Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-24
SCRAPS.

Ice Begins 10 HOht ID the river.
The Howard House. at LIE Clare, has
Just sold for $4,000.
Sup,. Kim ball, of the G., R. I. & P. road
is shortly expected back.
Mr.. Jas. Gilmore bought the first load Of
hogs Of the season, to-day, at AZ c.
Dressed chickens and turkeys are selling
at from twelve to fifteen cents a pound.
About every other train is behind time
The iron horses seem to be getting tired.
Rock river is so low that the Touring
mills can grind but about half their capaci-
g.
If Jack Frost goes for jyour ears too
sharply, get q winter cap of Livingston &
Co.
Frank Conway has just expended $3.5OH
in Davenport city lots. Frank, stay on
your own side.
The German ladies are getting ready for
q fair al Turner Hall on the 5th, 9th, and
7sh Of December.
Speidel is getting on some handsome
holiday toilet articles. just the things for
appropriate gifts.
The savanna ran aground opposite
Drury's Loading, and at last accounts was
still sticking there.
Mr.. Benz Aver, representing the lAsges,
tea house in the Middle States. is stopping
at the Harper House.
The Grand Duke Alexis has ordered q
suit of clothes direct from l. BAN berger
he wants TO look well
Day before Yesterday, broken engine
put sll the trains on the South western
Road six hours behind.
The Dubuque and Charlie Cheever are
some where up the river, and mky have tC
winter above the Rapids.
Our scientific friends should get then
smoked glass ready for a total eclipse Of tbe
sun on the LTD of next month,
Fred MArti horse thief, confined in the
OquawkA Jail, thrsshed out the j>ilor, the
other day, apd''effected his escape.
Presumption sends the Chicago sufferers
lot of clothing and bedding. This bleak
cold weather should revive our generosity.
Alex. Steel hands US e Denver paper
containing accounts OF all sorts of autumn
sports on, there, such as gambling, shoot
ing, lynching, &c.
Fatal results often follow the use of medi
cal prescriptions put up in bunghng man
uer. There is perfect safety in pAtroniziuI
Speidel, the druggist.
The Western Union train was considers
bly, behind hand, last night. The ''darl
, and dreamy MaHindAle" must have had
nap somewhere on the road.
| Upper Mississippi river navigation legal,
closes on the 18th Of November when a.
insurance on boats runs out though man
, will probably run until December.
A through line of cas- is soon to be ru
between St. Paul and ST. Louis with sleeI
ing cars and other frstc'ass appointments
t The route will probably be by way of Roc
Island.
The Rock Islsnd County Sabbath Schoc
> Association convenes at this city on Monde
evening next, closing on Tuesday evening
!, A full attendance is expected, and goo
programme is prepared.
Two lads ran away from Cordova, Ii
= other day, coming down in skif The
were each armed with shot gun, and hs
= 80 cents with which to open up trsppin
operations in Arkansas. Arrested in Da
export and sent back home
q A dispatch from Winona, received yeste
&c day afternoon, says the river is gorged vii
u ice above the bridge at that point, viii
below the channel is but partially clea
re The steamer Dubuque is frozen in there,
are also the Diamond 10 and Ida Fulton.
b, On the last trip Of the Andy Johnson
New Orleans, that handsome packet W
/, almost captured near Austin, Mississippi,
q regiment Of negroes who construed Il
words "Keokuk Packet" on her whe,
4. house, to be "Ku Klux Packet"
., The surface area Of the Island canal
Or 81 acres; 700 men and teams have be
Of working at it for Is months; all the M
as and teams that can possibly be engaged a
m now put to work 5000 600 cubic feet
NJ earth and stone are to be taken out in all.
n "November'S come, and now the breezes
I'm Howl among the lifsless treeses
Now the boy with ragged trowses,
shvring, homewArd dives the 90 wses;
Us His boots are old, md torn his clothes is,
nd And, bless my soul, how blue mis- nose Ia
:. HANDSOME TESTIMONIAL.
0e Every body in the West knows that Jud
be Cation, Of Ottawa, is q scientific as we'll
q practical man, and when be places