The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-30
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

There is considerable water on the
ice.
The ball to be given by Mr.. Harper
to his help takes place this evening.
Those new cigars at Billy Wilson's s,
direct from the factory in New York are
something nice.
August Huesing' the name of our
ex-sheriff, is on neat sign over the door
ofkellerstrass & Vogele's old retail grocery.
"A warrent is out for the arrest of
man named John Peterson, who has been
getting drunk and abusing his family.
Justice Pinkley will hear the case.
VIM. Cagney, who was sentenced to
80 days in the county Jail by Judge
Peasants, for larceny, was released to-day,
the term OF his Imprisonment having ex-
PRED.
Paris Dandy; You always tell me,
Madam, that | am dull; pray inform me
what is the difference between dull and
brightf Answer: The difference is the
same as between smell and a perfume"
Jacob Frysinger has, through Con-
nelly y McNeal, his attorneys, brought
suit on account against Peter Fries claim
ing $4,000, The suit sprung from trans
actions between the two gentlemen when
in the dlstillery business,
Belknap wants his trial to come off
before the 4th of March. We don't blame
him. After that time Tilden may be in
the presidential chair, and new district
attorney make it uncomfOrtably hot for the
eX- secretary.
This spell of political weather recalls a
saying of Fisher Ames's: A monarchy, he
said, is a merchantmen that sails we'll un-
til it strikes some rock and goes TO the
bottom; a republic is raft that never
sinks-'but your feet are always in the
water.
Billy Wilson has made another im-
provement in his cigar store. He has en-
larged the front room aud will add tables
and newspapers and make it
pleasant to call
For seat and cigar mid the lovial throng.'
Tom Atkinson, of this city, who was
arrested in Davenport for larceny, was
r fined $40 and costs by Justice Finger
over there, yesterday, and failing to have
the stamps he was sent to Jail, The tria
r of the other roughs was set for to-day.
Z One of the best portraits painted BY
+ Mr.. Pughe, the artist. since his arrival il
this city, is the one of Title, the hand
some little three-year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred hass, which is now on ex
hibition at WyIie & McCune's store. II
is perfect likeness, and is much admired
Dana Dorrance, of LeClaire, ha;
+ brought suit against Captain z. NJ. Smith
= of that place, claiming $4,000 damages
e because the captain won the affections o
Emma Amanda, his wife, from him, an(
that now he is deprived of the comfort
t fellowship, society, aid aud assistanceiEo
] his lawful wife.
Letters addressed to Mrs, Ada Rob
inson, Unionville, Mo-; Miss Edith Lee
man, Green, Butler, Co. Iowa; Mr., j
n. Perry, Peoria. H., Geo. G. Smith
Esq, land and tax clerk, q, b. 4 =, X
r, Chicago, and Michael Meleney, Alexis
GUS box by some damphools who didn'
know it from L. S, mail box The,
were placed in the post Office.
. While at the city clerks Office thi,
r morning we found that the ordinance fo
ie7yiDg taxes for this year is not record
ed, nor can the original be found by ID,
clerk This fault should be remedid b.
e hunting up the ordinance and recording
anu uuuH IL IN Tue ONCE as required "
law Some ugly fellow may refuse to pa.
his taxes on the ground that there is n,
5 ordinance levying any tax for this year,
One Ct the quartette arrested by Off
Ger Tiebein and Chief Martens on Satur
= day Tor being concerned in the robbery a
Billy Mays saloon on Friday night, an
swers the description Of one of the mel
who robbed Garnett on the Linw0od road
as was noticed by an officer when he wa
t in Justice Kaufman court to-day. An
: other of the robbers of that escSpade i
a known to the officers Of this city, from hi
= description, and if caught on this side vii
probably be arrested Davenport Demo
crdt.
On Monday morning an infant daugh
= ter of Mrs. Dement, was taken suddenl
J. i'll in the c. r. l. & P, train before it
o arrival here and died in its mothers arms
Mrs. d., was on her way from Sydney
{ Neb., to visit her father Ira Brown, 0
Aledo, and seemed weighed down will
Y grief at the unfortunate occurrence. Tn
, little ones name was May and was a cut
little girl baby, only 10 months old Mrs
. Dement, stopped at the Rock Island Hous
y until this morning when she left for Aled
r with the remains In charge. Every posi-
i BILE attention was shown by Mr.. A. VI
Guild and his family to assist the bereave
{ mother who only a few minutes before tn
n death Of the little darling was anticipating
IS a pleasant surprise for "GranGpa.'