The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-20
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

The western mail was about an hour
late this morning.
The drainage at the foot of Madison
street is being cleaned and repaired.
The election for two members of the
board of education takes place one week
from to-day.
Treasurer Porter's tax sale will prob
ably close to-day. Up to Saturday night
$ll0,S43.67 had been collected on delin-
quent taxes
The schools connected with the Ger
man Lutheran church held pic mic IN
one OF Mr.. Davenport's groves, on Madi-
son street to-day.
The Republicans nominated Hayes,
but this don't signify that he is the Hay
seed" candidate The farmers are not
caught with such chat.
MIR. A. A. Adams, OF Port Byron, is
erecting dwelling house on Robbins av-
enue> to be occupied by VIM. Brindle, an
engineer on the G. r. l. 4 P,
"A letter from Ray county, Mo- to the
St Louis Republican, says: 1.-THE Demo
cratic presidential ticket Of old Ray is
Tilden and Hendricks, our people believ-
Ing it to be the most available at this
time"
Col, Ingersoll is now at home and
bears his defeat like little man. He says
''the only notifying thing about the defeat
| of Blaine is the fact Of his having been
defeated by id fool. "-PeorlG Demo-
crat, 10th.
The Mexico, Mo-, Ledger hoists the
names of Winfield S. Hancock, of Pennsyl-
vania and VIM. r. Morrison of Illinois. as
its candidates for president and vice presi-
dent two gallant soldiers,wise statesmen
and pure men. "
| The St. Louis Republican, is giving
very full notes of preparations for the
convention Of next week, and among its
items it says: Judge Murphy.o Daven-
port, Iowa, has telegraphed for rooms, and
viii be here on Friday"
"A letter from JerseyviIle, Ills, to the
st. Louis Republican, says: The entire
vote Of the party will be rolled up for the
St. Louis nominees, to the number of
$4,000 at least Jersey is for Tilden and
Hendricks, but will stand by the nomi-
nees.
| The Illinois State Register thinks
Tilden could carry this state. 1t would
help him very much for the Democrats to
nominate Gen. Farnsworth for governor.
With Tilden, Hendricks and Farnsworth,
Illinois would at least be doubtful state,
with chances 10 favor of the Democrats.
-Bristow's resignation is the close of
the effort for reform within the party,
which began with his honest endeavor to
punish corruption, and ended with q votes
in the Cincinnati convention for the prin-
ciple he embodied, while the party corrup-
tionists were impartially divided between
Blaine and his pet Of the Administrations
Io10a City Press.
Mis- Matilda Fletcher has been inter.
viewed by the Keokuk Constitm on She
admires Gov. Tilden-nnd why shouldn'
she? Gov Tiiden is an old bachelor and
! is worth millions. While Matilda is vol
d uptuous and rather good looking widow
E Who knows but what she has an eye tC
business in her words of endearmcnt Of
D the bachelor governor of New York;
! Council Bluffs Globe.
The Buffalo Courier remarks that the
friends and admirers of Gov. Samuel j
d Tilden in Buffalo and vicinity who Intend
y to be present at the national Democratic
convention to be held in St. Louis on tn,
J. 9th Of June will be known as "Uncl
Sans Centennial legion" and will leav
that city for St. Louis on the oath or 25th
The route of the excursion will be over tn
y Canada Southern and the Toledo, Wabasl
; and Western railways. and the train wi
q be COMPOSED Of elegant cars with sleeper
tS attached.
20 In April Sup'r Aster authorized SUI
veyor Stoddard to make map of ali tina
u portion of Rock Island township outside tn
D. city limits, including the half mile strip late
70 ly taken from Moline township. This map
for the use of the township commissioner
h Of highways, and will show all roads an
,e the date of their location, the section line
er numbers of lots, the acreage of each an
the owners names, and give other inform;
N ton that will make it useful for referenc,
D. Mr. John Madden, of Winfield, SEQ
:. county, Iowa, one of the board of count
~ supervisors, met with an accident G
ID Wednesday of last week, which may prov
OF fatal. He mad climbed into tree for tt
nu purpose Of hiving a swarm of bees-an
Ut while at work he lost his hold aud fell I
the ground, a distance Of ten or lively
" feet. The persons present thought he W;
dead when they first stopped to him, bl
it was soon discovered that he was ally
but senseless. He was carried into Il
, house. and doctors were summoned-br
ne all Efforts to restore him to consciousne
ith were futile, and on Sunday evening
its was still in a comatose condition, an
breathing very heavily.
Ia -Cracksmen paid visit to Judge Jer
anI Murphy's house, in Davenport, on Mo
0 aa day, by daylight. The judges family a
az in Uhicago-and he was at his Office
"a When he returned home, towards eveniu
w NC he found evidence enough that callers b.
81 been there. The closets, bureau drawer
,uuS stand drawers, truDks-everytbing tn
an al. had a coyer-had been opeued, and t
a a1 contents examined aud LAID upon the foo
la Every bed in the house had been careful
l lii unmade, the sheets, spreads, pillows, ct
sli laid upon the floor in the order in VIII
40 they were removed. Evidently the cracl
' on men were in search of something Of vall
~ 20 They did their work nicely didn't bre
Ia furniture, or destroy anything. There we
M four Of them, for on table oyer G.
49,. medicine chest were four glasses, ne
~ which was large vial Of corn mixtu
60 suit. 1860 for stomach and head. Abe
o %. the table were four chairs, in which t
"" jolly quartette sat and partook Of tt
which they poured. Then they a
propriated box of fiue cigars, some
which they lit and smoked, and Co
pounded their antidote-and were hap,
re. no doubt. The fellows carefully inspect
all the clothing they could find, but to
ing none. They did bag an old silver wat,
gls- double Derringer, q Smith Il West