The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-24
roTEs HERE AND THERE.

California train next Sunday over the
c., B. & @. railroad.
How is this?-103 impecunious
tramps have been sheltered in the mar
shaI's office 30 far this month.
Marsh, the witness against Belknap,
before the house committee, virtually re-
peated the facts he first stated.
Showing all day-yery damp snow,
almost rain; streets very snowy ana
muddy; few people stirring out OF doors
to-day.
That ruf1ian Joe Ellis, who trieu to
shoot Conductor Chamberlain, at Burling-
ton crossing, ON Tuesday, was examined
before magistrate and held to bail in the
sum of $400l
Evans, the Fort Sill post trader, in
his testimony before the congressional
committee, declared that he and all the
post traders have been regularly assessed
for election purposes.
The young man. Charlie Small, wasn't
drowned as reported, He was rescued by
parties who heard his cries, and who found
him clinging to tree, exhausted and
chilled nearly to death.-Dav, Gaz.
WIN. Rink, the grocer. on tho corner
of Toledo and Cutter streets, is the happy
father a bouncing pair of twins OF the
male persuasion. He says, I'm happy as
clam" Fathers will probably under
stand his feelings.
But why is it that the senate does no
appoint Investigation committees? Why
is it that our Republican neighbors do no
insist upon the senate looking after the
rogues, just as the Democratic newspaper:
insist upon the house doing it2
Constable Peter Josiah Heverling says
''it's lie. will sink" and citizen o
Milan remarks, he wouldn't if it were pos
sible for him to keep his mouth shut.
Pete says he will thrash the man VII,
keeps making these remarks about him, i
he can find the right one, He suspects
one man now, and that fellow had better
''look leedle Quit"
Thomas Thornton, the weighmaster
has resorted to very ingenious device t,
rid himself of the large number of bore
who daily congregate around and in his
little office When the room becomes toe
exclaims. LET me get to the stove Their
with this red pepper If they do no
scatter at that he throws the pepper Of
the stove and the little office is soon de
serted.
Notwithstanding the cold weather O
the last few days it is said the bed-bu G
in the city marshal's Office can be seeI
marching, in solid column, from to II
deep, and or s feet long, upon the un
suspecting tramp who finds shelter iron
the cold upon the hard p'anks of tina
office The walls tell the tale of many
hard fought battle, as there is hardly a
inch on the walls of the ''tramps' depart
ment" which does not bear marks OF tn
sanguinary conflict.
Marsh is described by a correspondent
as very neat, fine looking man, appal
entity about As or SO years of age. tai
slender, with narrow face, bald head. gra
Ieyes, dark Mustache tinted with gray
His manner was very polite and we'll breC
but he was very nervous, and paced tn
rooms at times very uneasily He was
poor witness, not Intentionally, however
but mis- memory was very poor, an
although he seemed to try faithfully an
sincerely, he was very rambling and III
certain in his answers.
i Yesterday, plumbers at work in one
the largest and finest buildings in this cit,
had occasion to cut into a partition wall
lath and plaster. against one side of whic
; steam pipe rested. And it would see,
as if the appearance of that lath ought
| settle the question as to the danger Of I'll
being communicated from heated steal
pipes This lath was charred on the eigt
several inches either side the pipe, an
every piece in the section against the pir
was dry as finder. [. looked as if war;
breath would set it blazing. Still thel
are men who contend that fire cannot r
suit from contact with steam pipes-Dd
e export Gazette.
5 Henry 7. Monroe, country schoc
= master, aged %, and living near Isouisvill
! the county seat Of Clay county, this stat
and States Attorney T. E. Parnente
were both badly taken in and sold. TO Il
: tune Of $40 and 81 respectively, by Il
notorious cut-throat, three card mon
man, aud swindler generally. "Bucksk
Joe" The former lost his $40 on kni
! trick, while our states attorney lost h
money IN the vain hope that Joe" wou
tell him who robbed the bank in Quincy
b year or SO ago. and also who stole the S.
b plate from the engraving bureau of L
!, treasury department Both are now sa
Il der il not wiser men.