The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-23
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

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Very pleasant day.
The police say that last night was a
'stinger."
Mask ball at the Phoenix Hose House
this evening.
MIR. z. Chandler is working his way
toward Bastile with all possible speed.
Services at the Baptist church this
evening. Subject, Build thou an ark of
gopher wood.
An article in this paper from the New
York Tribune, of the 10th, probably gives
the correct facts as to the May Bennett
duel.
The white whale In NewYork uses $55
worth of water day, and Good Templars
just dote upon him.
Jersey City has goat that chews
tobacco for a living; and not one of the
Odd Fellows lodges offers to take the
poor old thing in.
The combined capital of the Roths-
childs is computed at only seventeen bill
lions of francs, or $1,000. 100000, and a
hard winter ahead at that.
An Omaha paper employed an Indian
on its local staff, and his first days work
was to get thirty-six red men into free
fight tor the sake of an item.
MIR. Tilden rides exceedingly we'll in
saddle, and he always wears spurs, though
hlsl horses are of the most mettlesome
kind ~ T. Tribune, 18th,
Six men hold pews in and attend
Beecher's church who have defrauded the
government; four more are embezzers
who fixed up their cases, and three
others are defaulting civil officials,
Don't miss reading the special in thi,
paper from Washington to the Chicago
Tribune, wherein Grant says they can
count Louisiana for Hayes; also that he i,
in favor of the electoral count BILL
"A good deal of complaint is made
about the irregularity with which the
whistle at the water works is blown. Some
days it is with the sun time and then it i
faster than-railroad time. What is the
matter?
Annie Wilson, another of the gun
boat" crew, of Andalusia, who was finet
= $40 and costs by Judge Peasants for bein,
: an inmate of a floating house of prostitu
> ton, has been released-a friend having
paid her fine
DR.. Lawrence stated, to-day, that il
l6 families he had visited where they dit
not use hydrant water not person wa
e suffering with the prevailing disease
\ while in one where hydrant water wa
used every member of the family was suf
: fering with the disease.
VIM. Assay, of Andalusia, who ha
been in Jail since Dec. 29th, because b
could not get security on his bond of 500
to keep the peace toward his father for tn
g coming nine months, was released on Mon
day evening. a man named Powers, Ii
J Andalusia, singing the bond.
!. The house of Mrs. Charlotte PUNK
S on Third avenue, was entered by burglars
r on Sunday night, who, after ransacking
wardrobe and two or three cupboards
carried off all the eatables they could fnC
t and after eating all they wanted scattered
$ the balance on the sidewalk for a bocl
west f the house.
4 Readers of THE ARGUS will remem
Der that this paper has frequently callet
attention to the fact that through SOM
o error in the city books they fail to balance
b and that they show that the city owe
$2l 900 more than it probably does owe
Mayor Butler has employed Mr.. John |
d Reed. an experienced book keeper, to TT,
!. and discover the error,
The case of Victor Stromberg, VS.. Th
City Of Moline, is now occupying the tim
2 of circuit court, Chis is one Of the suit
f for $1,000 damages for the inundation o
: certain property in West Moline by reason
: Of poor work performed by the city in at
y tempting to change the course Of the cree
It through Hawks Hollow, full report O
e which has been given 10 the Molin
. column Of THE ARGUS, McElherne
. O'Mara for the plaintiff, and Hon. j ohm B
= Hawley, of this city, and City Attorne
h Moore, ofsMoline, for the defense