Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-04

was olscharged tina forenoon.
The Rock Island road has added 100 new
freight cars in the last month.
John Deere carried the first premium on
cultivstors at the Ohio State fair.
They consider it i'm moral, up at LeClaire,
to play draw poker in church on Sunday.
The City S. S. Union of Davenp port meets
over there this evening. Baptist Church.
The Davenport Turner's are to be pre-
scented with 9 splendid banner by the lad es.
Old BAshsw has gone down to St. Louis
to see the sights and exhibit clean pair of
heels.
A farmer named Jackheck, living oct at
Fulton, lost 200 bushels of wheat by FIRE,
last Saturday.
Gen. Rodmsns late residence on the
Island has been sold to VIM. Channou for
$3.50. Will be pnlled down.
Mr.. Gilson, late of the Moline Reoieso, il
one of the recent valuable additions to the
staff Of ths Davenport Gazette
W. b. Barnes, of Gilberttown, was thrown
from wagon on Monday aud run over.
Left leg broken above the knee.
The State Register locates Davenport in
Indiana. Quite natural. The village is
not very well known outside of Scott county
Patterson, who used to be at Bsnssr's
drug store, is in the mercantile business on
his own hook up in Wisconsin somewhere.
American sutumns are famed for beauty
the world over. Goout and look at the woods
assuming their ten Thousand vsriega,ed glo-
rice
The steamers Davenport, Park Painter,
Viola, (side wheel), Viola, stern wheel }, and
Minnie, we're all lying Al busy Hampton last
night.
We tried to "em6elish" that hanging bss-
ket, in yesterdays issue, but the printer in
sisted on "embroidering" it. He probably
knew.
A thief has ''stOlen Eve gallon cssk of
inAsmmatory oil" from a Davenport mag
istrste. Guess that must have beea Iowa
whisky.
Will Wood ward, Walter Gates new part
ner, has returned from his home visit and
taken holt " The firm name will soon be
announced
Damages to the amount of 1915 per
acre, for nearly four acres, have been as
ses.ed in Mr.. Davenport. favor in the Rock
River canal i'm broglio.
John Moore and Elizabeth NJ. Wallace,
OF Buffalo Prairie, have united, and if we
don't have more Mores, we hope we shall
have few More Wallsces.
W. P. Whan and Miss ParmsliA Tspny
we're married at the Harper House. They
will now seek out 9 little Tennyment of
their own, and 90 to house keeping.
Somebody predicts that Davenport is to
be ''tbe most important city ives, Of Chi
csgo." If he had said west of Rock |
Island" We might have believed him.
Our Presbyterian friends gave Rev. Mr.. |
Newell . pleasant surprise at his residence
on Orleans street, last evening, aud some
thing little more substantial besides.
The new freight tariff to Chicago is as
follows: LIST class, so DENTS per hundred;
End class, 40 centE; 3rd class, 80 cents; 4th
class, 20 cents. Reduction of 20 per cent.
John Fleming, our ancient telegraph op-
orator, is out at Salt Lake City, but hasn't
had spunk enough yet to marry half dozen
Mormonises. We pine for such an oppor-
tunity.
Our respected Circuit Court, which always
knows herself, and she believes she does,
has been puzzling over disputed note for
day or two. If Of the genus Q. s. Treas
ury, pass it around to MS.
D. B. Hodges, the Chesterfield like agent
of Col. Wagner's Ministries gave us call
today. The troupe is now in Minnesota,
but will tickle our risibles at Darts Hall on
the evening of the 18th. Full particulars
in due time.
/. Bamberger rises to explain that he has
the heaviest stock of clothing, hats, caps,
trunks, valisss, Quitting goods, and every
thing else in suoh line, TO be found in
Rock Island, and says "the same he is free
to maintain"
moments 1efection at our sanctum
window convinces US that Poe stopped short
q: his BELLS" by three stanzas He should
have immortalized the steam boat bells, the
locomotive bells, and our not SO loud but
eq ually sweet Rock Island bellies.
Burwell q Bailey. up at the m.puifosp,
Harper House, have made Sll Imaginable
preparations for crowding fall trade. and
have provided the most extensive stock of
fashionable Quitting goods ever laid before
the admiriDg eyes of the Bean Brunmels Of
Rock Island or environs.
Capt. Henderson, of the ferry boat, had
severe attack of the chronicrheumsticinflu
snzs, this afternoon, aggravated by o
tonsorial expansion OF the oleaginOus pera-
patetio which 81 last accounts left him in q |
severely critical convAlescsnt condition.
His family have the sympsthies of the pub
lie in their bereavement.
Mr.. Brewer has retired from the city
Of the Davenport Gozette, with
many friends. He 10 succeeded BY the YER
sstils Geo. Bsllou, for long time past,
associate editor OF that excellent paper. Mr..
bailou 10 man Of talent, discretion, indus
wy cultivation, experience, and every vrher
quAii'y requisite for the proper filing of the
position, once abiy occun;.d =.