The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-18
NOTES HERE AND THEER.

-SeVeral lives are TepOTteu loSt near
Salt Lake by snow slides.
AT Nation, Ill, on Sunday, they had
a thunder storm Of considerable violence,
ending with snow.
Near Cotton Hill, W. Va, on Sunday
morning, skiff was capsized with six men
in it. All were drowned.
Cold, snowy day. Sleighs running
across the river. Enough snow in the
streets for sleighs to run pretty well.
The Emmett Club, of Moline, held
ball in honor of st, Patrick, in Capt. |
Timm's Hall, on the evening Of the 18th. |
Collector Follett, of Moline, will turn |
in his tax book to Treasurer Porter on
Friday or Saturday. He has collected
nearly $4,000.
Mr.. E. Zeis, who has suffered greatly
from inflammatory rheumatism Of late, has
gone to the Hot Springs of Arkansas,
panied him.
The steamer W. J. Lewis was burned
to the waters euge on Tuesday while lying
at the levee at Clinton ILL.,. about half way
between St. Louis and Cairo. 1t is be-
lieved that some lives we're lost.
"A heavy thunder storm occurred in
Ohio, Monday morning. The Uniyersalist
church at McConnellsville was struck by
lightning and greatly damaged. Great
damage was done in Dayton and that re-
gion,
On Sunday terrible hail storm &C.
CURED in Michigan. At Montieth every
thing in its track was demolished 1t last
D ed about Is minutes. Hail stones measur-
. ing IL inches around were found "a hours
:, after the storm.
The late Archie Allen, of Port Byron,
wllled his property to the Methodist
church, except a life interest to his widow
) in their residence and three or four acres
? of land-not enough to support the aged
q lady. She will ask the courts to protect
4 her rights.
, 1t is amusing to see man who has
- mo money to pay for this paper and NJ
ID confidence in the editor" slyly gobble il
every evening. in some drug store or othe
n place, and bury himself in it to lie exclu
o sion of people who have money to pay TO
- it and confidence in it. Why don't sucf
III people leave it alone?
The Davenport Democrat, noticing
the request for Father Roles to deliver
re- lecture on his recent European tour says
he I'VE hope he will crafty the people by &C
M ceeding to their request, not only in tina
Gu city. but in Davenport also. as Fathe
~ Roles has hosts of friends here, VIII
w would be delighted to hear him.
.' One of those pleasant sociables fo
OK which the Baptists of this city are note
ss will be held this evening in the basemeI
of their church, under the management {
the ladies. Supper will commence at
g., o'clock and will include oysters in ever
ID style as we'll as all kinds of substantial
ng and delicacies. Their meetings are alway
ed pleasant and everybody is welcome.
3D. THE ARGUS was the first paper
full state that the Rock Island Distillery Con
ro- pany was paying the U. S. a revenue
. y about ST. 500 day-but we learn fro
T, Revenue Officer Wiser that this stat
zen ment does not come up to the actual fac
ars At the time the distillery was burned
ion was running $50 bushels a day, Eat
bushel produces 81 gallons making t
tai of 1875 gallons The tax is 90 cents
ach gallon, so that would make a revenue
lag s2,O475O day The intention was
the run 1000 bushels day, in few weeks
~ which would have made revenue of s.
I'LL 800 The distillery now in operation
hlldu TuilS COU DuSuGlS udy 0uu pays
re- revenue of $l.575 day. These fgur
"a count up pretty fast.
or The Peoria Transcript says: T
ao. Peoria & Rock Island railroad is said
20 be prospecting greatly under its new ma
'os. agement The report for the month
full February shows the gross earnings ha
ion. largely increased without correspond
"a &C increase 10 expense. The road is n
. making strong efforts to secure the trade
anu Indianapolis, Cincinnati. Louisville, a
foot other points in the southwest. for
re- points in the northwest. In pursuance
this plan it has fixed rates of fourth eli
freight. (which includes pretty much
merchandise from Peoria to Rock lsla
, in 1T 10 cents per hundred Moline, Is cen
ssed Davenport, Is cents, Muscatine 20 cen
visit A corresponding reduction is made in ra
80 for other classes Of freight.
81 of Ne Espaper comments on the n
r. Hampshire election are very amusing r
Vi ding. On the morning after the elect
IRISH. the Republican journals shouted Brill
cred Victory" in their loudest type, and
Democratic editors very calmly remark
as if they had all the time expected it, t
i'eu' we have met with slight reverse;
then it dosen't mean anythi
as the New Hampshire voter
: tbe ways was uncertain" The n
~ morning the Republican editors "
anu more subdued, and observed, with g
olent deal less ostentation, that it was a IS
past stantial Victory for the party.
miles Democrats, after rubbing from their {
PIPER t nr " h,eI vara so srddanlv and
, had covering that thew were not drowned at
7hich but only badly wet, have been dilige
toning down their unfavorable obse
tons on the New Hampshire voter,
are now convinced that it is about
mt OF even thing"
and