The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-28
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Market square looks like ay-feld.
Look out for sneak thieves, and incen-
diary fires,
The Peoria road got rs passengers
from the Harper House, at LAS to-day.
"A. Leonard, Esq, Zines, Wild Co,
Colorado" is the man who now has to wait
for his letter.
Brick work on Fred kellarstrass'
new building was completed tod-y. 1t is
fine ornament II the city.
-Bricklaying on Darts new block aud
on the Broadway Presbyterian church has
been stopped--waiting on the carpenters.
Geo. Alter. the foreman in the paint
| ing department in the Buford Plow FORKS.
| is doing some nice work on agricultural I'M
plemts.
| A couple of fellows who tried to get
into Mr.. z. L. Cables coal Office Saturday
night. were arrested and jailed by Marshal
Halves.
If anything were needed to show that
the election of Hayes is the third term of
| Grant & Co.. telegram in this paper
supplies the want.
| Adam Brockman has moved his saloon
from near Weyerhauser Il Denkman's saw
mill to Exchange street, Just south OF
Haverstick's pottery.
Homer Henderson, the artist, will
take charge of the art department in the
county fair. In his hands, every picture
will have proper care.
WIN. FL. Thompson offers his thank
to the fremen of this city for their sue
cessful efforts in saving his residence dur
ing the fire of last Friday night, when his
pattern house was destroyed.
Capt. Holberton and Mr.. Emerson
have little easier time now their partner,
Mr.. Hurd, has returned. Their place is
popular resort and this week will probably
be more than usually crowded.
Two saddle-horses we're stolen from
the camp ground sometime last night One
tof them belonged to a man named Todd and
the other to a man named Heath No
clue to the thieves, as yet, though officers
are on the lookout for them.
1t is believed that the fire at Ehr-
horns ice house was set 1t is Said that
E some bows saw man set fire to the little
! stable adjoining the ice house and when
they called to him he threw stones at
them and then ran through the alley.
"A farmer from Presumption. on Satur
day, drove upon one of Dennis Warren S
: vacant lots and left his team, as is the Gus.
E tom of farmers generally-and he also lief,
his coat In the wagon, and Sc in money il
the coat. When he returned the money
:, was gone. There's plenty of rascals about
:, town watching chances to steal
The Gazette can hardly contain Itself
, for Joy over the vote on the railroad tax Sat
t urday One would judge from reading thu
/ paper that Davenport had just been saveC
y from humiliation; that the town was deaC
! and going to the dogs, and this vot'
. saved it from following in the wake o
. Rockingham.
e President Grant, in his letter to Gov
+ ernor Chamberlain, omitted to make AM
a mention of the robbery of negroes by tn
n Republican ring that ran the Freedmen
e bank A government that will not Civ
protection to property. but encourages it
agents to steal the small savings of poo
and ignorant people, is in so far remark
ably mean failure.
The first Republican meeting of tn
= campaign was held in this city last even
n ing The kerosene brigade was out il
! force-l50 torches-marched to the cour
Y house where Jno. B. Hawley of lllinoi
i delivered a speech in which he abuset
d Tilden, fought the war all over again
7 Haunted the bloody shirt, and eulogise'
Y Grants administration, to the disgust Q
:, all his hearers, Republicans, Liberals ant
q Democrats the two latter elements com
4 prising four ffths of his audience. TIL
i meeting closed with an apology frou
# Price and Green for the remarks of Haw
~ ley.-DdUeap0r Democrat, Goth.
e Were it not for the fact that Price au
Y Oreen came forward and toned down tt,
n eulogy of Grant and his theiving admins
d tration last evening, the kerosene hrigad
would have grounded their torches in dis
If gust and lett the court house. They wer
t, preparing to leave when Hawley's Goa
TO tail was pulled by Green, intimating to hir
T. that he was on the wrong track. Their
are some things that decent Republican
cant stand, and Grants thieving admin
istration eulogised is one of them Oar
export Democrat, Goth.
% Our city marshal neglects to enforc
q. the law in regard to cards in hacks giyin
rates of fare, number of hack, driver
q name, etc. He once rendered as excus
~ that the hacks were not owned by til
g drivers and that the drivers wer
frequently changed Then let tn
" owners procure enough cards to chang
with achange of drivers. Strangers, unles
~ this Law is enforced. have not the means
n bringing drivers, who abuse them or exto
r illegal fares, to justice. The marsh
or should enforce the law-also the law as
where hacks have a right to stand.
VTo S%aI~a r. r.,