The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-25

NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Very pleasant day.
For Moline column see FIRST page.
The railroad brakesmen will give .
ball 10 Lahrman's Hall, Davenport, to
night.
The ice dealers are still at work in
Sylvan Water and at the point OF the Is
land.
The Sunday California train will run
over the Chicago & Northwestern road next
Sunday
Quite q number of the Old Settlers
arrived in the city to-day to attend the
annual dinner at the Harper House to-
night.
The funeral of Charles Bowen took
place this afternoon. the Rev. DIR. Laney,
Of the M. e. Church, officiating. Many
sympathizing friends we're present.
The railroad fremen running into this
city will give their FIRST annual ball. in
Killers Hall this evening. Preparations
have been made to make this pleasant
| affair."
A Young man was garroted on Second
street, near Lahrman's Hall, Davenport,
about o'clock this morning, and robbed
of silver watch and costly gold chain.
No arrests.
James O'Donnel, John Fl. Dunn, Geo.
Jones and Thos johnson, In Davenport,
were each sentenced 70 the Iowa peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison, Wednesday, for
larceny, horse stealing and burglary.
WIN. Irwin & Son. of Cleveland.
Henry county, intend closing out their
stock of dry goods. ETC., for the next 80
days at cost Posters to that effect have
been printed at The ARGUS Office.
/ Thanks to Mr.. Joseph GaskelL Of the
Peoria railroad Office, for an advanced
copy of the report Of earnings and ex-
pences of the P. & r. l. r. r. for last
month. It will be found in this paper.
The many friends of DIR. Charles W.
Chopper, (son of our Police Magistrate
Cropper) will be interested 10 reading an
account 10 this paper. from the New York
papers, of the graduation exercises of
Bellvue-Hospital Medical College.
The Art Gallery, gotten up by the
ladies of Davenport. was crowded yester.
day. 1t will be open from s till II to
morrow. Admission 10 cents, Our PEG
pie who can 60 will he well repaid-ano
the admission fee will help make up the
loss of the ladies by the late fire. 81
Nothing the Cambridge Chronicle car
say can disturb our serenity '-allwe ash
of that paper is not to misrepresent us
1t has now published our remarks on tn,
JEFF Davis letter. Its comments we car,
nothing about, so long as it gives its read
/ ers an opportunity to see just what We dix
! say m
, DR.. GREGG wishes to correct an erro
of our reporters statement of his remarks
He says he did not say that Mr.. Mixtel
tried to get the post Office ana couldn't
but said me. Mixter is strong friend 0
Gen. Henderson and would stand as gooG
chance as anybody, words embody
ing than idea. The reporter thinks tn
DIR. did say that Mr.. Mixter did at on
time make an effort to get it.
Some of our fireman who went to al
: sist in extingushing the great fire in Day
export, on Wednesday morning. were sut
, jected to the humiliation of being searche
by an over jealous night Waterman there
named NJ. McCracken, who suspicione
t them of stealing two billiard balls, whe
!. the fact was they were never stolen. Th
main object was to see if any of our fir.
men had taken anything which did nc
: belong to them. Hereafter that watchma
p will know that our boys are frenaea an
J, not hieues.
e On Monday night the store of G.
q Honens, in Milan, was burglarized and
large number Of pocket knives takel
+ This forenoon Constable Peter Heverlin
g of that place, arrived in this city f~ol
g Moline having IN charge young ma
. named Geo. Nj. Kennedy who had bee
arrested by Marshal Wells on suspicion
g being the burglar. Kennedy says he ca
prove that he was at the Mansion Hous
G. in this city, on Monday night. He WI
w taken to Milan for examination He sa,
he lives in Moline.