Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-16
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day.
The Hermit, Of Iowa discourse,h on
Spirtus ism.
This 10 not . good ay time. Too frosty
for full crop.
The mornings are getting fros.ier than the
breath Of old Boreas.
Thanksgiving turkeys are getting ready
for murder mos. fowl.
The people Of LIE Claire intend having .
. ball Thanksgiving Eve.
The year is dying-down At Fort Madison.
The Democrat says so, anyhow.
Hskes 4 NegGs he'd their little New
Orleans packet out on trial to-day.
l. Bs,nbsrTers stock Of clothing has not
been depleted BY his late heavy sales
Many o. our leading citizens have Just
completed important i'm Drovsmen,s on their
residences.
Wanted-a timer; one who thoroughly
understands the trade. Addres, P. o. Box
395, Rock Island.
The employees of the c R. I. & P. road
at Davenport, have jass contributed $3lS.5O
to the Chicago relief fund.
Davenport don'i know wht Their lie going
TO have any lectures the coming season or
not. Amt lectures q bore
DR.. De Witt Of Milan has recon meuced life
on the philOsophic plan By wedding Miss
Kate English, Of Atkinson.
Isn't il about time for the oldest inhsb-
liant to begin predicting What kind OF q
winter We ave going to have.
A Peoria girl took dose Of lsudanum
day before yesterday. and = stomach pump
{ saved her. Bhghted affections.
: The Union wants TO say good word fol
: Rev. MelHnctbon Martin Luther White, anC
;. don't know exactly how to do it
= Mrs Nelson, in the Circui, Court at Cam
/ bri ge,bas recovered judgement agAins, the
!. Rockford Insurance Com pany for $1,000.
h One of our en'erprising youths pied"
D. columu of matter this nc oruing. Supposed
'e to have been out ''settin' up" with her, las
ii night.
IL There is q great demand in Rock ISLAM
IS for good store rooms. A dozen of then
III could be rented at once. Why don't some
!. body 10 TO building?
Ie Bro. White, who uprooted Romsnism il
.e our midst, the other evening, called sroun
AID settled the little bill we had against him
N he quite surprised US.
- club at Moline aflicts itself oncel
:. week III reading about julius Caesar, ID
10 wonderful fellow whom Miles Stands
=, said could fight rs well as write.
!, s. DahIof's prize drawing will come o
a. next Friday evening, the l7th, at Nelson
H. Saloon, near the glass works. Tickets los
q. or not paid for, will not draw any prizes.
ID Next Wednesday night Geo. Downes
o. Co. have their regular dance at Negu
,h hall, and Just q week after that the
b.. Ps,rick's Benevolent Society gives ball
h. Turner hall.
he Mrs. Babcock has permanently located
er No. /, Exgleston's Row, as a hair dresse
a, and manufacturer Of oil kinds of feminiI
a head gear She is deserving woman a,
I'd understands her business.
10 The improvements on the Slough roa'
ns continue. How much better it would be
he have the railroad companies do this for U
nd st their expense, and at the same time 2
~. their tracks off the levee?
Our ssnctum ssnctorum - our holy Of b
lies-the secluded FIowery Kingdom of u
estsblishment is shut in from the vGlg
world BY massive sheets Of decorated Ylss
- We expect to be pitched clear thyoul
them, some of these days, If We don't b
Ia have ourselves.
as Work on the water power osLal aud {
pr the Junction OF the wall and dyke is b-ii
a pushed with the utmost energy. The vat
IN ~iH be Ii toto the canal by the 18Th Of Z
be ctmoer and the manufactures enabled
We resume the use OF the po ser By that tiI
ny If not before.
no Epstein d Bro. are particularly com men
N able to the pubic from the fact that there
be no work TOO diff ult or delicate, IN d
OF mending or altering Of fine jewelry, viii
10 they cannot do in as perfect style as n
20 artisans in the United States. This ia
;" great point. Many q valuable ring or wat
- is ruined by being bungled al by Inc
"' perienced hands.
IN, Yesterday morning the z 'vernm-nt stes
hs err Montana, Captain Throck morton, Viii
Nv has been operating on the Upper Miss
,,a sipp. with the Csfrey, under direction
ed Col. Macopb, of the Engineer Corps,
dee pening the channel and removing snA
Der came into port with orders 20 go into win
wn quarters. Tbs Csfrey ~a,expacted tod
The Both steamers will winter in Rockingh
ssi. slough.
DR. Gregg this morning placed upon c
ew table box Of Cstswba grapes from
Oh ViOey ard at aAmmondsport. Yates Co.. n
York. on the fruitful banks Of KeuSs La
DIV. 10 favor they are peerless, and in size
I'D, large rs the best. The Doctors whey
be has been progressing finely for the past
B. years, and is nov one OF the most fsvors
Ind known in that section. We always hs,
err good throat for grapes, either 10 the natu
ion or condensed state.
George Ballou, of she Davenport Gaze
1t n is evidently trying to scare people to dea
ban over there. The other day he had a sen
re,- tional heading running about thus: VI
his Marriage Poison Divorce Maria
the and Separation" In. morning he col
,ree for us with "Inbumanity to Woman-A '
duh with babe, and two other children star
lsed The Husband well-to-do and Living W
Dus- bow another husband treats q toll
md, "ife-Mother and child as we'll rs could