The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-03
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Where are you going tomorrow
There will no paper published to-mof-

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Where are you going tomorrow?
There will no paper published to-moI-
row.
The weather prophet predicts rain To-
morrow.
To be the Sheriff of st. Louis is to
make loco year.
Window gardening with geraniums,
calceolarias and mignonette will keep flies
out of the room.
@-Henry Clark and Rebecca Parnell, Of
Cleveland, Henry county, were married
by Judge Adams to-day.
The boy without dime saved up for
the Fourth is beginning to look worried
and his face is lined with care.
Spell pupils" backwards. and you
will discover the nature of many q one
among them.--BOston Transcript
The mania for feather trimmings has
produced great suffering in Coventry, Eng,
by the stoppage of the ribbon factories.
"A church committee at Peru, Ind, is
trying Rev. Thomas Cooper for saying of
one of the elders, HE is hell of pray.
ist."
Mr.. Vanderbilt's income il over
$1,000 an hour-which, says a Wes-
tern editor, is more than some of US make
in whole day.
"A little boy came to his mother recent.
ly and said Mamma should think that
if was made of dust would get muddy
inside when I drink -
| -Contentmenti ia the name of an island
of the Norwalk coast. Its population COZ
lists of three families, each b,ing engaged
10 lawsuit with the other.
No pushee, no shovee, 10 puilee
alice samee go !ikee heIee." was the Chi
uaman's first exclamation upon seeing an
automatic steam elevator.
-Bleuer's excellent orchestra will fur
nish the music for concert and dance al
the Fourth of July Celebration in DaVen.
ports Grove. head of Goth street.
The Rock Island & Peoria railroad
will sell tickets to Peoria and return on the
4th, at one and one. fifth fare for the round
trip. Tickets good to return on July str,
| Over $4,000 tea plants have lately
been distributed in the Middle and South
ern States by the United States Bureau Of
Agriculture. In about four years these
plants will be large enough to allow full
picking of leaves.
| 1t is stated that over $4,000 letters
are deposited daily in the New York Post
| Office with the name of the State omitted
in the address, one-ffth of which could b.
forwarded without mistake, the destination
Of four dfths of which must be guessed at
j. Van horn. was married to Miss
Anuie Bywater last evening. The cere
mony was performed by Rev Van Osdel
10 ODD Fellows Hail A public installa
ton of officers vas also held in the tall
after which there was dancing and a socia
good time until pf,cr midnight.
The first and sec nd regiments of Chi
cage were not allowed to go to Freeport
but are under marching orders. 4 guarC
of sig men is stationed at the armcry night
and day until further orders. This is t.
prevent any possible attempt to capture
tbe arms a. q 'ha militia, should the talked
of strike occur.
Marshal HAYES went to Drury town
ship yesterday in search of Gustaf Ander
f son, aud this mofnsna returned with his
man He was charged With bastardy BIZ
, Christine Adolphsen Gustat concluded
to settle the matter by marrying the girl
and took out license and married he
this afternoon.
-Wilkie Collins will shortly visit Amer
lea. We suppose. The Woman il
White" will accompany him.-Neso Yorl
t EcpreSs. Wrong; he will have no com
panion; at least we've heard mo Name
mentioned. Boston Post. Of course no
when people have a cleW to THE Moon
stone" they keep it dark-let it go no fur
ther!'
] Some years ago, says the Norristowl
! Herald Phillips Thompson published
poem in the Boston Traveller called 9TH
Pundit of Hyderabad." Pinafore Gilbert
= Jester James" is either a remarkabl
? literary coincidence or direct plagiarism
; A comparison of the two poems shows nc
/ only a similarity in the phraseoiogy, bu
!. also 10 the entire motive and idea. Th
:, praise ard publicity being awarded t
Jester james" properly belongs to MI
= Thompson "Pundit.