The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-13
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MIR. Lloyd has been removed to his
home in Moline. Buncher is ont on bail
No notices have yet been sent to the
lay?
The ferry company is constructing new
aprons for its dock and getting ready for
the ice to leave.
The dead body of an unknown laborer
was found few miles north Of Freeport,
on the w. u. r. r, on the 18th.
The law card Of Mr.. John B. Hawley
will be found in this paper. His Office is
in Star Block, opposite the Harper House.
| There are openings in the river ice.
above the government bridge. six to ten
hundred feet long, and twenty yards
wide.
The st. Patrick's Benevolent Society
will give its fifth annual ball in Turner Hall,
next Wednesday evening. See advertise
ment in this paper. 4ai ~n- af'a. az.
Ransom Page, injured at the c. r. I.
& P. depot, rested but little last night,
and suffers much pain, but DIR. Plum
mer thinks he will recover. '1i SO Rf
| The Keokuk Gate City reports that
lit il the intention to have the lower rapids
Improvement so far completed this year
that the largest class of boats can run
through.
| Henry Smith, drover from Keokuk,
Iowa, was killed by falling from the top Of
a moving freight train near Seneca. Ills.
on the G. r. /. & P, r. r. on the morning
Of the 18th.
4 The Board of Directors of the Angus
tana College met 10 Moline last week and
decided to erect second college building
the coming spring, of the same size as the
one erected last year. - z.ssl ,...s.-.
"A new law of congress doubles the
, postage on transient newspapers-those
not sent from the Office of publication te
regular subscribers. It is now one cen,
Ian ounce. Formerly it was one cent fol
two ounces.
} "A man named John Cannon ha'
, been arrested at bingham, Ills, for kill
| ing a man lin Rushville, llls., fourteen
, years ago. He has been a resident o
J. bingham for thirteen years and wa
highly esteemed as good citizen.
Joshua Griffin (colored) was hanget
r near Belaire Md. on the 18th for the muir
? der of Miss Susan Taylor, near Aberdeen
! Hartford county, Nd. ON the 2lst Octot Or
: 1874. George Wheeler negro, wa
It hanged at Easton, Md. on the same da,
for the murder Of. Mrs, Margaret Will
man, white woman, in July last.
The North Carolinians gave much bet
ter satisfaction last evening, though tn
q house was rather thin. Mr.. Marshall. il
e THE Old Cabin Home," was superb
!, , and for the enthusiastic encore he san
!, THE Sunny South, " with charming effect
q They gave successful matinee here thi
: afternoon, and will sing in Moline thi
ID evening.
d The appropriation for Rock islam
- Arsenal, that was finally agreed to. an,
passed, is said to be only 100000. O
Is this. 100000 is available immediat ely
= and the balance 90 the LIST of July. 1t
K likely that work will be resumed as 500
70 as weather will permit. The rather SINAI
y appropriation will reduce the summe
pt force Of workmen to about three hundred
at We suppose Mr.. Hawleys friends won
lie brag any more about his great inAuenc
ID in procuring appropriations.
w The work Of repairing the steame
4 Dubuque. on the ways at LeClaire, wa
~ begun on. Wednesday. This shows tn:
" the Hunkins party-who hold the boob
y. and purse-are thinking of running til
,ir line another season. at any rate. So
, isn't likely that the White Collar will orn,
40 ment the packets this year. And by
lis telegram in this paper it will be seen th'
al, that Davidson is preparing to get out a
he independent line, which looks as thong
:. he expected the Hunkius or Northern Lin
''' party to keep possession.
-Sargent's grocery store started @
OF on wheels this morning and customers fo
to lowed. 1t was moving up Jefferson sire
this afternoon, dispensing goods to Gu
toners as usual. Some people insistt
NC that Sargent was introducing new idea
gal the trade, and would haul his groce
no store all over town supplying people as
wa travelled. Others said it would halt
90 the vacant lot northeast corner of Orlea
:" and Madison, near John Albrecht's saloo
lcn Alvin Hull is about to erect large bril-
he livery establishment on the lot where Il
NV grocery store stood-the John Webst
bt-for Charles Wright.
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