The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-22
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Either Chip Thompson or the Union
don't tell the truth.
Flour has advanced 40 cents on the
barrel since Monday, with an upward ten
dency.
Treasurer Porter and assistants are
busy on the refundiug tax book. It's a
big job.
Col. James L. Hodges, of Chicago, has
purchased a controlling interest in the
Green River coal company.
When boy falls and peels the skin
off his nose, the first thing he does is to
get up and yell. When a girl tumbles
and hurts herself badly, the first thing
she does is to get up aud look at her dress.
The Board OF Supervisors have ordered
that no more permission be given for hold
ing festivals and oyster suppers in the
County In6mary. We do not imagine that
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkinson will very muchly
object. Cambridge Chronicle. 22d.
Brother in-law Casey thinks Mr.. S.
B. Packard has the best chance to be the
next governor of Louisiana. That depends
upon whether the election is decided by
the people of the state or by the admins
tratlOn at w aSnlngtOn,
This very timely suggestion is made
by the Detroit Free Press, Amid the
busy scenes of summer life let US not for
get that Hannibal Hamlin of Maine is the
man who forced US to lick a two-cent stamp
on to the newspaper which went for one
before
"A young Galena (Ill wife left this
note pinned up in the house, addressed to
her husband: Precious: Have gone up
to mothers to get something good to eat;
be sure to take the medicine out of the
right hand tumbler, and don't let the fire
go down. Bring home my new bonnet for
Sunday, or I'll quit your bed and board
forever. Did the seidlitz powers do you
any goodP Don't get any dirt on the floor,
and save this big pin.
Your Own CHUNK
A colored man employed as deck
hand on propeller, was rushing around
town yesterday and inquiring where
the polls we're. Polls? repeated a citizen,
why, there's no election going on now. y
There hain't?" ''No,sir. 1.-THE man stood
FIR a moment looking greatly disappointed,
and then turned for the river with the re-
mark: And now de programme is to find
dat sleek young man who said dey was
paying So apiece for votes !'-DetrOit Free
Press.
Hon. A. A Glenn, president of tine
illinois state senate, who was in Princeton
yesterday attending meeting of the di
rectors of the Illinois Masonic Benevolent
: Society, made the Herald pleasant call
!, Mr. Glenn made many friends by his im
partial course as presiding officer, anG
he is now prominently named in connec
ton with the Democratic candidacy fol-
: governor. He would make fair Cover
f nor Bureau County Herald, Republi
can paper.
To-day three ladies drove up to tn,
post office in buggy, got out, leaving thu
buggy on street crossing, and hitchet
t their horse to lamp postl The dea
creatures made themselves liable to two
, ines-one for leaving their buggy on tn
the street crossing aud another for hitch
ing their horse to lamp post. Wouldn'
they have scolded at any man who, b,
I leaving his buggy on crossing compelle'
them to go around it the mud? An,
wouldn't they have laughed at any ma
who was so green as to lay himself liabl
t. two fines for the hitching Of horse?
John Higgins, the Page saloon burg
!. lar, gives Turnkey Herkert more troubl
y than all the other prisoners together
!. Yesterday he bent up several Of the ii
g plates and spoons while at dinner. n
y one knew who did the trick! but on tn
. turnkey threatening to lock them all up
: they did not tell, oae of the prisoner
. ''squealed' on John. He was locked u
); in cell, after quite struggle. where h
! will remain until he learns better manners
He tried his old trick of crying this morn
9 ing. and said he was sorry for what he ha
. DONE He did the same with Magistrate
- Chopper.
/ Kirk Vincent, who will be remem
n bered by great many in this locality, wa
q discharged from the penitcntiary at For
- Madison, Iowa, on the 9th inst. He wa
h sentenced for 8 years. but good behavio
). has reduced his time something like
year and half we believe, We lear
q, that for long time Kirk was allowed
;c great many privileges about the place. an
. is thought great deal of by the officer
% and men of the institution. 1t was g
e their instigation that paper was sent her
Is some time ago to be circulated, asking fc
~ his pardon, but which failed to receive tn
proper number Of signers. - CansbridS
Chronicle, 22d.