The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-20
There's millions in it. "
NOTES HERE AND THERE.


In Iowa a good dancer is said to
throw betty sock"
When engineers comprom- eyes, any
body nose the people are ahead.
Up to clock last evening about $50 |
teams had crossed the city bridges over
the Rock river yesterday.
The Reform in the New Orleans Gus
tom house gives Mr.. Blaine an additional
grievance against the administration.
The grand pic mic to be given by the
Valley Guard Band, of Andalusia, will
come off on next Thursday at that place, |
1t is suggested that the name of the |
Charter Oak Life Insurance Company
ought to be changed to the Slippery Elm. |
The President will find it more difficult
than he suspects to adopt the Canadian
system of dealing with the Indians. The
Indian Ring is stronger in Congress than
he imagines.
What | object to" said Texas
horse thief, as he was about to be drawn
up, is your hanging me here in the sun
when there's plenty of shade close by.
However, go ahead. 7"
Fred. Kimmerle, lately bartender at
Hubers brewery, has purchased the Cen
trail House at Andalusia, from Jack Myers,
and he intends to keep a first.class place in
future. We wish him success,
The Labor party in politics will be
the shortest of the many short-lived or
CARNATIONS which have illustrated the
versatility and freedom of American poll
tics. = Philadelphia Times, Ind
Increase your receipts and decrease
your expenditures" is the valuable infor-
nation sent to the fools who forward
twenty-five cent TO New Yorker in an
swer to the advertisement How to become
rich.
The meanest man has just been found
at Foster, Ohio. He sent one of his child
neighbor's honey, claiming that the bees
had collected most of their honey from his
choicest flowers.
The Republican platform of Ohio in
dorses the President The platform OF
Iowa and Maine don't. We shall see
which platform fares the best in the cleo
tons; aud the result will probably teach
somebody valuable lesson, Post
(Rep)
If ex-Speaker Randall is ready to sup
port the policy of Hayes, 10 aiding, by
| every constitutional means, the restoration
of the material and commercial prosper
ity of the Southern States, his reelection
as Speaker may be considered settled
Memphis Aoajanche tIRd. Dena,)
Aud their tents were pitched with
out, SAID clergyman in church; and
a young base ball player, who was slum-
bering in his pew, awoke with start and
4 yelled Foul" The first base came down
4 from the choir and put HIM out, but IN
doing SO received a daisy cutter in the
centre field.
Perhaps the Texas Pacific may be de-
feated in future as it has been in the past
{ congresses, but If so, 1t will be because
, northera sentiment. whether of Republican
or Democratic variety, cannot reconcile it
self to the step of lending the south friend
ly hand in its struggle towards prosperity
- Neao Orleans Times (Denal
This is bad year for demagogues anC
5 blatherskltes, and the ill-luck which has
E befallen a good many individuals who prid
ed themselves on being eminent states
men ought to be 4 warning to some o.
e those who have suddenly gotten it int
$ their heads that the Lord has called upor
. them to take charge of the government
PHILADELPHIA Telegraph Rep. J
Geo. Walker, for selling beer on thu
fair grounds without license, S. z. Nelson
o of the Pennsylvania House, for takinl
! stamps from beer kegs for the purpose o
using them again, and John Mngerfelt, fol
! selling liquor without government license
l. we're arrested by u. s. Marshal, Root, il
h Davenport, on Friday afternoon, and gavt
bonds to appear before the January term
IS 1877, u. s. Court at Keokuk.
s Last evenings train from Chicago wa
four hours and half late. The delay wa
caused by an accident to the locomotive ant
q the unusual heaviness of the train, fv,
n cars of which were filled with u, s. troop
{, en- route from Chicago to Omaha The,
Il are the same party which PASSED through
our city during the strike excitement, ant
, consisted of portions of FIVE companies 0
?. the Ninth aud two of the Fourth lnfantr
under command of Captain Mears.
u Thursday of last week one of our cit
!. ladies', finding the city too close for comfort
, concluded to visit her "unsophisticatet
. girl" friend in rural village about 8
miles away. She was escorted to the tow
by Buffalo Bill" Sitting Bull an
and several other noted Indian chiefs. TIL
excitement on their arrival was intense an
their leave-taking was effecting. The lady
y with her country friend, spent the day o
the Geneseo fair grounds, she bet on tn
''hoss' that lost, of course. At the clos
D, of the day she was SO fatigued by bettin
9. and taking notes for the Rock Islam
ARGUS Cher pet paper that it took Is
glasses of Wagner lemonade to refres
IS her, furnished her by Chicago friend
the unsophisticated country girl nc
r. knowing what it took to brace" a cit
= LADY, (sbe taking fresh air for her's). Sh
- met many of her friends from her own city
0, and they. seeing Der Respondent loo
I'd through the day, concluded to try and ell
terrain her in the evening By serenadt
IN knowing her love for music. She wa
" brought to her own precious self by the
% singing her all-redeeming piece, Angus
en- tine Nix-cum- arouse" At the conelusio
g; of the serenade she attempted to gather
mr. bouquet for the singers, and did SO b
Il culliDg asparagus and clover under th
NC impression that she was gathering flower;
as Smart city people should not attempt
i'll show off when they attend country fai
!. Like beautiful jewels IN brasses setting
u are handsome features upon face marie
n by signs of blood poisoning. The gree
ew purifier of the blood is DR.. Bulls Bloc
ed Mixture.