The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-02
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

The Rescue ball. at Turner Hall, last |
evening, was we'll attended and well man
aged.
The excuses the Gazette and the |
Union render for not publishing the en- |
tries at the fair are amusing.
DO you take kinkly to mental SER
vice ? asked lady of an applicant. "Well,
yes, the hymeneal!" answered the girl.
Chester, son of G. W. Davenport, of
Cambridge, fell from load of hay on
Tuesday morning and dislocated an elbow.
The young lad. Mulligan, who lost a
foot by jumping from train Of cars near
Dock street last spring, is just able to hobble
around on crutches. 1t is sad to see one
so young made a cripple for life.
Gen. Henderson, representative elect
from this district to congress, was in town
last Friday, meeting many old army friends
from various parts of the county in atten-
dance at the Cambridge Chronicle.
Flashes of lightning were visible in
the south: the east and northeast from
dark last night till this morning. At A
o'clock this morning there was considera.
BILE wind aud change to cooler, but no
rain.
The Chicago mail train was hours
late this morning, and Mr.. George Loos-
ley, the ticket agent, says it was caused by
a wash-out near De Pue, Bureau county.
There was very heavy rain in that vicin-
| lty.
The Cambridge Chronicle says of Mr..
Bodinson, the brakeman who was so
badly pinched in Peoria, the other day.
between two cars: He was from Bishop
Hill, and his wife is sister to Mrs. Peter
johnson"
Hon. Caleb Baldwin, of Council Bluffs,
who was here, recently, looking after the
missing Charles T. Barker, was formerly
member of the supreme court of Iowa.
Barker was clerk in the U. P. railroad
freight Office.
MIR. Beecher, being introduced to a
Quaker gentleman at the White Noun
tains, said to him: Il understand your
belief deprives you of some of the pleas
ures of this life." The other replied; at
shields US from some Of its temptations. al
so. boston Globe.
Between and 2 o'clock this morning
TIVE alarms of fire were sounded for the
first ward. There was no fire, and it il
believed that some evil-disposed rowdie!
who were not permitted to attend the ball
last night caused the alarm in order tt
break up the party. They didn't succeed
Now that monuments are being scat
tered around, the public should think o
two deserving reople: Miss Dickinson, VIII,
rejected all influences brought to bear, ant
sent professional roue to Jail, and DR.
Hammond, of New York, who riddled
burglar until he looked like an ash site
set up on end.
One of the greatest Irishmen and on
of the greatest Catholics said: "As nue.
, religion as you please from Rome. but n
politics" They called him the Emanci
pator, the Agitator. His name was Dan
lei OConBell It is known that the ma
jority of the Catholic church in Americ
5 stand on this doctrine. 1t is known tina
everybody else does,
The belief that the negro is not de.
tined to rise in intelligence and influence
not shared by the Richmond Enquirer.
says: eve verify believe that the cours
of the negro is onward and upward H
may stumble by the wayside, or be lie
away by the siren song Of the deceiver, br
o in the end he will certainly become a
n effective, productive, and wealthy citizen.
n This evening Rev. Father Damen an
his assistants will leave for Brooklyl
u where they will give mission at st. Pa
rick's church, From there they will go
the Cathedral at Philadelphia. and afte
! ward to St, Bernard's church in New Yol
Y city They will return to Chicago al
m open mission at the Jesuit church, {
Twelfth street, about the lst of Decembe
r, Chicago Journal, 1st
A Dispatch from Danville, VT, sa
the body of David Davis, laborer, fro
:. st. Johnsbury, was found in the woods
d the first named town on the 30th ult I
had been working in Maiden and start
er for home over mountainous road, son
ten days ago, with fifty dollars in his poe
et The body when found was badly d
composed and the money was gone. I
was probably shot by tramps the day he Il
for home.
n. MIR. Conger will remain IN town son
I'd two months longer. Last June he to
es the contract to build, for ''Diamon'
ID 10 Reynolds, Is miles of railroad. runni
ST from Malvern, on the Iron Mountain r.
OF to the Hot Springs, and when the road
ia finished Mr., Conger will run it for N
k Reynolds. He thinks it will pay we'll,
-: the grades are not heavy and the cost
d. building is not very large He says TIL
last year, the stage company carried 1870
49, people between Malvern and the e
-, Springs, and he thinks, with railros
"a the travel will increase, and with the ad
W ton of freight, it ought to pay we'll.
on MIR. Charles P. Magee, of Davenpo
,xt express messenger On the Lawrence bran
he of the G. r. l. & P. R. R., who was Sc
q ously injured by collision on that re
.ty in February last has sued the company
$4,000 damages. His petition states Il
ie he was violently thrown upon and among
nd divers of the packages of said goods a
nd merchandise, which were in car viii
cir he had charge of, cutting and bruisi
en- him, and breaking divers of the bones
Ier his body" that the said injuries so
pr. ceived and suffered are permanent and
- durable, preventing him from being a
to do anything ever since to gain liv
~ hood for himself and family. He is a
;rd ther of George Magee formerly of the
EYnress office in this CITY