The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-21
MOVIES HERE AND THERE.

NO UdH 6VGE dCcutUuiateu Lu6 u9otOP-
sia on fifty cents day.
DO you think there is hell ? or do.you
pay your subscription promptly?
-Snodgrass intimates that old maids
are ''embers from which the sparks have
fed"
No more coal from the cars on this
side ofsthe river CAM be hauled over the
bridge by teams.
Elderly widowers will now appoint
their new wives subject to the ADVICE and
consent of the youngsters.
The report that the editor of the
Union had signed the pledge and was "a
wearing of the blue is not true.
Those who travel on Davidson's boats
next summer can have good whiskey to
drink, by taking it with them.
Florence Lansing, aged 10 years, |
broke through the ice while skating at
Ottawa, H., last Friday and was drowned.
-''Tze right" shouted a military off
Ger to his company. We'll, grunted a
green private, nobody said you wasn't
right"
Patterson & Co.'S bank at Sterling
got in all it could before it collapsed. 1t
received deposits all day and didn't open
the dext morning.
English policemen arrest street youths
caught in the act of using slang. This
would not work in America, where our
iails are so small.
"A coal miner named Lewis Toner was
instantly killed in Austin Blair's shaft, at
Coal Hollow, near Princeton. ILL.,, last
Thursday by the premature discharge ct
blast.
Mr.. A. A. Woodruff, former Rock
Islander. is now keeping tavern at Burr
ton, Harvey county, Kan, on the line OF
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail-
road.
Says the Worcester (Mass.) Press;
He bought material for new dress for
for his wife, and was surprised to see the
dealer slip the cloth into an envelope and
say he would have the buttons sent right
up in dry"
= The necessity for the appointment Of
Paris commissioners discloses the lament
able fact that there remain IN Ohio
large number of able-bodied republicans
who have not been provided for.
DO you believe in the use of the rod
nv dear professor" asked lady whose
children were making life a burden TO al
the guests in the hotel. In some cases
madam: but there are others" glanclnI
at her gamboling darlings, where L pre-
fer the revolver.
The Rev. David Rosenberg, of Col
D umbus, Ohio, has issued call tor
0 national convention of ''aIl lsraelites VIII
: are willing to accept Jesus Christ as ia
promised Messiah of the world. Pr0babl
large hall will not be needed.
The reports of the division superin
tendents of the Illinois Central, submitte
at the monthly meeting Of officers. yeste
It day, show an Improvement IN bushes
!; along the whole line. The country roaG
q lin both this state and Iowa are 10 goo
Icondtion, aud shipments are moving treei,
- Three young men applied to JustiC
|, SummerfeId last Friday for admission
r, the Chicago BrideweII, claiming that the
s. were destitute and unable to obtain VOL
at any wages. Their request was granite
and they will be kept until the middle
March.
D. The merchants of Sharpsburg, ~
\. have signed bond of $500, to be torfeit'
by the one who first sells a dollars wor
d of goods on credit during 1875" +
ne That is a harmless amusement, for the
b. is little danger of any of them having IS
IN at the end of that time.
ofl The Masonic Grand Lodge of Mi
nesota has elected and installed Il.
Durant, Grand Master; Il. r. Wei
ut Deputy; G. II. Benton, Grand SEM
as Warden; e. n. Daniels, Grand Juni
IN Warden; A. T. Z. Pierson, Grand Sec
N, tary.
VI The doctrine of he'll still troubles t
Gil public mind. Some people have very e
~ IDENTITY a personal interest in having
so' fires put out. Others who expect to go
IN another direction are less excited. 1t i
oH curious fact that most married men
~ business have strong leaning towa
VIC Universalism, the grounds of their arr
0e ment being that they are having their
of punishment in this life.
"A Joint convention of the Hin
nm State Agricultural and Horticultural
eieties will! be held in the Agricultu
Oh room in the capitol building, at Spri
Ous field, on Tuesday Wednesday, ThursC
m and Friday, February 5, 6, I and 8.
of pers upon topics interesting to tillers
the sell will be read and discussed, an
'lh highly profitable and interesting meet
uit may be anticipated.
no The record of last years failu
compares favorably with that OF previ
ars ones, despite the frequency of fnant
disasters in November and Decent
~ The total number for the twelve months
bon the United States was S,872, or 900
ted than in 1876; total liabilities, $3.50,
re half million less than in the year belo
la but sum largely above the average
years since the panic of 1878.
n'l Mrs. L. G. Smith, the efficient ?
est mistress OF this city, doDned the p
be- office uniform yesterday morning. 1t
yed neat blue dress (of course it would be ne
~ with a triple row of brass buttons dc
, the front, straps of blue cloth of differ
inS shades extending across the front OF
the dress, pair of shoulder straps anC
the standing collar complete the dress N
f. Smith is the first Z. NJ in the county
- appear in regulation style Sterling
u zette. How would our post master look
vas a gorgeous brass coat with blue b
as tons?"
-Itmay be matter of interest to m
people to know what constitutes a car 10
viz: 70 barrels of salt. 70 of lime. 80
ars -four, 10 of whisky. 200 sacks of fou
we'd cords of soft wood, Is to 20 head Of cat
ms so or 90 head of hogs, 80 to 100 head
g sheep, 5000 feet OF solid boards, II,
oi feet OF siding, 1900 feet of flooring. 40,
still shingles, one-half less of hard lumber. G
her third less of green lumber. one tenth
,ra. ioists, scaptling, and all other large timl
49,, $40 bushels OF wheat, 800 of ear corn,
'o"i of shelled corn, $50 OF oats, 400 of bar
the 37O OF apples. $40 of Irish potatoes,
.ces nf sweet nntatnes or 900 hushaIs nf b.