The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-12

The Clinss:eetn1 Herald has it that the
diamond 10 Company will run daily line
of packets from Fulton to St. Paul the
coming season. This would have been
done last season had Mr. Reynolds and
the Northwestern Railroad Company come
to an amicable arrangement such as has
now been perfected. Steamers will start
from Fulton every morning The Diamond
10 packet will undoubtedly run from Full
ton to Rock Island and Burlington. the
same season. Rumor is also af1oat that
the headquarters of the line will soon be
removed from Dubuque to Fulton.
The memorial services in St. Antho.
ney's church, Davenport, Friday morning
lllth) in memory of the late Father
| Pelamourgues, consisted of requim high
mass and sermon. The Old Settlers
Society held meeting in the morning, and
in body marched to the church. which
was densely packed in all parts, save the
front seats especially reserved for them,
many Of whom. though not members of the
faith professed by the deceased father,
loved and trusted him, and were especially
DESTROYS of honoring his memory, for in
the years of bis ministry. in Davenport,
he was to them friend, teacher, councillor,
guide. neighbor. brother
Many people are laboring under the
idea that the advisory council to be held in
Brooklyn on the 18th inst, relates in some
manner to an investigation or church trial
OF Beecher. Such is not the case. The
matter to be considered by the council re-
lates to the conduct Of Plymouth Church
with reference to its own members and the
custom OF Congregational churches. I,
principally relates to the custom of drop
ping members from the roll of the church
without formal charges or trial, and the
refusal of the church to call a council with
preference to Mrs. Moulton. The delegates
expenses are borne by Plymouth Church.
"A correspondent of the st. Louis Re
pnblacan writes that paper. from Cairo. as
follows: The snag- boat John N. Macomt
passed to Mound City yesterday to he ur
for while. She has been at work in The
Arkansas river since the 10th of Decem-
last, and went as high as Pine Bluff, work
ing up and back. While in that stream
she pulled 545 snags, cut 1854 trees of
the bank and removed rack heaps fheap;
of logs and drift, and improved the chan.
mel greatly. Between July and December
the Macomb worked in the Missouri river
where she pulled 456 snags, cut l,343
trees and removed thirteen rack-heaps
While the s. H. Long, Capt. R. E. Birch
was at work six miles above Fort Pillow
her second mate, Mr.. David Griffin, found
a solid shot weighing l25 pounds on SAND
bar, where it had lodged when shot from
Fort Pillow at the Yankee gun-boats
during the war; Capt. Birch took it t,
his home in Indianapolis
"A rather ludicrous affray recent,
, transpired at Dewitt. Clinton county
, Iowa. A gentleman. with his wife ant
child, was stopping at the Gates Hous e
They were preparing for bed. when tht
lady CHANGED to see tie face of man, look
ing through a stovepipe hole through th,
thin partition between that room aud the
, next, and directed her husbands attention
, to him. The husband gave utterance to
some emphatic expletives and started fol
that room. The Paul Pry of the affair
when discovered, hastily cramfned his
goods into his carpet sack, hurried dow
stairs, threw the amount of his bill ant
something to spare to the clerk, and start
D ed on run for the Northwestern depot
/, The irate husband followed, and catehiny
the other fellow proceeded to give him
smart shaking up The fellow got dow
upon his knees, and made a mostl humbl
> apology, besides offering $25 to be let of
2 and was finally allowed to depart, with
parting benediction from the husband
boot toe. An examination of the hotel reg
lister showed the inquisitiye stranger to
( a Davenport man, but the Clinton Herald
r from which We condense, does not Civ
e his name.