The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-25
NOTES HERE AND THERE.


present.
| The foreign war sends up the price of
corn, wheat and -four.
Louie Harms is building a substantial
plank sidewalk in front of his saloon.
Has the Aledo Banner ceased to ex-
list? No copy of it has been received at
this Office for two weeks.
The Untoa must have been hard up"
tor news this morning, as it republished
the river news of yesterday.
| -Andreas Schneider is putting in new
foundation and making other needed i'm
provements to the Cape Horn House.
The Republican revolt against Hayes
is growing largely and threatens to GUST
him from that party. There's more about
it inside this paper.
Travel over the Rock Island and
Sylvan Water bridges is good, and the
guards are kept busy watching that no
accident occurs from passing trains.
The wagon shops of j. Z. Lindstrom &
Son, in Rapids City, were destroyed by
fire on Monday night. The fire was an
incendiary one. Loss about $4,000; insur-
ance $4,000.
: -Keator Il Co.'S mill now makes, on an
average, about $4,000 feet of lumber
every Gay-l0,000 feet more per day than
last year, owing to an improvement in the
draft to the boilers.
City Clerk Reed reports that water
rent is coming IN very good since Supt.
Cramer issued his order notifying people
, that he would shut off all water where the
! rent was not paid.
: -Auawalt, Denkman & Co.'S new saw
mill will start up in the morning. This
) will be good news to the old employees who
were thrown out of employment last tall
, by the destruction of the old mill by fire,
For more than week the holes in
e Union Square have been dangerous pit
falls for passers in the dark, and trees
have been lying on the ground. Why are
: not the trees planted, or the holes filled
d up?
; Business on the c. r. |. & z. road
is lively just now. This morning 6 loaded
trains OF 25 cars each went west oyer this
road. and trains went east. About 100
S cars of the east bound trains contained
d live stock.
It The Reynolds hack line is big
q thing" for Aledoans who desire to visit
- Rock Island and we are glad to know that
u it is well patronized. The mail route is 8
W great improvement over the old Rock
t. Island route. -Aledo Record.
y The fire last evening was in Thos +
: Carey's paint shop, in the second story o.
~ J, D. Taylor's carpenter shop, on Fourth
y" avenue. A small amount of wall papel
he was destroyed. Damage slight. The frt
to companies responded promptly.
james Marley, former guard unde
Gen. Rodman, has been assigned to dut.
y at Sylvan Water bridge. in place o
w William Tottln who has been appointed
superintendent of the laborers now EN-
ployed at Rock Island Arsenal.
-. Edith OGorman, the escaped" pun
IL is getting a breeze from every direction
IS A Minnesota paper says it doesnt knoN
10 how an escaped num- would perform IN
70 der the influence of liquor, but that
~ anybody else had acted the way Edith di
to drunk. CITY Press.
it The only question is whether twill b
il better in the public interest to keep NJ
Tweed 10 jail for the remainder of b
. natural life and allow all his accom- lice
10 to escape scot free, or to let Mr.. Twee
al out and convict those who shared in hi
3 .? crimes, and many of whom are, prObabl
:. now enjoying riches aud honors throug
- the influence of their lll-gotten gains,-A
zee Y Herald
ed The Carolina Light Infantry, the leaC
lot ing colored military organization in Sout
an Carolina, has passed resolutions compl
100 mentary to Coy. Hampton. More "bul
doing" we suppose. Ex-Congressma
Oh Rapier, of Alabama, (coloredl cordially il
do dorses the Conservative policy, and sa.
a that in his state they have never hs
mt more quiet and orderly times than now :
go under Democratic rule, Who has BET
~ ''intimidating Rapier?
MS On Tuesday, May l, the Rev. Jof
Lancaster Spaiding, S. I. L will be Co
'ed secrated Bishop OF Peoria, ILL.,, by Care
nd nal McClosky, in the cathedral in Mo
~ street, New York city. The see of Poor
Al was created from the diocese of Chical
lily on Dec. IS, last, Father Spalding beil
lis? chosen its first bishop. Father Spaldil
his will be the youngest bishop in the Americi
: hierarchy. He was born in Lebanon, K!
10 and is in his thirty seventh year. He is
nephew of Archbishop Spalding of Bal
more. N Y, Sunday Democrat,
de- The Union of this morning gives
ow. startling account of the killing of
and afflicted with hydrophobia by Ed. Wilcc
os yesterday, in the upper part of the eli
The facts in the case are that the dc
re which was a very small one, had be
airy poisoned, and was in his death struggle VIII
Sto- Wilcox hit him 10 the head with polio
o,o man Brennan's cane, and thus ended
- misery. That must have been pref
sth- risky job, for the Union says: when
inc man believes that a mad dog is in con,
ks. nient proximity to his trowsers legs. it
owe quires some courage and presence of mi
RELY as we'll as of body-to polish the amin
SON off. ="
ala Seven years ago Francis Murphy Ike
gnl- a saloon, kicked a man down stairs, a
by was sent to Jail for manslaughter Ii
wa December he conducted a most remarl
ysi bic temperance movement in Pittsburs
nee where be obtained 10000 signatures to I
cor pledge. subsequently he visited elghtt
towns in Northern Pennsylvania and w
tern New York, and induced $4,000 p
wall sons to sign the pledge. In Bufal
,ook vigorous campaign was opened agai
W intemperance, and about 1890 conve
put themselves on reoord. Mr.. Murp
is now meeting with unequiyocal succ
lille. in Philadelphia, where his disciples
for ioauy ,, uonuei iV'ooo' iie preacneS WI
llro favor prohibitory legislation. IN J.
says bune.
hort Aaa;+io,.ol Ro,,as
the 1,rSr,cps
NC Drury-Anthony Ricketts,, with Pc