The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-01
NOTES HERE AND THERE

Dark, chilly day.
First day of March.
Go to the ward meetings this evening
Travel over Rock Island bridges is |
heavy,
The terry boat is running between
Port Byron and LeClaire.
-Thirty-.wo marriage licenses were is
sued during the month of February.
During the month of February 50
deeds and 68 mortgages were filed IN the
recorders office
MIR. John L. Bean is building a new
fence in front of his property on Third
avenue east OF 18th street.
The river has been falling lately but is
now on a stand at 3 feet aud three
tenths above low water mark.
Charlie Long is cleaning up and
painting his boat store on the levee pre-.
paratory to the spring trade on the river
Why don't the water works superin-
tendent flush out the water mains, all over
town? Opening one or two MIGRANTS will
not clean the pipes.
The Troubadours (comic English
OPERA have engaged rooms at the Rock
Island House. Darts Hall will be filled
to morrow evening to hear them.
Let every Democrat turn out and at
tend the ward meetings this evening, and
assist in procuring good and reliable men
for all positions which are to be filled.
The secretaries of the various meet
ings this evening are requested to leaye a
copy OF the proceedings in their ward at
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| morning,
"A death notice will be found in this
paper which will sadden many hearts, 1t
is that of the young wife OF Mr. Williams,
| OF Port Byron, she that was formerly
Miss Susie Stafford, Of this city.
The Gazette of Yesterday morning at
tempts to create some feeling against
james Johnston, the newly elected Chief
OF the hire department. In order to prevent
his being confirmed by the city council.
The little steamer, Jennie Gilchrist
tween that place and Rapids City, made
her trial trip between these two points or
Tuesday, when everything worked very
satisfactorily.
"A very fine likeness of our townsman,
Mr.. A, II. Lambert, by Pughe, the En-
ghsh artist, can be seen at Wylie
McCune's book store. The likeness give,
so good satisfaction that an order wa,
given for one of Mrs. Lambert.
"A food gate is being put in the Els
street sewer at Second avenue-the worl
being done By John Blake The peopl
on the line of that sewer have sustained
considerable damage every time the waite
in the river was high owing to the over
flow Of their cellars.
| Mrs. Norman will be at the Rock
Island House tomorrow, with her neV
, book containing an account of her life anC
copies of the extraordinary love letter
written to her by Hon. Sam II. Fairall
1t is the sensation of the day, and Mrs
NJ will furnish it to all who call on her
for IS cents copy. A notice of the bool
| appeared 10 The ARGUS of last evening
= The Port Byron Lime Association
! composed of Messrs. Metzgar, Moore
Maxwell and others are erecting larg
frame warehouse 40 by 80 feet, on Secon
avenue between Goth and 2lst street
D The building will contain large office an
will be built so that teams can driv
through it and load from platform. Th
carpenter work is being done by Brockma
a & Schnell.
Israel 6. Heaps, Of Anawan, Henr
: county, has been found guilty and SCI
II fenced to three years in the penitentiary
in the circuit court, at Cambridge, for rape
i The trial of Alex Valentine, charged wit
|. the murder of Nelson Stark, near Orion
e last april, is now progressing, a number
witnesses from this city being presen
Hon. ". W. 'Brien is counsel tor Va
& entine The Westphals have been brougl
h from Joliet as witnesses.
Il "A good many people are beginning {
l. realize that they were pretty badly take
in" by Graves, the evangelist-and don
care cent who knows 1t. The idea til;
II graves didn't want any pay-only whi
y people presented him with hand tn;
a they should then have to pay the boa,
a bill OF himself wife and lazy son, p;
livery bills, etc, and then send him use
with $500 or $500 in his pocket, don
somehow, altogether, notwi hstandin
please them.
I An article will be found iu this pape
from the St, Louis Republican, writ,
by our fellow citizen Capt. John B. Dav
one Of the bravest and most gallant 81
dlers IN the union army in the late war, al
one Of the best steamboat men on IL
river. The captain has been in ii
United States service for some time, a,
we hope his services may be retained
the interest of improving river navigatio
His intelligence and practical expe
fence make him valuable man in tn
service.
The Republicans 10 the Fifth Ward
their meeting last evening, had a ha
time getting candidate for alderma
and do not know whether they have O
uow-none of them relishing the idea
being set up only to be defeated. III,
they tried W, } Browne, but
didnt live in the ward; then VIM. Ora
James D. Warnock Geo, Gown, Her
Schni,ger, Henry Heitahrends, NJ, Pin
ley, James Blaisdell, Gabe Bollman. a
finally some lad said nominate Char
Pettifer,' They finally nominated Hu
Warnock without his knowledge a
adjourned without knowing whether
would accept or not, It's sad, It's sad
they we're once so great, IF the procee
ings in the Fifth are sample, the wa
works party are in bad way,