The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-13

hea quarters at the Phoenix Hotel, Subscribers
served by carriers, every evening, furnishing the
atest teegraphic reports and markets, and local
ews. Orders promptly and carefully executed.
Pound scciable at the Congregational
church tomorrow evening. Every body in
yited.
Protracted meeting still continues at the
Methodist church Considerable interest
is manifested
The Haywood combiuatiop, a first class
organization, appear at Iimm's Hail to-
night. A good house will no doubt greet
the troupe.
LOST Fourteen dollars, either at the
Deere Piow Works, or 10 goir g from there
to the post office. The finder will be suit
ably rewarded by returning the same to
ID. P, care of ARGUS, Phoenix Hotel
l3dt
Turman Young, although in feeble
health. still retaius his early taste for
training animals His latest success in
that line is that Of a GOO" whose re-
markable performances must be seen to
be thoroughly appreciated. Turns ac-
count Of the playful antics of the animal is
amusing, instructive, aud interesting
Last week Friday evening, Zach Elm
ieldt, who rents and lives on Mrs. Butlers
tine farm, on the banks of the Mississippi,
between this city and Watertywe, lost go
tens Of fine timothy hay by fire. The hay
was well secured in long rick or shed,
situate on the meadow between the tracks
oi the Western Union and the f.. r. |. 4
St. L. r. Rs, and is supposed to have
been accidentally set on fire by some tramp
who may have made his sleeping place
there Zack had been 70 this city with d
load Of bag and saw the blaze as he was
returning hone. He had 81 ,2DD Insurance,
IN the Germania Insurance Company, o!
! New York, In Walker & Gould agency.
in this city-$l,00J "a the hay an1 $l00
% the shed So tlat his loss will be small
La;k is very Industrious, honest, hard
working man and we are glad that he was
| thoughtful enough to save himself. by
insurance. from loss he could illy afford
| to bear.
On Wednesday Mrs. Rabeli, wife Of
Anthony Rabel!, made complaint to
Marshal Wells, charging her husba I'D with
being drunk aud abusive and caused his
arrest and confinement in the calaboose
| This Thursday morning RabelI was III
/
/, fined $l9 aad costs Failing to pay he
was sent to the caiaboosc for 10 days, As
soon as the magistrate pronounced the
sentence, the prisoner assumed a theatri-
cal attitude and approaching his wife
said in sad, sepulchral tones, Look on Il I
work you have wrought. You can go TO
your peaceful cot, as Tor me, if you do not
want me, | will 90 back to my lonely dun
geon." The court promptly interrupted
the little piece OF acting. much to the dis
gust of Rabeil, vino seemed hi. '.3y iadig
nant to think that the law would taus Of
tend tho dignity OF noble American citi
zen. Last year Rabell was crusader ,bu
the magistrate failed to see any mitiga
; ing circumstances on account thereof. Th,
prisoner was then conducted to the ssy
lum for disappointed dead beats, by Mar
shall Wells. He will be bounced. as soor
as he gets out, ,on other charges against tn,
unhappy free American citizen.
Riverside Cemetery Meeting,
The board Of directors of Riverside CEN
!, etery met in regular session Cn Monda
evening. January 10Th.
: T. W. onelbner, superintendent, pre-
sented his report, which was as follows
Total receipts, $96.24; expenditures
$ll425.
The treasurers report showed balanc
in the treasury of SlI225.
The number of interments for the mont
ending Dec 3lst, 1875, was II; OF thi
, number. were removals, of John Deere
family from the old cemetery OF th
iutcrments, were males, and females
were from Sweden, 10 from Illinois
The list showed ! under / year: unde
3 years, 3 between Is and II years, c
this lumber died of lung disease, {
abcess, | of heart disease. Of the inte
= ments, were made 10 the new cemefer,
2 in the cid ground, and in the publ
lot,
:. The board entered into contract wit
A. Tollner. to begin February lst, &
q superintendent and sexton of the cemetery
o rice E. W. Shelbner resigned, at remuI
Is Grafton of $50 per month aud house ren
The resignation of L. W. Sheibacl
e which was to have taken effect March Is
e was accepted to occur February Ist. il
4 stead.
( The following bills were presented, az
on motion allowed: Recording uortgag
, ST.; Entrikin & Moore, So. 80; w.
- Entrikin. $3.50: A. R, IcBurney, S25.
On motion tie board adjourned.
w. j. ENTRKIN. Sec aud Treas.
The Green-eyed Monster Ii Aoh-
Of They reside on the bluff and have hv,
ri together in apparant happiness. Tn
It, we're wont 10 heast that nothing could III
ty tie tranquility ot the scene. But alas !
be human short sightedness, the green ey
monster showed his ugly head. and t
once happy hurb band became moody a
u, silent. 1t came about In this way:
b. Some three months ago. perhaps longt
We an old friend OF the paterual headiof /
an house came to pay visit Of few da
. aud renew the friendship that had exist