The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-23
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
-FindIey will walk again.


Three hundred men now work on the
island.
Regular meeting of the Rodman Rifles
this evening.
Over ]. 300 bills were introduced in
Congress Monday.
The Athletics are going in to win at
the Keokuk regatta.
Quiet as dead mackeral at the cir
cult clerks Office to-day.
The armory is being pushed forward
to completion as fast as possible.
"A Davenport woman proposes to wash
1000 shirts in 1000 quarter hours.
Read Senator Davis speech on the
army bill, in our telegraphic columns.
81 marriage licenses have been issued
this month. Pretty lively business for %
days.
Madame DuPree's walk of 300 miles
in 100 hours, was only II miles short IN
each hundred.
The city marshal, is in receipt OF a
postal card announcing heavy burglary
at Ell Paso, ILL.,. on Monday morning.
-Messrs. John Ochs & Sons, agents for
the sale of Union Pacific lands, will have
an excursion to Nebraska on the 29th.
A strike commenced yesterday at the
Chicago lumber docks. The seamen want
$500 per day instead of $3.50, their pres
ent wages.
If you want to get good cigar cheap,
lust ask John Crubaugh or Nat Folsom, to
explain that little conundrum of Tom
Saulpaugh's.
The machinery Of the shop TO be used
as rolling mill on the Island was started
for the first time to-day. 1t worked tc
the entire satisfaction of the Commandant
D. N. Richardson, Of the Davenport
Democrat, and family, go to Vermont in
June, and sail for Europe on the 30th Of
July. to be absent couple of years.
Mr.. Jos Gaskell and G. L. Williams
will represent the Athletic Club, at the
annual convention Of the Mississippi Val
ley Association, at Keokuk, in July.
If you notice an air of importance
about Harry Carse, to day, lay it all t.
the new arrival. 1t is boy, and Henry
feels the weight of additional paterna
cares.
The Dispatch Uouisa's OWN is still
harping on the election. A stranger, t
read the Moline papers, would suppose
that hot bed of radicalism had never beer
a republican town. Give US a rest.
The lumber manufacturers of Daven
port, Rock Island aud Moline, will hold 8
meeting soon to see If some arrangement
cannot be effected with the c., R. l. 4 P
to induce it to restore special lumber rate
in Iowa.
The Sylvans will have almost an entir
new crew at the Keokuk races. Two O
their best men. it is feared, will be unabl
to row. This places the Sylvans at dis
advantage, but then the club has plenty @
good material.
Martin Kasnopfal and Marietta Os
born, from Muscatine county, Iowa, cor
cluded to travel the ragged part of lif
together. Austin Donaldson, deput
county clerk, furnished the license. an
Judge Adams tied the bymenial knot tha
made them one.
| The many friends of Joe May, Of Ma
Bros. our Joe, will be pleased to lear
that he has proclaimed his intention to bt
come Benedict. The fortunate youD
lady is one of the most brilliant and al
oomplished of Des Moines' fairest daugh
tiers.
The wooden mill property has passe
into the hands of Mr.. P. L. Mitchell
With his cotton mill at Milan, Mr.. Mitcbe
: may be called an extensive manufacture
He should now secure the watch factor
and quilt works, and he will then have
corner on all outside manufactures.
The track-laying begun by the c., I
& Q. road in this city on Sunday, was r.
sumed in Moline yesterday by force
about so men. 1t is the intention of tt
C., B. & Q. company to complete its liz
from Port Byron junction to Moline, b.
fore resuming operations in this Cit.
There is no doubt but that the presel
, month will see the G., B. & @. into tn
city on its own iron.
The General Barnard, the new steam
boat connected with COL Farquhar's ofiC
D 10 this city, as the successor of the old
s. Montana, made its appearance la
evening in command of Capt. c. W. Du
ham. The upper works of the boat r
semble the old Montana, though they a.
| perhaps higher, stronger and much bette
= About the finest place on the boat is Dave
D home in the pilot house. The ARGU
has heretofore given a description of IL
boats machinery.
q 1t is stated that the Moline electiC
is likely to be contested on the grour
/ that over 100 Illegal votes were polled.
the Fourth ward, which rolled up such
< handsome" republican majority, it
= claimed that at least 80 or 40 non-res
dents voted that in the Third ward al
= also in the First, the same thing was don
\ 1t is also stated that the utmost rigidi
was exercised with all who we're not r
! publicans, while those who were sue
e were allowed to vote without question, an
' any attempt to inquire into the same, W
: cried down by the faithful. It may not