The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-06
NorEs HERE AND THERE.
Very pleasant day.

Very pleasant day.
Strong southwest wind.
The mud is drying up very rapidly.
The street brigade of scrapers is at
work on the business blocks on Illinois
street.
The city marshal's Office has been
crowded with impecunious tramps tor the
last few nights.
The wife of ''Old Hickory's' secretary
of war wore calico at her receptions, with
out ruffe or an ornament,
"Wednesday was pay day at Rock
Island Arsenal, About $4,000 was dis
bursed among the 275 men.
Massachusetts threatens to make Mr..
Dana a United States senator if the senate
rejects him. He would make an admir-
able substitute for MIR Boutwell.-N. I.
TIi6me.
The committee on poor and poor
farm, accompanied by clerk to take
testimony, aud reporter Cor this paper,
left on the Coal Valley train, this norning,
for Coal Valley.
The general comment on Bells state
ment amounts to about this. Whether
all he says is true or not, it is plain he has
told truth enough to render reopening of
Gen. Babcock' S case absolutely necessary. "
Capt. Bill Pierce is running steamer,
daily, between this point and Andalusia,
and Buffalo, Iowa, opposite Andalusla.
| We hope the captain will be sustained.
His Louisa" is popular boat
In the rural town of Davenport
prairie chickens fly around the streets.
One of them few into Burts grocery win
dow on Tuesday. 1t was captured, but
was as wild as any chicken that ever had
tie freedom of the prairiss.
Rock Island is putting on city airs
witness the new sign over the door OF the
Atlantic & Pacific telegraph Office viz
Railroad Ticket Office. Tickets Bought,
Sold or Exchanged" And on the side
walk bulletin board with prices of tickets
to all points,
"A hard money critic at Indianapolis.
thus sums up the Indiana Republican fl
uance resolutions. I'VE, the Republicans
of Indiana, believing that specie payments
are good thing, taken slowly and with
business caution, do hereby agree to lift
ourselves by our boot straps at as early an
occasion as may be agreeable.
The Davenport newspapers are mourn
ing over the fact that two wholesale houses
in that city are about packing up and
leaving Davenport, and settling 10 some
city where there are better shipping
faculties, especially to the west and north.
Rock Island has better shipping facilities,
in all directions than any city on the Mis-
sissippi river above st. Louis.
--Johu Vallandigham, of Andalusia
aged %, is missing, and supposed to be
drowned He had come up to this city in
a fat-boat in company with a man named
George Woodward. to purchase goods
, On the return trip, when opposite Weyer
hauser u Denkmau's lumber yard, Mr..
rose to his feet, averbalanced himself, ant
was thrown into the current.
In the railroad cut, 10 the lower par
: of Davenport, where the road climbs th'
bluffs, there was great landslide ol
ednesday,-a sliding down on each sid
of the cut, covering the track to the depti
: of 10 to II feet Road Master Breckcn
J ridge, with q large force OF men, cleared
one Of the tracks in time for the nigh
trains.
during the month of February tn
river here $50 car loads of merchandise
grain &c, and during March transierre,
5 $50 car loads Daring the fall months Q
last year the number monthly was alb ,u
400. So it will be seen that the numbe
Q of loaded cars taken across the river her
). by this company in the course of year
: about 2,50O.-Ddc. Dem. .
!. On Tuesday afternoon, about 4 clock
g a drunken fight occurred at the glass fac
tory, in which, it is said that VIM. Dow
=, ley, James Shields, Sam Broomhal
i three gatherers, aud Harry SchimererS,
glass blower, were the men engaged
2 These commenced by luarreling abou
some saw dust, and, after considerable di:
lie cussion, aided by several kegs Of electio
ic beer, blows were exchanged. During th
h rev, Dogiey is said to have been prett
G. badly burned by being thrown againstsou
c. Of the furnace doors, while James Shield
D. was struck severe blow in the face. \
re arrests.