The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-03
NOTES HERE AND THERE

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Police business is remarkably dull.
Il rise to explain, said Mr.. Blaine, of
Maine.
The delinquent tax sale will commence
at the court house June 18th.
Market Square presented a livelier
appearance to day than it has for some time
past.
The Wheeler Harwood chancery case
still claims the attention Of the circuit
court.
The street cars and teams are deco
rated with flags in honor of the Turner
festival. N
During the month of May Magistrate
Chopper collected fines amounting to
$500.
There are Is prisoners 10 our county
Jail, four of whom are awaiting sentence
for grand larceny.
After waiting two weeks the Union
concludes that it don't like the Republican
state platform.
Street Com'r Marker wishes us to say
that the new Toledo street bridge is now
open tor the public
d ohm Wicklund and Ann Eliza John
son, of Moline, were made happy yesterday
by Magistrate Chopper.
Work has commenced on the founda-
ton for B. Streckfus's new building, corner
of Buffalo and Rock river streets.
I. N. Holmes, architect, has moved his
studio to room No. %. in the southeast
corner of Mitchell & Lynde's block.
The New York San wisely advises the
Democracy to "go up to st, Louis pre-
pared to fight the Republican enemy, not
each other.
The old German Methodist Church
building on Madison street, between High
land and Gable streets, is being changed
into dwelling house.
| -Olof Olson, of Rapids City, and Miss
Lois A. Russell, of Yuma, appeared before
Magistrate Chopper this morning and ex-
pressed desire to become one. They
were gratified.
Father Maddox. a Catholic priest
known to many of that denomination in
this city, was drowned in the Mississippi
between Keokuk and Warsaw on Wednes-
day afternoon the 3lst ult
The New York World regards those
Tilden advertising circulars as "a very low
and discreditable trick, obviously intend,
ed as a foul blow at Governor Tilden. u
The whole business will be found in this
paper.
MIR. Blaine is busy explaining how he
purchased the 9th or It'll lot of railroad
bonds for some particular friends Mr..
Blaine's friends have evidently been a
source Of much trouble to him in the way
of bond speculations.
Supervisor Aster went down to take
Jane Collins TO the poor farm this morn
ling, but her husband objected to her
taking her clothing. The services of Con-
stable Heverling, of Milan, were secured,
and after putting John out of the house
they got the clothing and started for the
poor farm with Jane. ~~e 3
F H. Stephens, of Hampton. left his
coat hanging up in the shop with money
in it, and stepped out few minutes,
leaving no one in the shop. When he re.
turned his pocket book had been robbed oil
two $40 bank notes. The pocket book
was found lying on some timbers-oper
and the money gone.
"A three card monte robber was put
off train on the Union Pacific road, and
he brought suit in the United States court
at Omaha against the road. The decision
was to the effect that railrod companies
for the protection of passengers, have the
right to eject three card monte men from
the train, but must return the monte
robber the money he had paid for his fare
The following butchers have agreed t,
close their places of business from tn
hours of to every afternoon from jun
5th, until September list: Anthem,
Koch, Hardy Hetter, Henry fireman, E
Koehler, Fred. Ehleb, Thos. E. SCHNEIDER
Frank Buncher, Sass & Geigenheimers
. Geo. Heorath, Lawson Il Hoover, G. Z
Wagner, Fred. Schutt, Konrad Weitnauer
Thos. Begley.
There is something unutterably absur
, in the Chicago Tribune trying to make GU
f that Blaine is too conservative to stand O.
= the bloody shirt" platform of the Illinoi
y Republicans The Tribune is singularl
forgetful of his Andersonville speech
Hyena Blaine is as much in accord wit
the eternal-hatred resolutions of tn
. kSpringfeld convention as any one else i
. the country, not even excepting Morto
and Logan.
Fred Hass came very near having
7 bad smash up at Wagner's brewery abor
I 3 o'clock this afternoon. He had a coupl
. of young ladies in his wagon with him an
4 in trying to turn around the right fror
4 wheel caught under the box and the WACO
was overturned, falling on top of th
young ladies and bruising them somewha
The horse kicked Fred in the breast an
: broke the harness in several places, b,
did not run away. 1t was narrow escaE
Il from serious accident
The lengthy article in this paper
{ regard to Jarrett u Palmer fast train wi
be read with much interest. Tho Chlcal
Tribune says the passengers were ''sorr,
looking, and doubtless would have cheerful
g given four bits for bath. They looked q
n if they had been drawn by the hee
e through dust-heap of variegated hue
o Dust and dirt were everywhere discernabl
" All we're jaded and worn out with Il
l. ljolting they had received, and the e.
/ element under which they labored."
The agreement made between NJ
Harper and Messrs. Watts, Gray on
, Bowman, in relation to the present Q;
works, is that if Watts. Gray and Downs
{. pay $35 900, within forty-fve days fro
|, the day of sale, then the transfer will
I. made; otherwise the sale will not tai
: place. The st. Louis gents seemed qui
Z sanguine of success. But in case they &
I. not put up the money at the time agret
II on, then the ordinances are to be tran
a ferred to Mr.. Harper and he will carr
them out as agreed-so that the city ar
' tie people will get the benefit Of II
s. arrangement, in any event. The pape
~ ware nloced in tho hands Oft + Rob;neo