The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-28
NOTES HIRE AND THERE

-Conkling, of New York, is advertising
that be intends to oppose Hayes, but nC
body knows, yet, what office he wants.
1t is said the reason Hayes wants to
keep the ofice-holders out Of politics,i is the
fear that if they go in, they will so in against
him.
"A farmer ID the vicinity of Muscatine
sold his crops in the field for the large sum
Of nine dollars. 1t had passed under the
rod of Mondays storm.
-Swinder is the name Of Kansas
City tailor Few tailors are SO appropri-
ately named, ,-E,e And that's the name
of Davenport musician. How about
him?
The Philadelphia papers are advocat-
ing the introduction of the needle in pub
lie schools" The boys who practice with
bent pins have been preparing the way for
this innovation.
Women type-setters are not so good
at deciphering manuscript as men, it is
said, because they will not apply them
selves so closely to it. -Er. But that's no
reason why they would not make good
members of the board of education.
Mr.. blaine is said to have made up
his mind that the Republican party does
not like the policy OF the president. Mr..
Blaine makes up his mind without sufficient
date possibly; for it grows less clear every
day that the president has 8 policy.
Boy" said one Of our citizens to a
lad who had just emerged from hair
pulling match with another boy, do yot
expect to rove hereafter in land of pure
delight" NO" said the lad, i've
busted another button off n my pants, and
I expect to get licked for it"
A raw recruit in Sunday school
when asked What became of Elijah? elee
{ trifed evrybody within hearing by ashout
; ing, in a shrill voice, He went to heavel
like a house-a FIRE, you bet" All bet
were declared off, however, and the con
gregation sung hymn.
Il. n. Basset, of Mercer; Jno. j. J.Glen
: of Warren; and Hiram Bigelow, of Henry
S are ali prominently spoken of IS candl
r dates for the nomination for circuit judge
: Douglass, of Knox Rice, of Henderson
and Dunham, of Henry, have each bee
J casually mentioned as probable cand
g dates.--Aledo Record.
} When a man jumps out of bed
the dark at midnight to fling boot at q
electoral commission Of eats in the baC
yard, and places his bare foot ou a
It eight eorHered piece of coal, his wife mu
al stick her fingers tightly in her ears if 81
'r would escape hearing several pages
ls protane history in less than two minute
10 "A St. Louis dispatch says the asse
! of the National bank Of the state Of Mi
2. souri, viii not at this time pay ten cents
l1 the dollar. 1t will be six months befo
City cents ia realized, and three years b
fore the depositors are paid in full, if eve
yet this is one of those banks that a
r quarterly examined by bank examiner
ar under the national banking law.
r "A beautiful Moline girl vas recent
~ describing her haste upon certain {
casiop, and said Il assure you | did I
allow the grass to grow under my fee
r. Her auditors gazed thoughtfully at b
- feet, and thought inwardly that if the grs
n0 couldn't grow under the same it was
because it hadn't room to,ana i must b
N' pretty poor season foF grass,
--E1r. John Macarthur, lately po
MS master in Chicago, has been brought to
admission, in court OF bankruptcy, Il
of be took $35, 900 from the postal seFv
tor and converted it to his oUn use. WheI
of postoffice clers1 OF letter-carrier conve
Of few dollars from the mails, to his c
use, it is customary. and proper, to 81
him for q term OF years to the at
prison. What does Dir. John MeArtl
lge think it would be proper to 90 in his ca
his Appoint him to better Office, pEobal
ed. as he is still one of the faithful,