The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-22
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OF pocket, they concluded to quit.
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Underground sewer" is expressive.
The inmates of the city Jail at Bloom
ington, ILL.,, broke out and escaped Sunday
morning,
George W. King, of Keokuk, Iowa,
was drowned at Collierville, Tenn, Satur-
day, while bathing.
The Empire House, at Cory, Pa,
burned Saturday. Loss $4,000 to $4,000.
Fully insured. lucendiary.
There are incendiaries in Aurora iii.
A building west of the railroad depot and
the house of j. G. Vanhassel were fired
Sunday Dight. Loss over $4,000: fully
insured.
The Rochester IN. " Democrat an
nounces that the board of education of
that city, by vote of II to 4, have Or
dered the discontinuance of religious exer.
cises in the schools there.
"A country editor cannot be as bold
and independent in his paper as his city
brother He has to collect his own sub
scription, and almost everybody in the
country keeps dog.-Danbury Neaos.
Sun rose at AL, yesterday, and set
at 7:37-days's length Is hours Is minutes.
1t will be the same to day-two longest
days in the year. From now the days
will shorten till the 2lst of December.
"A contest took place at Edinburgh,
Saturday, between the riflemen of England
Ireland and Scotland, for the international
challenge trophy. Scotland won by 20
points ahead of England aud 139 ahead of
ireland.
While Z. r. Knapp, farmer living
ten miles from Sioux City, Iowa, 10 COM
pany with two other men and two boys,
W, r. driving in wagon Saturday, stroke
OF lightning Instantly killed Knapp and
seriously injured the others.
ALL fremen in this city being exempt
from paying poll tax the following number
of certificates of membership have been
issued by the city clerk to che various hose
companies, Phoenix 10, Wide Awake %,
Hope Y, Rescue l6, Neptune 20.
AT the recent performance of we'll
known actress in the ''Hunchback," when
she said, Clifford. why don't you speak to
me?" one OF the spectators replied. in an
audible voice, DO, Clifford; would il
she'd talk to me in that way
1t is physical as well as moral fact
that it is in the power of every person
to improve his own beauty as we'll as bear.
ing, by constant control Of passion and
temper, and deep and constant cult
walton of the intellectual faculties, pure
affections, and the moral nature.
Nothing so expands the great soul o.
the responsible with seven years ex
prience' and to find typographical errol
in the columns OF a contemporary. 1t il
then that his brilliant and cultivated
brain shines forth in all the glory of it.
original insignifcance.
i Mayor Colvin, of Chicago, under in
structions OF the common council, has ap
pointed seven practical architects of tina
, city to examine the foundations of the ney
custom house, and the Journal gives hin
the credit of having, on the whole, ap
pointed really good men.
Great fires: twenty-five building
and large stock of bonded whisky i
Dublin, ireland, Friday night, of last week
!, slxty-two buildings in the business part Q
Grand Rapids, Mich, on Saturday night
! loss.-about 100000; and a 81, OOO.OO
J confagration in the business part of Pitts
} burgh, Monday,
"A special correspondent just from
Southwestern Kansas reports the hangin,
of four horse-thieves at Wilmington, Sum
ner county. on Thursday night of last week
by the Vigilants. A great number G
horses have been stolen in that section
during the last two months. The leader c
the band was a man named Cool
He was among the number lynched.
E Despair settles upon the souther
| outrage shrieker and the bloody-shil
$ shaker. As they hear the cheers whic
Boston gives so heartily to its souther
visitors, they feel like exclaiming, wit
the toy balloon merchant who felt til
string which held his property slip frol
j his hand and saw the whole concern sal
!; ing sereneiy toward the clouds: ''Py tan
dere goes my peezness!"-M Y 1ribun
ef The warehouse of Moore & Lowrey, q
8 Port Byron, was entered last Saturda
n night and about 5000 worth of meat an
= things were taken. They had been vi
q loaded from the steamer Diamond 10 9
L 2 o'clock that morning and placed in til
/ warehouse, which was left unlocked, TIE
hams were found on Sunday forenoon hi,
f den in a potato patch near that place. \
r clue to the thieves.
+ Lovers of house plants will be sorl
!. to learn that the oleander is dangero,
i plant. But so it is. Children have bee
e poisoned by eating the flower petals; ca
d tie have been killed by browsing on Il
!; foliage; single drop, it is said, of the nj
d ky, acrid juice that exudes when a tw
= or leaf is broken off is sufficient to produ'
e the death of an infant The odar e.
3 hailed from the blossom is also deleterio1
to health.
The chess department of the Ro,
l. Island Athletic club was opened last ev
J. ming, and was well attended by gentlem;
l. from this city and Davenport. All Il
d rooms of the club are fitted up with tas
Is and prosperity seems to attend the manag
J, ment. Besides affording members an 0
Is portunity to improve in billiards, ches
T. cards, checkers, dominos, and in exerci
d in the gymnasium, the social adYantag
2 are very great. Let the club maintain
Thigh tone and at will continue to pgospe