The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-17
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The iron horse has but one ear-the
engineer.
Charming weather. A fine shower
this forenoon.
What is the next thing to hen
stealing" Why, cock robin, to be sure.
MIR. Harper's family return to their
private residence, head of Washington
street, this afternoon.
An interesting letter IN relation to
preparations for the Democratic National
Convention at st. Louis will be found in
this paper.
John l.. Bean is putting in a set of
public scales in front of his fine new build
ing and grocery store, corner of Otter and
Orleans streets.
The graves of the Confederate dead
at Port Gibson, Miss. were decorated on
the LIST instant, the Union soldiers joining
IN strewing flowers.
-'Lan1lord, didn't you ever have a
gentleman stop with you before?" Are
you gentleman" Yes, | am Then
| never had one stop with me before. "
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Young, of this
city, are preparing to give a concert in the
Presbyterian church. in Hamlet, on Tues
day evening, May 23d.so says the Aledo
Record
The impression that Mr.. Blaine is
working just little too hard for that
nomination has been strengthened bv that
letter to the Maryland friend. IN 7.
Tribune
The post Office people wonder. now,
why the suggestions of The ARGUS for
better facilities for ingress and egress
from the post Office were not adopted when
made years ago.
Specimens of the head stones con-
tracted for by Belknap with his Burling-
ton friend. and by which the government
was grossly swindled, can be seen at the
union cemetery at Rock Island Arsenal
ALL Christians will rejoice to hear that
the health of so good a man as Cardinal
McLoskey is reported to be improving, and
will hope that the life of this distinguished
divine may long be spared, and his useful
ness increased.
-Cnnoline is generally surrounding the
ladies again. 1t makes its appearance,
first, in the form of hustle, extending
half way down the shirts, and very shortly
it will be making hustle all the way
round
The little child mentioned last evening
as being at Mr.. Bowen's has found its
parents-Mr. and Mrs. VIM. F. Bell,
corner of keOkuk street and Second
Avenue, the next street east of Arsenal
street.
The entire cost of the fountain placed
by the Roman Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of America, upon the centennial
grounds, at Philadelphia, will be $52, 900.
Of this amount $3l, 900 has been collected
and paid to the contractor.
Nothing has been done to improve the
ugly bitches across Orleans street, or the
one at Madison and Illinois streets. The
city council ordered the street and alley
committee to attend to the matter, so that
carriages can safely make time between
the hotels and depots.
Tax payers in Molne-and every
where else-will do well to study the COM
munication of Eye" in this paper. All
who are interested in good government
in restraining government within proper
limits and bringing expenses down to 8
reasonable figure, should act on its sug
gestions.
PLEASE gimme some ice?" demanded
an urchin 1t butchers shop, yesterday
when the thermometer was at 50
Haven't got no mice to-day, bub, bu
there air some great big rats down eel
lar, replied the killer of calves The
boy left. saying he'd 90 and get hi
"dorg.'
"A Chicago boy, addicted to going t,
the theatre to see the heavy, drama
called his fatheg to supper the other day
by bawling out: What, no, there, bast
craven! Come hither to thy vesperar
hash. And when the father and sol
came together it sounded as if the bel
had slipped off 20 foot fiy-wheel.
Tomorrow We shall see who are tn
successful truck and dicker" candidates
The machine politician" have been at
for several days. Wiser and Morey seem {
have more stock to trade on than an
S others-although Geo. Brown, of Buffal
: Prairie, seem, to have the lower end of tn
r county at his back. From present al
pearances it will be regular bear dance
5 The second night after her first hus
e band died she sat by the open chamber
p window five hours waiting for the cats t
r begin fighting in the back yard. She sale
This thing of going to sleep without
# QUARREL of some kind is so new that l can
" stand it! Let me alone till they begir
i then can doze off gentIyp-Neao 70,
e World
Ma! does pa kiss the cat?" "Wh
e 20! my sou, what in the name of goodne'
r put that in your head?' Cos, when r
d came down stairs this morning he kisst
$ iSarah in the hallway and said that's be
ter than kissing that old cat up stair
- amt it. Sarah?' And that, people S,
. is the reason why Smith stayed in Il
y Charity Hospital for nearly two months
u Ne,o Orleans Ptcayuoee
4 President Grant address at the cel
= tcnnial exhibition was sensible enough, b
y commonplace. 1t was without inspiratio
n and did not contain one sentence tn
'. deserves to be remembered. Imagil
y what Lincoln would have made of I'll
g. opportunity! His speech at Gettysburg
e written 10 golden letters in American hi
Y, tory, and will endure as long as the r
IS public. N. y Herald.
p In drive ever Rock Island Arsen
1t grounds, the other day, We noticed that
lie permanent pagoda and music al
1T speakers stand was being erected 10 Il
northeastern corner Of the union cemetel
IL near the grave of Gen. Rodman, for u
;r on decoration day The mounds over Il
n graves of the 1000 confederate prisone
" who died on Rock Island have been plowt
" doun md tbo hood hoardc apd fanoa p