The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-17
NorEs HnnE AND THEER.

Charlie Jervis has bought out the
Bellows House.
Boats leave st. Louis to-day for the
Missouri river.
The Grange Line str. Savannah, Capt.
Ashbury, is to leave st. Louis to-day for !,
Keokuk. q
The str. Lady Lee is to leave St.Louis $
-day for the Illinois river, which is open c
nearly its whole length.
1T ia pretty well understood that 7. J. y
Robinson will build on the city hotel corner
this season. The style or size of the upper
part of the block has not yet deem deter
mined.
The Chicago mail train did not arrive
until o'clock lest night-seven hours late.
The st. Louis train arrived about the same
time-four hours late. The Peoria was
on time.
Letters from Capt Martindale. to
one of the editors Of this paper say that he
is having Jolly time with his family, at
his old home in Batavia NJ Y. He will
return about the 1st of April. 80
The str Andy johnson, Capt, Gray,
of the K, N. Line, is advertised to leave
ST. Louis to-day for Keokuk. Inasmuch |
as the ice is not yet out at Quincy she will
hardly reach Keokuk this trip.
The St. Patrick parade to-day was large
and fine. Their professions increase every
year. This evening they hold ball and
supper at Turner Hail. in this city, and at
| the German Theatre in Davenport.
Conductor Ketchingman. who takes
Capt. Martindale's place during his visit
east. brought in large number of passen-
gers last evening. He says the wind was
terribly severe yesterday and the drifting
snow and sand greatly retarded the train,
although he had two locomotives. ~
IT. s. Silvis Dep. Sh'f. r. I. Co, ILL.,.
March II, 1875" is the inscription upon a
handsome shield of silver upon strong
and servieable cane presented to Deputy
Sheriff Silvis, to day March 17thl by Maj:
I Beardsley. 1t is Sharp's birth day. and
the compliment was worthily bestowed,
| These are the equinoxial days. On
Monday we had warm and foggy weather.
Tuesday snow, wind. hail and mercury
down nearly to Zero Over all the North
west snow squalls and furious wind. In
the South, tornadoes. Tuesday night the
mercury touched zero.
Our Geographic news in this paper
, explains how the Republicans in congress
loaded the people with double taxes on Sd
q class mail matter for the benefit OF the ex-
press monopolies. MIR. Hannibal Hamlin,
of Maine, was the instrument used in the
:. senate, and Gen. Garfield in the house
b And Mr.. Grant signed the bill.
|, The cellars of Bamberger's store and
# Blanchard 4 Bailey's store are flooded
with water which they say comes from the
g waste at the Rock Island House-the wa
y ter there having been kept running in or
q der to prevent freezing. and the sewer be
e ing frozen up. MIR. Guild, of the Rocl
Island House, stopped it as soon as h
learned the fact. -t =.~H
= 1t is great pity that Senator Boot
.. could not have arrived in Washington be
- fore Senator Morton repeated his oratio
~ on Pinchback; for there is nothing for tn
a latter senator to do but 60 all over with
~ again after MIR. Booth takes his seat.
se will be rather hard on the old member
e vino have heard the speech several time
as already, but then the subject is so fres
y y to the new senator that he ought to be il
u' formed upon it in order to vote INTEL
=. gently.
nd The St. Louis Democrat says that Il
cd old times boatmen used to look for tn
h.. river to open to Galena on March 10th
"a and St. Paul April 10th. But in 1843
"a didn't open to Galena till the 18th of A
he ril. In 1855 Lake Pepin opened on Nj
fer lst On that day the first boat entered
~. and three OF four boats were sunk by Il
I'D ice in the lake on the I'd and ad." v
to guess the times VIXEN the river opened
as Galena March 10th were very old-n
av- body remembers more than one instance
ties the kind.
per Yesterday an elderly woman entert
ted Justice Kaufmann's Office. and said Q
had come to get her son out Of ia
will What is your name?" Mrs. O'Brie
80 your honor I live IN Rock Island. 4
boy was arrested on Friday last" J
tied such name for Friday was on the Justic
hat docket-but it turned out that
mn, young mnn named Powers had been Sc
IT, fto jail for resisting an officer, his fine bel
As' $40 with costs, and that he was Jimn
Mrs O'Brien's son. The old lady paid t
fine, and the hope of her old age was d
charged. If he doesn't reform now,
.me will deserve cato nine tails. -Dapenp
last Gazette, 10th.
One of those beautiful scenes Il
now and then gladden. the faithful in
lno- Catholic church, was witnessed at s
post Margrerite's last Sunday. Seventy nj
gets children knclt at the alter and partook
,ss their first Communion. The girls W
arrayed in white, with wreaths on tn
e. of heads At noon all dined with e
Jet Father Cosgrove,-and every one then {
that there signed the temperance pledge.
ster vespers the young communicates ag
- appeared, clothed in their best, and
'neS newed their Baptismal vows, The chu
tor was crowded on both occasions. The s
mon by the Father, in the forenoon,
, nm a SPLENDID effort, especially in its rel
~ ferences to the duties of the Young pee
the before him. The ceremonies will not s.
rose: be forgotten bv the people present
the Davenport Gazette, 10th,
/, an Judge Jones yesterday delivered
Dose oral opinion in the case of the Keo
rO Northern Line Packet company, in wi
s. he ruled to continue the order suspend
nsas the execution of the writ of replevin rec
his " issued in favor of w. F. Davidson
against Darius Hunkins and Thomas
Az Griffith. for possession Of certain boz
'ho papers, Sc belonging to the Keokuk No
Tout ern Line Packet company, Judge JIG
'eign stated in delivering his opinion that the
i. ex- of Huukins and others in excluding Nj
60; ken and Phillips from the board of di
|, a"'a tors was utterly void that they had no
faces thority whatever TO expel them, and |
'oted the acts of the new board, with Hill
allied Griffith as directors, were Invalid and Y
81 and that Hill and Griffith are not direct
nor authorized to act as such.-N. La
rage Rep 10th.
A Trick On the People.
The Renuhlcan eonoress inst deeea,