The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-16
NOTES HERE AND THERE,

ing up and railroads are suffering Da0iy.
Quincy is trying lot of Can Can pre-
tenders for immoral exhibition" And
the Can Can pretenders show every night,
Just the same.
OF course our new deputy sheriff is
excusable for mistaking the Can Can for
an Old Settlers meeting. He hasn' quite
got used to city ways. Though ne says he
thought it little curious they all slipped
up into the hall alone.
This is one of our severe March days.
Yesterday warm rain; last night and
to-day furious cold west wind, with
squalls of snow. To-day there is no cross
ing on the ice-the snow squalls cover the
river with cloud, and the wind is furious.
On Sunday the water main on Front
street, between State and Fisher. bursted.
and it was some time before the leak was
stopped. Rursted fire hydrants are plen-
ty nowadays, and the water department
has its hands full.-Psoria Democrat, 10th
A good many Rock islanders, friends
of the Philadelphia artist, Ferris, formerly
| a Rock Island boy Ia relative of Mr.. ID. +.
Kinney will be interested in reading the
| article in this paper from the Philadelphia
| Ledger, in regard to successful piece of
work executed by him.
| The eastward bound train on the T.
P. & W. R. R. yesterday, when 2 miles
north of Breeds station, encountered a
broken rail. Two passenger coaches were
ditched. Several passengers were injured,
| and a little girl, two years old, named
Brosche, was killed.
| WIN. A. Turney. formerly clerk of the
1 1a1 or fyfio oil h
18th, of rheumatism. He was born in Ga.
field for 20 years. He was greatly re.
spected and beloved by all who knew him
/ "A paper is in circulation inviting the
Rev. Father Roles to deliver lecture upor
matters connected with his recent Euro
pean tour, and is gladly signed by all wht
see it. 1t has not yet been presented tt
the Rev. Father, and what his answer viii
be is not known. We hope he will graft.
the people by acceeding to their request
-Showmen sometimes think that be
cause they advertise in newspaper the!
have a right to edit It, We hear tina
there was a man of the name of Cole, il
Darts Hall, last night, who wanted to edi
The ARGUS or meet somebody who did
There was once Milwaukee man of tina
name, who when he wasn't in Rock Isl
and) was anxious to meet some editor o
TUE ARGUS, but when here he wasn't s.
anxious. 1t was very much that way las
evening. Barking dogs seldom bite.
Let's out O this said Pat as b
looked into the door of Darts Hall durin
the performance of the Can Can. Don
We see its Republican convintion. There
the three editurs of the Union on thu
front seat along wild the cheerman of boar
of supervisors a taking notes Of then
blarsted Moline crusaders on the plat
forme, know thin. That long one wi
the yalier hair marked me a coming on
of Shrader's saloon last summer. I'll no
countenance their proceedings wild m
presence,-I WON'T sure
| DARTS Hall was jam-full of men an
boys mostly from Davenport and Moline
, last evening to see the naughty Can Car
wore drawers and ''sich." The Daver
porters had never seen ANYTHING of tn
, kind before, and they were we'll Statistic
, with paying dollar each to see how
woman looked in drawers and frille
foupces. If they want first class sho'
5 they have to come to Rock Island. Tn
= Moiners felt so nice at what they sa,
, that they took suthin" and staid late.
The city authorities did not interior
with the performance of the Can Ca
under their conditional license, and tn
conundrum is solved. Those in after
5 dance now know the standard of decenc
! as established by official recognition
Quite a number of the citizens of prou
Moline were in the city until late hou
| last night. Is it possible they m;stook tn
y Can Can ladies for crusade witnesses RI
hearsing for the next term ofcourt? The
are an innocent class of people and iabl
to be deceived by the presence of police
|, men and court officers,
d Sad and mournful was the tone of on
e of our leading lawyers as he stood up
Copp's band wagon and asked This deluG
ed and detected companions to perform fo
3 him an act of Kindness. They had a
0 been over to Davenport to see the Ca
Can. At its close they came out, too
their seats in the wagon and started ft
home. Not comment was made or eve
!, a word said until they reached Fort Arm
a strong Avenue on the Island, The sigt
e of the steep bank seemed to revive on
!, lawyer; his form assumed classic pos
. ton; he stopped the wagon his voic
e dropped to mournful cadence, as it
!, wont to do when making a pathetic appe,
8 to jury, and he said: Boys won't one
o you kick me down that bank" "Yes
! he said as the idea warmed up bis feeling
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