The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-04
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

People who bet against Sam Porters
| election are sick.
1t was a glorious victory for the ''In-
dependent Voter
The fashionable beverage in Rock ISL
and county, is porter.
PITY the sorrows of the Guyer ring.
They'll have to wear their old clothes.
That 23O majority for Porter in Mo-
line makes Guyer & Co. down in the
mouth.
Moline polled 1888 votes on county
treasurer, and gave 23O majority for the
right man.
Several measures were taken yester
day at Walker L Dodges for Porter suits
Of clothes.
Sam fIeagy says he could have made
it l75 as we'll as $50, but be thought $50
was enough.
Turner and Swanson make those nice
Porter boots, for people who were unfor-
tunate, on Tuesday,
Rock Island polled l,O66 votes on
county treasurer, and gave l42 majority
Tor the wrong man.
The Republican candidate for treas
in minority OF 5000.
When asked, ''W hat II We take?" the
universal reply is--"a barrel of porter"
A barrel means a large glass, at Vests.
Hampton is the banner town-236
majority for Porter-the biggest majority
of any town in the county. That's Sam 5
native town.
The Boston Mendelsshon, at Burtis Op-
era House, this evening. The ferry will
run, after the entertainment. Tickets at
Champions.
The Chicago Journal of last evening,
says "Hon. Nj. I. Wiser and Major IT,
NJ. Buford, of Rock Island. are at the
Sherman House"
The first train ever run on the Rock
ford. Rock Island & St. Louis railroad.
left this city, Monday Jany 10, 1870, for
3 Chicago via Sterling.
Moline and Hampton people know
that public money is safer in some hands
than in others, and they tell the world so,
through the ballot box.
"A majority for Sam Porter in Coe
shows that Supervisor Jesse S. DALEY
and good many other good men in thai
town don't wear the collar of the Guyel
ring
How did you vote? asked a man Of
his friend, Tuesday evening. "'Alf an
'alf-Porter aud Gordon was the reply
That's my style" said the other-"Alli,
set 'em up,
Waldo NJ, Potter has retired from thu
Davenport Gazette, and goes to Clinton
Iowa. Edward Russell, post master il
: Davenport, and formerly editor of thu
Gazette, takes his place.
AS a general thing the lam,
ducks are - paying up their bet:
squarely, Once in a while there's hang
: ing back,-but we hope we shall not b,
obliged to publish black list.
; Whenever you see we'll dressed gen
: tleman, you may know he is Porter man
; and ten to one some unfortunate Repub
; lican is out about the value of nice hat
) a stylish pair Of boots, or suit of clothes
Porter hats are all the rage just now
: Dart 4 Dart, at the Harper House empo
: rum, have sold quite number. Peopl
4 who won hats on Porter's election want mic
2 ones and Dart & Darts is the place to &c
them.
Miss Fanny Kellogg sings at Burtis Or
j era House, tonight Tickets at Cramp
s tons Three young gentlemen of this cit
% engaged the Mendelssohn Quintet, and ar
managing the entertainment. The terr
% boat leaves at $50 aud returns after tn
performance.
g The coal-miners at the Ingle mine:
at Evansville, Ind, and at Spottsvillt
KY, and Ncwberg, Ind, have all struc
for an advance of half cent on busht
for mining lines. The companies will nc
accede to the demand, land the strike threi
- tens . be a long one.
~ On Monday and Tuesday, lat Washing
" ton the Freedmens Bank was crowde
% with resident colored persons, DRAWN
:. their portions OF the dividend Of 20 pe
cent Depositors residing at distance al
We required - forward their books or otht
lie evidence ofindebtedness through some r.
lg sponsible bank. or by mail or express.
- The man who gave as reason Fl
~ voting against Sam Porter that he wante
to punish the id ARGUS, isn't happ
The people take stock in The ARGUS
!, they believe 10 it-they know that it don
make statements that it can't prov
B They know that it battles for the publ
ne interests, whether it hits friend or foe.
ed Yesterday afternoon Marshal Haw,
b. arrested a negro named WashingtC
to Jewell, On complaint of Mrs. Mittlebarge
no who charged him with disorderly conduc
He was taken before Justice Pinkley, bl
Oh a change of venue was taken to Justice
IS, f. Cooke, who, after hearing the test
he mony, fined him SIS and costs. DIV,
cd Olsen, Esq, his attorney, went his secu
~ ity. w. HI. Atwood, Esq, successful
sr- conducted the case for the complaint
ne witness.
eg In the pane of all the saints at one
ID, what were the farmers of Rural, Edgingtt
rio and Buffalo Prairie thinking about, {
G. election day? Have the old men in tho
INV towns forgotten that eternal vigilance
he the price of political liberty? And al
his their boys Indifferent to one of the mo
Rv important duties of the citizen? If tn,
~ don't care who has charge of their treg
n0 ury, they may wake up to an embezzl
1e- ment or defalcation, one of these day
he and have double taxes to pay.
it -Childred shouldn't play with fire.
W. little girl named Ella Smith was bad
I'd burned Wednesday, in the play yard
Ecu the North Davenport school house. 7
led janitor had emptied some ashes from
RS, stove in the usual place, and the chill
ble seeing live coal in the pile. attempted
40. fan it with her dress: the garment touch
'o' the coal and blazed Immediately. Z
vas shrieked in terror, and her playmates SUI
lad moned assistance. The fire was ext
the guished quickly but not before the chile
-. limbs and hands we're severely burne
oin She was taken home She was comfort