The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-19
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-Burtis Opera House, tonight. st. Jo-
eph's Dramatic Association.
1T is now claimed that the so day city
riders were issued by the clerk under the
Erection Of the mayor. l.
Senator Logan is almost as great on
reconstruction as he was last winter on e.
nance Hes breezy genius. Y Her
Md.
If anybody has found watch seal
With the letters P. Q. engraved thereon, an
owner can be found by inquiring at this Of
fee, str-gf4
The more the city prison project is talk
ed over the more positive the people are
that instead of saving money it would be |
an additional expense to the city.
Gentlemen in congress, that rotten car
cass in Louisiana is past saving. Throw
it overheard, and for the sake of common
sense and common decency do wash your
hands-N Y. Tribune. q"
The Chicago Tribune calls halt on
the Kellogg usurpation and demands that
Kellogg and bis scalawags be kicked out.
Don't miss reading the article in this paper,
from the Tribune. It is significant.
Garry your revolver and nose mop in
the same pocket. Fred Yelm. o keckler-
Vile tailor, drew his handkerchief and
swamp angel at the same time and blew
his nose and shot himself in the leg.
Between the sleighs across the ice and
the hacks across the bridges there is q
| lively rivalry for passengers. And still
the accommodation train with warm Car
runs its regular trips. Fare 10 cents by all
routes. ~ "s ls@f
Geo. F. Paddock & Co.'s bank at
WATERFOWL, n. Y, must be rotten con-
Germ. 1t has stopped payment and shows
liabilities $434,0O and assests $4,000.
About ST., 200 Of the latter amount is said
to be valueless,
| The annual festival of the Burns Club
of Davenport, which comes off on the even.
ing of Monday, the 25th inst, promises tc
eclipse all former anniversary occasions Of
the club, in completeness of the arrange.
ments for good time. and in the attend
ance to enjoy the same. ~. .f ~
| On motion of Mr.. Garfield, the rules
were suspended and bill passed appro
priating $25, 900 to defray the expenses at
tending the visit of King Kalakaua. An,
that's the way the peoples taxes are eater
up. It would have been cheaper to hav,
fed him on missionary. Ga
Saturday last, Martin Sweet
| a farmer living near Arlington
a Bureau county, ILL.,, drove to Peru t.
do some shopping, and desiring to TAX
9 home load of ice, drove down to tn
] river for that purpose. Venturing upol
1 newly formed, thin ice, his horses brok
! through and were drowned, to his loss Q
about $500. Z.
-Smiler Colfax has refused to infic
= Muscatine with his Lincoln anecdotes
He proposes to dry up on that lectur
|. March 3lst, and retire again to private lift
He proposes that about once in every tire
months, and still he hangs around in from
3 Of the public with that old bob tailed hac
d drivers coat on which he wore in Daver
- port.
e Annie Brown, young lady living q
Richmond, Ind, swears that John Shul
a wealthy bachelor farmer, is the fathe
d of her unborn child. and has broken tn
:. marriage contract; she wants $1,000
81 He seduced her; for that she wants al
other $4,000. The Justice holds Schu
:. over to answer charges, under $I,OO
OF bonds. y
s AT present the Republican party, i
TX the showing of Logan, assumed queer a
e tltude. 1t came into power some veal
since as the exclusive possessor of all th
public virtue and with mission to driy
'e out the evil spirit; but now if it can find
d Democratic precedent for any act it con
j. mits it considers the act justified. Is th
e. thing wrong? Oh no, for the Democrat
$ did it. ~, 7. Herald.
~ -Four convicts, known as the ''Roun
80 Grove robbers, escaped from Morriso
>, 81 Jail on Saturday They grabbed one
> the keerers as he was delivering ration
- locked him In a cell, and then rushe
. through the grated door. Sheriff WORE
e was sick in Ded at the time. He offe
20 $25 for the recapture of each prisone
If They were serving out sixty day sci
- tence.
f. "A telegram from Desmoines to Oh
in cago paper says: reports come hel
:" that prominent citizen of Grinnell, {
Friday, discovered that another man ha
nj been sharing his family he'd during his a
~ sence from home. He sought the ma
7u who acknowledged the fact, whereupon Il
OF husband shot him, the ball taking effect
e. the mans leg" Was this the Geo. Chri
q. tan and Gus Earl affair noticed in LIE
=. ARGUS of Yesterday? --14
- The Grand Jury in New York {
Saturday visited the Penlten1ary
rs Blackwells Island, They found VIM.
to Tweed occupying small, ill-ventilate
e. room, and, dressed in prison gar
l., The room formerly occupied by the pri
ny oner was also visited. 1t is said by tt
ry Herald to be one such as the poore
H. boarding house in New York should ce
-. tainly be able to rival in furniture, ligh
80 space and comfort.
~ On Saturday evening, at DeslMoine
=, while George G. Simms, constable, vi
IL, walking along the street, he was attack
nd by three men named John and A. B. Sla
ter and man named Ballard, and stable
in the head, neck, and back, One of IL
n cuts is from ear to ear. 1t is thought Il
wounds will prove fatal The men ha
been drinking at saloon several hours
e. Earlier in the day John Palmer got in
an alteration with jeweler, named Dou
=, lass and drew revolver which MISE
al fire, and the rascal was secured and lodge
at in jail.
=, Fall and winter suits and overcoats
~ speciality at Loeb 8, the One Price Clotl
~ Ter.
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