The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-11
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Very dusty.
Very pleasant day.
"A home ruler-the kitchen poker.
The silver question Can you lend me
quarter.
Charley Ross has turned up again
this time in England.
Great men are scarce, but there are
many great grandchildren.
All our merchants report business as
having been very dull since the Fourth.
Some one says that Russions sleep
in their clothes. We should think it would
spoil their nap.
Travel oyer the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy road has been very heavy thus
far this season.
The Michigan Central has made three
reductions in the wages of its employees
during the past year.
Col. Blood, who fell a victim TO rota-
ton under the Woodruff code, is practi-
cling medicine in Memphis.
George Wilson. in Jail for vagraney.
prisonment having expired.
"A gentleman's horses, when they are
running away with him, are "circumstan-
ces over which he has no control"
"A quarterly dividend of 2 per cent,
payable Aug. lst. has just been declared
by the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad
Company.
AT meeting of the Directors of the
Davenport Plow Co. Monday night. an an
nual dividend of 10 per cent was declared,
payable July 10Th.
The Rev. Mrs. Van Colt wants some
body to stand on the battlements of hell
and shake her glori6ed white robes at old
Satan. Why, you dear old girl, Satan
isn't afraid of an empty nightgown.
Reports from above are very encour-
aging to saw mill owners. The rivers are
all rising, and the prospect is that enough
logs can be run out to keep the mills going
until the close Of the season. Hope SO.
The city clerk is busy collecting water
rent. Yesterday was the last day of grace,
and the superintendent was around to-day
shutting off the water from all who have
not paid up. That's right-but no partial
ity should be shown-no matter who it is
1t is now reported that the Brazilian
McNulta, of Bloomington. McNulta rur
as the republican candidate for congress
10 1874, in the 18th district, having al
ready served one term in congress from
that district. He was beaten by Hon. A
K. Stevenson, the democratic and inde
pendent candidate.
Notwithstanding the hard times, tn,
hot weather, his duties as engineer on thu
ferry boat, his anxiety as large tobacct
, merchant, and his occasional attacks o
rhematism, Bob Solomon. this morning
became the astonished father of b0unc
ing boy. F. S.-Please add one more DO,
making twins Bob, all we can say is
> swell done" Bobthinksthereisn' tanybod
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. "gohimonebetter."
The Dongias monument commissioner
consisting of Judges Drummond, Trum
bull, Canton and Frieley, and Messrs. Pot
ter Palmer, M. w. Fuller, r. T. Lincol
and Ralph Plumb, met in Chicago las
Friday and instructed a sub eommitte
to procure plans and specifications for a
the work except the statuary, and after
careful examination Of the same to adveT
: tise for proposals to do the work.
Louis Tape, aged 10 years, son c
a Fred. Tape, of Muscatine, was browne
. Monday afternoon while bathing in tn
river near the levee. He was wading int
o the water, got beyond his depth and sanl
! The body was soon recovered, but life wa
9 extinct. The funeral took place Tues6a
. afternoon. On Friday evening last,
young man named Danl McAlister wa
: drowned while bathing at Burlington.
S Miss Ada Z. Sweet, Illinois prett
n pension agent, accompanied by Nj
q Pierce, an assistant, reached the city Sal
q urday evening. They are taking posse!
d sion of the books, papers, and other GOV
y eminent property in the pension ofhc
y here, and to morrow the Springfield ager
e cy will be numbered among the thing
d that were, but are not. They have a
q ready taken possession of the Quincy o
5. fee. They go from here to Salem, to az
J. cumulate the Office at that place.-Sprins
IS field Register.
I 90 Tuesday morning there were tv
3 fires in DaveDport-one on the coroner
u Seventh and Gaines streets, occupied by
. family named Beck, which was damage
. to the amount of 81, 000-but covered /
/ insurance. The other originated IN an Of
e frame dwelling at the corner of Sevent
70 aud Marquette, communicating to NJ
70 Adam Weigand's residence 632 Ma
=, quette. The frame was burned almo
q before the department arrived ar
~ they turned their attention to Weigand
ll T house, but before extinguishing the fam,
~ the roof was burned aud the interior
10 the upper story partly. Most of the furr
iS ture was saved, but much of it damage
- in removal The building was literal
~ flooded with water, from which most
= the damage arises. The insurance W
le probably cover the damages, which
" about $4,000. Both fires were the VOL
~ of incendiaries.