The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-02
NOTES HIRE AID THERE.


The Scott county fair opens Tuesday
next.
The Sisters lSchool. in Davenport,
opens on Monday.
The western mail was two hours be-
hind time this morning.
Sitting Bull' is the name the Indiana
papers give to Senator Morton.
There are about so men employed on
the line of the D. Il n. W. road in
East Davenport.
Let no man fail to read and carefully
consider the two articles on the inside
pages of this paper.
Monday::will be the first day Of the
September term of circuit court. There
will be large criminal docket.
"A good many people are interested in
the long ordinance in this paper, about
sidewalks, aud tomorrow will be good
time to tackle 1t.
The funeral of the late s. ?. Hodges
took place to day, attended by Rev. K. G.
Barnard and Rev. Mr.. Findley. The in
torment was at Riverside Cemetery. IN
Moline
-Babcock was only indicted twice and
he has again been restored to his old in-
timacy with President Grant. s'y the
time two or three more indictments are
found against him there is no computing
what he will be fitted for.
The Moline Touring mill wagon, cross
ing the railroad tracks at the ferry land
ing in this city last evening, with a load
OF wheat. was run into by freight train.
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but doing no serious harm.
THE ARGUS is the only paper that
kept reporter at the fair grounds and
run pony express with copy,-the only
paper that published a complete list OF
entries, premiums, etc. The Union says:
I'VE would like to make special mention OF
these articles, but the magnitude OF the
task forbids us to undertake it" Jesse.
Yesterday morning as the second
section of freight train No. 9, on the c.,
r. |. & p. r. R.. bound west was about
two miles east of Geneseo, journal on
one of the cars twisted off and ditched
eight cars, blocking the road about six
hours. Part of the cars were replaced on
the track and the rest were pitched.
The ball 10 Killers Hall on Thursday
evening, given by Phoenix Hose Co. No /
was we'll attended and very orderly throug-
out, and everybody present appeared tC
eajoy the occasion very much. A number
of members of the late Hope Hose &C.
| were present and the behavior of all was
good throughout the evening
Yesterday afternoon a thief walked
into the Office of the Davenport butter anG
egg company on Perry street, Davenport
when nobody was in, picked up the silver
watch of Mr.. j. B. Rose, which was on 8
desk at which he had been writing, ant
got of without detection. If people leave
their business rooms unprotected they neet
expect nothing else.
Three prisoners escaped from thu
Upton tIowa) Jail on Saturday night, by
! cutting with saw two bars in the window
trial for shooting at his brother in-law
8 Ben. Newton and Chas. Bateman, 70
/ burglary at Springdaie. Newton ant
Bateman were captured at Lisbon on Mon
day, but Cottrell, who was the leader, i
still at large.
Seven of the eight wipcrs In the C. r
|. & Z. r. r. round house over the river
have been discharged and Is on this side
in consequence of an order that fremel
must wipe their own locomotives. Tht
order seems pretty hard, especially as il
,, gives no increase of wages To be com
! PEELED to spend two or three hours groom
ing an engine after an all night run, i
pretty tough; or to work far into the nigh
wiping locomotive after an allday run
+, and be ready to 60 out the next morning
is hard The fremea here do not pro
, pose to strike, but to appeal to the power
that be cot to enforce the oppressive or
$ der In Chicago the fremen of the G. r
= | & P, the G. B. Il O., and the Michigan
q Southern roads held meeting Thursda,
evening, and resolved to ask for their time
Ii quit if the order is not rescinded.