The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-23
NorEs HERE AND rHERE.

Pfoh, deceased. have been filed and ap-
proved.
johnson, Of Moline, the man who fell
through the hatchway at Deere's, about
week ago, is up and around again, appar-
emily no worse for his severe fall
The directors Of the Moline Plow Com
pany, at meeting held yesterday, elected
the following officers: President, s W
Wheelock; Vice President, Geo. Stephens; |
Secretary. L Carson; Treasurer, NJ King
man.
The United States statistics of inter-
nal revenue show great increase in the
consumption Of lager beer, which is becom-
ing the beverage of the masses. The con-
sumption is now nearly 100000 barrels
month, or something over 1000 600
barrels annually, or about eight gallons to
every individual in the United States, The
consumption of whisky does not appear to
have diminished in quantity. It's use is
still so prevalent that prominent temper
ance reformer of Washington proposes
quarantinlng against 1t as well as against
yellow fever.
"A Pen may be driven, but the pencil
does best when it is lead.-BoSton Tran
script.
-Whirled without end-the water of
Niagara into Lake Ontarlo.-Ne'o York.
Ne,os,
The fellow made bad bull when he
went to steal a squash and got gourd.
Boston Transcript.
When the time arrives for baby to
eat bread you should break II TO him gent
| ly.-Neso Orleans Pcdayne,
1t is said that it is better to improve
by other peoples errors than to find fault
with hem.-Nelo York IHaI.
| A Bridgeport man drew a revolver to
shoot a cat and shot himself instead. to the
great grief of the cat Daa6u1y Neaos
There's many man whose highest
ambition is to successfully contest seat
on a nail~keg in corner grocery. in
didndpoliS Sentinel.
If every one who'a played the fool
Had died and turned to clay.
How many people would be left
-iStsubenviHe Herald.
Thunderstorns come to the just as well
as to the unjust, They arise darkIy and
dismaly in the evening, just at time
when g man thinks of taking his girl out
for ice cream, and when. therefore, she can
not go.-Neto Yorl Herald,
Before getting their hair cropped short,
people would do we'll to cut the following
paragraph out and paste it IN their hats:
THE coolest ground in summer is found
under the tall grass, and not on the cropp-
ed lawn. "-Nei0 YOrk; Comaaer6iqt AdUeT'
tiser,
And how does Charley like going to
SCHOOL," kindly inquired a good man OF
the little year-old boy. who was waiting
with a tin can in hand the advent OF an
other dog. Il like gOn' we'll 'nough, re-
piled the the embryo statemGn. Ingenious
ly. ''but | don't like staying after ! get
there. "-ROckldnd Courier.
A young man is at present undergoing
a sentence of six months in Jail, two OF
which only have expired, who has fallen
heir to the sum of $l65, 900 by the death
of an uncle in San Francisco. This uncle
left fortune Of $494, 900, to be divided
among three nephews, of whom the prls-
oner is one 1t is needless to say he awaits
his liberation with impotence. Montreal
Minerve.
| 1T doesn't takeimuch of mathemeti
clan to count flies; bnt, for fear that some
of our readers may not knog what fly is
and how they are weighed. we append the
following table. Green-Grocers will fnC
it an excellent authority for weighing but
ter: One hundred and sixty-two house
flies, onesounce: 1862 house flies, ont
pound: 259, 200 house flies, one hundred
weight: 5, 1874, 900 house flies, one ton. Thu
reader may extract some consolation b.
pastng this on the bedroom wall and stu
dying it at night.-Nep York Express.
1t has taken a great while to fpd on
! who was to indemnify the property owner
IN Pittsburg for the damage done them il
3 the famous railroad riot. They sued tn
e State extensively, and it is now decided b
I the Supreme Court that the State is nc
responsible, but that the injured owner
must look to the county. They are lookin
0 to the county accordingly, and on this de
: cision it will have to foot a bill of abou
n two million dollars. AS the property thu
must be taxed to raise the money is mail
ly the property in the city of Pittsbur
the citizens of that place will present.
d know just what it is worth to have Gr;
Q class riot, and il is to be hoped they wi
:. enjoy the knowledge. N. I. Herald