The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-30
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

The funeral of the late s. F. Hartman
took place on Thursday, and the remains
were buried in Chippiannock.
Garrett Donaldson, an old citizen of
Pleasant Valley township, is on trial. in
Davenport, for rape upon his step-daugh-
ter. girl of Is.
One of our exchanges insists that the
habit OF early rising in man cannot be
claimed as cardinal virtue when his wife
Is habituaily sleepy and the hired girl is
fair to look upon.
| They had another Baptist spelling
school last evening and the prize Ia large
and valuable frosted cake) was won by an
ARGUS apprentice boy-Orrin Leonard.
Deputy Sheriff Sharp Silvis attracted
quite an audience in Market SQUARE this
forenoon in selling a horse at auction.
Sharp draws well, and will soon be FIRST
class stump speaker.
/ Lewis Gromwald's team, a pair Of
horses hitehed to hay rack, backed into
the river above Davenport. One horse
was drowned. The other and the Wagon
: were towed ashore at Lindsay 4 Phelps's
; log boom and saved.
) 1t is desirable that the track of tn.
, horse railroad should be raised ,on certain
blocks SO that the streets can be rounded
up little in the centre, but the railroad
D company claims that it's track was laid ac
D cerding to the city grade and that unde
the ordinance the company cannot be re
| CURED to raise the track until the oficis
i grade shall be changed
Henry Stemple, the young scamp no,
in Jail met with surprise this morning,
the shape of tub of warm water, scrut
u bing brush and two or three bars of soaI
= 1t was administered by Turnkey Herker
i and after the job was done the boy a
l. knowledged that it was the first time b
l. had been washed since last 4th of July
4 when he fell into the river, by acciden
So Mr.. Herkert thought as he wiped tt
'e sweat from mis- brow.
Street Com'r Ziegler has had for,
g Of men employed for the last week
# building bulkhead at the Peoria railros
IS culvert below Denkman's sawmill to ket
the water from leaking through the Ell
i bankment. The work is now complete
v and is very good JOIN The river is
b. high that there is ten feet of water GU
a side the embankment. No more water CT
get through now.
uO CHtOW mdkcS d very uugTdCeI
pc back-down on the question of illegal fees
tax sales. THE responsible etc. dor
seem to appreciate our efforts in furnishil
him the information he called for,-bu
id notwithstanding his ingratitude. we sh;
9 still take pleasure in instructing him whe
" ever he asks for information, as he did
er this case. He has come to the conclusi,
81 that County Treasurer Porter won't 20
ct prison this time.-but he thinks the legi
a, lature censurable for passing such laws
49, 1t is now stated that Miss Emma Ro
a. daughter of Gen. L. f, Ross) who, as W,
.; supposed, jumped from railroad ira
At near Galesburg, did not jump but fell fro
az the train. Miss Ross became consoio
,;s before death, and said that being seiz
with nauseous sensation she went
the platform expecting to vomit, and t
IN last she recollects was swimming of t
head. This would indicate that her Fl
10 from the train was caused by fainti
'0 fit, the result of sickness and the mott
Se of the train. This agrees with the stat
ment of Mrs. Criss, of Lewiston, who W
n on the train, and protests that the girl W
- under no apparent excitement as indicat
60 either by her manner or conservation.