The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-07
NOTES HERE AND THrRE.


which occurred on the Fourth.
Last night was cool and refreshing,
after the intense heat of the past three
days. To-day it is again very warm.
The short horse is easily curried,"
is parpahrased thusly by TeutoBic friend,
Der schmal leedle BONES don't take snch
goot vile to brush himself all over nit
der curry gone.
"A philosopher says: ut is mistake
to look in the face for signs of feeling; the
real seat of sensation is within" We be-
lieve you, my boy, especially if the indi-
vidual has been eating green currant pie
Milan now intends to enforce an ordi-
nance requiring people to build sidewalks
in front of their property-and City Clerk
Kerr was in the city this forenoon getting
copy of the notice to be served on prop
erty owners.
-Weyerhauser & Denkman's saw mill
on Friday, cut 10000 feet of lumber
and then, only the gang and rotary saws
were running. Hadn't the Davenport and
Moline mills better send those brooms
| along-or stop "blowing?"
Rev. Nourse, of the CONGREGATIONAL
church Of Aledo, has had a call at Spring
field, Ills, where he goes next week on
mutual trial. for a month or more. He
breaches his final sermon to the Aledo
congregation next Sunday.
Emil HelpenstelTs baby, the first one
born in the town of Reynolds, was christ
ened in the German Lutheran church in
this city, on Tuesday. 1t will hereafter be
known as Reynolds Frederick Joseph
Helpenstell. 1t ought to prosper with
that name.
"A couple of gaudily dressed young
men were in this city last Friday. ostensibly
| Tor the purpose of collecting funds for the
celebration Of the Fourth of July at Mo
| line. Was such action authorized by the
authorities having charge of the celebra-
ton at that point2- Geneseo Republic.
Hotel keepers, clearinghouse keep
ers and hash dealers Of ali kinds, cut out
and place in your hats the name of A
Gardner, Davenport, and remember he
will bring you to grief ifyou entertain him.
He claims 10 travel In the interest of some
watch, clock and jewellery house: is a
foreigner, and jumps his grub bills with
astonishing ease and agility. = Genese0
Republic
About $4,000 have been subscribed in
Aledo up to date. to assist the L. p.
Church to make the necessary large repairs
to the church building, caused by the
great storm of Monday, June 18th. A
| liberal share of this is from we'll wishing
population outside of that organization =
The Presbytery is there now in session,
and it is believed that from some funds
for SUCH contingencies held by the church.
the balance needed will be supplied.
Sheriff Vannice brought over to
Geneseo from Cambridge, on Saturday
| last the following named prisoners, and
| left with them for Joliet, on the morning
train: John Cox, burglary, one year;
| Eugene Cross. burglary, one year; Swan
Hawkins, forgery, eighteen months; Jas.
| Nj. johnson, bigamy, two years. The
Henry county circuit court adjourned
Monday, and Judge Peasants is now
holding court at Aledo, Mercer county.
The rye harvest has commenced and
wheat is filling and ripening splendidly.
The hay crop is unequaled by any that
ever grew here before, and the corn is the
best for four years. Business men catch
the cheerful inspiration which the coming
harvest gives the farmers and, after the
usual July rest, We expect to see such a
revival in all branches as will smooth out
all the anxious wrinkles that have fallen
upon their faces in the last fifteen months
Of pinchlng times. -Ioa0a City Press,
Milton Coukling, an Insane man. con.
| fined in the Bureau county jail, made bis
escape from ADMINISTRATION few days ago,
and going to the apartments occupied by
Sheriff Brandon and his family, insisted
that Mrs. Brandon should accompany him
up town where they would be married
| Mrs. b. cody requested him to take a seat
until she finished some sewing. After
waiting few minutes, Uonkling, man like
felt desire TO make love to the servant
girl, and went into the kitchen Mrs. b.
then sent for her husband, and the lunatic
was soon locked up. He has since beer
taken to the asylum at EIgin.
"A committee of the Davenport city
council to whom was referred the petition
If Bishop Hennessey, of DUBUQUE, though
his attorney, w. T. Dittoe, Esq, have
granted the petitioners prayer, and the
council has instructed the city collector to
cancel on the city tax books, the taxes
assessed against the Catholic church prop.
erty in that city for the years 1870, II.
70, '73, IA, rs. '76. and II. It ha.
heretofore been claimed in Iowa that al
church property outside the church build
ing was subject to taxasion-but the su
preme court has decided diffeIe nt.
Joseph Fisher, CONVICTED of larceny al
the January term, 1896, of the Madison
circuit court, was pardoned on application
of the officers of the penitentiary, on july
| 4th. The governor waived notice in this
case, because the prisoner has been in the
penitentiary so long that the people Of
| Madison county have no interest in the
| case. The convict has served over eleven
years. and has all that time been the baker
| of the establishment. and has always been
| faithful to his duty The officer 10 charge
says that the old man has done enough
work at ten hours day to amount to about
| the full term of twenty years. giving hin
the benefit of good time under the law.
| The governor believes there is such thing
as at0Deihg for crime by faithful conduct,
and that the old man has earned pardon.
| In the circuit court at VermilHon, Ohio,
j. 3. ..Kalb has just been sentenced to the
penitentarY for life for the murder, on the
30th of March last, of L. D. Dewitt. son Of
| Mrs. +. A. Dewitt, formerly a resident of
Princeton, Bureau county and now the
wife of DR.. L. r, Jerome. The murder
was deliberately planted and executed for
money. During the winter Kalb had pro-
fessed to have experienced religion, made
great pow wow and was exceedingly pi-
Gus. Dewitt, who kept drug store, had
great interest in Kalb and the latter was
frequently in his store of nights, read.
lug and conversing on the bible, and
it was on one of these occasions that he i'm
proved the opportunity by attending to