The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-16
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

now.
1t was payday on the Peoria road to-
day.
The river was feet above low water
mark this morning.
The ice is still running slowly on the
Davenport side of the river.
Heavy travel over the Rock Island
bridges yesterday. and to-day.
Farmers in the city to-day say the
roads are in terribly rough condition.
"A large force of harness and saddle
makers is employed at Rock Island Ar
senal.
The new ice in Sylvan Water is
between 3 and inches thick, and in
creasing every hour
Lieut.. Taylor, young graduate of
West Point, has just been assigned to duty
at Rock Island Arsenal. He arrived here
last evening.
-"You- Dress" said husband to his
fashionable wife, will never please the
men. L don't dress to please men, !"
was the reply, but to worry other wo-
men"
The revival meetings at the Exchange
street NJ. h. church closed last evening
after several weeks of labor About 90
converts are claimed. The church was
crowded every evening
Don't miss reading the dispatch to
the Baltimore Gazette about Grant and
Babcock. E. G. Brearly, Of this state,
heretofore mentioned in these columns,
figures in that article,
Printed signs of God bless our
Home" and Heaven is our Home" may
be hung up in every room of the house,
yet man will speak up promptly and
emphatically when he can't find the boot
jack.
AVOID all contact with men who seek
to leave the mark Of their hoofs upor
your heart, Those who pitilessly crush
the smallest of your sonsibilities are not
only Doors but enemies of humanity. KeeI
away from them.
There is said to be coolness between
Morton and Blaine This is doubtless
because Morton is offended that Blain,
should have grasped a piece Of the bloody
shirt. He won t play Joseph to any Main
Potiphar If he knows it--iSt Louis Rep
! A married man up town bought on
of the leap year neckIies which upon pull
ing cord discloses the word me" in front
He pulled the cord the other day when hi
wife asked him for money. Now he
using some leap-year hair restorative, bu
has no faith in it.
/ Did it ever occur to you, kind mammas
asks the thoughtful Boston Transcrip
while trotting your babies on your laps i
such a vigorous way, that if some giant
about ten times your size, were to trot yo'
10 a similar style the breath would be yer
apt to be iounced out of your body.
The election for chief and assistant en-
aineer Of the fire department will be he'll
at y o'clock on Saturday evening. at tn
:, Court House, instead of the Wide Awak
hose house, Thos. Bol!man, Dan'l Con
cOran, James Johnston. John Mehar
Ihos Yates and Mr.. P Kennedy, til
present chief, are talked of among tn
fireman. for their chief.
There is some talk in educational Gil
Giles of not having any school in this cit
on next Tuesday-WaSh ington's birthda.
! but nothing definite has been done, as ye
1t is not legal holiday and no good reaso
, can be given for breaking up the scho
week for Washington's birthday. If bus
ness is to stop on the birthday of ever
great and good man we shall have to clos
business permanently.
The Norwich Bulletin says: In cou
yesterday one Of the lawyers, in a burst
cloqueDea rs dazzling as the interior Of
tln-sho4', used the phrase ''sic itur a
astra. i consumptive looking man, wit
: a WOODEN comforter about his neck. can
|. ap to the desk shortly after. and inquire
what 1t meant Mean" said Mr.. NJ
Ginness, faith. it's Latin for up in
balloon "Well' said the man with Il
comforter, confidently, Il thought it W;
that, or higher'n a kite,o or something of Il
r sort"