The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-20
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

QUITE an agreeable cnangc III ZIG e0u- OF
erature. See weather table. ltt
The ground is frozen deep andin many =
laces water in the pipes Is frozen. l."
WIN. III. Aspinwall, the great COM ~
nercial man of New York died on Monday fo
vening. d
Your New Orleans man never bawls g
,ut to the waiter. now: Bring me a lit d
lie sherry. Dan" n
"A converted jockey has been speak. a
door as gate money. lI
The Freeport beet sugar factory is at
last successful, and turning out very
good grade of sugar. II
Several "sick" creditors of the "Japs"
have been around Darts Hall trying to
have their bills hquidated.
A Detroit hotel porter has to remove
a diamond ring from his finger before
laying hold of a big trunk.
-Pericles is dead He was Partisan
rhinoceros. Butler will soon be the last
representative Of the species.
The Japs managed to get to Geneseo
by giving lien on their baggage. In
competent management is what's the mat
| ter with tnaC troupe
| John G, SAKE has taken up his abode
in Brooklyn in spite of it all, you know.
He doesn't care; he is the man who wrote
the "Jardin Mabille."
| 1t is said that poor company OF
"Japs' has been performing very common
tricks in Darts Hall for two nights past.
Among other tricks performed in town
north of US was that of not paying their
bills.
/ When one reflects that Katie klng
| has "a gentle, serious face, large, ciea,
aves. golden hair and delicate rosy ups,
one is willing to believe in the maxim tnat
true happiness lies 10 medium III Ill
, things.
; Illinois last year paid into the FUNDS
of the American Bible society $44, 2o3 70:
} But one state paid larger amount. 1t
! virtue were not its own reward the above
: would be an excellent subject for How
ling panegyric.
Lolita is mention in the st. Louis
Republicdn as our sweet little d-head
e ed chandelier kicker And that's scanda
l. Ions. Lolita may be able and anxious e
kick the chandelier, but she certainly i:
o. not redheaded. Boston Post.
A little four-year old girl created
d ripple by remarking to the teacher Q
her Sunday school class; Our, dog
dead. l bet the angels was scared whel
they see him coming up the walk. He
I'd cross to strangers. Rome Sentinet.
is An old bachelor says: when [ re
ne member all the girls I've met together
I feel like rooster in fall exposed t
i, every weather! I feel like one VIII
OF ,reads alone the barn yard all deserted
ne whose oats are fed, whose hens are deat
in. or all to market started.
Z. Bret Harte the writes to Boston Tran
cript that there is not word OF trul
in the story that his friends have secure
at him a position in the CUSTOM house. W
il, are glad to hear it. The custom hou
RI has become famous for killing of literal
&c men from Hawthorne down to Wa
,. Whitman.
N From Rock Island comes the repo
T. that thieving and burglarizing is becomil
quite common--aud it is done up clean, tC
Articles disappear from houses and store
aud not the least trace is obtained of the
m afterwards From the way thieves GOV
m their tracks,it appears they are professlo
= ais, but the police of that city are not pr
ipe tessionals -DdUenport Democrat.
pal John ONeil, who was taken fro
ere Jail here to Princeton, Bureau count
re. several weeks ago, to answer to char
of of burglary, has had his trial and be
sentenced to the penitentiary for term
anu three years. He was precious rascal a
can deserved perhaps severer sentence.
,ul real name is Ed. Morris and his parer
+;o, live at Princeton. His aliases were n
al merous
'A Says the Belvidere .Standa
one THE corn raised this year lacks in I
md, tritious qualities, also the oats. A hog
The horse, say the farmers, requires to eat
non the while, and then acts as if halfstarv,
This accounts for the thin pork. 7
e Is corn never really reached maturity,
was prematurely ripened by the dror
and extreme heat. It will not do
lsh seed corn"
ives Doesn't the Union think that 81
ling 100000, 900 is good deal of money
have been expended on river i'm proyeme
in the Mississippi Valley? Hadn't {
neighbor better drop three cyphers in
statement? And does it not think tn
Gen. are more than 10000 people in the Miss
call sippi Valley? Had it not better add tn
rom cyphers. in this case? 1t is fine thing
ION be accurate, you know.
bo;r Some recently married people, now
m the Harper House, who are soon to &C
anu mence house keeping, were chatting at
now table last evening as to what stores tt
hol- would need, when one lady remarked, II
.Gr had had the purchasing of supplies wo
% have had half dozen barrels of apr
lere in the hosse before this time" The {
rain cussion then turned upon preserved FRI
bout etc., etc. when a waggish friend sugges
.d,,, the laying in of good stock of ''preser,
,.I peace" The idea was voted good"
10 ia The accommodation train between t
city and Davenport is discontinued for
'oui- present, there being now no particular
lie OF cessity for it, as the ice bridge is perft
lred ly safe for teams. 1t was put on for
9th accommodation of the people, during
oc crossing, mo matter whether it paid
VI not. The Immediate effect was to red
I'll II hack fares from 25 cents to 10 cents
uta- great benefit to the people genera
Hackmen will consult their permanent
terest by keeping the price down, unl
. a they want to see another ten cent train
IL, The people feel under many obligations
o'D' the G. r. l. p. r, r. management.
Gates, the jolly Freeport landlo
says his three hundred and forty dollar
card vestment in the Japs to help them st
It of out, was clear case of sympathy. TIL
this were no pretty women among the Japs
tary act on his feelings, nor was there any &C
fidence' game, for he knew they had nc
ing-he kept them and helped them 10
( ting started on the supposed honor of
; has management. But some of the old
sss.- and best informed inhabitants have of
, last last been mistaken he was, for he has k
st ION hotel for twenty years, and still he
..stnck y He Ennms what he is pninr