The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-24

Uccn lutEOuuCcu III Tue OutO IoEIo'otoiSs
-Wanted-A woman who can wear
5000 new spring bonnets in 1000 quarter
hours. Apply at once.-N 7. Express.
1t is expected that Speaker Randall
will not announce the standing committees
of the House before the latter part of the
week.
THE ARGUS acknowledges the receipt
of the annual report of the Comptroller OF
the Currency, probably from Hon. John
B. Hawley.
Mat. Fisher, formerly of Davenport,
has sold his Chicago livery stable, and is
going to Portland, Oregon, where his
brother resides.
Mrs Oliver is likely to be more
troublesome to the republican party than
those other republican angels, Lie Pink
ston and Agnes jerks.
The philosopher of the New Haven
Register soliloduizes: "In the race for
matrimouy, it isn't always the girl that
covers the most laps that wins.
The agricultural editor Of the Daven
port Gazette has al article in this morn
ing's issue On the raising Of geese at night,
10 the river above the government bridge.
"A new election law in Alabama re.
quires that ballots be made on plain white
paper without figures. marks, rulings,
characters, or embellishments, and not less
than two inches wide and five inches long.
The New Haven Union, greenback
organ, is terribly opposed to any union OF
greenbackers and democrats In Ohio. vi
course, such organs are supported By the
money of republican oEcers.
| --The rooms in the second story of the
Newcomb House. Davenport, those Used
as parlors fronting on secona atTeet from
the ladies entrauce to the Main street cor,
nsr. ere being transformed Into iaw Offices.
An exeeiiees enlarged picture OF the late
&. K. Swan is now os exhibition AZ Miller's
drug store Moline. 1t is very faithful
likeness. and is the work Of Thomas Il
Land, Jackson, Mich who dill some fine
work ia this city.
- In the raiiFoaa time card published
elsewhere, it will be seen that there is a
change Of time in the arrival and depart.
IRE al trains on the y estern Union rail-
rond The passenger traia from Racine
and milwaukee arrives 1t 6 a. N. aud 6:O5
.. IN. These trains leave for Tue IoFth and
east at 1856 a. N. and 1920 .. m.
The Union suggests the idea that a
foreigH engineer be employed to tell Us
how to get supply of better water. Is il
possible that the Union feels unequal IL
the task, after whipping about from one
opinion to another SO long? We are op
posed to employing any foreign talentin the
face of such galexy of skill as Roynton
young Curtis, and the two editors lbott
,, English of the Union.
"A further decrease in the salary o
the Davenport police is absolutely neces
sary, as the walking mania has reached
: that city. Ooe Prof E. L. Melier, o
Muscatine, proposes to walk 100 miles il
% hours, at the German Theatre; TIT
walk to commence at u o'clock Wednes
day night. The police force, in order t
earn their salaries, will accompany tn
professor around the track.
On Saturday night between the hour
of ] l and IL o'clock, Frank, the little so
of States Attorney Parmenter. died
Through his sickness the DOW bereave
parents never for moment left the bed
side, but all that loving care could d
would not save their chrished idol, AM
q )w they mourn his untimely death. tn
ARGUS joins the many friends of the family
in sincere sympathy in this their sore Attic
ton.
= Our Legislators at Springfield havt
I commenced again their usual tinkering a
road and bridge legislation, having in
? troduced bill for a new law. Since 1872
' three laws have been passed upon thi
? subject. The first was the passage Of I
3 law which did away with oVerseers anC
2 put roads and bridges in charge of com
missioDer5. This did away with the prac
tice OF calling out the people in their re
spective districts to have q general COCO
> time under the pretext of working sou
: their road tax. Again in 1878 the Com
miSsioners were abolished and the over
seers and their woodworking bees reestab
lished. In 1877 the overseers were agar
abolished aad their annual woodworking
4 pic-nics prohibited. And nov again tht
set OF lDcom petents, sent to Springfield fol
the purpose Of electing Logan to the U. s
Senate, are at the road and bridge Law
again, trying to again inaugurate the ole
system, so thatawhen they go home they
can meet their constituents and have {
, good time at the woodworking parties.
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we know of none we can recommend sc
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Consumption, Coughs, Colds. Asthma,
Bronchitis, Hay Fever, Hoarseness, tick
ling in the throat, loss of voice, etc. This
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where everything else has failed. Nc
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