The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-14
NOTES HERE AND THERE

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No man is too poor to keep the Col
den Rule.
Music for Sing Sing-"Oakum, Oak
um with me.
The Buford pillow works will shut down
to- morrow for short rest.
Rum jokel The centennial Of the bat |
tie of Brandywine will be celebrated with
spirit.
One reason why Moline girl failed
to jump over stick held four feet high
was because her mother screamed at her
just as she rose,
The first thing "the responsible editor
with seven years experience" thinks of is
free rides. free hotel bills, free drinks, etc.
He never was known to miss meal or
pay CEN"
"A sheep breeder Of Clark county, KY,
is willing to make affidavit that he killed
| fourteen dogs in two shots few nights
| ago; which, as Jeames might remark, is
shooting to some purps.
Mrs Mary Wilkes, the mother of
Walter Boyle, now in Jail under $500
bonds for burglary of Geo. Both s saloon,
has signed his bond, with her husband,
Geo. Wilkes, and he will be released this
evening.
"A contemporary, chronicling the suicide
of melancholy livery man who hanged
himself from a rafter in his barn, asks it
self IF the wretched man had any thought
of hereafter?'' Manifestly he must have
thought of this here rafter,
The wonder is that such rendezvouz
for bad characters as old Burlingame' s
shanty, or hole in the ground, near South
Rock Island is permitted to exist. Some
thing should be done to make that an un.
healthy place.
Rufus, who restores his hair to wha1
: he thinks ought to be its natural color BY
means of Mrs. Whatshername' vegetable
+ tonic, makes no secret of his artiGce. H
says his father died before him, and hi
grandfather, too; that. in fact, it's hair
4: red-dye-tary in the family.
e On Friday afternoon, of last week, ,
lad of seven years, son Of James Malone
= who lives on Swits street, Davenport. wa
playing in the saw-dust embankment, il
rear of the mill, and while near the edg
/ his hat fell off and in attempting to seize
he lost his balance, fell into the water, san
and was drowned.
Last week Thursday night on tn
Southwestern Branch of the CIR. |. &. I
e, R. r. in Iowa, New York broker wa
l. swindled out of $1,000 by monte mer
but was prevented. There are man
now.
Ill The household goods and furniture {
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. c. Nichols were reno
Id ed to Rock Island, yesterday, and til
m family takes up its residence in that cit
- Mr.. Nichols assisted in the removal. Il
e. leaves for his old work of plotting on tt
Mississippi above the lake and on the S
Croix. Mrs. Nichols has not yet returne
from her trip abroad.-Dav. Gaz. 81
w day.
"a People who drop letters in the lett
~ boxes on lamp posts should remember tn
~ there are only two collections day, vi
Is, at 6:45 in the morning and in the ate
,se noon. A letter placed in these boxes g
L ter o'clock will not reach the post off
- in time to leave by the night mails.
ny the way-that Union Office box should
lat removed from the lamp post, corner
h. Washington street. Many people think
60 a post office letter box None but pc
I0' office letter boxes should be allowed
~ lamp posts.
lrd Why don't the leader and principal
ley fee holder of the Republican party find b
in for his friends Tim Riley and Ike hale
an They were the most Jealous vote distrt
" tors for the Republican party at the /;
eli election, one of them having been furnis
OF ed bail on the charge of stealing $40 b
,ws and the other having been discharged
70 Pinkey on the charge Of completely in t
robbing of nainsworth of $4,000. Is
icy Republican party going to desertits frien
The now, and suffer them to pine through
on. long hot summer in Jail, waiting for TT
NV for their crimesf
mo This is the time of year when peoI
10 leave their lower windows open or
ney careless about fastening them, aud tt
are offer temptation to burglars Ga Eric
up night, the | 1th Mr.. G. {. Cook, OF Dav
,ws port, forgot to fasten one sash Of his-alc
w. came burglar, raised the sash, walk
ing into the sitting room, through din
the room, and into Mr.. c. $ bedroom.
live picked up Mr, C.'s pants and Mrs,
; TO dress, went back to the dining roc
hr distracted gold watch and chain, al
w. wallet containing 81, from the pants, thu
can the dress on the floor and left.