Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-27
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Davenport keeps Decoration Day."
A large amount of driftwood in the
river.
The Spendthrift's praysr-"Leave me
a-lOan, will your"
The argument before the jury in the De
lany trial, will be made to-day.
Arrangements have been made for Z
monthly meeting Of stock growers, a.
Aurora. Ill.
The ferry boat has considerable difficulty
in making her landing to-day, in eOnse
quence of the strong winds.
Thos. A. Neill, formerly from Pittsburgh
Pa, has formed law partnership with thu
city attorney, P. T. McElherne,
Gen. Sheridan telegraphs to Washington
that the Indians are determined to oppos,
the progress of railroad building,
On Saturday, the Town Clock Store, il
Dubuque, fell with great crash. Two per
sons were killed, and others injured,
Police Magistrate Cropper ought to issu'
an injunction against the pigeons for to-
free use of the Harper House balconies.
The La Crosse Democrat says: at is est
mated BY good judges that there are 100000,
900 feet of logs on the booms between thi
city and Onalaska."
A conference of Western railroad men ha
been held in New York for the purpose o
increasing the price Of sFsnsportatiOn-es
pecally on stock aud grain.
Fresh and very delicious salmon, from
the Pacific, was served at the Harper HOuE'
for dinner, on Sunday The Sunday Dime
at the Harper House is quite = festurs o
Rock Island life.
A large fleet Of lumber, from the Black
River, Wis, arrived at the Island, SAturda,
morning, to be used in the improvement
now making upon the Island. Il consisted
of $50 cribs, containing in al about 500, OOI
feet
Eight bArges have been sunk on the up
per Mississippi this season, by coming il
contact with bridge piers. Five belonged
to the Northern Line, two to the Northwes
tern Union Line, and che to the Peoples
Line.
Would it not be well for our city Authori
ties to cause the hills Of earth on the soutI
side Of Union Square to be leveled, the dirt,
willow trees cut away, and a decent fenc,
built around the square, This cleaning
up and fixing up is separate from the fill
ing, ard ought to be done at once.
The Rock Island Union predicts "tha
Greeley, under no circumstances, will ge
one sixth the Republican vote of this coun
ty; that he will under no circumstances ge
three-fourths of the Democratic vote, ant
that Grant will get as many Democratic
votes as Greeley will get Repu blican votes.
This is a very consoliug prediction for per
sons Who hold Office under Grant.
A large l6 string raft coming down this
morning, ssruc kagainst one of the piers oil
the new bridge, was split entirely in two,
and otherwise badly demoTslized The ferry
boat went TO its assistance, and those parts
which had clung together were soon safely
tied up. A large number Of the logs, how
ever, had broken away and foRted down
stream. The extent of the loss is not
known, but it must have been considerable.
Mr.. Vim. J. kountz, of Pistsburg, is the
protector Of a new style of boat, to be used
in the transportation Of grain 10 bulk, and
he is quite confident Of its success and su-
periority. He has concluded q contract
with the Marine and Book Company, of St.
Louis, which has the steamer Mollie Moore
in hand. The company will leugthen her
thirty. five feet, and will erect fall cargo
box on her boiler deck. The Noll.e Moore
has 40 feet beam and will be made 235 feet
long, the length of the Tolle and Yseger.
She will be cut in two g! the forward END Of
the boilers aud the additional 80 fee, will
then be inserted, increasing her capacity
by ESQ tons. She will be ready in abou.
month to enter the bulk grain enterprise, to
come, with the other boats of the Kountz
line, into formidable competition with the
present barge system of transportation.
Commodore Kountz is giving new evidence
of a progressive mind