The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-20
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Dixon wants water works,


The new gas factory at Dixon will be
in operation by the LIST of August.
See notice to contractors for repairing
court house, in our advertising columns. Il
-Cahill & Co., of Kalamazoo. Michigan.
pillow manufacturers, have removed their
factory to Sterling.
The old settlers of Winnebago county
hold their annual picnic at the fair grounds
in Rockford, on the 23d Of August. !
The Rhabdoskidopheros" is the
name of new style of umbrella. The
advantages of it is that nobody can ask to
borrow it. -
The authorities of Rockford have
requested the closing of Sunday School
during the prevalence Of the scarlet fever,
in that city.
Only TWO marriage licenses were
issued last week, viz: John G. Noah to
Cynthia RI. Pordee and David King to
Rebecca Thompkins. 81
John Mahon, lad of eight years of
age, son of Michael Mahon, of Freeport,
Ill.,, was drowned while bathing in Rock
River on last Saturday.
| While a compositor on the Montreal
Witness was setting up an advertisement
of a lost canary few days ago, the bird
/ few in at the Office window. This shows
the value of advertising.
Paper trunks are all the 90, says an
exchange. We suppose they do-in fact
We know they do go all to pieces the same
as any other trunk, under the fendish
hands of the active baggage-snasher.
NO, pa" she said tearfnlly; Il re :
nounce Theodore forever, and will never
marry him. | saw him in the regatta
when he had no shirt on, and TIL never
marry man with a wart on his backl"
The young man who howled "We
won't go home till morning" around the
streets Saturday night, was prophet. He
did not get home until nearly noon on Mon
day, and he had to pay fine of SIS to gel
away then.
A man named Lowe, while at work in
, harvest field near Dixon, Thursday after
noon, was struck and instantly killed by
lightning A man named Wixstrona,
J working with him, was stunned, and bis
recovery is doubtful,
| "A correspondent writes to us, and asks
in all the agonizing tenderness Of two sstout
bruises and boil on the elbow, What
are the feelings OF a motherY. No, dear
! madam, we don't know. We've never
been mother.
"A man can't sew on a shirt button
! quite as quick as woman perhaps, fol
when he is working on the back side il
} takes him longer to work the needl,
through the hole, and then stop to put +;
rag around his finger.
"A team belonging to Mr.. Damp, neal
Hamlet while blowing corn the other day
managed, by break 10 the harness, tC
to get away from the driver, aud Their,
wasn't enough of that corn-plow left t,
) tell what it was originally intended for.
One of the most desirable hotels il
: Rock Island is the favolite Rock island
House. The very accommodating land
r lord is particularly attentive to every wisl
land request of his guests. maskig one fee
perfectly at home, enjoying ease and con
81. tentment - Whitestde Co. Times.
3 Don't put too much confidence in I
: lover. s. vows and signs, said Mrs, Par
/ tington to her niece; "let him tell you tha
D you have lips like strawberries and cream
: cheeks like tarnation and eyes like a
ssterisk; but such things oftener come frou
? tender head than tender heart
o "A little child of Chris Limle's, a
. Geneseo, swallowed quantity of concen
}, trated lye the other day. The little on
e suffered a great deal, but DR.. Wells cam
b to IFS relief, and soon had it comfortable
Mothers can not be to cautious when thei
0 children and concentrated lye are close t
e each other.
A Hamlet correspondent writes
Ill Nf nh IaSo lIo,
upon last Saturday night in a case of child
!. birth, the mother being young girl o
D sixteen, not yet having entered the bond
s of wedlock. The party lives eight mile
west of this, and the affair has been KEEP
q as secret as possible to the outside world
A very painful accident occurred a
= Browns Corn Planter Works, Galesbur
u Wednesday. A man by the name of A
N. Anderson, who was working at a BORN
. machine, in some manner had his whisker:
y which were quite long, caught 10 the bi
T. and completely stripped srom his face. A
10 last accounts Mr.. Anderson was improy
:. ing. but suffering extreme pain.
y A young lad by the name of Spans
! Ter, about IA years of age, son of JC
- Spangler- of Monmouth, attempted |
~ commit suicide few days ago, by takin
dose Of corrosive sublimate. He was
little crippled, and took offence at beiu
!, slightly scalded by his father for abusin
u some small children at home. The be
was given an emetic few minutes afte
~ and had partially recovered.
The G. B. & @. company have adoI
ted the plan of paying their employees b
I'd drafts on the station agents, 10 order to oil
BY viate the danger to which those running
pay car loaded with greenbacks are e.
ST posed. Ii they should continue to cut dow
III the wages of all classes of employees as the
AZ have been doing for year past, the tin
@ would soon come when even their aggrl
:; gate would be too small to tempt any on
IL - alUG Journal,
"A despatch from Sterling, says: 9TH
80 morning young man named James Co
d ter, was found on the railroad track 10
Ia mutilated condition. His cries brought
crowd to his aid. He stated that be ha
" been knocked off the cars bya brakesmeI
The train had run oyer both of b
10 legs, mangling them fearfully. One Of b
oF limbs was amputated below the knee, bu
:, be was too weak to haYe the other attent
= ed to. His recovery is very doubtful
" Herman Kruschke. of the firm
Kruschke Il Toenniges. wood carvers an
sculptors, q new firm just located G
n Fourth avenue near the corner of %
= street. has just completed well execute
piece of carving. 1t is an Indian fgur
u about feet high on the block, and W,
he made for NJ. E. Ochs' tobacco store,
s. Davenport. 1t is the best piece of worI
IN of the kind ever seen 10 this vicinity, an
rejects credit on the skill of Mr.. Kruschk
a. The firm do all kind of fancy and orr,