The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-20
Che 1ai1g Areus.
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

1t will be simply cruelty to send Gen.
Schenck back to London without
guardian Some person familiar with the
wiles of bad men should be sent with him
to keep him from being led headIone into
another scandal Gen. Butler or BOSS"
Shepherd would fill the position admira-
bly.-N y. Tribune.
"A man in Council Bluffs was expelled
from the church, the other day, because he
refused to let his name be used as candi-
thing unanimous He claimed that he
wasn't voter, but they said il didn' make
any difference, he was the only man who
wasn't candidate, and he couldn't be so
stuck up and stay in that town.
Mus brace up" said Sozzle, as he
stood on the doorstep at A. NJ; "ili
never do to let oil lady 'spect anythin', 2"
and as Mrs. s. descended the stairs, clad
in her robe de matt. Sozzle braced up,
knocked the ashes off his cigar, and, as the
door opened, said, cheerfully, "Hu'lo,
Mira (hic), up yet? Got a match in yer
pocket" OF course she did not expect
anything.
A ST Louis fashion reporter being de-
tailed to write up the horse railroads, thus
| described a gorgeous new car: Car No.
Sc is beauty. She is trimmed in yellow,
and gold leaf put on bias, corsage decollette,
trucks rotuRd0 and en- tabhier, brakes en-
| train, with gable-pointed revers of wrought
iron. The seats are of cotton velvet,
panier en- pOufe, bound around with a
fchu of red tape. AS whole the car is a
very recherche affair .
| "A slight Tilden movement comes to
the surface in Pennsylvania. Al meet
ing of the citizens held in Towanda recent
Iy, under the auspices Of the Liberal Dem
ocratic aud Reform Cuba series of resolu-
tons was adopted, closing as follows:
Recognizing the futility of platforms, we
put our faith more especially in men as
the exponents of fixed facts and sound
principles, and therefore, according to our
light, we recommend Samuel J. Tilden, of
New York, for the presidency, to the next
National Democratic Convention"
The anti-Tilden movement seems to
have vanished from the ranks of the New
York Democracy. The appeals for Church
and Seymour have all stopped, and the
work of electing Tilden delegates to the
state convention goes on unmolested -
| The Buffalo Courier says this peaceable
result of the canvass has been brought
about by the governors wise decision not
to exact pledge in his favor from the
delegation to ST Louis. At the same
time, it is convinced delegation will be
sent prepared to do all in Its power for his
nomination.-N T. Tribune
Elk Gov. Trusten Polk, of Missouri,
who died at St. Louis on Sunday, was a
native Of Sussex county, Del, born May
%, 1911. graduate of Yale college, of the
class of 1881, and also of the Yale law
school. He removed to Missouri in 1885,
where he entered on the practice of law.
ln 1916 he was chosen a member Of the
convention to remodel the state constitu-
tiOn; in IS4S he was presidential elector,
and in 1856 was elected governor of Mis-
souri,. He resigned the governorship soon
after his inauguration, in 1857, to take Il
seat in the United States senate for six
years from March 4, 1857, serving on the
committees on foreign relations and on
claims.