The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-29
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

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Work on the Broadway Presbyterian
church is progressing.
-Workmen are busy clearing off the
lot for Darts Sons new building.
The stone cutters resumed work at
Rock Island Arsenal this morning.
The Union has concluded to support
Edsall and puts his name in the ticket.
Two miners, at Bear Ridge. Pa. were
killed by the cayiBg in of earth, on Satur-
day.
The hand organ nuisance has been
supplanted by the ACCORDION and bird lml
tator nuisance
1t is reported that quite number OF
employees in the C. r. |. Il Z. car shops
were discharged last week.
C. M. D. Bless, one of the editors of
the Cincinnati Enquirer was run over by
railroad train aud killed on Saturday even
ing.
-Heagy & Stoddard, of the Hampton
coal mines, are going to extend their track
half mile. Surveyor Stoddard surveys
the route to-day.
AT Democratic meeting in the 9th
warn. view OTltdHs, VI Cdtuluoys oohS
unknown person shot and killed man
named Roberts.
Jim Parks has learned somethin G
| from THE ARGUS, and now bases his
call for delegates on votes cast, giving
| the 9th district one delegate instead of Zen.
Rev Dr. Laney, Of the nj. 4. church,
10 this city, will publish, in short time, in
pamphlet form, the temperance sermon
which he preached few Sundays ago.
The price will be five cents.
| The people are pretty generally sat
sfed that the cowardly fellow who, in the
Union, skulks behind the nom de plume
of Business is paid employe of Oster-
Der, Skinner & Co. IF he wasn't sneak
ing, cowardly hireling, he would put his
name to his piece
Every traveller we meet who rides
over the Rockford road complains loudly
about the rough and dangerous condition
of the road and the reckless manner in
which trains are run, and declares that he
never will ride over it again if he can avoid
it.
"A new time card taking effect yester
day on the St. L., r. |. 4 G. R, R., make.
the following changes: The st. Loui;
passenger trains now leave at sos a. M
and 9:45 p. m, instead Of $40 a. m., anC
1880 D. m, and arrive at SIS a. M, anC
$50 p. M, instead of 6:20 a. M, and Sac
D. m., as before. No change in the tim,
Of the Sterling train.
The Union makes an awful botch oil
the new time card on the c. r. |. & p
: r. r. 1t makes the morning train from
| q af g
the evening train at 6. 25 instead of 600
And it makes the Bureau Accommodation
arrive at 600 a. m. instead of 9.55-tou
errors on three trains-not a single trail
correctly given.
The Republicans will hereafter choos
delegates in the several voting precincts =
This interferes with the Guyer court hous
/ rats who wish to pack caucus and vote i
r their printed list anyhow. The Unio
don't like it, and says cit would hav
been much simpler and better to bav
held one central caucus" No doubt
would have been better for the Guye
ring. but not for people who wish to hav
their own voice heard in the matter.
The annual meeting of the Chicago
Rock Island x Pacific railroad company
to be held in Chicago early next month
l The Tribune says the annual report wi
D make q most excellent showing as regard
, its earnings and expenses 1t is rumore
that President Tracy intends to resign O
account of Ill health, and that Mr.. Hug
+ Riddle, at present vice president and gen
s eral superintendent, will succeed him.
S Emma Forsting, the girl that was al
f rested for disorderly conduct near tn
Taylor House, was released from Jail ye
> tarday morning, remarking that sh
, would be back before night. She the
II proceeded to the Taylor House and con
t menced creating disturbance Con
plant was made to Marshal HAYES, WI
&c went down there, but her father had take
3. her back to Jail where she is at presen
Marshal Halves intends to have her trie
e under the state law for vagrancy.
I'd River News.
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