The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-05
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The Ladies Industrial Society, in this
city, is doing a good work.
The Peoria & Rock Island railway has
Just received one hundred new freight
cars.
The new post office at Moline win prob
! ably be ready for occupancy by the first of
January
A pleasant Leap Year party was
given at DIR. Truesdale's residence last
Tuesday evening
"A horse and cutter crossed the ice at
this point about noon Wednesday. The
first of the season.
The special trains running between this
city and Moline, over the Rockford road
are decidedly popular. =
An excursion of the Board of Sinner
visors of this county to Bloomington. is
talked of for next week.
One hundred and sixty-nine loaded
freight cars passed over the Rock Island
bridge, going east, Tuesday night, between
the hours of : P NJ and 5 A. NJ.
The pork packing season has commenced
in earnest Mr.. j. s. Gilmore of this
city, has two experienced BUYERS in tbe
held, and is slaughtering hogs at the rate
OF one hundred day.
! Work on the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroad passenger depot in Chica-
go Is progressing rapidly. The splendid
structure will probably be finished by the
latter part of February Almost as soon
as the one-horse shanty at this place.
| The horse disease over the river is ON
the wane, but some of the horses that
were supposed to be over it, aud were
set to work, are in a worse condition than
ever Twelve horses have died over
there since the disease made its appear
ance four weeks ago
Mr. George W Witmering. German
hfty-tour years of age, living in Musca-
tine, was stabbed to the heart. Wednes
day morning, by his son William. a Young
man about twenty-five years of age. He
died in a few minutes.
\ freight train on the Rockford road ran
over and killed I've horses, last night, near
iabie Grove-about ninety miles south Of
this city. The train was not damaged. and
the track but little. This morning 5 trains {
came in On time.
Epizooty still decreasing Many of the '
horses which have been sick are now in use. 5
Not fatal case in the city is reported n
The greatest danger lies in working the
horses before they are fully recovered. A
relapse generally proves fatal. "
Bad luck seems tn attend the large .
French plate glass for the windows of Ne II
Calister Il Stewards store. Another one =
is broken now-craeked across the upner a
part probably because of faulty setting.
They will be expensive windows, at that II
'ate o.
The Secretary of War in his recent re- ~
'ort submitted To Congresson Nom "a
lay, says The construction of the W
bridge across the Mississippi river at d.,
t"ek island has been completed, and the ~
ridge will be Immediately opened for b,
dilFoau ana WagOn-rOad use Is
The ice bridge between this CITY and =,
owa is now sufficiently strong TO bear vi
p teams and goodly number have W
roSSed during the day. The drivers state W
hat 1t is not very safe as yet, and
ay or two of cold is needed 10 make il
afe for loaded teams.
\ prominent citizen of Moline. in con 10
ersation, yesterday, said Il look upon =
lock Island and Moline virtually one Of
ity Call them by whatever name you tn
lease, | consider that it makes no differ
nee. Improvements made in either are =
mutually beneficial, and in my opinion.
hey should be governed by one common g.
OunciL ,:
The 7. P & W. bridge over the Illinois P
liver at Peoria took fire Saturday night by in
parks from passing train setting the adj G..
lcent bushes ON fire, from which the bridge Ga
aught The engineer stopped the train. ~
nd with the aid of the train men put out fn
ne fire on the bridge and kept the flames fro
ON the bushes again igniting the bridge
ntil help arrived from the city, when it
as totally extinguished. The damage 10
he bridge was slight
The proper treatment for murderars ev
as exemplified in the case of a scoundrel fe
lnged in Georgia ON Fr;dav of Ios. - lig
n the 29th of October he butchered an In
d man on the highway, and in one SUI
onth from that time was arrootoJ j. val
cted, tried, convicted. sentenced and
nged. There has not been an execution
the vlclnage for dozen years past. and
'm the example thus furnished of the
long arm and speedy punishment if
not likely there will be another for
zen years to come
Journeyman tailor, named Henry
ilnor, has been living over the river
tn his wife and little child for three Con
eks past. Domestic infelicity has dis 49,
-cted the family for some time, and sn m1
esday afternoon last the husband took
baby and some of his wife's vain That
$ and left for parts unknown. The de- Bids
ted wife claims that Killner has a wife
! hive children living in st. Louis. cans
The leading insurance companies rem "s"'
ented by W. F. Kidder, of Davenport, wbs
was recently adjudged insane, have Harm
de arrangements 10 transfer their
ncies to the Hartwell Bros, of that Assn
:. The arrangement is such that '''"
ton of the proceeds of the said bust And
5 will accrue to Mr.. Kidder's family. what
Democrat says that the settlement
Mr. Kidder's affairs leaves his family wher
ost penniless, and the action taken nv IVA
insurance companies will assist them
erially '-''''1 And
Brok,
MORE INSULTS TO THE DEAD
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