The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-30
NOTES HERE AND THE RE.


-Firemens parade tomorrow.
The addition to Hul's block is loom
ing up.
-Firemens ball in Darts Hall to-mor-
row evening.
The bathing house in Davenport is
now open, near the ferry landing.
The price now paid Tor wool is-lor
unwashed 20 to "a cents, wash ed 80 to 35
cents per pound
Arrangements are being made for
moonlight party on Offerman's Island.
on Wednesday evening June 9th. Tickets
S2--including everything what the
| Invitations say,
The Coe and Canoe Greek people are
already making arrangements for grand
celebration on the Fourth Of July, on their
fair grounds near Hilsdale. The people
up there know how to get up an enjoyable,
oId-fashioned celebration.
The letter for &c. F. Chapman,
Oregon, Lee Co, H." will probably
reach its destination, but we are not sur
prised that the writer placed it in the
The ARGUS box when we see that he
don't know that Oregon is not in Lee
Co.
Senator Morton's letter is very char.
acteristic, 1t goes far enough in support
OF the president to make it easy to keep
on 1t 1t promises to pay, and leaves a way
OF retreat open to pitch into him if there
turns out to be a good chance for political
glory in that direction. Springfield,
Mass, Republican Ind
"A fine three story brick building will
be erected this season on the ground
formerly occupied by John Sauerman S
harness shop and VIM. Pfoh's shoe shop.
The old buildings are being moved near
the Taylor House. These two buildings,
many years ago, were Blythe & Stoddard' S
wagon shops.
On the 25th, Swede man, who
+ worked on a farm for man named MeCar-
: thy, at CISCO, Henry county, and who went
! by the name OF John, attempted to
commit suicide by shooting himself, once
in the head and once in the left breast.
Both are ugly looking and dangerous
wounds, but he will probably recover. He
is now at the Henry county poor house.
On Monday evening we had a pretty
fair display of Northern Lights" as the
! streaks of electrical light are called.
These lights are seen both in the northern
: and extreme southern latitudes-near the
! poles very brilliant The auroral
! tight is believed to be electrical
light, or the passage of electric currents
through highly attenuated air and at con.
siderable distance from the earth.
: "A woman named Munson and a man
named Struskul, living near Hillsdale,
t eloped together few days ago. Both
Y were married. but Mrs Munson had not
! lived with her husband for about year
; Strushul leayes wife and three children
' in destitute circumstances. There has
! been considerable scandal connected with
? this couple for several months.
Dick Mansil is getting to be capital
, joker. He now claims that the epidemic
: of diarrhea which affected many hun
dreds of people here last winter was
caused by using too pure waterl-that il
there had been plenty of sewage in the
water no one would nave been sick land
that whisky is the best remedy for the
0 disease! Bully for Dick. He is a
E scientist aud philosopher
The Rock Island bar recently held a
r meeting, at which they passed resolution
a to the effect that. inasmuch as the jurls
diction of the county courts had beer
largely increased by a recent act Of the
legislature, the county judge should be q
thorough lawyer well fitted by study and
practice tor the discharge of the duties o.
+ the Office. This is sound doctrine. anc
should be applied this fall in this county
l and throughout the state.-Aled0 Record
!. j. B. Danforth, Jr.. Esq. of the Rocl
0 Island ARGUS, recently published 10 tina
D paper long series of well written letters
containing enough matter to fl goot
sized book, giving history of all tn,
= newspapers. defunet and existing. eye
= published in Rock Island county. Th,
d letters contain many interesting facts, bio
graphical, historical and statistical. Sue
cessiul journalism is sure indication of
l. thriving community, and locality who's
It newspapers are worth writing up" mus
:, be of itself prosperous. - Clinton (Ioaoa,
Herald,