The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-30
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
-Election one week from to-day.

Election one week from to-day.
There we're nineteen days in Septem-
Der in which the government canal was in
operation. During that time SO steam
boats. 48 barges of flats and 9,000.0 900 feet
of lumber were locked through.
Henry Siemon has opened butcher
shop on the corner of Sixth avenue and
18th street, and has employed Mr.. A.
Herman, of Chicago, an experienced
butcher and sausage maker, and is pre-
pared to fill all orders with promptness.
Give him a call,
Mrs DIR. Summers, was convicted in
Des Moines, for sending foul literature
through the mails, and was taken to the
Fort Madison penitentiary Friday morning,
having been sentenced to one years inn
prisonment. Society is relieved of vile
and dangerous woman, at least for time.
Among her letters were many from young
women in this vicinity who wanted ''love
powders" and information whereby they
could fascinate the male sex.
The figures in the state auditors Office
show remarkable increase of crime this
year. II is the duty of this officer to pay
for the transportation of convicts sent to
the penitentiary, and during September.
1877, he paid for the transportation of 1873
convicts, and up to the present date in
October for l08. In 1876 he paid during
September for the transportation of "a
convicts, and during October. 1876, for 7
convicts
| The Dubuque Times says: "Old Bill
Henderson is bar tender on the steamer
Clinton, and is character in his way. He
lives in Rock Island or Davenport, but
owns property IN every town on the river,
including Dubuque. and is worth 5000, 1000
He can't tell his name from q Babylonian
inscription, and don't know the letter A
from an axe helve, but he does know how
to make money, though. He has steam
boat named after him if it hasn't been sunk
or burned up. He looks like jolly, good
natured fellow, and may be as good as if
he had been run. through college"
The new bridge at Milan is being
built of stone from the Montpelier quarries,
owned and worked by Messrs. George OFT,
L. A. and Joseph Ochs, of Davenport.
The quarries were opened last May, and
haYe been very successfully worked during
the season. They are located on the Mis-.
sissippi river about thirteen miles below
Davenport. They have been turning out
some of the finest dimension stone, build
ing stone, window caps. stills, and tagging,
that can be found in the western market
This stone has been used in the new schoo
building to the satisfaction of all who have
examined it. The workmen employed il
dressing it speak in the highest terms Off
superior qualities for these reasons. 1t il
easier dressed and costs much less, which
makes it material object to purchasers
1t is furnished in dimensions from five
inches up. This stone is known as thu
blue limestone and has been used in linn
tied quantities for fifteen years in this To-
callty. The city has saved money by usinl
this stone. -DdvenpOrt Gazette.
Davenport contains more verdaut in
dividuals to the square yard than any othel
slow going town of its size 10 sixteen coun
ties. Scarcely week passes but some Of
it's sharp business men are taken IN anC
done for,--"beat" by some of the mos
awkward swindlers that ever attempted T.
live by their wits. There's Bill Pool over
there. who has been in business for owe
80 years, allowed himself to be talked int
invoicing bis stock (which took him tive
days. and agreeing to sell out to gentee
appearing old codger, haihng from NeI
, Jersey, who played the wholesale grocer
dodge, and was DESTROYS of estab
> fishing his son 10 the retail bushes
? in the west. The papers were to hav'
e been all made out, signed and delivered a
+ one o'clock on Saturday, at which tim
Pool was to get a check en- the bank 70
purchase money. While Pool was at din
ner that day, the wholesale grocer, WI
gave the name of A. A. Andrews, was il
the store, and few minutes before on
o'clock he left, at the same time abou
: 500 in the drawer left. He left boar
e bill at the St. James hotel, and a ne,
d overcoat at Tom McCulIough's was lei
because he could not pay on delivery.
: is needless to say, Bill Pool was badl
left, and about two o clock Saturday th
e chief of police of Davenport left to'huu
l. uD that wholesale grocer from Ne,
: jersey" who wants to establish his son
business in the west.