The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-04
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

IT live stock into Chicago In 1874.
Samuel Sharpley, the well-known
Ethiopian minstrel, died in New York on
Friday night.
j. w. Stewart, the mayor of Daven-
port, and VIM. K. White, late circuit clerk
have formed law partnership. f;
The New Years present to Mr.. Short,
Of the Rockford road was foe hundred dol
lars instead of three hundred, as first stated.
Francis Murphy, an eloquent Irish
orator, late resident of Portland, Maine,
lectures on temperance In Moline tonight.
"A Page county, Iowa, monster horri-
bly, murdered his little daughter, last
week, by kicking her to death. He was
arrested, and is now in Jail at Glenwood.
= Last week Tuesday night an engineer
named Thomas Rossiter, employed by the
Rock Island Railroad company, was run
over and instantly killed by his own engine,
at Boone, Iowa.
The case of Smith vs.. Irwin, at the
recent session of the Mercer county Circuit
Court occupied two weeks in its trial, and
the jury disagreed. Walter j. Pepper for
plaintiff, AID j. G. Pepper and Charles
Durham for defendant.
The days ieDgthen eight minutes the
first week in January, ten minutes more
in the second, twelve in the third, and
fourteen in the fourth; forty four minutes
in the month. On February 7th the day
will be an hour longer than On January LIST.
The night express train for St. Louis,
now leaves Sunday night, instead of Satur-
day night, as heretofore, There is night
train for st. Louis every night, at 7 O.
clock, except Saturday highland a night
train leaves ST. Louis for Rock Island
every night, except Sunday night.
SO far from Republican form of gov
eminent having been guaranteed to Louis
lana, the Grant administration has per-
sistently denied her the privilege of such
popular government AS for invasion.
Louisiana has only been invaded by
Grants orders to the army and navy.
An item in Wisconsin exchange
makes the brief statement that young
| fellow of the town mentioned recently froze
his fingers while escorting school ma am
to prayer meeting, Froze his fingers
while escorting a school ma Fam The
depth of imbecility could no farther 60.
My real number is six, but my hand
will bear squeezing" is what she said to
the young man at the glove counter. And
the great thick headed lunatic got her a
pair of FIVE and a. half glove without find
ing out how much squeezing her hand
would bear We would have worked at
that job an hour but she should have had
an exact fG
Bob Ingersoll has struck new lead to
ease up the hard times. He says there's
plenty of money in the country, but an i'm
pecunioas fellow can't borrow any. There
fore the secretary of the treasury should
issue collaterals to all who need them, re-
tanning ten per cent. for his trouble. Bob
would like to be secretary of the treasury,
under this rule. This financial plank ought
to please every inhationist.
they now make fresh Goldfish chowder
at the Harper House, after the recipe OF
the celebrated Libby fish and oyster house,
in Murray street, New Iork-one of the
most celebrated places in New York to ge.
fine fish. oysters, CLAIMS and chowder. Mr.
Harper sent to New I ork for the directions
for making it, The chowder is perfectly
dellclouS-just as nice as you get in New
York.
"A man named Slender fell into eel
lar excavation near Littig's brewery, il
. Davenport last week Tuesday night thai
was some twelve feet deep; he was stun
ned by the fall, and lay in the cellar til
the next morning. when he was discovered
by couple of men, and taken to house
on Fillmore street, where he was cared for
He suffered internal injury, and has beer
in great pain ever since he came to hi:
senses.
-Carpet-bag government is an expen
sive luxury. A member of the Arkansa.
senate, Mr.. James NJ Loughborough, ha
been searching into its cost in that stat,
during the past six years, with the follow
ing result: Collected from the people il
taxes, Sc ,674 5ll 05; increase ofthe bond
ed debt, s., 753, 444 So; floating debt ere
ated, 1864, 72l "a total cost to the state
17,3O2,677 a. Is it any wonder Arkan
sas wants a change?
;. These dam disasters in the East ar
f altogether too frequent. The recent Gala
, nifty in Haydenville, Mass, though hap
PLY unattended by loss Of life, as in tn
Mill River valley break, has both bat
5 dam and d-n bad look about it. Punch
J suggestion some years ago ID check rairaat
> accidents by tying director every day OF
fthe engine, might be amended by hangiD,
contractor up wherever there is breal
in the masonry of these mill-dams.
wouldn't do anybody any harm to try it.
? There is no love like mothers love
. no heart Ike mother heart. Her affec
tons go out for her offspring, no matte
where he may roam or what the circum
stances in which she may be placed Al
instance was seen yesterday when Molin
. mother entered the Centre Station ant
found her child, who had been lost from
home for hours. She sprang wildly for
ward, eagerly caught him by the hair, an,
as she hauled him around she tenderly ex
claimed: ''Oh Bob Masters, I'll wollol
you for this when we get home p
, Here is another Republican organ
which is sharp enough to see that the re
buke which the people gave its party las
) fall meant something. The St. Loui
Democrat observes: I'VE cannot congra
tulate the Republicans upon the re electio.
of senator Carpenter to the position O
President pro tenn of the senate. II is no
by continued Endorsement of the bodies
cham pions of the back-pay and gag laws
,, that Republicans will regain that share Of
public confidence which those measure.
have cost them. Let the abilities of sht
senator, and his useful service in some
other respects, be fully conceded, and still
the fact remains that the Republican part,
cannot afford to select him for honor abov,
all other senator's
Might before last Deputy Marsha
Kim ball and Officers Parkes and Rinehar
} succeeded in capturing FIVE Of the rough
, boys in the lower part of town and escorted
them to jail The intention was to loci
them up until they could be tried for thei
numerous offenses, but it was finally decl
ded to let them go again on their gooc