The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-06
NOTES HERE AND THERE.


next.
The ice is unsafe to travel over by
team.
The Athletic Club contemplates hold
ing festival.
The Operetta of H. NJ. S. Pinafore at
Burtis Opera House, March 18th,
The roof of the main building of the
armory will be finished in few days.
Colonel John Dement, was reelected
Mayor of Dixon without opposition, with
majority for license, on Tuesday.
The Rodman Rifles will open the new
armory with grand entertainment, the
nature of which has rot yet been deter
mined.
The Confidence" that Colonel()
Woodruff thought was reposed in him
when he accepted the nomination of the
Bill Bunker Organ convention, is only
43O below par.
The republicans of the Fifth ward do
not hesitate to place the cause of War
nock's defeat where it belongs, with the
Union. Had that paper pursued differ
ent course Mr. Warnock would have been
elected.
The Athletic Club propose to pur-
chase $500 boat-a four-oared shell.
They have also elected Friday as ladies
day" when the club rooms are to be thrown
open for the entertainment of the lady
friends Of. the club.
Street car No. ran off the track at
the 18th street crossing. While the driver
was trying to lift it on the horse started
suddenly, jerking the car and breaking the
cross pin. The car had to be abandoned
until the pin could be replaced
i The last seen Of the National Chief,
Danforth, he was gliding down the Fifth
avenue sewer in canoe, en- route to Jug
town. Gdzette-T The aforesaid sewer is
sufficiently above low water mark to float
its loadof sin and dishonesty very oomfor-
tably and rapidly.
THE steamers Lake Superior and Du-
buQue, belonging to the Keokuk Northern
Line, lying in winter quarters at Alton
slough, just above the mouth of the Mis-
souri,, were totally destroyed By fire at
noon, Tuesday. The boats were valued at
$l5,0 900 each. 30 insurance.
-Kelerstrass, alderman elect from the
Third ward, is a Workingman. An over
) crowded shoemaker was too busy to 60 to
? the polls Tuesday. kellerstrass persuad-
: ed him to so by occupying the bench while
J he was absent, and putting a good patch
on poor boot in the meantime.-Gdzet tt
And a pretty good sized patch on the
national party besides.
1t is conceded by all citizens that John
| George, the democratic candidate for AL
derman in the First Ward, is far superior
in all respects to either OF the other candi
dates, yet he received the smallest number
of votes. This, to the uninitiated, may
seem an anomaly in politics. The cause il
that Democrats we're willing to forego party
for the sake of defeating the Dark Lantern
candidate, and did not intend any disre-
spect to their Own nominee.
There is to be series Of lectures IN
der the auspices Of the Baptist society o
this city, the FIRST of which will be giver
by Hon. Geo. q. Vending, who will an
swer Hon Robert G. Ingersoll's lectur
on infdelity. Mr. Vending speaks from
a secular stand point, and is said by thos
who have heard him, to irrefutably answe
Ingersoll on every point The series vii
consist of four lectures. Season ticket
will be sold for one dollar; single admis
Il sion 25 cents. Due announcement will b
0 made of the lecturers who follow Hon. G
R. " Vending. The lectures will be held il
S the Baptist church.
Holland, the sanctimonious eFwho,a
It agent of the c, B. 4 Q. r. Il. in Daven
: port, robbed the company Of about 81, 800
u and various citizens of smaller amounts,
e and who was induced to come here to sci
i tie the matter up With the company, wa
II taken before Justice Finger in Davenpor
yesterday for examination. He waivet
examination, and the Justice held him i
the suD OF $1,000 Tor appearance at th
next term Of the district court. He cou!t
a get nobody TO sign the bond, and SO be wa
c lodged in Jail, where he will probably re
main till he is called for trial at the Ma
term of the district court.
! H. Baldwin, of Monroe City, Ind, write
i under date Of Dec Sd, 1877, that his wit
used Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
with wonderful results. 1t effected he
entire cure, after several physicians hac
failed. The many similar letters positive
iy affirming that the Favorite Prescriptio!
had cured the diseases and weaknesse
, ipecQIar to women, Induced Dr. Pierce t.
sell it under q guarantee. Ladies need nl
longer subnit to useless and painful Ioca
treatment as the Favorite Prescription i!
. a safe, sure, and speedy cure. Hundreds
: who bad been bed ridden for years have
> been restored to perfect health by its use
Remember
that TWENTY-FIVE cents will buy 9
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