The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-08
NOTES HERE AND THERE.


stagnant.
The music by the band at Augustana
college is delightful
The public library was opened this
morning for the issue of books.
Capt Pierces steamer Louisa is still
favorite in the Andalusia and Buffalo
trade.
--Iglehart & Bro, have opened mar
BILE shop on the corner of Buffalo and Rock
River streets.
Twice as many people read THE
DAILY ARGUS in Rock Island and Moline
as any other paper.
That team has been taken out of soak
by VIM. Rosemond, and the Carbon Cliff
grocer has gone to his home, happy. -Gaz-
cite.
Hon. Pinckney H.Walker Democrat)
was on Monday reelected Judge Of the
Illinois supreme court for the Fourth Dis
trict, without any opposition,
Magistrate Pinkley was called up last
evening to perform marriage ceremony
about 1880. The parties were Chas.
Watson and Lucinda c. Evans.
Capt MITCHELL of the steamer Lone
Star, will build a cabin 12xl6 for the
accommodation OF passengers on his boat.
Work will be commenced next Monday.
They go ahead in Rock Island. Cable
has located his new road to the Richland
Grove coal mines, % miles distant The
work has already commenced. -Trt- CITY
, Times.
Col. Flaglor calls the efforts of The
ARGUS to serve the best interests of the
people, personal spite" A military
; gentleman should take higher grounds
, 7ri- City Times.
The suit of DR.. Burtis vs.. the Water
} Company,in Davenport, has been settled
, and hereafter a water metre is to make
exhibit of the quantity of Mississippi the
hotel uses in quarter,
The annual pic mic of the proprietors
r and employees of the Buford Plow Works
was held on Green Island, in the Missis
sippi river, opposite the Plow Works. thi:
afternoon, and was big thing,
-Keator & Co. are extending theil
: water pipe for fire protection to the lumber
!. yard which they made this spring by fill
Y ing in Sylvan Water, between tae two
Y bridges. with sawdust
l.
Taylor's conduct in the Imhof case, las
evening, after hearing five witnesses thu
g committee decided to lay the case befor'
s the council next Monday evening.
s If our ordinances are not sufficiently
n stringent to protect the police in dispers
ing corner loafers and sidewalk nuisances
let the city attorney try his hand at con
structing one that will do the business.
?, The express messenger on the In
If dianola branch of the Rock Island roa
d slipped upon the track this morning, an
, a car wheel passing oyer his foot it wa
D badly mashed.-Demaoines Leader, 9th
q At meeting of the committee ap
u pointed by the citizens Of Cambridge t
l. make arrangements for celebration Jul
!, 4th, held at the Cambridge House. to-day
a. it was unanimously resolved to invit
Hon. j. b. Hawley to deliver the ORATOR
The lawyers of Rock Island and Her
y ~ counties, and the circuit judge. count
of officers, etc, held their annual pic mic 0
Big Island, in Rock river, to-day, som
nc of them having campcd out there til
a previous night
$. Statutes will be fired by L. S. troops
K Rock Island Arsenal on the 4th of j uly
ne follows: Federal salute of thirteen guns
ne sunrise, Centennial salute Of one hundre
O. guns at noon, and National salute of thirt,
n seven guns at sunset.
ed Leonard Drube's restaurant is gainir
much popularity for its fine cooking, boi
meats and pastry. The strawberry sho
cakes are much praised. And the weddir
~ cake, confectionery, ETC., are very choic
g, Leonard was head pastry cook at tt
= Harper House when it opened.
-Babcock and Belknap live next do
,e. to each other, aud nearly every morniI
to one can hear them call across the bat
fence as they are splitting kindling WOO
,rt for the morning fires: "How's the il
in parchment biz. Bill?" "Oh, all rigt
80. When's your burglary case coming u
Orv?"
b. The proposed road from the cemete
ID gate to South Rock Island ought to
e's opened If the highway commissions
in can't make a satisfactory arrangeme
ok with Pilgrim to move his house, then
90 the road be a mere lane, as at preser
res passing his property-but open the road
IN the public.
ed Conductor Sutliff, of the p. & r.
r., states that on Tuesday, during t
,th storm, lightning struck the saloon of
in Stockton, at Toulon, ILL.,, scatteri
I'D, things generally. Four men who were
the act of drinking beer at the time, we
ion knocked down and the glasses shatter
to atoms.
,oo After reading the letters, Blaine 81
IL. }duced Mulligan's memorandum interpr
est ing them, but did not propose to read
ay' The reading was demanded. however, a
the book was sent to the clerk 1t gave
me construction of the letters that did not
all agree with Blaines as to the lovely
rs Docepce of the transactions referred 70
o. There is strict ordinance in this CT
prohibiting the exploding of fire cracke
a. squibs, fire works, etc., under penalty
81, SIS for every offence. We trust that t
f e. city authorities will enforce that ordinan
io' and protect the city from fire. 1t is 81
II, enough for grown people to go arou
n' town banging on drums, blowing br;
horns, ringing bells. and flirting flags
~ that is innocent foolishness compared wi
for ai'omlhs ie0Aie'' hoooi0no " SCI 'he III
on fire.
ran -Doorkeeper Fitzhugh steps down a
10 ~ out in disgrace for writing foolish lett
'i"' 1t is well. But the Republican orga
=, should not exult Their last doorkeep
o .ah' Fitzhugh's predecessor, did worse than
~" write a foolish discriminating and
>, ceivipg bribes-and he did not step do
80 and out until the party went out of pow
no. Fitzhugh is foolish Democrat, but even
!. can afford to compare himself with a c.
iIo' rupt Republican Believing himself
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