The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-22

Clear. cold day. mercuryIat l6 this.
morning.
The whisky ring want to see Tilden
counted out They don't want to get
counted out themselves.
Capt. Huber. of the city brewery, is
engaged in building sewer about $50 feet
long to drain his large beer cellar on the
bluff.
The post-ofice ring want to see Til
den counted out. The rings all know from
whom they have the most to fear-Tilden
| or Hayes.
Mr.. Pughe, artist, Star Block, now has
his studio ready for business, and we are
glad to hear that he already has several
orders for portraits.
Yesterday, Capt. |, Huber. of the
| city brewery, received two car loads OF
barley direct from California;and two car
loads from Minnesota.
| -Keator & Co.'S saw mill has logs
enough to keep the men at work about
two weeks more, and it will run tor that
time unless cold weather closes it.
The Louisiana correspondent of the
| New York Tribune tells the whole story
when he says that the Republicans do
not deny that majority of the votes &C
tually polled are against them.
The newspapers ION both sides) that
crowed before daylight are in bad Tx;
they dare not take their ROSTERS down fol
fear of a bad effect on their party, and sc
they keep the poor birds Growing. with
nothing to crow about.
| The Washington ring want to have
Shnnh0rd
nearly bankrupt, and he knows that ht
will have no chance to retrieve his broker
fortunes under Tilden. Shepherd is to1
Hayes and heavier contracts.
: The Davenport Gazette is in an awful
fix. 1t brought out its rooster fors Hayes
and it dare not take him in TOR fear OF dis
heartening its readers, ESQ this morning l
crows for an honest count. That's wha
we want, but shall we get 1t?
The railroad party returned to thu
HARPER House, from Sterling, at 2 80 yes
terday afternoon, took dinner and left 70
Omaha via Monmouth and Burlington, t
examine the western lines Of the G. B.
@, which company now owns land operate
l. 700 miles of railroad.
On the first Wednesday in Decem
Der the presidential electors must meet, a
the capital, in their respective states, .ani
, cast their votes and make return to tn
!, president of the U. S. senate, and on tn
second "Wednesday in February, bot
houses kof congress, In joint assembly
count the votes and declare the result.
| The private party given by Miss Ell'
Qulnlan on Saturday evening, on the oC
cassion of the visit of lady friend fror
St Louis, was SO largely attended that i
became necessary to adjourn to the hall G
! Phoenix Hose Company in order to. fin
room to dance. The occasion was yer
pleasant one for all who attended.
Gov. Tilden has been elected, but Go
Hayes is going to be- This is what Re
publican argument has come to. Gov
, rilden was elected by the people; Gov
Hayes is to be elected by the returning
boards. Will our Republican friends refe
;; us to that section of the constitution of tn
United States which provides for tn
, election of president by returning boards
! The good old Democratic sheriff {
! Scott county, Iowa, Harve Leonard, wa
81 years old on the Goth, and some of hi
friends learning that it was his birthday
got band and complimented him with
sereuade in the evening,-and the
: Harvey took them all down to FREQ
Quickenstedt's, in Davenport, and set 'eu
up the oysters. 1t was jolly crowd Will
it lasted, and it lasted for some time.
n Rock Island has new portrait pain,
err, ". j. Pughe, who has recently com
down from Minnesota. The journey wa
begun in photograph boat, which wa
s wrecked en- Lake Pepin, causing consider
: able loss to Mr. Pughe. The picture i
|. Champion show window, which the Unio
: pronounces good likeness of Theodor
e Tilton, is a sample OF his work. Most {
e our citizens recognize it at once as pictur
e of Pho Nono.-DdU. Gdz.
y All day yesterday and nearly all las
IS night City Marshal Halves was in Daver
:, port hunting some clue to the overceat
IS stolen from this city on Saturday and Su!
u day nights, and, with the assistance of til
Davenport officers; he recovered the DIRE:
" coat and overcoat of Judge Guyer; an
the overcoat of James Kelly. He weI
- over again this afternoon to look t,
q Holmes Hakes's coat, and Judge Guyer
er shawls. The thieves are shrewd ones an
J. there is poor chance of catching them.
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