The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-01
NorEs HrRE ANp THERE.

The terry D0a6 at CHnt0n was unaDl6
to run yesterday on account of the floating
ice.
a Montreal man has the strange fancy
of wearing beard on one side Of his face
only.
During the month Of November SO
marriage licenses were issued By the coun-
ty clerk.
Mr.. VIM. Anderson. Of Western, |
Henry county, has recently lost about 100
head Of hogs by. disease.
The nomination of Gen Harlan to be
associate ustice of the supreme court still
hangs fire in the senate.
An Illinois farmer boy, who has tried
it says: 1T is hard work to ride pig, its
name is SO short.
TO read the Aledo papers one would
Judge that they hadn't had their county
election in Mercer county yet.
That venerable pemmican of the
republican party, Ben Wade, believes
that the party will still be glorious.
The Ninth Street M. E. church is
| being enlarged sign that the congrega-
ton and members are increasing in num-
hers.
| The. ponderous and powerful vote Of
Senator David Davis of Illinois, is thing
of profound interest in these critical days
of the senate.
Game to their death in consequence Of
lhaVing ventured to sea in vessel of Secor
i Bobeson's bureau of steam engineering"
will be the true and proper verdict.
Judge Lucian Adams assumes the re-
sponsibilities of Office to-day. He will con-
vene his board of arbitrators on the 10th.
Creditors of the county make a.note of it.
| Gov. Hampton's argument in his mes
sage in favor of faithfully paying the state
: debt as it stands will be accepted as an
, other proof Of his fitness for the place be
occupies
The Geneseo Republic says that
Liberty Simpson, one of the pioneer
settlers of that town, is lying seriously IL
at his home on Green river, about mile
f and half north of that city.
D A few nights ago, the safe in the girls
mill Of Gould Bros, of New Windsor
, Mercer county, was drilled into and blown
. up with gunpowder, scattering thing
i about, and easing the firm of about 800
in cash.
f Won't the seatingof Kellogg under al
: the circumstances, be rather a singula
sequel to the famous Wheeler settlement
And won't it be rather difficult to make il
fit into the equally celebrated policy G
. Cancellation?
E The deleterious effects of tobacco ar
$ emphasized by the death at Knoxville O
the old English sailor, Thomas Grimaldi
Iwho, by its constant use from his earl
youth, cut short his life at the prematur
. age of loo years.
! Never since the blowing of the hor
outside the walls of Jericho have the road
been SO terribly awful as now. Our mer
y chants stand looking wistfully out the wiz
+ dows longing for good roads and rush &
IS business.
II Il. S. Thompson, of Reynolds, has re
4 Gently built large and commodious hote
: in that place, which is now open to tn
y public. It's good hotel. and Mr.. T., pre-
d poses to keep it in frst-class style. II
u also has livery stable connected with til
v hotel
The democrats are taking good care t
let the republicans understand that the
mean to call for reckoning of all pa
u dehnqueucies on the 4th of March, 1877!
Il Nothing can prevent them having a major
is ity then and several democratic senator
:, have plainly stated whatever wrongs ma
81 be done now will be quickly undone ther
d Of the 50 senators who hold over on til
a 4th of March, 1879. % will be democrat
,e without counting Mr., Davis or either of tt
: three claimants from Louisiana and Sout
y, Carolina, while II states, Alabama, +
III kansas, California, Florida. Georgia. Kel
is lucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri
NORTH Carolina, Ohio and South Carolir
. are certain to send democrats back, so TIL
the democrats are sure of majority
&c four and likely to have more than that