The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-17

NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Heavy frosts.
Very pleasant weather.
The leaves begin to fall.
Two weeks from next Tuesday is the
day.
The forests will coon laugh with the
rich and varied colors of autumn.
The members of the Rock Island Light
Artillery Co. will give private dance in
Artillery Hall this evening-this being
the first of series of dances they will
give their friends this winter.
Festival and ball at Darts Hall this
evening, for the benefit of the German
Catholic Bonifacius Society, to which all
are invited. Biehl's band furnishes the
music. Tickets so cents.
Mrs Stadidman cor. of and Dover
south st., st. Louis. Mo-" will probably
get her letter, but not quite as soon as if
ner correspondent had dropped it in the
post Office instead of The ARGUS letter
box,
Squire Kaufman, of Davenport, was
assaulted 10 the Jail over there on Sunday
afternoon. by d rough named Wm. Webb,
whom the justice had sent to Jail, but al
lhou1h he is pretty old man he gave the
young rough good dressing down"
They say Bob Ingersoll is coming
money out of his political stump speaking
tour faster than other way. That's right
| Bob-make 'em whack up. for its your las,
chance to make a cent out of politics
Tllden is to be our next president.
The work of erecting the eighty foot
railroad bridge over Spring street and the
trestle work. 740 feet long, west of Sprins
street, Davenport, for the d. & N. w
road, was commenced to-day. by Messrs
Horribly Il Cable, who have the contrac
for the same.
The festival to be given by the mem
bers OF st. Joseph's tCathplic) church. il
Darts Hall, on the I'd. Sd and 4th o
NOVEMBER, promises to be a very flu,
affalr. as a large number of tickets hav,
already been sold. The proceeds of tn,
festival e for Father Rues's house.
Constable 2. Josiah Hevering, o
Milan, will leave tomorrow evening for
business trip to Des Moines, Cedar Rapids
and other cities in Iowa He will be alb
sent about two weeks. Milan will be
dull town during his absence, and tn
funny tribe will take a res" for fe,
days.
As Judge Grant, of Davenport sale
in speech at Desmoines, the ''thunde
from Indiana has set the world in conmo
ton. Jubilation is the order of the .da.
all over the land. The people are reJoic
ing that there is prospect of relief from
the robbers who have been preylng OF
their substance, and that peace is to b
restored between all sections OF our coun
try.
The reporter for the Union wants
people to believe that he constitutes all O
the Republican procession-that he dix
not arrive home from Moline on Satur
day night until after some scoundrel threw
whisky glass through the show window
at Grotan's drug store Nobody woult
have been surprised if he hadn't got HON,
until this evening-people know his fault
| The glass Was broken about | clock Sun
day morning.
The Times remarks that St. JOSEPH
county, Indiana, which should have givel
soc Republican majority, turns out to be
tie, This is the county of Schuyler Col
fax, whom the Republicans had the foil
ana lmpudence TO put on the stump TO al
vocate their hopeless cause. 1t is honora
bic to the neighbors of this pious iraut
and sha eless jobber that they cut off tn
Republican majority in the county whicl
he disgraces.
DIR. f. B. Halliday. of Syracuse, NY.
who advertised himself as curer of al
lung diseases catarrE, etc, arrived an,
took rooms at the Buris House, Daven
port, on the LIST inst. He appeared 10 d
a good business, and delivered severa
free lectures in Burts Opera House t
large audiences About. L o'clock las
week Thursday forenoon he came to this cit
on business, aud since that time nothin
has beer seen or heard of him, by hi
friends. He left 10 bills unpaid in Daver
port. so that could not be reason for hi
disappearance, and his friends believe tn.
b. has been foully dealt with. He lei
skeletons, charts, medicines, books, etc, i
his room valued at several hundred do
lars. He was large man-tall and heavy
rather sandy hair, large head and forl
complexion.