The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-28
NorEs HER.E AND THERE.

Shake carpets.
Book beer next Saturday.
House cleaning time, now.
Much NEST hiding" in Moline.
Soap makers are seen in the land.
Flowing corn land is lively about these
days.
Only the wicked go duck hunting on
Sunday.
Does Chinaman play billiards with
his own cue
The best way to double afock Of sheep
is to fold them.
Some corn has been planted in Mercer
county. 1t is too early.
Col, Macomb advertises for proposals,
I'D to noon of the 18th Of May, for work on
dams, jetties and dredging, on the Illinois
river.
s. P. Bartlett, one of the oldest set
tiers of Presumption, Mercer county, died
last Saturday. leaving wife and children.
He came to Mercer county in 1887.
Geo. Weir, in the employ of j. q.
Langley, drove his horse, attached to coal
cart, into the river in front OF Langley s
warehouse to water, but drove little to
far. A rope saved them.
Frank Schrader. late prosecuted OF
the crusaders in Moline, is putting his
place in fine order and will open on Satur-
day evening with a lunch. etc. he invites
everybody to come and see him.
On Sunday last sixteen lads, aged
10 to II years, wereadmitted as members Of
the st. Marguerites Total Abstinence
Society. That society is accomplishing
great good it numbers 40 members
1t was oaganized in ls72.-Dav. Gaz.
The committee on thelBroadway Pres
byterian church question is still in session
1t is thought that the license to organize
will be granted, though the contest is quite
spirited and, of course calls out strong op-
position from the old organization.
The Bourbon Democratic press is les
furious than it was for straight ticket a
the next presidential election. A little re
Election seems to have taught the 'unterrl
fed leaders that the Independent Vote
has too large family to make the slam
T polite proceeding.
The cellers along the Adams stree
sewer are filling with water from the river
The best way to secure dry cellers is to Sc
the buildings high and have the bottom {
the cellers above high water. 1t is hardl
7 possible, by any kind of gate, to keep tn
1 water out of the sewer, as it filters throug
the rocks and runs down from the porto
of the city above high water mark.
The telegraph report of the angus
ceremonies Of delivering the emblems, 9
his office to Cardinal McClosky, as pull
; lshed in the Union and the Gazette wa
/ both shocking and ludicrous. We fatte
ourselves that some of their errors hav
: been corrected in THE ARGUS publication
d At any rate there is no Deacon of Mass;
O ohusetts !" nor! incense creed in our n
port.
Miss Ella Cory, by her father, is abor
& to commence suit in Muscatine count
. Circuit court against Mrs. John Wiley
Mrs. Edmund Anderson, Mrs. Elizabet
n Adds, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore. Mrs. Rich
:. ard. Porter, Mrs. Charlotte Dixon, Mrs
Ellen Kean. Mrs. Edward Carleton, Mr.
% Eliza Bently, Mrs. III. W, Scott, Mis-
: Kate Wiley, and three other ladies who's
y names will appear in the petition in du
!. time, but are now unknown, claiming $50
1000 damages for the recent assault upo
her person with tar and feathers, at Wi
1t ton, Iowa. Mr. Elias Cory, the girl
y father. has also brought suit against tt
e same parties for having destroyed h
20 house, claiming 1000 damages, W. !
= Foster, Esq, of Davenport, is attorney f
plaintiffs in both cases. The trial of the
cases will excite much interest.