Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-03
SCRAPS

Aint the river getting awful low?
The nutting season is in full blast
Grey hair is 10 be worn this winter.
Oysters begin to 20 down very nicely.
For furniture consult J. r. Johnston.
There will be Eve Sundays this month.
Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have
it?
The successful Henderson county fair i,
over.
Some more new books al the public
library.
The Savannah vii be up and the Dubuque
down tomorrow.
Mr.. P. L. Cable is Abou, to terminate hi,
sojourn in Europe.
Butord's Pillow Works will be represented
At the St. LOUIS fair.
SteAmboAtmen residing a, this city are
beginning to get home.
See that your Aues are all right before
putting up your stoves.
b. b. Buford and Phil Allen have gone
TO 81. Louis for few days.
Seven vacancies are to be filed in our
General Assemblsge this fall.
Mr.. ". NJ. Orichton, now of Moline, is 3
graduate Of Monmouth College.
Get up your heating stoves in time; you
will save many cold by doing it.
The piling work sustaining the first span
Of the new bridge has been taken away.
Our Hebrew fellow citizens are 'cele brat
ing the feast OF the Tabernacle this week.
The keiser furnace in the new ODD
Fellows Hall was put in by Michael Kane
Through railroad connections between
Rock Island and LeGvenworth after Monda,
next.
A troop OF stree, boot blacks is one of the
recent metropolitan acquisitions of Rock
Island.
We understand that Mr.. ". q. Jenkins,
of Moline, ia in declining health, at the State
Asylum.
The Monmouth ReUiev is highly com
plimentAry TO the new editor of our Moline
contemporary.
Tomorrow we will dish up something
strange, startling, and sensational. Be OIL
the q,ii viUe.
The ladies' are to sweep the streets will
long skirts once more. We tender sweep
ing donunciation.
Mr.. Cyrus Conklin, OF AndaluSiA, CAV,
US a call to-day, aud inquired AffectionAtel,
about "the Colonel"
You can now send money orders from
this city to any poin, in Great Britain. Tn,
sums must not succeed $50.
This ia eventually to be the greatest crap
growing region in America. Our nativ
wine is equal to the best brands of Framed
Some talk is goiug on of building a roa
direct from Chicago to Muscatine, lesvin
Rock Island and Davenport out in the cold
The coal miners q. Cleveland are on
strike for an advance to five cents bushe
An attempt at an adjustment was mad,
to-day.
Petroleum oil and the Cleveland burnin
fluid give light as clear and bright as III
stars do. J. 4. Johnston is the happy ma
who sells them.
What q face1ious opss that "pertineu
and impairment man Of the Union j,
Once in while be gets into his column
name not unknown to fame.
The State Con missioners for inspectin
the Peoria & Rock Island road speak of
in very eulOgistiC terms. They are throug
york and will report to the Governor.
Pat MoElherne has got his life insured
BE says she'll be dsrned it he's going 1
die and leave his family on the cold charlie
Of an unsyu pathising world" Sensible
5000 policy.
Rock Island is ahead of Davenport o
freight facilities for the lumber trade. W
can ship direct down the Rockford roa
while DAvenporsers mus. pay bridge ia,
IL Of Is per loaded car.
Did Byron really write the poem entitle
"Home, School, and Church, which appear
ed credited to him 10 Mondays Union.- W
never encountered IL in any of his work
did. Wv
Yesterday the Rapids Improvement col
tractors gave notice to steam boa,men tina
!, navigation in the Rock Island Rapids, 70
any ou' the smallest boats, must cease ri,
.ne END OF this week. The Golfers aroun
~. Lou" rock, or Winnebsgo Island, n,
Tar from Hampton, will be in by Sa,urda,
!, and will occupy best OF the channel spat
4 at either OF those points. The dams will u,
be cleared away, probably, before freezin
time.