
: wish to send away a newspaper and at tn
same time write few lines to the receiver
To meet this want Post Master Jewell i
! maturing plan of combining the posta
card with the newspaper stamped wrapper
at two cents postage.
! The joint suit lately brought at Dubu
! que, Iowa, against liquor sellers tor viola
, ting the state law in selling to common
drunkards has been dismissed by Judg
i Wilson, who decided that only one defend
: ant can be sued at tune. Robert Nc
f Givern is now sole defendant. The othe
parties, who were joint defendants. wi
) have to be sued separately.
, Speaking of law books, a recent lee
5 tuer ON the subject said: Another pc
cularity of these books is, that no one bu
a lawyer ever reads them. All othe
3 books have readers outside the class TO
whom they are specially written; and "
$ have, accordingly, amateur men of science
t amateur physicians, amateur artists, an
even amateur theologians, but no one eve
heard OF an amateur lawyer"
"A young man was brought before
, Justice and was charged with intent |
0 commit murder under peculiar circumstan
Y ces. The charge was preferred by
: young lady, who stated that, while passin
q the prisoner on the street het threw
t Sleeps eye" at her with intent to Kill
g The accused pleaded guilty to the soft In
= parchment, but stated that it was tn
: young lady who first threw an eye at hin
The justice said that this was rather
t delicate matter, and as he was uuwillin
: to throw cold water" ON such matters
: he would give his opinion that both PAL
: ties should at once go and commit "twoa
. side"