The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-29
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

The work of repairing the culvert on
Moliue avenue, west of Brook crossing. Is
finished
The Burtis House, Davenport, was
brilliantly lighted in every window, on the
nomination of Tilden.
The neat little steamer Louisa has re-
duced fare between Andalusia and this
city to Is cents for the round trip.
Howard avenue, which has been i'm
passable in some places, for teams, for
nearly year past, has been repaired.
1t is expected that Mrs. Nelson will
be taken to Jacksonville to night or to-
morrow. Some person in Moline has taken
her baby.
Street Commissioner Maucker COM
menced clearing away the loose rock, etc.,
around the culvert west of Center Sta
ton, preparatory to rebuilding the culvert,
yesterday.
The Buford plow works, which have
been closed for about two weeks, to take
an inventory, will resume work to morrow.
They have had l9 foot addition put on
their chimney, which was finished to-day.
The New York Worlds designation
of the Cincinnati nominations as The
Mush Ticket, receives Endorsement at the
hands of a number of Democratic aud In
| dependent journals throughout the coun-
| try.
The Democrats made their nomination
on Wedding $ day, "Wednesday the Re
pubicans made theirs on Hangman's day,
| (Friday.) People who believe in omens
will be apt to draw an inference favorable
to Tilden.
| Carpenters are busy erecting arches
and stand for the Fourth Of July, anC
painters are hard at work on banners etc
A good many buildings will be decorated
Especially on the line of procession; anG
! Illuminated at night.
This is commencement day at the
Academy of the Immaculate Conception
iDayenport-the literary exercises taking
place this evening. The Academy enter
tainments on these occasions are always o
superior character and delightful.
, - The average Republican praise Of th'
Cincinnati ticket amounts to about this
1.-THE Cincinnati convention has not mad
what we regard as the best possible nom
ination for the presidency, it has CAREFUL.
avoided making the worst possible"
MIR. Carl Schurz says Of Gov Haye
that he was not born to be a leader, but
on the contrary, requires one. This is
sound analysis of the man, and Hayes ha
already found his leader, 1t is old Simon
Cameron, the Winnebago chief-N !
Sun.
The ladies of the Baptist church vii
hold festival and dinner in the room for
merly occupied by the 40 cent store, on tn
, Fourth for the purpose of paying off tn
debt of the church, which amounts to abou
$4,000, about $4,000 of which has bee
raised by subscriptions.
When it was suggetted to Goyerno
r Hayes that he would appear more like
winning presidential candidate ifhe resign
ed his present office, that sharp political
shut up one eye, and, winking rapidly wit
the other, replied: You can't most Away
! tell what it is best to do in this worll."
: Notwithstanding there are a ha
, dozen men in the field, each Of whol
r stands a fair chance OF being the fin
choice Of the Demo cratic national CONVEX
ventioe, all the thick-and thin party II,
9 pubicans are throwing dirt at Gov, Tildel
! This ought to indicate who they fear mos
The New York Tribune wants IL
I senate to reject Grants nominee for L.
! attorney for Observation-Disclosures
= says. IF Ger. Grant will not think {
y Republican interests, we hope Republics
} senators will" The Tribune seems to
t more anxious about Republican interests
= than the interests of the country.
:, "A child one year old died in it's mot
g er's arms on the westward passenger ira
i between this city and Wilton, Tuesd,
. evening. The mother was a Norwegia
. and was on her way to Grinnell. She W
- almost destitute, and unable to speak En-
~ ~ lish. About twenty dollars were collect
:, among the passengers for her.
D, "A Beaver street pyrotechnist HI
is attempted to make ''corner" in fiji
,e crackers. If ne is successful he will d
serve recognition also as a public ben
factor We certainly hope he will run t
price up SO high that the most desperate
al patriotic small boy will be,unable to Gel
r. brate the Fourth after his peculiarly lido
- method.-N !. Tribune
The route of the procession, recol
mended dy the committee and fna
en- determined upon, for the Fourth of Ju
ed is as follows: West on Illinois street
TO- on Rock River to Ohio; north Oh Ohio
ne Orleans; east on Orleans to Washingto
IS south on Washington to Spencer; east
d. Spencer to Broadway; north on Broadw
n to Rock River, west on Rock River
ne Madison: north on Madison to Illino
rs west on Illinois to the square
a Water Works Superintendent Gram
~ telegraphed to Mr.. Holly on Tuesd
- evening to ask if he could have q in
IIo nozzle for the display on the 4th on t
an corner of East Illinois and Jefers
o.. streets. He received reply telling b
''' that the nozzle was on the way, by EXPIRE
The largest nozzle that has ever been us
in the west is II inches. The q inch S
e is what the Holly Manufacturing compa
VI use exclusively for test purposes.
r. PLYMOUTH, Ind, Nov. q, 1875
have used the Circho Quinine for
90 years, and am well pleased with it in
trpafrpopt &c oil al -