The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-28
NOTES HERE AND THERE


Three or four columns of St. Louis
convention proceedings inside this paper. |
Surveyor Stoddard is going to have an |
artificial stone fence put around his ceme-
terry lot.
Stone cutting at Rock Island Ar
senal was suspended yesterday until the
lst Of August.
"A substantial sidewalk has been laid
in front of the residence of Hon. j. B.
Hawley, Moline avenue.
The jury Ill the case of the Mercer
Co. Il. K. after viewing the property,
awarded Dennis Warren, 5000 damages,
instead of $4,000 as he claimed.
Bishop Marvin, fthe southern Meth
odist Episcopal Church. made the opening
prayer, in the ST. Louis convention. The
Chicago Journal special says it was Dem
ocratic 10 Tone"
The Union and the Gazette botched
the setting and the making up Of Miss
| Cozzens's speech i'll the Democratic Ma
tional Convention in horrid manner. 1t
will be found correct in this paper.
john Buffum, Esq, of Andalusia,
chairman of our county board Of super
national flag for the court house. so that
the county can properly recognize national
aud public days.
The horse car stables at centre station
have been cleaned and renovated through
out and the stalls newly whitewashed, pre-
senting fresh and cheerful appearance
Henry Holland makes an excellent fore,
man.
There was no opposition to the cleo
ton of Merrill and Lee, yesterday. The
board Of education now stands: NJ d
: Merrill, three years: DIR. G. Truesdae
S. W. McMaster, two years; ID. Z. Nc
Kown, Mylo Lee, one year.
Tho st. Louis Republican publishes q
!, fine diagram Of the hall in which the Dem
ocratic National Convention is held, show
ing the seats assigned to each state. Hi
= nois is located on the I'd tier left of thu
main aisle, corresponding to the SAM
position Of Pennsylvania on the right 0
the main aisle) with Virginia and Michi
gaa on her left and New Y ork on her RICH
in good company.
On Monday, the engine of Conducto
Bunker's train came upon man who wa
- walking the track at the curve between
Delmar aud Maquoketa, Iowa, apparently
u oblivious to roar Of train, cang Of bell o
y anything else but the earth before him
/ The pilot raised him, and he fell upon tn
y frame works with great force His heat
was badly injured, and his limbs broken.
. He was conveyed TO Delmar, where he died
p His name was not ascertained. He was
stranger, and was probably travelling i
search of work.
The thunder storm of Tuesday nigh
caused great fright and serious injury a
the Orphans Home, just back of Daver
port. A water spout evidently travele
diagonally across the property from tn
- nsrthwest, accompanied by a thuuderin
noise, and crashes of flying debris whic
Il terrified the inmates. The west end {
the large frame building used as laundr
= was toru away and the roof was rippe
off The smoke stack Of the boiler hous
went down with great cash. The avn
ings OF several cottages were torn ava,
| and several chimneye were cast down.
| hundred feet of high fence was carrie
away, the boards being scattered all abo,
the grounds, A number of fine trees wei
FRUSTRATED. All the people in the building
. were reused by the roar of the wind an
!, the sounds of destruction, and all wei
= in great fear, of course. But in FIVE mi
" utes all realized that the Danger was pas
g; East of the Home, and not far from it,
he lie corn6eld. in which for width of SO fee
clear across the tract, the corn is prostra
uSse as though heavy roller had passed oy
Re, il. Some Ut the nurseries in that sectiC
= were damaged to considerable extent.
OK breaking Of glass in lighthouses, and d
Ice strucion Of young trees. At the ia
Dr. grounds the hurricane played have
Three hundred feet Of the tall fences
- the east and west sides of the groun
ear were thrown down. The ticket office
TO the amphitheater, wooden house 20 fe
sry square, was picked up, carried 600 fe'
ers and dashed to the ground mass of lul
Ed Der and boards. The fine poultry hou
ost was destroyed and good many of t
md best trees tern up. The west end of t
AT Brady street car stables. at the southea
corner Of the grounds, was blown in,