Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-16

irelRht cars.
The P 4 RI. road is fitting up fine
office at Milan.
The patron saint of small counterfeiters
Gent Nickelus.
Over 600 railroad employees are at the
Davenport shops and station.
Rock Island is the best known city in
the United States for it's size.
The Rock Island Wooden Mills susp nded
operations for the season, to-day.
When you are at Davenport, examine
Webb Bros stock of holiday goods.
Charley Bowen, of the ferry boat. left for
Missouri last evening, to visit relatives.
Mr.. J c. Conklin has made arrangements
to resume operations at his distillery at this
city.
Three car loads of bridge iron, consisting
Of heavy end columns, arrived yesterday
morning.
DR. Lyon who was stabbed at Davenport
soou, two months ago, has been removed to
Adrian, Mich.
| A machine has just been made for pressing
homely noses into all sorts Of the most fash
ionsble shapes.
Joint stock manufacturing operations, on
the other side of the river, have been univer-
sally voted failures.
We've heard of people being derauged in
the head, but the Sheriff Of Scott County is
deranged in the heel.
1t is a singular fact that warm weather
always makes full police court, and cool
weather Cd empty one.
Immense quantities of corn are swAitin z
transportation along the Rockford Road.
,, The cribs and warehouses are fail.
The annual meeting for the election OF
directors and officers of the Rock Island
National BAuk takes place on the 10Th OF
January.
Epstein Bros invite the attention of the
public to their uurivslled assortment OF
pearls, diamonds, canoes, and other gen
u ne aud elegant jewelry.
The Rev. D. WslIAce y. D., President OF
Monmouth College, will preach in the
/ United Presbyterian Church tomorrow
/ Sunday at 10 o'clock NJ.
! If you have 9 few extra dollars this
evening, and don't know what 10 do with
them, buy Library ticket. II will furnis h
you prof, and pleasure for q whole year.
+ The fret floor. north half of the west
wing of Armory No /. has been paru,ioned
into Offices for the officers of the Post The
arrangement is temporary and very comfort
sble.
/ De would be bold smoker who would
not throw away his pipe after learning that
| bypochondriss, snsurosis and locom otoro-
tsxy are the conseq aences Of smoking to-
bacco.
On Friday evening Dec 22nd, the ladies
Of the Eastern Star degree Of Cordova Lodge
No SAB A & \ NJ, give an oyster sn per at
hat place. The proceeds 20 to purchase
regAliA.
/ We understand that a well-kpo~H freight
agent Of this city, also agent for McGuire's
SArsAparilla Bitters, has taken the contract
to be- p the ladies' cross the foot bridge at
the ferry dock.
Webb Brothers, of Davenport, are selling
glass ware, crockery, mirrors, solid and sill
yer plated ware, toilet goods, and articles Of
rertu cheaper than any firm on this side of
Chicago can afford to.
After abusing men Tor nearly dozen years,
Olive Logan, the lecturer, is going to tie
one to her sprol string soma time in Christ
mas week, And terrible to relate, the poor
wretch is newspaper editor.
The Heather Chiuee" priies himself on
paying -. his debts at the beginning Of
each year, aud places over his door an EN-
bIem that be is square with the world. Sup
p1se We out side bArbArians try it.
Josh Billings says; Most men will con
} cede that it looks foolish to see q boy drag
. gin heavy sled up hill for the heetiD
! pleasure Of ridiD down agin. But it Ap'
pears to me that the boy is sage by the
{ side of young man who works hard all tbs
, week, and drinks up his wages on Saturday
night"
Just opened at Wadsworth & ParsoD q
, for Christmas, new lot of linen collars
and cuffs, lace and hem stitched hardker
chiefs, uubiss, lace sets, Paisley shIwls
r closks, cloAkings, etc. Their stock O
t dress goods is the best in the city, and the
? have marked them down to cost, to clos
e them out
The Illinois State Horticultural Society
now holding It's annual meeting at jackson
'ihe' yesterday vyted TO hold its sunus
meeting of 1872 at Ceu;ralia, and Ell. cte
n the ioi'o"'ug officers fyr the ensuing year
!. James Z. Starr, of Jersey county, Preslden,
d 0. B. Galushs, Secretary; Jonathan hug
y gins, OF Mscoupin county, Treasurer; II.
ia Dunlap, AssisIant-SecretAry.