The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-11
NOTES HERE AND THERE.


The commencement exercises were a
success.
-The;rain this morning freshened the
atmosphere.
Lieut.. II. II. Grover. of the Moline
Guards. has rendered his resignation.
The Rodman Rifles passed in re-
view before Gen'l Breeze, and Adjutant
Gen'l billiard this afternoon.
The lady with a new bonnet never
likes to hear clergyman pray for rain
Uncle Sam.
Al W. Bruner. of the Rock Island
gun club, took the third prize at the state
tournament in Peoria.
"A Few lemons and lots of squeezing
con generally be found at picnic parties
Philadelphia Chronicle Herald.
When a boy reaches the age Of 10
years, he condescendingly begins TO talk
about the children. "-Ne10 HaUcn beg
fster.
-Thos. Doyle was fined SO and costs
by Justice Cooke for following end trying
to intercept Mrs, Jennie Wilson last even
ling. Officer Metsch made the arrest.
Rev. A. G. Setterdahl, pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran church, Moline, left fol
New York on Monday evening, where ht
takes the steamer for his old home il
Sweden, there to permanently reside.
Capt. w. G. Bennett has been ten
dered and has accepted the position o
captain of the Moline Guards. This is al
excellent appointment and will add great,
to the efficiency Of the company, now tha
Capt. Clendenin has been promoted.
Five hundred tons of vitriol was rc
Gently set free by fire near Boston ant
emptied into a tributary Of the Mystic va
ter works. Thousands OF dead fish attes
the presence OF the chemical, and tn
people Of Boston are naturally afraid
use the water,
Who says the great battles Of tn
world were Austeritz. Waterloo, Met.
and Gettysburg? It's false. The grei
battles of the world are being fought nov
and in the privacy of ones own room
Mosquitoes aud flies are inviucblo wa
riors.-Ne,0 York Express.
If there is anything in the sprin!
, time that makes a man yesrn to come non
early at night, remarks an exchange,
is the last fond words Of his wife, who sag
: TO him just as ne starts down tcwn attt
: supper, Dear, come home early, so sc
can put up the new curtains" That ma
agonizes to 60 homo early, but he som
times stays out late, just to show his wi
that he can resist temptation. - E!nlfl
Gazette.
When a woman buys kettle Of pail
: to paint, say the kitchen door, she doesr
let what's left after covering the door d
q up. No; she paints everything paintab
O in the house with it till the last drop is e
q hausted; until all things about the prem
o ses-tubs, boxes and barrels, flower pot
q wheebarrow, and hoe haUdle--have pI
on the kitchen-door tint, be it green, "
low or brown, black, purple or crimson
She does this to save the paint; only II
IN and nothing more.-BOSt0n Irdnsc1 ipt.
<, The New York Herald says: IT
1r denomination of General Grant would be
re grave and dangerous political blunder
another reason. The American people
not favor military rulers or military met
DDS 10 civil government. They wisely pl
re fer civilian ways. They tolerated t
n military spirit after the close of the
bellion because the country was still
nc turmoil and the future was uncertain;
they tired Of it and dlstrusted it more a
more year by year, as they showed in
j. constantly dWindling republican maiorit
= in Congress, which ended in leaving I
party in the minority before the expiral
st of General Grants second term"