The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-13
NOTES HrRE aNp THERE.


yress.
Furnished rooms to rent at 1920 Sd
avenue.
-l50 arrivals at the Taylor House iu
two days.
Work ON the Armory building was
discontinued to-day.
Our livery men were getting their
cutters ready to-day.
The billiard room of the Black Hawk
club is now in operation.
Tomorrow evening the Turner'S
Fair commences at Turner Hall.
The temperance lecture at Darts
Hall last night was not very largely at
tended.
The Union seems to have the case OF
Alanson Sinnet on the brain, with slight
chances of recovery.
The merchants who adve rtise do the
business; those who do not are eternaliy
grumbling about hard times,
The commercial travellers association
of Iowa, will hold the sixth annual re-
union, on the evening of Dec. 81.
-Haney, who expected to go to congress
is holding revival meetings at his place OF
retirement, Woodruff, Henry county.
The case of alleged insanity of Mrs,
Geo. Watson, mentioned in yesterdays
ARGUS. resulted 10 her being adiudged
insane.
The southern outrages are petering
out SO fast that, Blaine's rant is like firing
charge of powder at the track of last
year $ flock of wild geese.
The first deposit for the Hanlan- Haw-
don race, to be rowed on the Tyne river.
Eag., next May was recently increased to
$3.50 side, and the articles agreed to.
Only IL days more and Christmas
will be here. Buy your presents from
those merchants who advertise in The
ARGUS; you will find it will pay to dc so.
CHARITY begins at home" Young
man, before you think of giving your girl
twenty-five cent ring for a Christmas
present, think how many paper collars can
be bought for the same amount.
When Charles W. Skinner was talk.
lug last evening and reached a certain part
of description of certain subject, two
of our townsmen had business outside.
This won't do boys, face the music.
"A stranger was confdeuced out of SIS
the other day at the c. B. i Q. depot. BY
a magnanimous individual who put up :
5000 check to secure his victim from loss
We will bet a nickel that fellow don't read
the papers.
The entertainment at Negus' Hal
last evening was we'll attended and sue
cess 10 all particulars. The ladies of Trim
ity church who superintended tho affair
deserve credit Tor excellent management
and close attention to details
The Galva journal says that the
Tile works at that place, although only
starting into operation late last sprius
turned out about 100000 tile during tn
season, nearly all of which have been sold
The Rock Island Union names 70
United States senator General j. B, Haw
| ley.-Inter- Ocean. hen and where di
Q John B. get his military honors? Was
= in command of the Eliza Pinkston brigad
r in the treasury Department.
Il If Julius Caesar and wife were aliv
and well they could take "hoss-car' rid
;; among the seven hills" and along III
!! Tiber banks for ten cents.-DdUeBpo
! Denaocrat.-No they would not. The
If would be lecturing in Rock Island undo
l. Spencerian direction.
ls There is in the Ohio Luuatic Asylul
r. young lady who is heiress to $4,000
., Now here is fine opportunity for sever
of our young men, who are determined
marry no one unless they are rich. 1t
the only way they have of making Twin
,e Candidate for the throne of Bulgar
st William Henry Smith o. Chicago
is T. World Very good, he can be spar,
IT just as we'll as not Some other man C,
be found who can manipulate all of Il
associated press dispatches in the intere
st OF the republican party.
-Personal-If this should meet the e,
of D--s ky, of the Sand Lots, O.
D. itornia, it is to say that it is all over b
0 tween US. Return photograph and lock
Il hair. l never gave you my heart. sil
n ply gave you legal advice, Forget L
. aud learn to love another. THE WIDow,
W Albany Journal
y, George Thompson, the ex-Clerk
= Stephenson county, who absconded fro
- Freeport in 1874, has OF his own accort
returned from California and Civ
himself up to the authorities. Heappes
r ed before Judge Brown in the Giro,
D. Court at Freeport and pleaded guilty
D; the charges of embezzIemeut and forger
u He was sentenced to the Penitentiary
n two years.
" Citizen" in this mornings Una
" pitches into the police for dereliction of
ty 10 not arresting liquor dealers who 8
liquor to known drunkards and habitues
v. police courts. Does Citizen" know th
e. it is as much his duty to file complai
against the violaters of the law as it is III
of the police. The officers are always rea,
to serve any papers any Citizen M
place in their hands.
- Henry Wells, Esq one of the origin
o pioneers in the business of express tran
&
= po''"'i'O' "nO WV NO" ioi n7hy yea
been at the head of Wells, Fargo & CO