The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-18
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Fine fishing at Green river.
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Delinquent tax sale June 18th.
1t costs So. 43 per week to board pau
pers at the Galesburg almshouse. A
chance for reform there.
Fred Grotequt, an employee at the
Buford pillow works, had three fingers of
his left hand badly mashed yesterday
afternoon, by having them caught under
large drop"
There is telegram in this evenings |
paper from Paris $50 P. NJ, received here
at $3.50 P. NJ, and published in THE
EVENING ARGUS, at 4:30 P. NJ, ali hour
before it was sent-if there was no differ |
ence in time,
People who had bills allowed them at
ylsors can get their orders for the money
by calling at the county clerks office-and
their money by presenting them to County
Treasurer Porter.
The G. B, Il Q. railroad shops at
Galesburg were discovered to be on fire
early Thursday morning, but it was ex-
tinguished before much damage was done.
The fire is supposed to have caught from
overheated shafting.
! --Supt Cramer is taking up the two
inch water pipe on Eighteenth street, be-
tween Second and Third avenues, and will
put IN a four-inch main. The two-inch
pipe will be put in on Twenty first street,
400 feet south from Seventh avenue.
According to the generally accepted
rule this is locust year" In other words,
seventeen years ago the locust appeared
in such numbers that considerable dam
age was done by them, and according to
tradition, 1877 is the year for their reap
pearance.
The World, of New York, says THE
president has developed no policy. He
has simply accepted the situation created
for him by the Democratic victory of No
vember last,and entered upon the pathway
marked out tor him By the Democratic
majority of the house of representatives.
When Mr.. l. Burnett, of Geneseo,
ILL.,, roadmaster c., r. l., & 7. r. r., uses
one of Kenworthy & Beardsley's printed
envelopes to write to "C. Nj. Burnett, East
Desmoines, Iowa." he should drop the
letter into the post office, and not in The
ARGUS box-it would reach its destination
sooner.
, The Nineteenth street sewer is being
repaired by Street Commissioner Boynton
from Second avenue to the river The
mouth of the sewer ought to be extended
J into the river and now is a good time to
do it while the river is low. As it now is
there is danger of teams driving or back
ing INFO the ditch.
A young man of %, by the name of
Lacy Bell, son OF Judge Bell, was drown
) ed at Burnett's Mill near Maquon, Knox
county, one day lately by allowing his boat
/ to be drawn into a whirlpool caused by
;. the falling water of the dam. The boat
= was smashed to pieces and the body dis
appeared but was afterward found.
"A Springfield (Ill dispatch says;
The coalminers' strike has extended to
all the shafts in the vicinity except the
J two operated by miners cooperative com.
panies. The striking miners insist on
cents bushel for mining, and the owners
as firmly refuse to increase the price,
cents.
= The hardware and agricultural nipple
ment store of j. W. Ross, on East MAR
ST., Galesburg was entered "Wednesday
!. evening by burglars. The thieves gained
T an entrance by back window, breaking
out a light of glass and unfastening tn,
window. Among the articles stolen wert
q three rev0lvers, quantity OF cartridge
and several pocket knives. Mr.. Ross es
L Inmates the goods taken at about sos.
The election for town trustees anl
police magistrate, in Galva last Monday
resulted IN the choice Of tae entire 20,
lie license ticket by from 5 to 30 majority
y, except on police magistrate, when Hon
II Jonas W. Olson, of the peoples ticket
a was elected by 46 majority receiving
~ larger vote than any man on the nO-Ecens
at ticket, Mr.. Olson will be remember a
Y. the gentleman who made such rousiu
/ speech for Tilden in Killers Hall las
&c fall
DC Thursday afternoon, John Conway, c
this city, hearing that Joe Mehan, of Milan
Is intended to force the collection of judo
Is ment which he had obtained against hin
n, for debt, proceeded to Milan, and, meetin
m Joe, he seized him by the beard with on
hand, put his head in ''chancery'' and be
fore Joe could release himself he had bot
se eyes in mourning and badly battere
he face. John was arrested and taken befor
Ge Justice Dickson, in Milan. by Constabl
McLain, Fined SO and costs FL
brother James offered to pay the fine, BIT
John would not let him-and he is now
~ the calaboose