The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-22
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Richard Grant says that the pronun- |
citation is Cooper, not "Cow-per."
= vicious dog attacked our city
clerk yerterday. Shoot him on the spot
Bernard Hassing and Alex Scott, in
dicted for larceny, plead guilty. Not SEN
fenced yet.
John johnson, indited for assault with
q deadly weapon, plead guilty. Ten days
in the county Jail.
The ladies festival in the Congrega-
tional church in Hampton Thursday even
ing was a fine affair, and Melted about
$l25, for the bell fund.
Even the ablest of the supporters of
the Administration find it impossible to
defend the Louisiana blunder and crime
in any straight forward way.
Andrew Gilford-assault with deadly
weapon. Plea of guilty of assault and bat
terry rendered and accepted. Judgement
that defendant pay fine of $40.
The Congressional Record publishes
Logan's speech adorned with a wood cut
of skull and cross bones. Stupid printer
The photograph of Logan himself would
have been ten times more fright-inspirlng.
| The B. T. Allen bank failure has an
ugly look. The public statement OF his
bank affairs made only week ago is be-
heved to have been cooked" 1t begins
to look as if there was colored individual
in that wood pile.
| On Friday morning of last week,
Henry Probyne, residing for the last l;
years with Robert Lafferty, about two
miles north of Cambridge, committed sui
eide by cutting his throat with razor
He was SO years of age.
The Union don't want to talk cleo
: too as much as it did. 1t ducks dowr
) it's head and has nothing to say in reply II
; the five charges against the present city
administration published last evening"
But the people talk about them, neverthe
less.
Would it not be we'll for grand jurie
to ascertain whether there is probabl
guilt before finding bills against people OF
the hearsay stories of malicious persons
Haven't the people of this county bee
taxed about enough in that way? Two in
ditments against John Treglone for sellin
liquor without license have been abandon
ed; also against Nugen and Courtney TO
;. riot; also one against John ONell an
John Dolan for attempting to steal. Th
people pay the costs.
The suggestion that in declaring tha
9 Sheridan was not fit to breathe the air {
o republic Mr.. Brayard had invited tn
assassination of Sheridan, is the neates
|. sylioeism that even the logical Logan ha
/ yet framed. What blessing it is to hav
r such character. such abilities and sue
i learning as I4ogan's in the Senate of til
# United States, always ION draught," S
- to speak, for the service of the country
h Doesn't the Uaiop think that Sill
k 900, 100000 is good deal of money
1t have been expended on river improvement
~ in the Mississippi Valley? Hadn't OF
r neighbor better drop three cyphers in ii
? statement? And does it not think thel
v are more than 10000 people in the Missi
It sippi Valley? Had it not better add thre
is cyphers. in this case? 1t is fine thing
" be accurate, you know, a ~
in The Washington Capital has a CO..
D. respondent in London who writes that
le lady of upper-tendom remarked to hi
to the other day that she believed they ha
of no old church-ruins in America. "Be
I'd pardon madam" replied the correspo
se dent. mo end to church ruins. There
ar Plymouth Church ruins and Clendennir
Church ruins and others Just like the
lying all around. The honorable artist
D. crat brought her of-eye to bear on me, AN
said something in feeble way about i
being rawther damp, you know