The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-27
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Council meeting next Monday evening.
Tuesday next the Opera House opens,
Regular drill of the Rodnan Rifles to-
night
Don't forget the Wide Awake ball to-
night.
The banks will close tomorrow Thanks
giving Day,
The Thevoit murder is all the absorb
ing topic.
The epizootic has appeared in the
northern part of this state.
AS tomorrow is Thanksgiving, no
paper will be issued from this Office,
The IL o'clock day train between here
and Chicago, will probably be discontinued
soon.
The post Office will bsopen until 10
o'clock tomorrow aud be closed until 7
O'Clock in the evening.
Dubuque, Iowa, is fast becoming o
large city, The sports-of that place are
getting ready for prize fight Dec. 4th.
Davenport is jealous.
The Freeport Journal hoists the name
of Grant for president 10 1880. You will
always find the editor of some rural journal
deluded with the idea that his paper
moulds the destiny Of the nation.
Who has been buying beer for the
Union Office; something has unearthed
the corner apostle. " just when the public
were congratulating themselves on its
thibernation.
"A motion was made in the circuit court
Of Davenport, yesterday, by the heirs Of
the LeCIaire estate, 10 have Geo. L. Da-
venport removed as administrator. The
plaintiffs alIege fraud and mismanagemenI
on the part of Mr., Davenport.
| On Monday night Mrs. Wake wife .oi
ex-supervisor Wake, met with a serious
accident near Yuma Center by being
thrown from a buggy and dragged some
distance. A son of Mr. Henry Brundel
who was driving was kicked in the head
and seriously injured.
| "A beautiful Afghan made Of worsted
and lined with scarlet velvet, made By
Misses Annie and Mary Streckfuss, has
J been presented to St. Mary's Fair, to b.
rafaed for on Friday, December Goth. /
is a beautiful piece Of work, elegant!
made, displaying rare taste in the youni
ladies who worked it. 1t is about as fn,
a pie,e of work as one sees,
, OF course the nationals whose curse
have been loud and deep, all sunme
t against the legislation of republican sena
tors, and those democrats who fell int
, John Sherman's third party" trap, ar
+ satisfied with their work in this state. Th
J republicans will elect the next Unite
$ States senator, and their choice lies be
tween Black Jack Logan, Poker Charlie
> Farwell and Roaring Dick Oglesby.
e The 'duplex-double back-action sys
/; tenn of dressmaking,' by Mrs. Jackson.
one of the new studies recently introduce
;. into the public schools Of Indianapols-fl
| half an hour each week. 1t is compulsor
d only for the girl pupils. Along with tn
: should be introduced the double quic
method of shocking corn for the boys, an
the measure of the Hoosier intellect wi
is then be filled.
In this city are quite a number
young men who have believed for sever
4 years that they have arrived at the age
e maturity and proper discretion. KNOWN
that they are constant readers of TH
10 ARGUS, and Iaboring under heimpressio
81 that we are reasonably familiar with the
p eccentricities we take the liberty of r
d questing them to answer the followir
conundrum:
W Why is 1t men will scoru maid
rs OF thirty. two or so,
nsI But If in Grape and cap arrayed
70 Pronounce her c0mn9e IL fGut?