The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-23
NOTES Hnan AND rnxnn,
Train Sunday tomorrow.

-Davenport wants the state fair.
Bishop Seymour has arrived 10
Springfield, Ill, from the East.
Pork is selling for home consumption
and packing purposes at s., 25@$2.4o.
Newtime table on the G., r. /. & P.
road tomorrow. No change in passenger
trains.
"A SIS counterfeit on the farmers Ma
tional Bank Of Virginia has made its ap-
pearence.
The Iowa City Republican, says there
is a Bohemian woman living 10 that city
who is considerably over leo years old.
--Lothar Harms has just put 10 two
new billiard tables 10 his hall. They
are called the Monarch" and are little
beauties.
The ladies of the Cambridge Con-
gregational society are preparing to hold a
baby exhibition. The date set is Dec 5th.
All ladies are invited e
DIR. James McCourtney's horse ran
away in Davenport yesterday, and injured
the doctor very severely, smashed the bug
gy and threw himself.
DIR. Jas. Courtney, Of Davenport, was
seriously injured yesterday in that city bJ
the running away of horse and overturn
ing Of buggy in which the DR.. was riding
There is foetune awaiting the mar
who iuverts a. boone 'ang boojack which
you can throw at eat, aad have it sal
back to the window if it misses its mark
The steamer Annie, from st. Paul, i
expected tomorrow. The Charlie Cheeve
left St. Louis Thursday advertised for 81
Paul, and will arrive here tomorrow o
| Monday,
"A gang of men ditching on the c., B
& Q. road near Orion have discovere
some more of the remains of the mastodo
that was partly uuearthed near there som
five years rgo
3 An Irishman, upon his arrival in tn
] United States, noting the great number {
; military titles exclaimed. what divil {
: battle has been fought near here, wher
g all the privates were kilt.
:. "A devoted husband says that th
photograph is simply a machine tn;
talks back" and that he had one of thi
= kind in bis house ever since he was mai
:; ried.
|, The Milan distillery company b
commenced suit against the goverDmel
for use of property and damages from clio
n ing up their distiliery at Milan two yea
1t ago. The amount claimed is only $1,000
IS Hon. Chas. Durham aud Thos.
N Milchrist, of Henry county, will condu
x the defense of Isabel Spaulding, of Gale
"a burg, who shot Mart OConnor, her {
lie vorced husband. The trial has been po'
g. poned to Monday, Feb. IT, 1879.
d. These are the fellows who have go
IS down on the Illinois river to capture due
90 geese. mud hens etc. T I. Dow, l.
10 Sears, G. Krum, August Schmidt. w.
a Foster. j. A. LeClaire, s. f. Gilman,
be T. Darling of Davenport and ThOs. S
en- paugh of this city,
-Dimock, Gould 4 Go. have clos
their seasons saw mill work. The IL
q, was started on the It'll of May and r
125 days. The best dey's work was dc
June goth, when the mill cut 10000 f
m of logs The quantity Of lumber cut
u 100000 feet.
B A Cheyenne IVY. T. correspond
T complains that whereas women can vote
n that Territory il she will, she does 4
De- Only females of the baser sort visit
polls, although there are separate vot
places, and these voters receive their ii
n cts from low politicians who accompi
sn, them.
u, Captain Henry ". james, Assiast
iii Quartermaster of TIE United States arr
:h, has just arrived in Washington fr
Helena, Mon to be taken to the Cove
meut Asylum for the insane. Capt
james was at one time on the staff of G
a'0 eral Grant. his insanity is not of
Tug lent order, His hallueination is tina!
has immense wealth.
Ao' The Davenport Democrat says 'tCo
~, -. derable excitement was created on
q coud street this afternoon caused by
rs ,: horse attached to single buggy belc
NY ing to man named Goldsmith of Mi
~, ,e1 The horse totally wrecked the buggy.
, = was captured in front of Kerkers grot
=. store. where he had lively tussel wit
80 dozen men who finally got the best Of /
-" For sober steady family horse this
~ bad report, especially as it is the sec
time he has done the trick.