The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-19
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
No police cases to-day,


evening.
The naptha lamp posts are being
put up.
Theatre 10 Turner Hall on Sunday
evening.
California train next Sunday over the
u, Is. u O., railroad,
John Albrecht says it's a girl-and
the first child in Is years.
New engines have been put in the
water works in Davenport.
davenport is worrying herself oyer
the question, Have we an assesor?"
A-Circuit court is still occupied by the
CoWling-N andywater COW stealing case.
Recent Cuban kilograms show sue
cesses tor the Cuban patriots over the
Spanish troops.
The New York Statue Troupe"
formerly the Female Forty Thieves" ap-
pears In this city on the Goth.
-Rollie G, Hill, printer in the Musca-
tine Journal Office, has been appointed a
cadet at West Point from the district over
the river.
Charming seighing, and the mercury
down to zero this morning, The sleigh
ing will be good for some time if the
weather holds cold.
The water at the point of the Island,
where it comes off the rapids, is the pur-
est III the river, and is never likely to be-
come Impure. Wouldn't you like glass
Of it now?
At recent meeting of the town board
~ A L
was appointed supervisor to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Hon, r. NJ
Grenell, who is now member of thesegis-
lature.
Phil. Helm is now at the Merchants
Lunch, The place is fitted up elegantly,
and the firm is Everts & Co. Charley
Everts and Phil have good many friends
who will drop in once in while for Aud
Lang Syne.
"A local itemizer says, THE city is lot
to pay for the Lnaptha lamps for ninety
days, and not then, if the light is not sat
isfactory. So there is no risk except that
assumed by the agent, Mr., Patterson. -
But is this a reasonable ground for Great
ing an illegal debt?
When the whole town gets sick from
using impure water from the water
works, then, probably. the people will
wake up and move the pumping house up
| near the foot of 10th or Goth streets and
run pipe out beyond the point of rocks
under the bridge, where pure water can
be had, and where it will never become
impure.
The Dixon telegram has succeeded
in making itself very ridiculous in regard
| to Mr.. Buchanan and United States arms
before the war. If the editor will take
pains to look up and read the report of a
| Republican committee of congress he will
| learn that the campaign lies in regard to
| that matter were thoroughly exploded By
| a congressional committee of his own
| party,
An aged and most excellent lady, the
mother of Mr.. S. K w. Field, Mr.. j. r.
| q, Field, and Mrs. Elmer Hurst of this
city, and Mrs. j. l., Luddington, of Albany.
n, y, died Thursday, as will be seen by
notice IN this paper. Mrs. Field was a
native OF kilhEgworth. Conn, and has
resided with her children in this city for
the last SIX years. She was the mother of
IL children. of whom are still living.
"A nine-year old daughter of Rev. a.
Schenck, of Horn, Jasper county, Iowa.
met with a sudden death on Saturday last.
She had been washing dishes, and wishing
| to place some glass ware on a shelf beyond
! her reach from the floor, stepped upon a
char, and in doing so, lost her balance
and fell, with the dishes in her hands, to
| the floor, strlcking her neck on a piece OF
broken glass, cutting the jugular vein; she
| Gled IN two or three minutes from loss of
| blood.
Probably the urchins in town are a
little bit troublesome, with their coast
ers, in jumping on farmers sIeds and
passing sleighs. No doubt it is annoying
| to drivers, and the boys are also in dan
ger of getting hurt But once in a while
the good nature Of farmer shines out
| cOnspicuOusly by inviting all the bows to
pile on and ride" Then they do pile on
until bis sled is black with them, and
many little sleds are dragged along be-
hind, with other little boys on them.
The biggest tree in California il not
in the Yosemite valley. Kings river valley
in Fresno county is 5000 feet above the
sea, and its walls, which are about 3. 0N
! feet high, are very precipitous In this
| valley a new grove OF colossal redwood
trees has been discovered. One of them
| ecipses all that have been discovered on
the Pacific coast. Its circumference, as
| high as man can reach and pass a tapc
| line around. is few inches less than l5C
feet. This is beyond the measurement OF
any tree in the Calavcras grove. The
height is estimated at 100 feet; and a part
OF the top lying on the ground is oyer IOC
feet in length.
An Omaha livery stable keeper owned
fine lot of coach dogs. These dogs are
white, with black spots all over them, and
are noted fer their docile, not to say COW
ardly, dispositions. The dogs belonging
to the livery stable keeper were beset
on all occasions by the other dogs in the
streets, and, as they were meek IN spirit.
were as easily overcome as a lot OF sheep
| The livery stable man stood this as long
as he could. when, one day, he found Q
large white bulldog, and it immediately
occurred to him what to do He bought
that dog. took him to his stable, and there
kept him until he got thoroughly acquaint.
ed with the coach dogs. The bulldog was
then sent to the BARRIERS shop, and black
spots were neatly painted or dyed all over
him, so that he looked like a veritable
coach dog, with a somewhat short nose anC
elongated lower jaw. The next time the
carriage was sent out this model coach
dog went along, and the street dogs went
for him, )" thinking they would have their
usual sport and victory; but in this
they were mistaken; the bulldog waded
in. and the way the hair guitar string.
and sausage-meat few was a caution. Since
that time the coach dogs have been lei
alone.