The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-17
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

-Tramps are getting more numerous
of late.
The Turner's Masquerade occurs on
Saturday night.
Masks for balls. sleds and snow SHOW
| els at Taylor & Philleo's.
The G. B. & O.. train from So. L 1uis
was Eve hours late, to-day.
Dime sociable and candy pulling at
the residence of NJ q. Meeker, this
evening.
There will be Swedish masquerade
ball at Killers Hall, ON Saturday even
ing March
The politicians of Moliue are already
beginning to get into the usual jangle over
the mayorahy.
The lecture before Eureka lodge. No
50. A. I. & A NJ, was delivered by City
Attorney Corbett.
-ThesImproved Order of Red Mon
hold their annual ball on Tuesday evening
Fet. % at the Rock Island House.
The Moline Dtspatch has doomed nav
hsading. II is a great Improvement on
the old one, and adj. m1oh 10 the appear
ance of the paper.
A child living near Hampton whore
name our informant did not rom embor,
was run over by cutter to day, and had
one arm broken AMI was otherwise bruised
about the body.
james Vosel, of Rapid City. brought
10 a wolf scalp yesterday to th= cou ut,
clerk = ofhoo aud claimed his bounty. The
animal was q monster a great grey one,
and the skin very handsome.
The Northeastern Neacs, the temper
anee organ of Iowa, hes entered on it's
many years TO Como. [, is well sji cd
geographically clean, AMI aleays newsy
The stock Of lumber in uioety-torr
yards in Chicago on the lst instant footed
ny 444 922, 272 feet Of lam bar and timber,
1876. 100, 900 Shingles. Al 282 500 pieces o.
lath, 2,426. 1872 feet of Dickets aud 80. TOO
CEDAR posts.
The organ concert - be given at
Trinity Episcopal church 90 Monday, Feb
%, will be q choice musical event. Of
course it will be a success. for the ladies of
Trinity always succssd ia their church
enterta nments.
The state fair will be bald this year at
Peoria instead of Springfield, the state
board of agriculture having so desidsd at
a meeting on yesterday. And BOW
Springfield mourns and veeps aud Peoria
cackles louder than ever.
There was pleasant family reunion
at the residence OF r. Champion. 19.h
street, last evening, Among those
present was 9 brother of Mr.. Champion. of
Virginia City, Nevada who has been
away for II years. and has not seen his
brother in all that time.
"A count of nnses at Springfield has
resulted 10 ascsstaiping that the pros
poets of passing the Kinds temperance
bill. so called-for local option, and allow.
ing women to vote on the question OF
granting i;eeuse-is hopeless case at the
present session of the Illinois Legislature
~ Chicago Journal.
The aow mittee having 10 charge the |
old settlers festival ere paking every |
effort TO have the coming affair. on Tues |
day evening next a success IN every |
respoGt. The music will be by Bleur's |
band. end supper by August Herkert. |
Armory Hall has 5aen selected as the |
place, and good time may be safely an,
ticipated for all who attend
Charles J. Dsyere and George
Spencer. the two soldiers on the Island.
Who were concerned in the robbery of
Fsllow soldier some weeks ago, were sen
enen by eoaft llsrt!sl to imprisonment at
Fort Laaveuworth; the forases 10 three
years and the latter two years They
eft for Leavenworth to day 10 Oh lrge of
! Lieutenant aud three men from the
Island
The Davonportsrs are greatly exer-
,issd oyer the possibility of the passage Of
he bill inagguFatiGg G change il the
,harge for loaded taud empty cars going
,vsr the G, r. l. & 2. bridge. and have
'oFgarded a memorial to Hon Hiram
Price signed by ITO business men and
asking such change 10 the
'ates as will make it compulsory for the
). e |. & P, to carry other com panies'
'ars at the same rate as their own. This
8 hardly likely to be tbs rule, notwith-
tanding the vigorous kick from Daven-
,ort. II
"A correspondent Of the Scientific
american says: LIST any one who has
o attack OF lock jaw take small quantity
( turpentine. warm it and put on the {
,osbd, DO matter where the wound is. and
elief sill foios in less than q minute.
Tothing better can be epplied to a severe
ut or bruise than cold turpentins; it will :
i've certain relief almost instantly. {
urpentins Is also sovereign remedy for
roup. Saturate piece of flannel with it {
nd place the flannel on the throat and
nest, and in every case three or four :,
rops on lump of sugar may be taksn =
lwardly." II