The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-28
NOTES HERE ANp THERE.

-Capt. DlackDurn spralOeQ arm Is Still
pretty sore-though improving.
Dark. chilly, rainy, disagreeable day,
and very few people on the streets,
AT Princeton, Bureau county, it only
costs $45 for saloon license for one year.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton will lecture
in Cambridge on Tuesday evening, May
9Th.
An effort is being made to start a
greenback and granger newspaper in Gen.
eseo.
R. Trenaman is having new roof
put on his harness shop, on Market
Square.
Dick MansilI has made a good many
converts to his theory" during the past
two days.
Ten criminal cases. postponed from
the January term, will come up at the
: May term of circuit court.
-Weyerhauser Il Denkman's raft boat,
the G. j. Caffrey, came down with log
raft for their saw mill this forenoon.
-Fezzler & Wagner, the up town drug
gists, have recently purchased fine $3.50,
, soda fountain. which is being put in.
t People who have not paid their water
Tuesday. Better come to time, and save
costs.
Miss Kate Claxton at the Burtis
Opera House over the river, tonight.
The ferry boat will run after the enter
+ tainment.
, The millers at South Rock Island and
Milan advanced -four 40 cents per barrel
yesterday-an advance of ST. go during the
past week.
The funeral of MISS Lucy Corker will
take place from the residence of her par
ents. on the Milan road, at 2 p. m. to-
morrow.
1t is astonishing how little interest the
Republican press takes in Tweed since his
confession showed how much of the "slush"
went into Republican hands.
; "A little two and a. half year old child of
Chris Kaucher, living at Buffalo, opposite
Andalusia, recently fell down and broke
one of her legs near the hip joint.
= Chris. Schultz, the man who received
r serious internal injuries by lumber falling
y upon him at Weyerlauser & Denkmann's
o saw mill day or two ago, will recover,
y We are 10 possession of some interest
k ing facts in relation to a Beecher and
o Tilten case in one of the oldest churches
e 10 this city which we may lay before the
e public in due time.
y "A barn belonging to James Anderson,
= living just east of Geneseo, was destroy
= ed by fire on the Light of the Goth, to-
. gether with FIVE horses, three cows, and
u much other property,
- An urgent effort is on foot in Clinton,
Iowa, to build the long contemplated pom
I~,1 hn
4 Mississippi. There is more building going
y on this spring than ever before.
v "A number of our young mel have
d received invitations to attend dance to be
given by the Social Club of Moline, in
i Trims Hall, in that city, on Friday eye
W ming, May 4th-'the last dance of the sea-
,e son.
r "A young lady came to town the other
L day to have her picture taken, When the
lie artist showed her the proof and asked
" how she liked it, she placidly remarked
1T that he put too darn much mouth on il
er to suit her."
ID The wife of August Riemers, of Dav-
- export, who was so badly burned in that
IL city couple Of weeks ago, by the explos
ion Of can of kerosene which she was
using to kindle fire, died this forenoon
~ one Will De DuTleu LO-uiOrTOW.
On the first day of the May term o
our county court-Monday, the 2lst,-
"a County Treasurer Porter will ask fol
judgment against those who have not paiC
their taxes, and for power to sell the rea
a estate, commencing on Wednesday, Jun
Id llth.
ril Charity Grove No. 80, U, A. o. D,
lie of this city, recently elected the following
= officers: n A, Joseph Retel; Z. A.
u Mat. Frederickson; Sec. Swan Youngren
ne Treas, Conrad Schmidt; I. g., Charles
ms Oberg. They will be installed next Frlda
ed evening at Druid Hall, Star Block.
Dy The 7ri City Times will not be issue
~ next week-but will come out greatly en-
l" larged on the following week. The edito
~ has purchased a new press, and he want
~ time to put it up and get everything
~, IA order again before he issues another pa
I'd per. 1t is very lively, spicy paper.
eld The assessors books for 1877 have a
been completed by Deputy Clerk Webste
his assisted by Mr.. A r. Donaldson, and whe
in compared will be ready for the assessor
lei The Rock Island and Moline books al
the already in the hands of the assessors.
meeting of the assessors for all the tow
IA lin the county will be held at the supervi
our ors' room next Tuesday afternoon.
hat Burglars made general raid on CHI
her ton, Iowa, Wednesday night. The res
will dence of A. P. Hosford was entered, an
the watch and other jewelry, valued at $50
belonging to Schiller Hosford take
bic Twelve dollars were taken from the res
lily dence OF E. s. Bailey; $40 from JUDI
in Thayer; and So from the house of W. V
Leslie.
Thanks to Perrin & Crockett for OF
!. of those large and very convenient ar
-, useful blotters issued by the Mutual Lif
ana of New York,-"the largest life insuran
,or company in the world" Phil NJ. Croc
o" EFT, son of Col. Crockett, of Lougview, al
anu B. j. Perrin, are doing life and fire i
ma surance business office on the levee v
ors' wish them success.
rms w. II. Sherman. agent for Kelly
fraa Leon MINISTRIES, was in the city tod
nre making arrangements for the appearan
of the troupe on next Friday eveDin
May 4th. This is one of the very be
,ods minstrel combinations on the road aud W
1t undoubtedly draw large audienc
Among the artists with the troupe is t
ton renowned end man. Billy Courtwright,w
ON is universally acknowledged one of t
heir best negro delineators on the stage.
rom The New York World reports th
TEN Mr. Wayne McVeagh of Pennsylvania, O
rom of Acting President Hayes's louisa
mes commissioners. expresses the opinion tn
owe in that outraged state Tilden and He