The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-14
rorEs HERE AND rHERD.

The Mercer county circuit court meets
at Aledo next Monday.
"A Galesburg clergyman has obtained
q verdict against his church for salary.
The Illinois and Michigan canal is
open and boats are running from Joliet to
Chicago.
Hon. Geo. L. Hubbell, of Davenport,
delivers temperance address this even
ing at the Baptist church.
Every summer, shell rock is carted
on to the streets as macadam and scraped
off in the spring as mud.
The Bellows House, is going to be
known hereafter as "the Commercial as
soon as the sign is put up.
The express brought in quantity OF
ducks and wild turkeys this morning.
What are our noble hunters doing?
Moline pays more for gas than any
other city in the state. Rock Island pays
less than the average of the principal cities.
"a number of Davenporters are out on
Che roaring Wapsie" anxiously scanning
the horizon for duck. geese and other stray
birds.
Our best informed fishermen say that,
on 1.-THE rocks" at Gilbert, the fish bite
best at O'Clock ia the morning--how &c
they know?
E.-The white ribbon is being used as
sign of the discontinuance ofthe use OF to-
bacco, the red ribbon of whisky, and the
blue ribbon of both,
Louise Pomeroy' new husband $ name
is Mark, and she says he is much more
perfect man than the old Brick she
used to live with, Chicago Journal.
Two lawyers had fst fight in thu
Circuit court in Davenport YESTERDAY
morning. One called the other liar ano
was struck by the other, The striker was
fined $50.
AT a meeting of the creditors OF L.
Kiesow. to-day, Mr.. Ii. 7. Hull was re
elected permanent assignee. 1t is probabl,,
he will be authorized to close out the stool
Of goods now in the store.
The enamored writing master thus
discourses to his fair pupil: Il Ca
teach you nothing; your hand is alread
perfect, and your Is are the most beau
tiful ever saw. - Yonbers Gazette
When they get telephones in the he
tells i, will refresh the weary traveller VIII
is sent up to the fourth floor to sit dow
quietly and iDpart to the clerk down 10 tn
office his private opinion Of that function
, ary's conduct. Rome Sentinel.
This evening promises to furnish
fine entertainment at Turner Hall. TIL
Stadt theatre company of Davenport, pla
"Ultimo" or the Big Bonanza. 1t is
five act play, with plenty of fun 10 it. Tw
weeks from tonight the same compan
play again in another drama
The Democrats and workingmen
Davenport have nominated the same me
for city offices, which means that ii
workingmen OF Davenport are democrat
They have no secret league" to run tt
party over there, but believe the only va
to win is to join with those who have a
ways been their friends.
, The Alton (Ill.) Telegraph has bee
looking up history and says that thel
, should be celebration on the Fourth
July next of the Tooth anniversary of tt
Independence of Illinois from British rul
| On the evening of July 4, IT'S, Gener
Clarke, at the head of four companies
American troops, attacked Kaskaskia, tt
British seat Of government in Illinois. an
before midnight captured the town.
"A naughty German arose 10 a Buffa
temperance meeting and said: 'ShentlC
mems and ladies. you will see the tempe
ance beebles have put plue ribbon on M
, am going to wear it: and | guess now
will take a drink" With that he drew 6
|, ominous looking black bottle from his pee
ct, removed the cork, and in the present
of the entire horror stricken assembling,
took long, deep, thick and wide pull
!, the nozzle. 1t was an awful example.
He was traveller for a New Yol
dry goods house, and while on the ira
he CHANGED to meet with very agreeab
e young lady from Boston, but ere he h'
n been 10 her company half an hour he vi
compelled to improve on Byron as follow
Maid of Athens, ere we part, give, oh, gi
e me back my watch and chain. pocketboo
gold pencil, ivoryhandled penknife al
cigar case, or Til give you to the author
les at the next station" She gave the
back Quere? Is this the one with who
Charley FELTON, became SO enamored, al
of whom he spoke so feelingly. How is
Charles?
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