The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-15

The chinch bugs are making havoc
with the wheat crop in Winnebago county.
--Keator & Co., having received log
raft, started up again this friday morn |
ing.
The heart of Young America is glad
the fireworks for the Fourth haye ar
rived.
Men who have the most power show it
the last there is not a more terrible engine
of the law than fresh elected constable.
j. j. Vogel, of Hampton. Is putting
up neat two story frame building, 22x32
feet in size, which he will open in couple
of weeks as a saloon and restaurant.
Mrs. Alice Carr and Tim Riley want
to plead guilty before our county court
the former to obtaining goods under false
pretenses, and the latter for malicious
mischief
The M. E. church spire at Lyndon
was struck by lightning and considerably
damaged on Wednesday. There were
several minor accidents to cattle, horses
and hay stacks,
Only one marriage license was Issued
by the county clerk last week-the happy
couple being James Gardener and Lizzie
j. Crooks. The young folks are probably
holding off, till the Fourth.
Andy McMeeken. the bulldozing
farmer, living south of Milan, who assault
ed his neighbor. VIM. Hess. few days
ago, plead guilty to the charge before
Justice Dickson, in Milan, on Thursday,
and was fined $40 and costs, switch he paid.
Mrs. Jacob Derr, of Dixon, commit ed
suicide Sunday morning, by taking about a
dozen grains of morphene. Her husban d
can not account for the deed only she was
out of health, and the cattle had destroyed
the garden; for which he had Scolded her.
This is the way it was written: MAR.
ried, at the residence of II, G. Quick,
Canoe Greek, Mr.. Levi A. Hamilton, OF
CISCO Centre, Henry Co., and Mrs. Ruth
Bryant-Rey. J. Q. Adams performing
the ceremony" May peace and prosperit!
attend them.
"A tramp went through Flick Depuy''
house, about FIVE miles east of DixoL, las
Monday afternoon in the absence of tht
family, taking about $3.50 in money anC
nearly $40 worth of clothing. The TRAMP
was caught the next day near the Kingdom
and lodged in the Lee county Jail.
Mrs Look, female prisoner, sent to
the Joliet penitentiary from Kankake'
county Is months ago for the murder of he
husband, gave birth to a child last week
As her sole companions in the prison ara
said to have been women, the case presen
either phenomenal length of CESSATION, O
looks bad for the prison officials. Will the.
} rise and explain?
And now there is trouble about tw
coats
That fell in Katie Weller's way,
And soon on the second hand counter lay,
Where Johnny and Banty had 80 cents TO pay,
For the coats that fell in Katie's way.
Saw you the smile of Dixon grim,
As Webb all coatless appear to him,
Saying, "to get onr coats will take the tin"
She's worse cost thief than Republican Tim.
And now she looks as cross as thun
2 der,-fairly scowles every time she look
Z at those two book keepers and thinks
how annoying to her little 1ohite darling
She is hummer you can depend on ii
and here the hum
) NO no, you shall not know
, The color OF my gaiters;
No. no, you shall not know
Who stole my pink stockings:
For If you were to know
The color of my CATERS,
You would be able to guess
Who stole my pink stockings"