The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-15
NOTES HERE AND THERE

Inc girl OF the perlOQ carries cane.
now.
Robert McWade plays Rip Van Win
kle at Darts Hall, next Monday evening.
The employees of the Peoria & Rock
Island Railway were paid to-day-which
didn't set any of them back bit.
Tomorrow evening the German Cath
lies, of st. Mary's church, will have fine
ball in Darts Hall, for the benefit of their
school,
The recent excursion from Sheffield,
Annawan aud Atkinson, to this city, in aid
of the NJ. E. Sunday school at Annawan,
netted $l75.25.
james Pace, the man who fell from
his wagon in Kewanee, two or three weeks
ago, while intoxicated. aud was so severely
injured, has finally died in consequence.
This evening the Father Mathew To-
tai Abstinence and BENEVOLENT Society, of
this city, gives ball at Darts Hall. They
will have genteel time and good COM
pany.
The blind beggar nuisance is quite
prevalent again. The police should put
an end to begging vagrancy. The people
are taxed to support paupers and COM
Portable place is provided for them. Stroll
ing beggars are generally imposters.
Twenty thousand cigars were yester-
kay seized by Henry NJ Cooper, collector
of internal revenue. Little Rock, Ark.
The manufacturers, Schmidt, App & Co.,
of Cincinnati, o., and Reed, Jones & Co.,
of Joliet, Ill had failed to comply with the
law, having put the name and number Of
the factory and revenue district upon the
boxes with stencilplate instead of burning
into the boxes.
"A little daughter of Mr.. Robert Booth,
living some miles south of Annawan, was
burned to death on Tuesday last. Her
parents were in the orchard near the house
picking apples, when Ida was sent in tt
| attend to her younger sisters in rekindling
| the fire; her apron caught fire and she
was soon enveloped in flames, and was 81
severely burned that she died in few
hours.
| "A special to the Democrat. from
Brush Greek, Fayette county, Iowa, north
west of Dubuque) the 14th, says: LAS
night during jollifcation over the recen
election, and while firing anvils, youne
married man named Frank Gales was seri
| UuSIy IuJuICu. HC lug UClNCCu tilO du
wills burst, and a part Of the ring wen
through Mr.. Gales leg. Physicians were
compelled to amputate the limb near the
body"
We find the following in the Chicago
Times, of Tuesday; MONMOUTH, ILL.,
Oct. 1l.-While at breakfast at the Com
mercial House, to-day, the room of MI. !ant
Mrs. Jenree. boarders, was entered anC
robbed of a fine gold watch and a lot O
other jewelry, valued at several hundred
dollars. A young girl, guest, calling
herself Miss Anna Gordon, of Galva, wa
arrested for the crime and is now in jail,
The Cambridge Chronicle says: "Anni
used to live in Cambridge, and her many
admirers will undoubtedly grieve to heal
Of this"
"A young Bible agent by the name Of
Lumbard has been laboring in this anC
adjoining sections of late, who it will bt
we'll for the better portion of our commun
ity to ignore. should he ever make his ap
pearance here again. The foul and Sian
derous reports that we know of his circula
ting in other places in regard to highly es
teemed and respectable ladies of this place
certainly merits the retribution he will b,
sure to receive should he ever darken tn,
streets of Cambridge with his disreputa
BILE visage again Cambridge Chronicle
There was an attempt to throw the pa
senger train of the Rockford road from tn
track last Sabbath evening, which was hap
PLY discovered in time to prevent an acct
dent. A gentleman by the name of Trolop
who was on his way down the road
became tired of waiting here for the trail
and had started!to walk to Lynn. When
little piece down the road, he discovere
two men running from. the track wher
they had placed some rails across as a
obstruction to the train. He came bac
to Orion and got on the train, thus pre-
venting what might have been a seriou
accident Cambridge Chronicle.
;. Somebody, who signs himself sc, F
Pearson" whoever that may be, says Mi
lard Nelson is not student at the Swedis
Lutheran College, which may be true, an
if true, only proves that Mlllard Nelso
lied when he claimed to be student q
aforesaid, ''C. P. Pearson" whoever h
may be, says THE ARGUS always seem
anxious to belittle the Swedes. which
not true. No instance of the kind can /
] given, and &c. P. Pearson" whoever b
may be, can have the free use of our offic
aud files to prove his statement. e
will accept this offer, retract h
talsehood, if he is gentleman. If he
y not gentleman he will stick to his falls