The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-21
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Another pleasant day.

Another pleasant day.
Matilda Fletcher will lecture in Aledo
in about two weeks.
All public offices and banks will
be closed o.morrow-W ashington's birth
day.
The Old Settlers festival will come off |
at the Rock Island House on tomorrow |
evening.
During the year ending Feb. II, the |
public schools of the city of Davenport cost |
the people $69,7l7,53,
The state fair this year will be held at
treeport commencing Monday, Sept. II, |
and continuing during the week.
The Warren county fair will be held
at Monmouth this year, commencing Tues
day, Sept. ~, and continuing four days
-Moulder's ball for the benefit Of
Henry MoDahan at Killers hall this
evening. Music by Bleuer, supper by
Mrs. John Aster.
Marshal Halves is preparing his an
nual report to the city council. 1t will
show smaller number Of arrests than
any for several years.
The fight over the assessorship which
has been going on in the courts over the
river for some time past has been decided
in favor Of Mr. Jamison,
R. j. Burdette, the ''funny man" of
the Burlington H0aokeye, will deliver his
lecture on the Rise aud Fall of the
Moustache' in Aledo on next Monday.
Fourteen cars of live stock arrived in
this city over the new Mercer county road.
on Monday, and were Immediately shipped
to Chicago. The road is doing considerable
business in this line.
The husband Of Annie Boumicr. a
notorious character, and we'll known~in
this city aud Moline, died in Davenport Gu
on Monday night in fit Of debr;um.
superin duced by drinking.
j. w. Trouble has bought out II.
Henrichsens saloon on the corner OF Fifth
avenue and oath, street, and he is now
running that place himself, while his wife
and son attend to his saloon on the levce,
at the foot of 18th street.
| A typographical error occurred IN the
publication of Dr. Truesdale's letter, 10y
which he is made to say: Il must confess
these to be hard, stubborn chemical facts y
etc, etc. What the DR.. wrote was clam
cal, not chemical facts,
The house of Peter Littig, No. 1928
r West Fifth street, Davenport, was dam
aged by fire and water to the amount OF
about $500 on Monday evening, but the
loss is fully covered by insurance. The
fire caught from defective fue.
The new pile bridge with 80 foot
spansl across Green river near Brian
Bluff, on the St. Louis road, has been
! completed and is now one of the safest
a bridges on the road. Trains can now pass
= over 1t at full speed with no more danger
/ than running on the solid earth.
On the 18th of last April Mr.. James
P Taylor, of the Taylor House, commenc
ed on a register, containing nearly 40l
pages-and yesterday the book was written
n mil He had another register made al
0 THE ARGUS BINDERY and commentator
= that to-day. Mr., Taylor keeps one of the
: most home-Eike houses in the city.
Unless the weather becomes cold and
: the market is better, there will be no more
Strengthening at Gilmore's pork house, il
= the lower part Of the city. The season
u opened on the 18th of November anG
:. closed on Saturday, and during that time
:, 5000 hogs were slaughtered and packed
u The market at present is very dull.
ri Tuesday last, at Cincinnati, Gov
Hayes presided at a religious meeting anC
N made brief speech urging Christian
- men and women to aid in the suppression
: OF crime. If there is a greater crime
than the one Hayes proposes to consum
- mate on the 4th of next March. we shoulC
u be glad to have some Republican brothe
! rise and name it-.St. Louis Republican
t. = Most people will be glad that there
n is prospect that people who ought t,
n build sidewalks IN front of their prOpert,
L. are soon to be compelled to do So Sc,
f. the notice on that subject. inside thu
paper. By the way, the fence should b.
" moved back in Its proper place in rea
of 81 Judge Spencer property before an,
u walk is built there.
III The trial of Alexander Valentine
e, indicted fer the murder OF Nelson Starl
a, the Swede shoemaker, near Orion abou
the 8th of last April. will commence il
II, the circuit court at Cambridge, Henri
lg county, on uext Monday, and Git
sc Marshal Halves, August Herkert, lat
au deputy sheriff. and Ben Stemple hav
a been summoned to appear as witnesses
AZ 1t will be remembered that Valentine
sc the man who turned states evidence i
e. the Nestphal burglary case of las
n August.
IS John Chambers has not yet been re
ar captured = although the sheriff has offere
10 a reward Of $25 for his arrest. This
the first escape from our county jail i
ne eight years, although well planned al
rs tempt was made last Thanksgiving day
OF but twas promptly frustrated by Mr. Her
We kert, who was then turnkey State
at Attorney Parmenter, 10 spanking of thi
;, matter, this morning, said. "Herkert wa
ia the best turnkey the county ever had, y
pc and everybody will agree With Mr.. Pa
We menter in his statement.