The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-11
NorEs HERB AND rHERE.
Refreshino rain this morning.

Refreshing rain this morning.
Health Commissioners meeting Mon
day night. Now make your complaints.
St. Mary's parOchial school will reopen
for the fall and winter term on Monday
next.
Special meeting of the city council
next Tuesday evening, to prepare tor the
annual tax levy. e.
"A less number of steamboats, are ply
ing on the upper Mississippi this year than
any previous season in thirty years.
Eighteen members of the Scott
County Pioneer Settlers Association have
died since the meeting in October last.
Monmouth proposes to build new
calaboose with stone yard attachments.
That's just what our city ought to have.
Irish potatoes and onions are selling
at Is to 80 cents, sweet potatoes at cents
per pound, and watermelons at Is to %
cents each-retail.
Judging from the dinner bill of fare
for the Harper, printed at The ARGUS
JOB Rooms, the guests of that popular
house will receive rich treat tomorrow.
"A pickpocket on the train between
Davenport and this city yestesday morning
robbed Miss Smitham, daughter of Richard
Smitham, ESQ.,, of wallet and money,
and escaped detection.
johnny, have you learned anything
during the week?'' asked teacher of a
FIVE year old pupil "Yeth m" well,
what is it 2" Never lead small trump
when you hold both bowers"
The annual fair of the Henry County
Agricultural Board will be given at Cam
bridge the last week of this month open
ing on Monday, the 9th inst and continu.
ing until Friday, the 3lst,
-Kewanee is supposed to be the only
town in thi sJudicial district which did not
give Glenn majority for Judge. The
vote there was as follows; JAS. *. Blish,
81; JnO. j. Glenn, "a; Hiram Bigelow, l.
Thursday last Mr.. Frank Mahroon, a
stonecutter at Sagetown, during tit OF
temporary insanity caused by extreme pain
produced by infammatory rheumatism,
committed suicide by shooting himself in
the head
The report that Senator Davis is ser,
ously i'll at his residence, in Bloomington
is not confirmed 1t probably arose from
the fact that prominent business man OF
| Bloomington named Davis lies in a critical
condition.
The Whiteside Times says OF a former
Rock Islander; George Rhode, of Ful
ton, proprietor OF the Central House
which has recently been completed, is, for 8
fact, the right man in the proper position
o! public life"
The governor has issued proclama
ton offering reward Of 5000 for the IN
known murderer of Chas. Belden, at Gil
son. Knox county, on August 5th. Thi
makes a total reward of 81, 100 offered fol
the arrest of this tramp.
Last Wednesday afternoon the pris
oners 10 the Monmouth Jail made ''goo(
ready" for breaking out. By some mean
they had secured saw aud had sawed ot
the bar, above and below, on which til,
inner door swings, so that nothing held
but the lock. Evidently their intention
was to be ready, and as soon as the QUITE
dsor was unlocked to make general rusl
for liberty.
Any person knowing the whereabouts
of any relatives Of David Lemming. ar
requested to communicate with Henri,
Sherman, of Edgingtou, this county. l,
1862, at the time the family was separate,
his oldest brother was in the army. Hi
brothers names were Joel, Thomas Jeffer
son, George Washington and William
His sisters names were Nancy Jane an
Mary Evaline. His father, who died nea
Little Rock, Ark, was named William.
"A remarkably brilliant meteor darte
across the eastern quarter of the heavens
from north to south, midway above tn
zenith, about 9 o'clock Thursday evening
, A singular feature of the blazing visitor
appearance vas the smallness Of its head
; while its tail was of immense length an
t thickness, and remained in glowing bri
e lance for half minute after the body wa
far beyond the ken of human vision: Thi
:, is the time for meteoric showers. and an
number Of meteors may be seen by peopl
}. who are interested enough to stay up ii
: after midnight aud watch for them.