The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-23
NOTES HERE AND THERE.


The river gagged at 1.6 above low
mark at noon to-day.
Hay is the chief article of produce for
sale on Market Square nowadays.
Harry Robinson's MINISTRIES at Darts
Hall, Tuesday evening, Aug. Doth.
The pay-car on the ST. Louis road
went south yesterday to pay off for July.
DR.. Charles Carter,-ofice I'd floor
room H. is the latest sign at Mitchell
& Lynde's block.
The Union publishes an extract from
letter from DR.. Bowman, of Andalusia,
showing that the DIR. still sticks to the
Grant regime. That's lucky for the Dem
ocrats.
John l.. Haskell. colored, living OPP,
posite Huber's brewery, was thrown from
a wagon Monday, at Rock Island Arsenal,
and his back severely injured. DIR. Law
renee attends him.
Little Gravy Eyes frets because no
one puts any letters in his box. Let him
go to Dave Don and get a decent box, like
THE ARGUS box, and maybe some one
would then drop letter in it.
The Peoria road would accommodate
the travelling public better if another coach
was added to the passenger trains. As it
now is not all the passengers can obtain
seats-too much travel.
1t is reported that Day Policeman
John Brennan has been suspended for 80
days, by Mayor Butler, for being drunk
and engaging in a row at Biehls Band
pic mic. a couple of weeks ago-where he
had been assigned to duty.
A German named Heinrich Evers, a
patient az the Linwood Mineral Springs,
hung himself to tree near the hotel there
last Sunday night and his body was not
| discovered until Tuesday forenoon,
Coroner Grant and jury returned yer
| dict that he committed suicide. 1t is
thought that long continued sickness was
his cause for the rash act He had $50 on
his person when found. He has brother
| living near Omaha.
Here are some figures about lumber
25, 900, 900 feet of logs were sold at Mime
apolis last week at $3.50 to $ll,50 RATED
also the boom corporation has turned
out 100, 100000 feet of logs this season
with OF, 900, 900 yet to come through. Al
Lacrosse b0oms closed July 10, at which
time it was estimated l70.0OO,OO0 feet Of
logs had gone through. There is 10 market
there now only l0,000,000 feet Prices
firm at So 25(G6 so for No. and 9.5O(dlO
for No l logs.
For several days past some of our
crack shots have been planning big hunt
on the prairies of Iowa, so or IS miles west
OF this city. and this morning the following
persons kissed their wives and babies ano
started, by wagon. for the wild, free
west. viz: S. r. Porter, Dave Reid
Doc" Webster. J, B. Cargill and NJ NJ
Sturgeon. The wagon was well loaded
with the necessary refreshments, etc,
for a couple of weeks, and if success at
tends them their friends here may expect
to receive car load or two of game in the
next few days.
Where is the hitch about opening
the Adams street sewer? The city has
done its part, to Illinois street, aud vii
cross that street as soon as the railroad
company does its part Why is it ho
j, done? \ heavy rain would fill up The
sewer again with mud, and fill the cellers
with water. The sewer across the railroad
property should be sunk deeper so that
with greater fall. the mud VIII be carried
out. The people in that part of the town
call upon our city authorities to see tina
the foot of the sewer is cleaned out ana
sunk deeper, without further delay.
The annual camp meeting of the
Methodit5 commenced Tuesday at Tyn
dali's Grove, miles south Of Milan, witt
a pretty .air attendance Following is The