The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

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The Rodman Rifles paid Volk & Co., |
.. 109 SO to-day.
The Kane County fair will be held
September 9th to 18th, both inclusive.
The fire in Davenport drew almost as
arge crowd to the levee % dog fight
would have done.
The new distillery at Peoria will have
six mash tubs with CAPACITY of 853
bushels to each. 1t is being pushed rapidly
to completion.
The Organ favors the Union'S iucor-
poration scheme. This is enough 10 con-
denim it. 1t is very solicitous of the vel
fare of the dear people. Tssis pro crepitu.
In cutting away the ice around
the piers of the Green River bridge,
at Geneseo, the river was found to
be frozen solid to the bottom, according to
the Republic of that city.
Everything crosses on the bridge now,
as the ice has broken up on this side of
the river. The bridge tender smiles
blandly, and the ten cent ride to Daven,
port has become thing of the past.
Mrs. G. A. Allen, the complaining
witness in the case against the Ba9ge
brothers, charged with assault and battery
and malicious mischief, will present her
complaint at the next session of the grand
jury.
The AIedo Banner anticipates large
immigration westward, from that city, 10
the spring. According to that paper the
land agents of the Kansas Il K. Go. S are
kept quite busy attending to those who are
looking for land.
The "Ancieut Mariner" does not seem
to have a much clearer conception than
the Union, as to the difference between 6
fusion and citizens ticket. He should
take a fresh observation and be sure o
his latitude before he goes any farther.
Although the ice bridge has been de.
elared unsafe, numbers Of people could no
resist the temptation to take the shortes
cut to Davenport TO witness the Gre ii
that city this afternoon. Curiosity il
much stronger 10 some paopIe than th'
regard for personal safety.
The Organ has informed the work
iugmen Of its ultimatum.-a straight tick
ct. Instead Of Kiosky's committee die
tatipg the poAcy OF toe Organ, it now as
sumes TO own the committee and th'
whole party. Even the huDblest indigld
ual in the party is permitted to obey it,
dictation.
The fame Of The Great and Coco
Richard has spread abroad The Chicago
EUeaiag Journal speaks of the tw'
prophets, with small RI that Illinois
claims as her owD,C. c. Blake, o! Decatur
and oEg owu Dick, aod says their hes
holt" is the weather Dick has given u
very good weather lately, and quite a:
amount of il.
The Rock Island department Of tn
Gazette, aa@ tfe Dtgpatch, are having
little tussle all by theEseloea over tn,
number of vacant houses 10 the tAgee 2.
ties. The Gazette should be ashamed o
Itself to strike paper SO much its infer
Tor 10 size. Tie one hand behind you
back, Ben.
1t seems quite natural to read, in thu
St, Louis papers, tine list Of arrivals ant
departures on the river. The Father Q
Waters Is open from St. Louis to the Cult
and the steamboatmen on the lover rive
are are happy. Yesterdays paper con
tanned list Of thirteen arrivals and seve
departures, and besides the boats, it chron
icles the arrival of light snow storm i
the morning.
We ago Informed that the Monsieu
Alexandra Ricardo AliaGin' Wizard Com
bination of wisdom, dignity, skill, abilit
and self-greatness, has returned from il
trip. We are not Informed Of the success
of the Monsiepr's performance Havin
been engaged in q shog il this city fc
which some of the bills are yet unpaid,
is to be presumed their reputation followe
them 10 their new undertaking, as it prof.
ably will in the future.
The w. c. T. u. of Monmouth, ha
decided that the use OF cider is to be cor
demned as neutrality-suspicious. it
made o. the juice Of rotten apples. hol
GETS, yellow jackets, bufalo-gDats, blue
tailed flies. and the yarious other lngre
dents that the Monmouth Reuieao accuse
the festive granger of using 10 the mapr
facture of pure cider. Verify, such d.
coction would be an insult to the stomac
Of an epicure, and crime under the NOR;
Law.
Two bill, that will receive favor at III
Aands of all hose! keepers, we're Introduce
ia the State Senate recently by Senate
Riddle. We pfcseut the titles:
To give hotel keepers the right to seize
hold and sell the property OF boarders 70
unpaid bills, and to regulate the sale there
! of.
Also,a bill to punish as FOR misdemeanol
guests who attempt to defraud hotel keep
eTs.
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