The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-10
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

n. w. road.
Policemen Hull and Taylor have ex-
changed BEATS
r. II. Vermillion, poll tax collector,
will commence his duties Monday.
One of the chords of the city bridge
nearest Milan is broken and one side Of the
bridge is closed.
Our Moline package of copy was an
hour reaching our box this forenoon
Guess No. 4, forgot it one trip-carried it |
past.
The lst Baptist and lions Mission
Sunday schools will hold pic mic on Green
Island next Thursday, leaving near the
water works pumping house on the horse
ferry at 9 A, NJ.
The Oregon state election (which has
just taken place. has neither comfort nor
interest for the Republicans. The state is
strongly for Tilden and the result will
naturally strengthen him at ST. Louis
"A Moline paper speaks of territory
added to this CITY from Milan. Not an
inch OF territory has been added from
Nlilan-nor was an inch of territory added
to the city by the recent annexation of a
portion of Black Hawk township to Rock
Island township.
Davidson, Of the Keokuk- Northern
Line, who is trying to compel cities along
the river to pay back the wharfage they
have collected, has got another good set
back, from Judge Ellis. of the district
court across the river, in Iowa. Patronize
the Diamond 10 line, which pays wharfage
freely and never grumbles.
The Geneseo Neaos, speaking of the
recent Republican congressional conven-
| --LATEST, sleepiest convention that ever came
together; The delegates loafed around
town and drank lager beer,-running up
between drinks to get Henderson and
Alusworth started on the road to ruin.
Mary Fidelia, the little daughter of J.
5. Bronson, who resides at the corner of
| Monroe and Canal streets, in the lower
part of the city, was burned to death
yesterday morning by her clothing taxing
fire from lamp She had been left alone
for few minutes and she took the lamp
and placed it on the floor and took off the
chimney and by accident her clothes we're
set on fire. Her age was about years.
Advance slips of the report of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Company shows gross earnings for the
year ending April /, at s. ,655, 1872; opera
ting expenses, taxes, etc., $685., 029; de-
crease in gross earnings, compared with
previous year, SAC, AS; increase in net
earnings, 1854, 723. The report was high
ly satisfactory to the stockholders, and
showed the road to be in good condition.
The stock has advanced to $l.O79. A
saving, in expenses, ofover 100000 shows
pretty careful management.
| MIR. John Aster, with his little girl
drove his bakery wagon up in front of the
Island House, corner of Union square
this morning, and stepped out, leaving
the little girl in the wagon. just then 8
st. Louis locomotive came along, friehten
| ing the horses and away they went, with
the little girl in the wagon, up Illinois
street, turning up Adams, capsiziug and
knocking the top from the wagon, anC
spilling load of bread and pies, most o.
which were speedily collected by the boy:
Of the neighborEood. The little girl es
capped unhurt, and the team was soor
stopped. Damage not very heavy.
| The Union, in publishing the order
Of the u. s. court to the master il
chancery to pay the taxes due from TIL
. old Rockford road, says: Thus is Mr.
Osterberg's position on this importan
item sustained. What ON earth tn
pseudo baron" had to do with the mat
ter nobody but the Union can perceive
D The controversy about the taxes wa
e begun lo2g before Osterberg had anythin!
q to do with the road. If the Union ha(
said: Thus is the position Of the state O
Illinois sustained" there would have bee
d some sense in the remark.
/ The First National Bank, in this city
:, has just put upon its safe one of Hall
Time Locks, which is hot only burgla
proof, but cannot be opened by any G
e the officers except at the time appointe
!, for it ID open, These locks are not onl
o burglars proof, but there can be no sue
thing as bank officer opening the sat
6 during the night; nor is it of any use 70
:, burglars to capture a bank officer and ga
q him and take him to the bank to open th
5. safe for he cannot do it. The safe can
It closed on II, or "a, or Sc, or 4S hours, an
. nobody can open it until that time arrive
10 and then it will open itself.
George Weir and his family went
Davenport yesterday for recreation
N When they returned, George had too niue
" fighting whisky on board, and was di
,s posed to argue" They sat down in L;
= zare's door way, TO wait for a street ca
!! filing up the entire space and preventin
lie the iDgress or egress of customers. M
d Lazare politely invited them to walk
r. and take chairs, but George fancied
was insulted and got right up ION his ear.
4 The police were on hand, and about
e hundred or more people ran to the seen
The police escorted the women and chi
N dren to street car and were going to tax
!. George to the lock up where he wou
IL cool off-but on his promise to be qul
and go right home, they let him Of
" George shouldn't drink at all. for whe
70 he does whisky gets the best of him.
The New Tllinnis State Hnnze