The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-19
NOTES HERE AND THERE

Clear, chilly day, and clouds of dust.
Business was good on Market Square
to-day.
Sunday was splendid day-all but
the dust.
The funeral of Mr.. David Nunau.
Sunday afternoon, was largely attended.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
bail at the Harper House on Thursday
evening,
The Light Artillery Co., will give
private dance in Artillery Hall on next
Friday evening.
Justice Hayden now sleeps in his Office
at night. He is having some improve
ments made to his place.
The people Sterling are agitated over
a couple Of burglaries which occurred in
that city on Tuesday night of last week.
The Buford Plow Works are getting
out and selling a large number Of two
horse, tOngueless cultivators which have
been christened The Bulldozer
The city clerks fnacclal statement of
the receipts and expenditures Of the city
government for the past year is promised
to be ready for publication to morrow.
The Ice having gone out of the Rock
river, the bridge over that stream on the
Cleveland branch of the ST Louis road
has again been repaired and trains will
commence crossing, as usual, in the NORM
ing.
The moulder's ball for the benefit Of
Henry Mcmahon, the unfortunate young
man who had one of his legs taken off by
the cars at Moline few months ago, will
take place in Killers Hall on Wednesday
evening next, and everyone who can should
buy ticket whether they attend or not.
-Eireman's election at the court house
next Saturday evening. Thos Bolman,
the present efficient chief, Joseph Hitler,
OF Phoenix Hose Co. and james Johnston,
foreman of Wide Awake Hose Co. arc
= prominently mentioned as candidates fol
chief engineer Assistant chief does not
J seem to cause much interest.
| -Olmstead, who has recently moved hi:
store from Milan to Reynolds station, cal
culates to sell first class goods and doesn't
like to have his customers come to R0cl
Island and trade off goods bought at hi
2 store fl second hand goods, as was done
i let How was Daniel?
: The forenoon meeting at the Ninth.
! Street NJ. X. church yesterday was largely
attended. Rev Hart preached from tn,
, VI chapter of St. Mathew, 25th to thu
/ 34th verse-and his remarks were atten,
] lively listened to and appreciated Ii
t the evening he exchanged pulpits witt
r Rev DIR. Laney, of the Fifth avenu
S church.
&C. W. Bell, city marshal of Amboy
e Lee county, offers $50 reward for the ar
+ rest of John i. Idaux, who eloped frou
that city on the 9th inst. with a marriet
ldaux is Frenchman, speaks poor Eng
lish, has black hair, grey eyes, black mus
:, tache, heavy beard, weighs about l5
pounds, is about feet 8 inches in height
+ and walks erect
Mystery: A piano in house in Sc
dalia Mo-, sounded midnight after mid
! night alter the farmers daughters ha(
? gone to bed. Theory: Spirit hands be
q longing to Beethoven, Mozart, and Others
. moved across the keyboard. Fact:
!. large nest OF mice under the keys Cour
! ter-argument of the spiritualists: Tn
J. mouse theory is a desperate device to kee
It the Chrlstianreligion from going to pieces
"A recent contrivance for the protec
z ton Of money safes is net of telegrap
l. wire spread all over them, in electric con
q munlcation with an alarm bell. Any al
Y tempt to force the safe open or to tampe
e with the network sounds the alarm. Tn
II term net results" as applied to robber
# thus becomes more appropriate than ever
z but isn't likely 70 indicate so much.