The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-27
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Fine day.
The river is falling.
Good many farmers in town now.
= Republican primaries tomorrow
night. sa
Market Square was pretty well filled
with loads of hay to-day.
The St. Louis bridge is reported
ready for the passage of trains.
Peter Philebar is erecting neat frame
house on his LOT, on the corner OF Seventh
avenue and 18th street
Mrs. S. Nj. Keiser has put up neat
picket fence around her lot, on the corner
OF Third avenue and 18th street.
Tonight Mr.. Graves, the evange-
list, will preach his farewell sermon in this
city, in the Central Presbyterian church.
Democratic primaries to nominate
ca ndidates for aldermen and delegates
to the city conyention-on Thursday even
ing. e.
Lecture in the hall of the High School
building this evening, on the Wonders
CT the ocean as seen 10 coral reefs and
coral islands"
Street Com'r Marker has just com
plete6 some fine stone and cinder cross
ings on Second avenue-which will be ap-
preciated by the people in muddy weather.
| 1t has been decided to dismiss the
pending indictments in the Scott County
district court against Mrs. Upper, They
Eare for forgery and uttering forged paper
and are four in number.
The raft boat Viola, Capt Ramto
] arrived from IeClaire this forenoon, hav-
ling on board number of Steamboat men
from that place This is the first boat
from above-and the second boat of the
season.
The quarterly conference Of the Ninth
street NJ. b Church at its second quarterly
session, held at the church on the 24rf
! inst, instructed the trustees to furnish
plans and specifications for the enlarg4
ment of its church building.
Last Sunday, little 3-year old son Of
! Rev, Mr.. Smith, Methodist clergyman
living near Taylor Ridge, accidently go
hold of and swallowed some concentrated
lye, which SO burned and inhamed thu
D throat and stomach of the little fellow tina
e he is not expected to live.
s Two legal firms of our city have been
4 dissolved to-day, and new one has beer
formed Cannon & Porter and O'Meari
, 4 PaIkhurst have respectively parte,
/. company, and a new firm has beel
S formed, consisting of Nj. V. Cannon
e Esq.,, and Clint. Parkhurst, under tn
: name and style of Cannon & Parkhurst. =
] DGU Dem. 26th.
The concert given by Prof. Ressler'
+ German-English school, in Turner Hall
J on Sunday evening, was very largel
d attended by the parents and friends 0
s the scholars, and everybody appeared t
to be highly pleased with the entertain
j ment. After the concert the young folk
: had pleasant dance. Prof. Ressler ha
d proven himself to be "a capital in
D structor in German and we are glad t.
e know that he is meeting with the success
s which he deserves.
d Ferdinand Bauman. who has beer
q having so much trouble with his VIII
Il lately. created quite an excitement abou
i noon to-day at his home in the lower par
y OF the city, by telling the neighbors h
I had taken poison. Dr. Plummer was call
{ ed and found Bauman in stupor, which
the DR.. saps put him more Gin mind c
stupor caused by an overdose of poo
u whiskey than from dose of poison
e The Dr., however, prepared an antidot
s. but couldn't persuade or force Bauman t
take it. At last report he was better