The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-04
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

morning.
Fifteen carloads of Joliet stone ar
rived here this morning over the q. K LIZ.
P. road for Rock Island Arsenal
Mr.. Geo. Wagner, and Mr. l. Huber,
have gone to Cincinnati to attend the brew
er's convention now being held there.
"A Baltimore man recently ate nine
pineapples at meal. His landlady,
widow, too! Such man would commit |
burglary or murder or leave the plug in |
the wash-basin after using it.
The miners are still in riotous condi-
ton in Pennsylvania. The state militia are
required to preserve order. Eight rioters
were wounded on Thursday, by volley
from the militia, and one killed The
raiders dispersed for the time.
They are still iercely assailing Gen.
Sherman's book. Lewis of the. Detroit
Free Press. sternly remarks: Private Dial
zell is not even mentioned in Gen, Sher-
mans book. 1t looks as though the gen.
eral wanted to keep all the glory for him
SELF"
There is said to be set of Migrants,
suspicious looking raseals, going around
calling at private houses, pretending to
have articles to sell, but, in reality, to get
the ''lay of the house" for future mid
night visits. The safe way is to slam the
door in the face of the whole tribe.
There was quite an improvement in
| the behavior of the hackmen at the Peo-
ria depot when the train arrived to-day, IN
| consequence of policeman being stationed
there. Heretofore passengers have been
insulted and their baggage snatched troGi
their hands, but the police have put a stop
to this.
An unprepossessing looking individu-
al attempted to get an audience in Market
Square to-day, representing himself as
REV. Al Carney, Travelling Missionary"
A gentlemen who saw him says he is the
same individual he saw drunk in Dubuque
the other day, and ran out of town by the
hoodlums. He had an umbrella.
| In the New Hampshire house of rep
resentatives C.P. Sanborn, Republican, was
elected speaker by II majority, over A. K.
Hatch, Democrat. A resolution was intro
duced directing the speaker to obtain the
opinion of the supreme court on the con-
stitutionality of the action Of the governor
and council, in the matter Of Senators Priest
and Proctor.
| 4NCdIIy ONCly udy COupLuluto AZ IL ouS
by subscribers to The ARGUS that their
papers are stolen from the place where
they are left by our carriers. We offer q
reward of S. for the detection and convic'
ton of any one of the newspaper thieves:
The law will be found in this paper,--and
the S. will pay for watching for one Of
them.
Fires are still raging in parts of Penn.
| sylvania. In the northern part of Monroe
, county several lives have been lost. The
inhabitants of Locust Ridge, Evergreen,
Stoddardville, Gouldsboro and many lum-
, bering settlements have been driven from
{ their homes, scores of which were burned
Hundreds of people saved only what cloth
ing they wore. Families were driver
miles before the fire. and several old anG
feeble persons were burned to death
, Fires are also raging in the timber in Mich
igan.
There is nothing in American politics
: so touching as the anxiety shown by thu
administration defenders to let the presi
dent down easy when he has received mer
y tied censure The Pennsylvania Republi
II cans showed the same disposition wher
e they put such generous amount of jelly
f around the third term pill they felt obhg
ed to administer; and the comments of tn,
party press on that act exhibit the mos
admirable ingenuity in connecting SAVIOR.
excuses to take the taste out of thu
y patients mouth.-NeW York Tribune.
The Coal Exchange in Chicago recent
J; l. decided to reduce the wages of Goa
) wheelers from S. to So per day, In con
Il sequence of this action the union of Goa
| banuorS couaroI h11pdroH
n struck. Their places are being supplied
A. mob and made raid on all the yards o
Ia the city and with the exception of one
o which was protected by the police, drov
% the workman away. There were mum
d Der of encounters between the two partie
r of workmen and the non union men wer,
severely handled.
Miss Minerva Scott, about twenty-fy
years of age, the daughter of Mrs. Scott,
q widow lady living in Edford some three 0
/ four miles west Of Geneseo, on the Roc
i Island road, attempted to put an end {
e her existence on Monday morning last b
# taking laudanum, as we learn from tn
! Geneseo Republic. She was betrothed t
1T a young man named Horn, few years he
= junior, and he lately broke the engagement
N This so affected the young lady s mind tn;
d she attempted suicide. The proper RENE
a dies saved her life-which she very niue
10 regretted at first, but is now better recol
a ciied to remain on earth awhile longer,
is Havana, Mason county, this stat
es seems to be as subject to terrific storms
er wind as its tropical namesake. On Tue
is day one of these yisitants lifted the draw
ly span of the bridge at that place which
I'd more than 800 feet long and made of woo
It. and iron, clear from the draw pier ar
ee blew it into the river where it was broke
BIT to pieces. A large saw mill on the we
;e, shore was blown down and numero1
Y dwellings suffered more or less severed
% There were several narrow escapes fro
lis death, notably that of a man who left Il
rk bridge but second before it was blow
re over.
lit Thursday afternoon a workman
re Schricker & Mueller's log boom, at foot
no Scott St, Davenport, discovered the body
ne a..man under the logs, and Immediately SUI
no moned help. The body was conveyed
er shore, and Constable Seims took charge
lat it. There was no such thing as recognizi
nd the remains, even if any person believ
as he knew who it was. The face was sw,
nd len and torn-in fact there was no face
speak of. The flesh was loose on the arr
and body. The clothing was light CO;
We green check shirt, and dark pants. In O
de of the pockets was found wallet viii
"a contained $33 in greenbacks. A coroner
inquest decided that it was the body
Jabez Mangley, who was lost in the riv
while trying to get on board the ferry be
on Thursday afternoon the Goth ult.