The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-03
Springfield has two barberesses

Fourteen fire alarms during 1877.
Losses only $3.50.
Old Probs has stopped predicting.
Prof. Tice haszaken his place.
The two year old daughter of Mrs.
Leonard Drube died yesterday afternoon.
"A. N. Hazen, 60 years of age an old
merchant of Dixon, ILL.,, died on Satur-
day.
The infant son of Supervisor John
Aster died from Inflammation of the bowels
last evening.
-Geo. Harrison, represent alive of
Henry Darts Sons is vice president of the
commercial travellers association
Prof. Tice says there will be no cold
weather until January 9th, sbut he also
says that when it begins to be cold, it will
be as cold as the lower hob, etc.
Der Demokrat, leading German
daily newspaper published in Davenport,
has increased It's capacity by the addition
of another column. 1t is now seven
column paper.
The Union says Harry Hall" the
fellow who suddenly jumped the city some
weeks ago, leaving young wife in desti-
tute circumstances and quite a number of
anxious friends, returned to Rock Island
yesterday"
The last day of 1877 was good day
for casualties, One man was drowned at
| Aurora, attempts at suicide were made by
Two persons, one in Rockford and one at
Ottawa, and several precincts in the state
yet to hear from.
Some people pretend to think that the
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present state of the weather. The Spring
field Register don't believe it. They
make it very dry at least in localities
where they flourish.
"A great temperance revival has
broken out in Princeton, Bureau county,
ILL.,, and up to Sunday evening over 400
persons signed the pledge, of which more
than 100 were drinkers, varying in degree
from moderate to old topers. Little else is
talked about
: "A tramp was arrested, taken before a
magistrate, and sentenced for three months
The justice in explaining the sentence, re-
|, marked that, while there was no evidence
that the prisoner had been guilty of any
crime, he thought it prudent to commit
MIN, as he had the wild, haggard lool
| of man about to start newspaper, =
, Transcend Argus.
The U. S. courts for the southern
district of Illinois convened yesterday
About $50 cases are docketed. In thu
2 Icircuit court $50 law, 230 chancery and on
or two criminal. In the district court tn
docket stands: Bankruptcy, s; civil. l3l
p United States civil cases, 25; admiralty
Il; criminal, SO. The district attorne
Eestimates that the informations and in
dictments will aggregate 200,
i A farmer, having been terribly az
u noyed by drummers, put up sign, IN
. sewing machines wanted here; got one.
1t was no use. The next drummer wante
d to see the machine, 'apd perhaps he
s hitch a trade" So the farmer put u
o Got the small pox here" That worke
, we'll for little while, but then came alon
u drummer frightfully pitted with til
e ANAL pox, who smilingly said: "SeeiI
e you've got it bad here, they've put me c
,e this route. :"
al -Disc0nsolate, rejected lovers, tax
= heart as you read tie following: Cornir
&c has quite a sensation; a discarded low
" tries to poison his lady love by sending b.
candy impregnated with strychniue. 81
suSpi3ioned something evil and refused
bite but sent it to some physicians
is analyze, the consequence Of which was Il
m finding of strychDine and the arrest
-. Samuel Bryan for attempting to kill Alt
81 Stevens I9aUG State Leader.
The best reform ip domestic life is wit