The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-19
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Very pleasant winters day.

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Very pleasant winters day.
Pay day on the st. Louis road today
Fifteen sleighs run between this city
and the village oyer the river.
The protracted meetings at the Ninth
Street nj. E. church are quite success.
The music for the Turner fair was
furnished by Bleuer's fine orchestra, and
gave entire satisfaction.
Mr.. Hewitt has caught Grant in an
other lie. President johnson proved him
a liar by every member OF his cabinet
and nobody ever denied it.
Elder Encell will give special bible
reading in the lecture room OF the
Christian Chapel tomorrow evening at
7. 80 y. m. a full attendance of the people
is desired.
IF ANYTHING more we're needed to con-
vince the country that there is rascailty 10
the Chandler movement to defraud Iliden
of his honest election it is furnished by
Mr. Orton who refuses to give up the des-
| patches.
MIR. Morrissey has declared all bets
on the presidency of, AS he gives up his
| commission by this action. and thus loses
very large sum of money, his motive
will be respected, as thesgood sense OF his
action will be generally acknowledged
.Neao York World.
A man named O'Brien, driving a
sleigh for Porter, over she river, had
bad runaway on the ice on Sunday night,
in which splendid new sleigh was broken
into thousand pieces. This morning he
was on the ice again, and led off by having
another runaway and smash up.
Ben Stemple mad his examination be.
fore Justice Kaufman, over the river
yesterday afternoon, and was held under
$500 bonds for bis appearance at the mex
term of district court-for assaultlng 70
liceman Mcguire at dance over there or
the night of September Sth. He had to g
to jail.
The action of the infamous Republican
returning boards is breaking down tina
party everywhere The eastern papers
saw that the recent elections in Boston aud
Worcester show the fact that the people
are everywhere turning to the Democratic
party for relief from Republican fraud anC
misrule.
Poor, innocent Davenport-she has beer
taken in "again, this time by firm nameC
Gordon, Meyst d Co., produce and com
mission merchants" The Democrat head
its article on the subject, IAN Old Game
but don't say anything about the numer
GUS times Davenport business men hav
been cheated by similar swindlers.
T Neptune Hose Co.'S. dance on mex
Friday evening, A large number Q
tickets have been sold. These dances ar
always enjoyable and preparations hav
been made 70 have the coming one, exec
if possible, all previous affairs. Angus
Herkert, the popular proprietor of Turne
Hall, will serve the supper, which i
J sufficient guarantee that it will be frs
class.
| Meetings of the people are beginnin
to be held in various parts of the country
Ia which Republicans are the leaders, t
protest against the military interference i
elections, and against the infamaies of re
turning boards in attempting to annul tn
voice of the people and fraudulently tois
upon them a president who was no
elected Such meetings will probably b
held in every county in the United States
Near Sterling, Whiteside county
three spans Of the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railroad bridge over Rock river wer
blown down last week, Friday night
stopping all trains. The tracks were ri
ported blocked with trains for long di
: tanee on each side of the bridge, an
Saturday morning the transfer of passer
: gers was made by sieighs on the ict
Arrangements have been made to run tn
Chicago 4 Northwestern trains by way {
Fulton junction and Freeport over th
a Western Union road, until the bridge
repaired. This bridge is a new woode
; one. The bridge at this point WAS cal
ried away once before by ice Onsanothe
. occasion an abutment was washed fro,
under it, and a locomotive With sever,
freight cars went through into.the river.