The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-21
NorEs HERE AND THERE.

The sun crossed the equinoctial line
at twenty minutes past twelve O'Clock yes
terday morning.
DIR. Charles w. Cropper has been APP
pointed assistant physician and surgeon az
Charity Hospital, Jersey City.
-Carelessness with fire pot In Spencer
& Noftsker's tin shop came very near
destroying Robinson's new block yesterday. |
During the removal of the prisoners
in the Sangamon county (1ll. jail, during
the Opera House confagration at Spring
field yesterday morning, seven OF tnem
escaped.
Harry Hail. yard master on the Rock
ford road. in this city, while coupling pas
senger car TO an engine, at noon to-day,
was severely pinched across the breast.
He is now at the Bellows House.
General Belknap remains confined in
his house. receiving very few friends. but
ST ending considerable time with his attor'
news The news of the return of Marsh is
said to cause him great deal OF anxiety.
The lecture committee of the Athletic
club desire to express their thanks to the
Pmnkett Theatrical Company for changing
the date of their entertainment here, thus
leaving the hall for the Philharmonic club
; on the evening of the 9th.
Don't miss reading the transactions OF
: Belknap at the Leavenworth military prs
: on, to be found in this paper. This is the
institution Rock Island lost through the
= instrumentality of Mr.. Hawley and hir.
: Logan. 1t was established here by law,
e ana Logan and Hawley got it removed.
+ Says the New York Commercial 4Ad,
4 yertiser:. The prevailing os;entation and
. extravaganza of the age has infected al
y classes An Erie canalb boat captain has
e called for estimates for frescoiug his cabiI
a ceiling, and putting in gas chandeliers ano
+ hot and cold water for the deck hands IL
O. the 70 castle.
:. Hattie Cook, poor, diseased speci
q men of humanity, has been wandering
n about the streets of this city and Daven
ID port for the last two or three weeks, an
Que night slept in the hall of the cour
house here. She was picked up last nigh
-, by Marshal Halves and taken to jail. an
~ to day turned over to Supervisor krel
! u who will probably send her to the pc
re- house.
80 Somebody has started report thu
W =. during Boutwelrs rule in the treasury d.
~ partmeut he promised Henry Clews a,
vance information concerning treasury so
,. sales in exchange for political campag
: contributions. Clews denounces the auth'
= of the story as an Infamous liar" al
lii Boutwell, cordially seconds the motto
;st Nobody could reasonably have expeet'
~ that they would plead guilty.
%. Being little suspicious of the seer
u.s. bargaining of the administration with t
lb Marshes. Proctor Knott is said to ha
rly gone to Montreal to fnd out what it is
M about. There is rumor that Mrs. Mar
- is not wanted by the executive, howey
'he much the house committee may be int
vas ested in seeing her, for the reason that
of evidence is expected to implicate nea
II all the ladies of the highest official circ
-. in money making jobs. Chicago Times
~ Evidence has been found by the no
INC committee. it is said. duplicating one OF
the Dent family in the sale of post sutlersh
user along the Rio Grands. The president
bE- all these cases, simply gave the appoI
ments to the members of his family to
GU, sold, precisely as Belknap seems to b
ped given the Fort Sill bonanza to his W
the The question is, if Belknap is impcacha
$ as for permitting one appointment to be 81
80 is Grant guiltless because he disposed {
~ dozen on similar terms.