The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-20
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Pork is advancing.

Bill Sherman.
Look out for developments of a Grim
inal nature soon.
Some farmers will hold this years
crop of corn till next year.
Mrs Sallie Van Pelt is the city editor
of the Dubuque Telegraph.
The London Telegraph says Grant
drinks fuently in all languages.
Business still continues extremely
dull, and colectionsaslower than ever.
The water still continues to agitate
people-that is agitation begins soon after
drinking it.
"A seraphic smile illumined ledge"
Hayden's classic features to-day. It must
be the water.
1t is expected that a number of the
Rodman Rifles will attend the grand iDaug-
raj ball of the Davenport military company.
Patrick Flynn, of Rockford, has sued
Storey, of the Chicago Times, for $500
for labor and money advanced in the Early
cases.
--jbdanforth thinks city clerk Reed had
better jump now, or he will be decspi-
tated when the nationals come into power.
When?
Some there are who act from motives
of real generosity, while others, seek noto-
riety through a display of teigned gener-
osity. Too late this time.
One of the Republican editors in Ohio
says it is better to have backbone than be
President. Hayes feel awfully to have
such things SHE'D at him all the time.
is it not about time for the Moline
youth OF ''byronic' attitude TO creep be-
meath the myrtle" and tell us how badly
abused is the Moline Water Power Co.
There were four professions of Chris
tian faith and one received by commenda-
ton. at Christian Chapel, yesterday. AZ
ter the evening discourse there was baptism.
j. W. Simonson, when he voted for
BLACK Jack" went back on every promise
he ever made. He is young yet, however,
and the party lash is wonderfully patent
now "a days
j. W. SimonsOn, state representative
from this county, is member of the COM
mittees on State Institutions, Labor and
Manufactures, Printing and Finance. H
voted for Logan
Lewis Wilson Esq. was in the city to-day
He accounts for the abuse the Organ give.
him on the etound that he stopped taking
that paper. Mr.. Wilson cannot be black
mailed into taking a paper he don't want
MIR. Ben Harper las t. ndered the use
of room in the Opera House to the Re
form Club, free of rent till May first, bu
owing TO other arrangements il could no
be accepted. A vote Of thanks was offered
by the club forsthe very generous act.
-Resumrtion feels quite at home now
-Neto Yorl; Express But what does i
amount to?- PHILADELPHIA Chronicle.
Why, it takes dollar greenback out o
your vest pocket, and puts a ninety-cen
silver piece 10 your trousers-pocket? Asl
US something with rainbow in the rea
next time.-N y Erpress.
"A woman living Mount Vernon, Me.
has a piece of costly )calico, Her grand
mother sold lot of land in New Hamp
shire for 5000 in currency. She kept tn
money for some time, and then bought ST
yards of calico for dress, paying $40
per yard. That was fat money.
1t has been suggested that the 'ele
CANT umbrella" write dissertation on tn
water we drink-its drastic properties
, We know of none more capable of hanG
} ling the zymotic portion of this subjet
than the gentleman in question, on tn
principle of sweets to the sweet"
The Moline Dispatch chaws it all, an
says it never said it, and that Capt W. 6
Morris, was not the man, who, IN th
, noise" of the press room told the lit
story. Perhaps it crept in during th
absence of the editor in-chief, while /
, was ZONE washing the dishes or gettip
supper ready for Louise"
The installation and sociabe of Ba
rett Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, to mo
row evening, promises to be one of Ii
? finest social events of the season. An il
vitation is extended to all Royal Arc
Masons, and Master Masons, and thei
ladies. Biehl's orchestra has been engage
and splendid banquet will be served.
} Two measures recently introduced
) the Missouri legislature deserve more tia
mere mention. The first was to establis
the whipping post aud the second to max
} hanging punishment for rape; the latte
= deserves more than ordinary commends
J ton, las the crime of rape is becoming yer
t common. That the bills may become Law
, is our wish.
The KeOkuk Constitution gives
thrilling account of scene 90 the Missi
sippi. Thursday last, while men an
teams were engaged gathering ice on th
Mississippi, at Hannibal, a cake of ic
bearing about twenty Iuen aud doze
3 teams broke loose and hoated off, leaviu
quite space between them and the shor,
The ice drifted nearly mile aud then ra
ashore, all on it being saved
We desire to call attention to the &C
vertsement of McEhaney's Prunin
> Shears, to be found in another column
ComhininO All renuisites oc nrun,pc shoe,