The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-23

not even Sold-tney were given away,
In Indiana they put this head over an
advertisement telling OF a horse theft
Kill the thief and Ireturn the horse.
"A fellow tried to whip Danville, IVA. J
editor. And now his friends are wonder
ing how they will end up the obituary no
tice.
-"Oft in the Silly night" was the SEN
timent expressed by Smiths boy, after par
taking freely Of boiled cabbage and cucum-
bers.
Quite a number of our sportsmen
went out to the Coal Valley harvest home
festival to day, to take part in the shooting
match.
The declaration against subsidies in
the platform of the Ohio Democracy can
not be disregarded with safety by the next
Congress.
Philosophy is good thing. Philoso-
ply gives man cheek enough to pay one
cent for a newspaper and five cents for a
poor cigar.
Some parents raise children on the
same plan they would tree, evidently
thinking that the more they're sprouted
the better they'll grow.
The river was IL above low water
mark last evening, but during the night
fell one-tenth of a foot, and at 6 o'clock
this morning gagged at IL.
The young woman who said kissing
was like a sewing machine, because it
seemed so good, evidently alluded to a
sewing machine with Teller.
If you go on an excursion and the
/ all toEor stand mn lOnU Won
can and then cry out: Man overheard /"
Every woman will rush for the rail
Then does the Moline Stars want it
understood that they are afraid to play the
Island City boys? Come, answer one way
or the other-don't sneak out that way.
Now is the winter Of our discomfort
made glorious summer" said the numer
Gus tramp as he plucketh the farmer S
sweet corn and roasteth it by the roadside.
4 S. s. Crompton,o of Hampton, the curly
haired fiddler aspirant for county treas
urer, was around to-day, 10 the upper part
of the CITY, 'settin' 'em up to the boys.
&-The prisoners:in the Davenport Jail at
tempted to escape yesterday by saving the
iron bars in one of the windows, but they
were detected, and all are now in their
cells
San Francisco bartenders have chunks
Of glass resem bling ice which they put into
drinks for intoxicated customers instead OF
the genuine cooling substance. The mo
stive is economy.
: "A meeting OF the city council will
probably be held to morrow evening to take
action to prevent any further work being
done on the ditch from Fifth avenue Il
Anawalt. Denkman 4 Co. 8 saw mill.
"A North Carolina woman has Invented
new spark arrester, just as though tht
the old man yelling down stairs TO the cir
to come to bed. and asking if that sap
head Intended to stay to breakfast, wa
= not effected enough.
a "A young married man. whose name
, will not be published this time, has iIs
Fl had a narrow escape from being prosecuted
t for embezzlement from his employer. ID
!. repented and his employer relented,-s
:. all S we'll that ends well.
S How is it that there is no talk: back
t from any of those good shots VINO went GU
! into the wilds of Iowa with dogs, and!sho
and guns, AID three loaves of bread? Spea
: up gentlemen-say something about chick
It ems and less about the crops.
Within the past three days Marsha
e HAYES has been 10 receipt of one dozen post
i al cards notifying him to be on the lookou
= for horse thieves-who seem to be plyin
= their vocation in all parts of country an
Z at much greater extent than usual.
+ An expert physician, speaking of hig
% buildings as promotive of insanity, say
a that lawyers, editors and intellectual me
q show mental decentralization by ocoupyin
;. offices 10 upper stories, This gives a ne
n. significance to the saying, Weak in th
d upper story.
er "A Cincinnati liquor dealer applied t
1i a customer for letter of recommendatio
of a certain brand of whisky he had re
Gently sold him. The customer wrot,
it II have tried all sorts of insect poison
It., and fine none equal to your old cabine
,e whisky"
Gen. Sherman's latest remark to dat
about the Nez Perces business is, tia
hunting Indians in the mountains is lik
hunting rats in an elevator. That ey
plains we suppose, the selection of thu
agile and long winded warrior. O. o. How
ard, to boss the Job.
D Acting Coroner Hayden went up I
a Rapids City this afternoon in response to
h' telegram to come and hold an inquest O
s. the body of the man drowned in that plac
1 this forenoon, mentioned in a special di
70 patch in our Geographic columns. He wi
10 be back in the morning
\ Shippers received notice yesterda
- afternoon that on and after August 23t
to-day rates on wheat to Chicago an
- Milwaukee over the g., r, l. & 2. will t
~ III cents per 100 lbs, and Is cents per lC
= lbs, on other grain. This is an advance (
- q cents over present figures.
--Fraud-the Wallack Com bination thu
i, plays in Davenport tomorrow evening
At that is, if that notorious dead-beat, Jill
Wallack, is the manager. He has jumpe
Ia this city for good The last two or tire
= times he imposed on this place with hi
snide shows showed him it wouldnt pay
ID be seen around here.
Capt Huber is making many improv
Of ments to, and is enlarging the facilities
e his brewery. He has just had two larg
sr soaking tubs for malt put in. and b
re brewing kettle is now being enlarge,
he When the improvements are complete
le the Capt. will have one of the fine
he breweries in the northwest.
r, Lawn Parties.
x Among the most popular and fashion