The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-26
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

-Cplen0lo weather.
Subscribers to THE DAILY ARGUS are
rapidly increasing.
Six tons of gold passed through this
city for the east few days ago.
Coal is now selling at 10 cents per
bushel in all the yards in this city.
"A citizen of Princeton is suspicioned
of being engaged in counterfeiting nickels.
The G. r. |. & P. road without its
branch, including the southwestern division,
is S53 miles long.
The passenger train on the Peoria
road which left this city on Saturday
morning, jumped tie track at South Rock
Island and came very near going down
20-toot embankment.
Edward King, an old resident of Edg
ington township. has opened a restaurant
In the storeroom lately occupied by John
Shields, opposite Palace Row. He intends
keeping everything in first class style.
"A side-track is being laid on the levee
in front of Cables coal office to the foot of
goth street-where Mr.. Gable proposes to
erect handsome frame depot for the
Rock Island 4 Mercer Co.road, this spring
The difference between the Herald
and the other Republican organs is this
the other Republican organs advise the
Republicans to steal the presidency, while
the Herald counsels submission to the
theft by the Democrats. Y World.
Mr., VIM. Schuck and daughter, living
on Big Island, had a narrow escape from
being run oyer on the new Mercer county
railroad, on Friday afternoon of last week,
by being thrown out of wagon upon the
track, west of Milan, just as train was
passing.
"A lecture on the Wonders of the
ocean as seen in coral reefs and coral isl
and" and Geology and the Bible" will
be delivered in the hall of the High school
building on Tuesday and Wednesday eve,
ming, by Prof. Sanborn Tenney, professor
Of natural history at Williams college.
Annie Kittell, the unfortunate and dis
graced girl who recently failed to prove +;
charge of bastardy against Harry Hall, ha'
given birth to her child. which only lived &
few minutes, and she is now lying at he
parents residence, near Weyerhauser
Denkman's saw mill. Her physician doe
not think she can recover. This cas-,
should be warning to all young women.
| "A young man named Laudermilk wa
arrested IN Princeton a few days ago, OF
) the eve Of his marriage with Miss Mar,
Bacon, charged with the seduction O
another young woman named Harrison
living in Stuart. Landermilk says he
innocent of the charge, and that it
only put up job, concocted by Mis-
Harrison and married man named Allen
who is really the guilty party.
J Sheriff Perkins went out to Cambridg
Friday afternoon, of last week, after job
Chambers, the escaped prisoner from GU
county Jail, who was captured there, an
returned with him. and he is now confine
F.. 10 a cell. When Chambers was arreste
. in Cambridge be denied that his name wa
$ Chambers or that he had ever been i
Rock Island When Mr.. Perkins arrive
and went into the Jail to see if Sheri
: Vannice had the right man or not
: Chambers still insisted that he was DO
the fellow our official wanted-but whe
; Perkins was adjusting the handouts th
d prisoner exclaimed, "Oh HI, Perkins
y don't put them on so tight" Nv by. VIII
e told you my name?' said Perkin
s Cham bers replied, That game wouldn
work-you would take me anyhow-aD
Il it's no use whining any more"
IS No use in going to Davenport for DIR
goods go to Wivill & Cos, they hay
); something to tell you. 26-d2t
u PURE ICE.--The recently discovered in
y purltIes in the water must necessarily |
70 felt in the summer months by ice cons,
" mers and great care should be taken in Il
9 purchase Of this article of general col
sumption. desire to announce to ii
er public of Rock Island and vicinity that II
ice stored by me was cut from the cham
CT Of the river and is therefore purer ar
:. treer from injurious matter than cou
r possibly be the case with other ice C,
from near the shore. Persons desiring
le contract for the summers supply will {
as we'll to call early. Particular care given
IN orders from private families.
e. A H. LAMBERT.
I'd Rock Island, Feb. Goth, 1877. pod