The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-16

The Material fever Is very pfeVaiehC
iu the city at.this time.
The Jockey Club races open in Chi,
cago this afternoon and continue until
Friday evening.
-Mayor-elect Kalloch, of San Fran
cisco has not missed meal since he was
shot. The shot elected him.
An old lady was struck by lightning
while kueeIing at prayer at her home IN
Stafford, Can, recently. Special provl-
dence, eh2
The Union Iabors to prove that Stur-
geon, as superintendent of county schools,
took only two per cent on the gross
amount of school money distributed. The
law allows him two per cent.
The trial of Ross, the last CT the Ro-
senfeld murderers commences at Morri-
son, Whiteside county, on Thursday next,
Sept. 18th. All of the important witness
ses were being ummoned to day to report
at that time.
Pope Bob's convention at Cincinnati
was fraud Religion and politics won't
mix in this country, although there were
strong traces of the Methodist church in
the defeat Of Robert Kehler by the re-
publican convention this afternoon.
According to Supervisor Atklnson's
resolution. Published elsewhere in th'
supervisors proceedings, it appears tina
the county official paper has been publishing
mutillated reports of the supervisors pro
ceedings. The Union does not ike t,
publish anything rejecting upon republican
, officers.
; The day of soreheadlsm among Roc
Island Republicans has gone by, and tn
party was never in more united an
harmonious condition than at present.
Union. How long since Hawley an
Lynde, Cleaveland aud Bob Reid, Jir
Beardsley and Bill Jackson and the fellow
that cat-hauled each other all the after
noon in the convention commenced to slee
9 with each other. Truly it is pleasant 70
r brsthreu to dwell together in peace.
r What does Supervisor SilVis mean b
a his resolution prohibiting the drawing {
t orders upon the county treasurer w!thor
d the express authority Of the board Of st
n pervisors? The county clerk is the onl
e one who can draw such orders aad the il
= ference is that be is altogether too fire.
d with the county cash. If Mr.. Cook is il
nOcent OF this suspicion it is unfortunat
o that Mr.. Sivis' resolution was not MOI
II explicit.
e There is now in the vaults of th
!, United States Treasury the enormous sui
is of $45 .915, 1873 in standard silver dola
is and subsidiary coin, about two-thirds
II the total amount being silver dollars.
each dollar of silver weighs an ounce, tn
, mass Of money will amount to near
:, 100000 pounds weight. or 1900 ton
= and to haul it away would require abo'
1900 two horse teams we'll loaded. Sure
lie there is money enough without auy mo
S greenbacks.
IS L. NJ Haverstick would be nothing
not modest. The. proprietor of the NJ
IN line Reuie,c distributed to the republicI
* convention and scattered about the stree
It, to-day circular claiming that his pap
1t under Haverstick's editorship. is at
as ablest edited weekly paper in Rock Islal
county" This is . little hard on Il
ID veteran editor who with the Valley CT
IN Times and the Reuie0O are publishing t
or only exclusively weekly papers IN 4
W county. Haverstick' S. name was signed
he the circular as an indication of his appro
al. Such modesty is a credit to the pr
p fession.