The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-06

The Democratic meeting and torch.
light procession at Hampton on Saturday
night was great success.
Work for that doubtful vote-and
get it early in the morning. On this de-
ponds our success in Illinois.
Sudden change of weather, last
night, to strong northwest winds and
squalls of snow. The roads are horrled-
mud, mud, mud.
There was a small fire at Kroger Il
Freytag's furniture store on Saturday
evening which was put out without much
trouble Its origin is a mystery.
The latest gag is that Tweed has
stolen the U. S. steamer Franklin and is
waiting outside Baltimore Bay to take
Belknap, Babcock, Grant Il Co. on board
and sail for San Domingo Immediately
after the election.
The G. r. |. & z. folks intend laying
a track to connect with the Davenport Il
Northwestern railroad. Such track will
prove of great convenience to the manufac-
ttories along the river bank, especially so to
the shippers Of lumber.--Gazette
x-Uncle Jim Bellows has returned TO
town and gone to housekeeping in Thomas
Plummer's building, over Dart u Gregg s
store, and wants few table boarders at
"a week. The neat and generous table
set by Mrs. Bellows will soon have every
seat taken.
The Bob Ingersoll parade was q
mournful affair to-day 6 or 8 horsemen,
few black carriages and some more muddy
horsemen. 1t was sad spectacle. BY
the way-how did they evade the rules O
the war department in regard to pro
cessions over the Z. S. bridges?
The rain of the past few days ha
greatly retarded the work on the ID. Il N
". railroad. But for THAT Messrs Barke
& Kennedy would have had their contrac
, completed last Saturday evening. an
much of the trestIe work in place. Six 0
eight more working days will bring in th
trains-perhaps early next week.
The registration of New York is 1888
loco. Its population is 100000. Th
: registration of Philadelphia is $4,000
, Its population is but 100000. What
J. the reason of this disproportion? Simpl
S this; Bill Kemble and his crew have pr,
+ nared to stuff the Philadelphia ballC
b boxes.
Otto Gottsch has purchased the proE
lerty of the late Jacob Norris and, 10 til
+ spring, he will erect a fine two story saloo
on the corner of tie lot This is GOO
site. The location is a good one, as thel
I, is never ending stream of travel pa'
y that corner on the new Milan road. Thel
a is an ever running spring of clear col
n water on the premises which Otto Wi
1t utilize for the benefit of passing teams.
1t is reported that the managers
It the Northern Line of steamers and of Il
It Chicago. Rock Island & st. Louis railroa
d which is run by the c., B. & O. folk
E. have come to an agreement on the freigt
rates. They are 20 cents per 100 lbs. f
grain, sack freight Is cents per 100 lbs
It onions, potatoes, etc., in barrels 223 cen
~ per 100 lbs, and -four Is cents per Dbl.
Rock Island to st. Louis.
The old, large and vacant two stol
tenement house, corner of Washlngt'
~. and Union streets, in Northwest Dave
port, was destroyed by fire between anG
o'clock Saturday morning. The Eagle f
,n- bell rang and the company turned out, b
ty no alarm was raised down town. L
'te building was past saving when the frem
reached it. The house had long been
nc eye-sore, and fire had been kindled in
he twice before, since the first of Janual
he This time the incendiary made sure work
m it, 1t was owned by Mr. L. Mitchell, wi
- notwithstanding its size, valued it at abe
= $25, for he offered to sell it for that sum
'e few weeks since. 1t cost over 81 ,200wh
he built twenty-five years ago.
TT Thursday of last week Chief MarteI
an of Davenport. spotted man who call
VI himself James Temple, whose actions
lily to the suspicion that he was bent on sol
IN errand of crime. And, the day after, t
len chief arrested the fellow, and found in
,os pockets two checks signed 'McCosh
L. Donahue;" one was on the Davenp
oe National bank for S122.50, dated Nov.
lr. 1876, endorsed -. Goldsbury," and I
of other on the First National bank of Dav,
for port for $l34.5O, dated Nov. 3, 1876,
~. dorsed James Howard" The chez
e'' were drawn in business like hand, a
'od the signatures were good limitations of I
me parties represented, The arrest was k
led from public notice until Saturday, to
termine whether Temple had confedera
or not-but if he had, no clue to them '
found. The prisoner is evidently bool
for a term in the penitentiary..