The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-20
NOTES HERE AND THERE i.

Special meeting Of the board of educa-
ton this evening.
Kansas Democrats instructed for Hen
bricks for president.
ARENAS Russell, of Yuma, wants the
Republicans to send him to the legislature.
w. Ii. Dittmer, he of the Fairbanks
scales firm, and new citizen of Rock
Island, is the happy father of a ten pound
girl.
Mr.. Holmes. our Rock Island archi-
tect, Is drawing plan for new Catholic
church to be built at Rapids City, this
summer
"A young man up town says things
have come TO pretty pass when person
can't go to see his girl without raising
cry of robbers"
Copies of The ARGUS containing the
list of lands to be sold by County Treas
urer Porter, on the 18th of June, can be
had at our counting room.
That hand organ on wheels, around
Mari et square, to-day. is the worst one IN
the business. The police should arrest it
as disturber of the public peace.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will give a centennial festival in Dart s
hall next Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings, Tickets rs cents, children 10.
People here who saw the heavy clouds
pass to the northeast of us last evening
will see by our telegraph columns that
Clinton suffered from them severely.
People who formerly were compelled
TO be out two days in getting to state
convention, at Springfield, can 60 there in
9 hours by the Peoria road. See notice in
this paper.
Peter Cooper declines the presidential
nomination of the Indianapolis National
Greenback convention, and Newton Booth,
who was nominated for vice-president, says
he will pay no attention to it" Sensible,
| in both cases.
Democrats and Independents should
be careful to make no pledges Of their
suffrages 10 Parmenter, Perkins, Harson or
Vermillion. The Democrats and indie
pendents will have . ticket, which it is
hoped will defeat all the above in Novem-
Der.
The Dixon Sun says: When you
hear knot of politicians on the corner
yelling and laughing like clowns in a
| CliCuSJ SOu SdH HdNO up yoQt uhluu thot
candidate for some state Office Is present,
and that he has poor chance of the nom.
| lnatlon.
--Rumors lose nothing in travelling, as
will be seen by the following, from the
,ialva Journal, viz: The cry goods
store of L. s. Gates & Co. on Illinois
street, Rock Island, the largest store il
the city, was completely destroyed by fire
last Friday night. The total loss is placed
at $4,000, about one-fourth of the STOCK
being saved"
Mr. Charles Francis Adams, Jr Great
ed some surprise at the Reform conference
in New York by saying that if the Re
pubhcans should nominate Mr.. Bristow h,
would support him; and if the Democrat
should nominate Mr., Tilden. the Repubh
Can candidate being machine politician
he would support Mr.. Tilden.
A new lodge of Workmen was organ
lied in Rockford, on Saturday, the 18th
bearing the name of Forest City, No. II
the application for charter having abou
lodges in this state, three Of which are il
parts of the state They show u member
ship Of about 500 and are gaining steadily
The bridge which was washed out o.
: the Western Union road has been re
/ paired 50 that trains are running regularl
r again. Lust evening g passenger was onl
about thirty minutes late. Elder WrigL
D was the conductor the day of the wash on
4 and was the victim of that hard and mudd
D lob. Decon Fuller came in last evening
r and Capt. Martindale will be in to nigh
t The night trains are all right again.
e The dredge boats Lowell and He
: cules, which have been at work taking oil
r the piers and em bankment of the old raj
road bridge have finished their Job. Tt
Hercules is now engaged in deepening IL
log way at Keator Il Co. IS saw mill, an
the Lowell, it is reported will go to Moiin
Owing to high water it became necessal
y to let water into her hold, so as to sink h.
several inches in order to get her und,
r the Sylvan Water bridge.
re The young ladies and gentlemen
3, the Coal Valley Presbyterian church or
1t Sunday school recently held very pleasa
s centennial supper and festival at Union Ha
for the purpose of raising funds TO supp
l. their church with window blinds. The a
IS tendance was uEsxpeett dly large and Il
I entertainment, both socially and financial
0. was great success. The managers q
re entitled to praise for efficient labor, al
r the people for their liberal patronage.
1t will be seen by telegram in tn
:, paper that Haman Osterberg has be,
~ compelled to answer to Capt. Robinson
charges of dishonest management.
wasn't able to "demur the bill out of cou
- in 20 minutes, as it was boosted that
. would do. The end of the business has n
II been reached and will not be at present.
The best way to get rid of the Hope
= Robinson bills is to pay them off Tha,
9 the best way to get them out of court.
The crazy s. NJ Smith independe
y greenbackers wanted to nominate Jud
" Davis, at indianapolis for president, b
;e he refused. Then they tried old Blllall
s. and he refused. And then they nomins
s ed old Petercooper, of New York. hi,
tariff Republican who is over so years
age. They didn't consult him and g
away from indianapolis before he had tin
of to refuse. Their convention seems
of have been pretty large sized farce.
20. A. Barnhart is erecting ne
~ dwelling house on the corner of Maids
= and Guyer SITS. 1t is to be of brick, ty
Id stories aud basement the window sills
Anamosa stone, and the trimmings al
IL chimney caps of Milwaukee brick 1t
90 to be English gothic in style and the ma
l. building is sc by &c, the kitchen 16
20. The roof is to be slated The wo
is in the hands of Kennedy, Lynch
10 Lloyd, contractors, who expect to finish
~ about Nov. lst.
The attention Of the police is call