The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-06

resident OF that city who, after getting the |
price Of kid gloves by the dozen, attempt |
ed to buy one at the same rate to match |
an old one he had
Sterling and Rock Fails now have a
FIVE column daily called the Times The
people of these two places should give it
liberal support. it will help their bust
ness IN more ways than they imagine.
Every good republican is expected to
move his household furniture, his cousins
and his aunts" into tho east part Of his
house at the time General Grant steps
ashore at San Francisco. The exact time
will be announced By telegraph.
The republican party managers have
started greenback paper at Washington,
D. c., called the National Teao, with a
view of keeping up the third party organi
cation and dividing the opposition 10 1880
80 as to epsure the reelection OF Grant
The Rome Sentinel demands an in
vention whereby negroes can live forever.
Like many others. the Sentinel is tired of
, hearing that the Democrats kill every ne
/ gro who happens to start for the golden
shore. y
The ordinance for the G. B. 4 y.
= railroad changing the line of their road in
T White & Co. s shop, south of their pres
= ent track, so as to take it through the
shop, passed the Moline city council last
e night.
l. The Rodman Rifles will driIlin their
new hall tomorrow evening and on Thurs
day evening 60 to Moline to visit the com
pany there. 1t is necessary that every man
should be present at drill tomorrow even
u ing; the drill will be in full uniform.
IA 1T is stated that the sister of NJ Grevy
u who presides over the French Executive
Mansion, had iast sigued az engagement
as goveness, to a wealthy Hungarian
family. when elevated to her present posi-
ton by the election of her brother. al
President of the Republic.
in a niue days trip to Quincy and re
lis turn the steamer General Barnard extrac
ted thirty one snags, pulled back thirty
We four leaning or impending trees, ielleC
g. 262 trees and established three buoys
running in the accomplishment of THU
work 148 miles.
Last Sunday the entire force Of TIL
Government Bureau of engraving ant
d printing. at Washington, worked all dal
10 printing $40 refunding certificates. Th'
10 entire amount printed was $3,200,000. !
81 is claimed that the great demand for these
certificates required this Dissertation O
"' the Sabbath
- The National Sengerfest will begir
in June at Cincinnati, and extensive pre-
>" parations are being made for the festival
The list of the societies to take part 10 i
ne includes chorus of 1868 voices, supplied
g by one society from Illinois, one from In
Ill diana, two from Kentucky and seven from
+ Ohio.
Capt. Haverstick has been over 4
Davenport and the Democrat says, "ther
is talk of daily paper in Moline. Thu
on people there have an idea that their plac
is bound to overshadow Rock Island il
tn population and wealth. and that they ca
ly make 1t worth their while to have a dali
be of their own. When Rock Island was n
70, larger than Moline it had three dailies.
ce Senator Thurman was near correc
OF when be said that the contest between tn
d. civil and military branches of the Govern
ment. promises to become the great ques
ton of the age. and that it would never b
$50 closed until the supremacy of the civil au
81 thority in time of peace should be recog
'ss nized and enforced This is the issu
,64 which the post office editors arc trying t
sS6 obscure.
3Ss The ~ 7, Express says that "Tf th
'699 President vetoes the bills providing agains
n the use of troops at the polls. and agains
ne the arbitrary and despotic arrests of citi
re zens by Federal supervisors and their de
'7s pnties. and for the repeal of the obnoxiou
IS test oaths, on him and his party the blam
y" will rest. Every act of the Democrat
ry thus far have shown sagacity. moderation
at and patriotism"
o. The Ne,o York Sun says that as De
an Golyer Garfield and Secor Robson ar,
the accepted leaders of the Republican
party in the House of Representatives, i
must be confessed the eternal fitness O
Is, IS things has been consulted in sending then
,s. to the front, for they represent admirabI,
lis the morals and the methods which O
Is late have distinguished that once honoret
r Organization, now struggling to recove
lost confidence by the very means which
condemned it to defeat since 1874, wher
the great reaction began.
u, Cheva1ier Life for the Hal,
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