The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-19
NOTES HE ARR rHERE.
Cool, pleasant day.

low water mark,
Base ball. yesterday afternoon-Acro-
bats "a; Actives %.
The Ictorias beat the Davenporters
yesterday afternoon by score of % to 4.
"A large party from Henry county are
camped on Big Island fishing and-are-
having good time.
Prof. w. d. Cunning, who delivered a
course of lectures In this place last winter,
is now lecturingin Stockton, California.
No more tramps will be allowed to
cross Rock Island aud Sylvan water
bridges after Il p. MIS- the commandments
orders.
Matthias Schnell. of this city, ,;has re-
ceived the contract to build a $4,000
church for the Methodists at Reynolds
station.
-Nels Nelson, who had his right
arm taken off by st. Louis engine. few
evenings ago, was taken to the poor house
to-day by Supervisor Aster.
Alice E. Eaton, the runaway daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Henry Eaton. was caught about
II miles back of Davenport and returned
to her home. She was still dressed 10 male
attire.
Said the little pet of the household on
the last anniversary of her birthday: Its
a lovely doll, dear grandpa and grandma,
but-but-Id been hoping it would be
twins.
The little steamer Newsboy having
completed its contract with the Western
Union road to ply with barge between
Sabula and Savanna. has been taken to our
boat yard for repairs.
Hasn't Rock Island got material
enough to organize first-class military
company. Nearly every little town in the
state is organizing one-and Rock Island
shouldn't take back seat.
-Solon Kendall has been appointed
postmaster at Geneseo. in place of Geo. A.
Hobbs, resigned. When the latter re-
signed he recommended his partner A.
Lieberknecht for the position.
Dave Lohr, a half wittsds yagrant
from Moline confined in the county Jail,
set fire to his bed about o'clock this
morning and smoked the sherif7s family
out before it could be extinguished.
At partisan dinner party charm.
ing hostess privately apOlogized for the
revelation OF low corsage worn by one of
the ladies present. The general respond
ed gayly, "Oh, never mind, madame. We
soldiers have often seen ladies dressed In
that style-in Africa"
The St Louis Republican says: Capt
John b. Davis, formerly of Cincinnati, and
now superintendent of the YELLOW stone
transportation Co, commanded the FIRST
steamer from St Paul that ever assembled
the Red river of the north"
On Sunday there was 5ll cars of
freight received in Chicago over the Rock
Rock Island Il Pacific, This is an unusual
showing for July. One-third of the cars
were loaded with grain, Whish of course
was last years. This years crop will not
be moving till toward August 10.
~~Mr, Joseph B. Qass, well known citi-
zen OF Muscatne, and son Of the Rev. DR..
Cass. OF that city, was drowned on Sunday
last 10 Chicago, while bathing in the lake.
lie was about AZ years old, and leaves a
vie and two children, besides bis aged
father and mother residing in Muscatine,
to mourn his untimely death.
"A couple of young men, dressed ia
female attire, played a questionable Joke
on an innocent young man last evening, by
inducing him to take skiff-riding .sWhen
near the point of the Island, it is said, the
girls disrobed and plunged into the
river tor bath-greatly to the astonish-
ment OF the ba8hiul youth, who covered
his face with his hands to hide the scene
from view.
-Iha body of DIN De Wolf, of Port
Byron, who was drowned near Comanche,
few days ago has not yet been found.
His friends say that he was five feet six
ipohcs high, sandy complexion, light hair,
and had on grey clothes They think that
after he fell into the water he pulled off
his coat Should his remains be found,
those finding them will confer great favor
on his friends By addressing Mr.. Isaac
HOLSTER, Port Byron, Iii.
oh, why was ! born?" said he: why
dId they yank me by the hair out of eternal
nothlngDess into concrete existence, to buff
tet the storms of this rude world with DO
postpotDent on account Of the weather?
What then, is this problem of human dis
tiny with which science has impotently
wrestled for so many centuries?' But she
told him, all the same, that there was no
base ball for him that afternoon, and if he
didn't get the kindling split before his
father came home, there'd be some yrest
ling that would make science open her ewes
when she struck that woodshed,
"A poor ignorant, innocent girl, who
had been working in SabuIa, for about
year was engaged by man to go to work
10 the hotel at Clinton, promising her much
higher wages than she was getting, The
girl only too gladly accepted the PROPOSE
ton, and with her supposed employer.
she started for the depot at the c., G, Sd,
junction to take the train for Clinton
When short distance below town the vii
lain overpowered hsrland by force outraged
her person. She escaped from him as soon
as she could and passed the night in the
weeds
Readers OF THE ARGUS remember the
details of the disappearance of Dickerson.
wealthy farmer of lama county Iowa. from
Clinton last winter-it being supposed at
the time that he was attacked while cross
ing the bridge and thrown into the river.
A man named Fox Just returned from Ne. |
braska, who formerly resided in Tama
county, and was slightly acquainted with |
Dickerson, says he saw him in Nebraska |
spoke to him, but Dickerson refused 70
be recognized, Mr.. Fox, who has been
Lying in Nebraska for some time, never
heard OF the mysterious disappearance of |
Dickerson until returning to Tama
county few days ago,
What nice thing it would be if some
phil&nthropist. fresh from Jupiter, or Mars
or the Moon, would land in our streets,
armed with a sharper scythe than Times
or keener sickle than Deaths, and cut
Oft limb and branch, exterminate and de.
stroy the miles OF weeds and noxious herbs
that line the sidewalks. By their presence