The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-25
NOTES HERE AVID rHERE

Post are Republican newspapers.
Christ. Haberloh has been appointed
to Gil the place of Policeman John Brennan
during his supervision of thirty days.
Every man who denies that the Re-
publican party should be licensed to steal
itself rich and bankrupt the country is a
southern outrage of the largest dimensions.
A Republican senate passed bill re-
storing the odious franking privilege. A
Democl attic house killed it. Remember
that, in making your campaign speeches.
There was large and pleasant COM
pany Of young people at Mr.. Ernest krelfs
residence last evening in honor OF the 18th
birthday of Miss Lottie krell, his daugh-
ter.
The Kewanee Independent propounds
several questions in relation to the call Tor
conventions which are to meet IN Rock ISL
and on the 3lst which it will find answers
to by reading the call itself.
"A Democratic house passed bill re-
ducing the salaries of congressman from
S.. 900 to $4,000. A Republican senate
refused to concur. Remember that, in
making your campaign speeches.
1t is reported on our streets this after
noon that a drayman uamed Egau, was
run over by g. r. l. u 2. switch en-
gine in Davenport, this forenoon, and was
cut in two and almost instantly killed.
Sherman D., son of Justice NJ. L.
| Pinkley, who was recently married to Miss
| Mary Phillips, is now engaged erecting
himself handsome two story frame house
on Rock river street, just back OF his
fathers residence.
| The Democratic majority OF the house
of representatives have done the country
great service in exposing the corruption
of Grantism, which. but for their election.
would have been kept hidden by Republi-
can representatives.
Baron Osten Sachen, formerly Of the
Russian legation, and a distinguished en-
tomologist, is in the city on visit to our
Young fellow citizen j. Duncan Putnam.
During his stay here Baron oacher will be
the guest of Mr. G. X. Putnam. DdUeaa,
port Dem oclpt.
An old Mainesfarmer illustrate ties the
absurdity of seeking reform by placing
Hayes 10 the presidential chair He says:
when hen has set on her nest so long
that the eggs have become rotten, what is
putting a new hen into the old nest?"
As a result of the very eloquent tenn.
perance address delivered IN ST. Margner-
tie church last Sunday evening, by Father
Lambert, Of Chicago, twenty five names
have been added to the membership Of the
Catholic Total Abstinence societies in thi:
city this week. = Davenport Gazette.
We are sorry to hear of a personal
difficulty betweee G. B.Marshall and " N
Mill of Canoe Greek. The trouble was
about the ownership Of some hay, wher
Marshall called Min some hard names and
Mill assaulted him. Mill was arrested
and taken before Justice Church, wher
he took change OF venue to justice
Shew, of Cordova,
Those pestifereus rebels, Hancock
Hooker and Sigel, are supporting Tildel
and Hendricks Here. in Illinois, we have
McClernand, Palmer, John Z. Farnsworth
Fill Morrison, Tom Casey, Gen Black, j
NJ. Corse, Jesse Phillips and other noted
copperheads. on the same side.
The president in his late malicious
letter to the senate. omitted to give his
opinion OF the outrageous treatment @
Francis Thompson at Memphis. AM
government that cannot protect Francis
Thompson in the inestimabie privilege o.
untrammeled lying, is thus far failure.
As an instance of the partiSlity of
Associated Press reports, as furnished by
Vim Henry Smith, tor the Republican
party, look at the report from Saratoga, OF
Wednesday, and then at the report in thu
paper to day Mr.. Smith made no men
ton Of the portion Of the convention which
resolved to support Tllden. And that is
fair sample of his Associated Press reports
Blaine assault, through the periurec
Testimony of Harvey, upon Speaker Kerr
wheG the latter was In such precariou
health that breath turned the scale o
life or death, is another in the long list Q
{ brutal and indecent things which jus
SOD and an Indignant people cherish
; against the Republican scoundrels VIII,
lied Greeley into his grave.
In attempting to fasten personal dis
honor on Governor Tilaen, Mr.. Kasson, q
o Iowa, very straight Republican, involvei
/ the house in a night of quarrehng, endin
1 with his castigation at the hands O
Hewitt, of New York. whom nobody hat
e suspected OF the requisite ability
e Governor Tllden is too we'll fxe
in the estimation of honest men a
oyer the land to make kasson's mode {
e warfare advisable. -ProUidence I7ress.
Foul mouthed Bob. Ingersoll has latel
made some remarks about Democrats an
lice, Well. we Democrats ought to b
e patient under the dirty mouthings of th
If Dlasphemous drunkard, who, while holdiu
e the office OF attorney general of this stat,
Il was arrested at Lincoln, and locked u
n over night for being Drunk aud disorder
on the streets. He has not said anythin
Il about US as bad as his abuse of God an
It splitting upon Jesus in his coarse and 10
re flung infdel lectures.
eI The trains from the west, yesterda.
{. were delayed by hoppers west of D,
u Ioines. Conductor Raynor's train, whc
e came in last night, lost fifty minutes wal
u ing for hopper-stuck treights to get out
le the way The time was made up aftt
n leaving Stuart. A SWARM appeared in I'll
N western limits of Polk county, Wednesda
q but left without doing any damage II
Re eastern edge of their camp on the G. T.
al L ?. is between Marne aud Atlanti
of They have not, as yet, injured the COZ
is crop to any extent.
&c "A letter will be found in this papt
from Robert Thompson, Esq. of Coal Va
ley, which will pay perusal. 1t gives
pretty vivid description of the condition
the Republican party in that burg
e, similar state of things exists among f.
ID publicans nearly everywhere. In tn
ne town the set who are running the Repul
e lican party are very unpopular aud mar
if good men are disguised. At their la
e coal oil procession we hear that several lie
2. the ranks and refused to be bossed by ii
IT Jim Parks Haverstick- Mcneil gang at
OF longer. As Mr.. Thompson says ii
re "scalawacs and dead heat office holder