Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-05
SCRAPS
The river is closed a. Quincy.


Get one of Livingston d Co. winter
APPS.
Benser's drug store has formally changed
snds.
Mr.. Champion froze two of his ears yes
erdsy.
Fred Corker sends us some Salt Lake
'apers.
Fifty car loads Of bridge iron reported on
be way.
Geo Mob, of the Island works, has gone
o Texas.
Iron arriving rapidly for Davenport & st.
Paul road.
The Kei,hsburg dis,iliery Is to resume
operations.
SIX degrees below ,ro at seven O'Clock
this morning.
The Pacific slope--running off With your
neighbor's wife.
Crossings Oh The ice we're made quite
frequently to-day.
A double team sleigh is making regular
trips across the river.
The social club has dance at Negus'
Hall tomorrow evening.
The res,le work of the bridge was dsmsg-
ed to the extent of Sc, 900.
The Rescue boys talk Of having a
Christmas dance at Turner Hall.
The Grand Duke wall register himself at
the Harper House as &c. d. Alexis"
Workmen have been busy to-day, taking
the bridge trestle work out Of the ice.
School was dismissed in the second ward
yesterday, on account of cold weather.
Prof Fox gave concert at Davenport
last evening, and met with great success.
Ii nov announced tn at work will not
be resumed on the Island until next May.
The immortal Beverage, of the Home
Guard GuLzlleer-, has gone to Washington
Count that Gay lost hose low descending
sun views from thy hand no worthy action
done.
On Saturday, 81 car load. of prs;n frou
Dayeu port and Rock Island. le't for CHI
csgo.
There will be total eclipse Of the sun OF
the llth You can see it by going to Caps
Horn
Be careful ofyour fires and ale, Th'
hose pipes would be sure to freeze up tnes'
cold nights.
The Savanna ha. so far rot been iojare'
By the ice She Is snugly frozen 10 of Dru
RVS Landing.
Lord HawIty leaves for Washington il
the moraipE. Peace 20 With HIN, aud j.
tag on behind.
40 unsuccessful attempt was made o
SATURDAY. evening to fire the German La
thersn church.
Tits cold weather makes people Sehsv
themselves. The police seem to have scsC
lutely nothing TO do.
Freight on dressed hogs 20 Chicago is /
cents per hundred or ten. cents less TIA
same class one year sgo.
The Sidewalk il trout OF the posI ON p
not to be sbovelei off this winter. Have
stick is weak III the back
The circuit court for Scott county meer
next week, and has ninety-risht cases
isw aud equity to dec,d-.
The rolling stock OF the c R. l. 4
road, made up into one train, would resc
Z So,
In this sart Of weather, how would 70
ke to be the "yAler do4 that Mark T~Ai
.sys every body throws a club at?
The Rock Island Light Arulery Will prot
ably be called upon to receive the Gran
Duke when he arrives here on the 2is'.
Mark Tuain used to set type for h'in9
IN this city. M be lives III an $50 o.
house hi. fAther-in-law gave bin Sich
life.
When the editor Of the Union dies We II
tspd to place bass-Eood toHbstoue oN:
. bis grave, and write his vptAph with re
' ,halk.
They say it locks lonesome over on I'd
Island, so macy OF The ~ofkmeu have goo
Alexis will p1obabl, make it lively enou {
for one day
Major Beardsley makes no reply IN r
gard to his recent visit TO Spring Z
must therefore be llsssed with oUe Of At
j office holding couspirAtors.
4 This Is just the proper time to visit Il
I Epstein juwelry esLabhshmeGt, Harp
t Block, aud s,e what .ill do for pressntAti'
a to your friends on ChrIstms..
% By the discharge of the Island borel
500 families have been left uuprovided
Is III Davenport Snd Rock Island. There "
ID soon be work for the charitable.
l. While crossing the river to-day, j.
v burwel broke through aud Waller Gal
IN pulled MIN out. AS be hos a scion to
present him, be can nov die any time
peases.
at Henry L,uinger, for six months past
De popular auache OF MSyos store, leaves
Va this evenings train for Greenvile, p
lie where ne intends to 10 into business
~ himself.
-, Parties who have suoscri, o. for publ
st- lions through j. Gutbtbs, 1913 "
I.- Washington s'r,,i, Chicago, i'll fud
'SI lice elsewhere III ~hicn they are parucui .
~ interested.
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