The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-27
NOTES HR.aE AND THERE.

The old steamer Montana, OF the
government service in these waters, was
taken ashore, high and dry, by the ice at
JeffersonvilIe, Ind, where she was being
dismantled. and poor people are stealing
her piece-meal for fuel.
The Pdrtizan devotes column Of its
Sunday mornings issue to demonstrate the
fact that either itself or States Attorney
Parmenter is a TOOL. The public is not
very much interested in either party to the
controversy. and will gladly accord the
palm to both.
BY the way it occurs to us that CON-
mittee was appointed at public meeting
some time ago, who were to constitute
themselves a "reformatory -detective"
body, for the correction of the social evil.
Have they stumbled across anything that
has discouraged them in their good work?
-Stupidly enough, the election of Matt
Carpenter to the United States Senate has
already been heralded by certain idiotic
adherents to a dead issue, as a victory for
"the staIwarts. "-DaU Gazette.
In this pleasant way does the post office
editor refer to the Inter Ocean and the
Rock Island Union. as adherents of the
| dead issue" of bayonet rule in the south.
We are indebted to the Hon. John b.
Hawley, assistant secretary of the treas
ury, for a copy of the finance report for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1873. It's
very voluminous document, and Will
furnish good reading matter after the ad-
vertisements in the exchanges have been
exhausted.
We have received with request to
make public, notice OF a meeting to be
held in Peoria, on Thursday, January so
1870, at p. NJ, of all those interested in
the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and the
| improvement of the Illinois River. The
call is signed by numerous business mer
of Peoria, and full attendance of all in
terested is desired.
Saturday last 900 teams with sleighs
or wagons, crossed the river between
this city and Davenport, from Z O'Clock
| A. NJ. to s clock p NJ. The count wal
made by two coal men, to decide wage
of $40 that the number Of teams tia
would cross between the hours names
would not exceed 1900 All the partie
we're coal men. They forgot to count tn
loads of coal that were brought over.
Al Bowen says meerschaum pipe cal
be beautifully coiored 10 five minutes. TIL
process is nothing new, although few oh
smokers understand 1t. Iustead of pulling
at pipe for years, a beautiful color can /,
produced by first tin,ing the pipe with
solution OF nitrate Of silver in ether an
alcohol, TO which essence Of roses and cam
phor are added. Figures Of any patter
can be produced by the heat of the tobac
co, ard they will be permanent.
John Drake, who has just been az
quilted of embezzlement, as charged b
Sloan, Johnson & Go. of Peoria, and mer
toned 10 our reports of the circuit court
seems to have been uDjustly reported b
the Davenport Gosette. That pape
stated, that in making up their verdict c
not guilty, the jury took into account tn
= fact that "the prisoner had been 10 ia
nearly a year whau tried This is falst
as is also the statement that he left hi
boarding house and. bill very abruptly
The truth Of the matter is the small
: young man who reports for the Gazet
tries to injure the acquitted prisoner
Give the young man chance.
Saturday last Mr. w. II. Wilson file
his bond of SIS, 900 as assignee 10 the ma
ter of the assignment of F. A. Bach & G.
At the same time an inventory Of the asse
. was fled, the aggregates being as follow
u Ledger accounts. .................,,....$ 4S1S
ia Coal tickets, 81 647 SIS, valued at....... 1900
- Bill accounts. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. "a
q Stock of coal, lime, plaster etc and Office
= furniture. l.oo3
o Interest in real estate, notes not enumera-
4 TED, etc..........+. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1,S6S
lotGl. -.........' ..s......'-....'-..-'S S,9ou
@ The coal tickets marked mot good" a
Il not very numerous considering the leng
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