The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-11
NOTES HERE AND THERE
Fine fall weather.

zine 1all weather.
No police cases to-day.
Nine prisoners in the county jail-six
county and three city.
That musical whistle of the Minnesota
was heard again to-day.
If there is anything the matter with
yourteeth, DR.. Stark is the man to fix them.
The sermon Of Rev. DR.. Fl. M. Laney,
the new pastor. of the Methodist church, last
evening, is much praised by all who heard
it.
Broadway church has now a Sunday
school of some 70 scholars. The Green
bush Mission House was we'll filled at the
church service on Sunday.
Elder j. Eucell, of Davenport, preach
ed in the Christian chapel last evening, to
fair congregation. He will preach in the
same church next Sunday evening.
"A Baltimore servant girl the other
morning tried that good old time honored
plan of lighting the kitchen fire with kero-
sene. Nothing has benzine of her since
The territory of New Mexico can be
called the Territory of Elkins' no longer,
as Pedro Valdez. Democrat, has been
IL
kins, Republican, by l,7OS.
Frank Woods, who was arrested and
sent to Jail for being drunk and disorderly,
was released yesterday morning, the time
of his sentence having expired. 1t is hop
ed he will try to be better boy.
One of ex-senator Harlan firm friends,
Colonel Root, of Henry county, Ia, ssays
that Harlan has already enough pledges
from Republican candidates for the legis
lature to send him back to the senate.
"A lady asked her little boy "Have
you called your grandma to tea?" Eyes
when l went to call her she was asleep, anG
l didn't wish to halo at grandma, mol
shake her; so l kissed her cheek, and thai
woke her very softly. Then ran into the
hall, and said, pretty loud: Grandma, tel
is ready And she never knew what woke
her up"
Ex-senator Trumbull has written a
brief letter in which he says to his cor
respondent that he is quite out of politics
adding: ''Of course, l favor sound cur
reucy, though | differ from you in thu
opinion that the financial question is thu
leading one in our politics. Iconsider ad
illustrative reform and the limiting of thu
Federal Government to its constitution
powers as the paramount issues of tn
day."
Tomorrow Timothy Riley, Esq. viii
be free man again, his sentence of p
days, for receiving stolen property, having
Expired. Feeling thankful to the Uniol
for its able articles in defense of his limo
cence during his examination before Jus
tice Pinkley, Tim will give that ofic
another serenade as soon as he is released
Everybody invited. Come one. Come all
Tim was rigging up fiddle this mornin
for the occasion.
! The official returns of the Septembe
election in California show that the Who'll
Democratic state ticket has been electe
, by pluralities ranging from 1926 fo
comptroller, up to 29,l60 for governor
and averaging for eight officers electe
24,639. The full vote for governor is a
follows:
Irwin, Dem. o.
Phelps, Rep. ...... 81 -
blo"eIi' 1ho. 29,3;
Twins plurality over Phelps ........,... .29,1
When William Patterson was nom
mated for auditor by the Democrats {
LOrain county, Ohio, he positively decline
I to accept the nomination, declaring that
, was not an infationist, did not believe
Governor Aliens heresy, and should NJ
, vote for him. N. l.. johnson thereo
stated that he also was for hard none
: and against the state platform, though
t felt bound to vote for Allen. In face
these declarations the convention unan
mously nominated Patterson, aud mad
} johnson the candidate for the office {