The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-03
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Burglars are at work IN Galva.

of tea haye gone east over the G, R. l. q
2. road.
The most sentimental exercise yet
known is said to be woman's eyes swim
ming In tears.
As man drinks he generally grows
reckless; in this case the more drains the
fewer scruples.
There are "a paupers at the Poor Farm
at the present time, "a of whom are occu-
pants of the insane department.
John Mcclure and John Suffer were |
released from Jail this morning, leaving %
untortunates still behind the bars.
Walter Trumbull, formerly connected
with the Rockford road in. this city, is in
Chicago doing a grain commission business.
The Republicans are terribly afraid
that the people will not all vote for John
j. Glenn at the judicial election next Mon
day.
"A little girl was suffering from the
mumps, and declared that she felt as if
headache had slipped down into her
neck"
If you were sitting on goose Oh top
of church steeple, what would be the
0as4oSt way " &0t uoMu! I'm IL oiA VI thO
goose,
My luck" exclaimed Bohemian,
is so bad, that believe if were to invest
in soap, washing would go out of fashion
tomorrow"
Alfred Tyson, the vagrant, escaped
from special Officer Tyson this morning,
while at work on the streets, but was
captured again.
Two metal life boats passed through
this city Thursday, over the G. Il. |. Il z.
road, bound for a lite preserving station on
the Pacific coast.
The Athletic Club nine have chal-
lenged the Sylvan Boat Club nine to a
matched game of ball in this city on
Wednesday next.
The following is tue copy of letter
received by village schoolmaster: Sur,
as you are a man of nolege, | intend to
inter my son in your skull.
An eccentric clergyman lately said in
one of his sermons that about the common
est proof we have that man is made of clay
is the brick so often found in his bat
A stroke of lightning the other day
tore boys boot all to pieces and didn t
harm the boy The reason was that he
had placed the boot under tree and gone
in swimming.
The Remingtons, of Davenport, laid
the Interiors, of Geneseo, out in the cold
yesterday afternoon, by score of 81 to /.
Better stay on this side of the creek, boys
we use you much better.
IF there is anybody under the canister
! of heaven that | have in utter excres
cence," says Mrs. Darlington, 1T is the
slanderer going about like boa construc
tor, circulating his calomel on honest folks. ,
Heres news for you The Aledc
Banner says AT Rock Island the num-
erous employees of Deere's pillow factory
were obliged to knock off, and much other
business in the place has been more or less
paralyzes.
We understand that President Riddle
has issued an order that the employees q
of the c. II. l. & p. road are to receive tho
old rate Of wages-the same as before tht
late ten per cent reduction. His promise
: to them meant just this, when he told then
3 in the end, their action would be to thei
E advantage.
The Premium list Of the 18th anuua
st. Louis Fair and Exposition has been re
ceived The premiums amount to $4,000
g The industrial exposition opens Monday
Sept 10th; the live stock, floral, fruit
: ETC. departments, on Monday, Oct, lst
! and the exposition and fair closes Satur
: day Oct 9th.
q Stephenson NJ. infant son of Rober
! Solomon, died this morning, and will b
9 taken, tomorrow, to Morristown, Henri
county, and buried by the side of it
n mother and little brother, who have boti
I died within the past three weeks. 1t ha
f been sad breaking up of happy FAMILY
O and Mr.. Solomon has the sympathy of al
In his bereavement.
It The Old Settlers Of Henry county unit
a in their first annual picnic and reunion mex
s Friday afternoon and evening at Cam
a bridge. The secretary of the association
Y request every old settler to send to tn
b meeting full memorandum of his or he
is name. residence, occupation, where an
d when born, and date Of settlement 10 tn
# country. All this data is to be preserved
$ Among the express package goin
% west over the Rock Island road yesterda
Il morning, were the bodies of FIVE soldier
e killed by Sitting Bulls band at Big Horn
e on the 25th of June 1876. The bodie
Re were those of Lieut., E. A. Smith, Lieut.
n Calhorn. Col. Thos. Custer, Capt. Yate
and Lieut., Mcintosh They were goin
IL to Leavenworth. The prepaid charges o
% each were $75.
st No mention has yet been made of an
r. Of our ministers preaching about the strike
II Il is said one of them has advised his cor
G. gregation to wear fine clothes, feed the
Of bodies luxurious and delicate food, live i
n. fine houses and send their family carriage
i around to the pastor that he may make b
~ parochial calls with less trouble and NOR
re frequently. Very good, indeed-for thes
h times,-that sermon contains neither rel
gion or politics, Let it be printed an
distributed among the laboring classes.
II Some one in Orion sent an invitatio
rs to Rev. Mr.. McGavern of this city, I
n preach at the M. E. church in Orion Sur
- day morning and evening, siguing Presi
ai ding Elder Chaffee's name to it. The il
, vitation was accepted, to the embarras,
1e ment of the humbugged cerggmen, tn
4. presiding elder. the congregation, and the
pastor. The matter is beng investigated
* and the guilty party will be punished if d.
y tected
to Talk about hard timesl Money We
e. never more plenty than at present.,
J. least we judge SO from conversation thu
A we heard between two boys in front of tt
. postofice yesterday afternoon. One
le them was about eleven years old; wore
lg McGhee cut on his hair and stone bruiG
er on his heel. The other wore fish po
J over his right shoulder and squirt in b
~ left eye This was the conversation: "Thi
=, - bass what / cocht weighed morn fix
20 pounds Il bet you thousan' dollars