Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-11-25

W nat 90 you expect 10 see reHecteu Ill
your inamOratas eyes? Yourself-if she
is good looking lass.
/ Fort Armstrong Avenue, running across
the lower point of the Island, is completed
and now in use.
On Saturday last, the Mississippi was
within one and one tenth feet of the lowest
water mark on record.
Breunert, at the Harper House drug
store, has two of those queer water nevis.
They attract good deal of attention.
Michael Minaha, was also fined s. and
costs by Magistrate Chopper, this morn
ing, for being drunk and disorderly last
night
Old weather prognosticators assert that
the present fine weather is the beginning
of our Indian summer We hope they
may be correct
The freight office of the Rockford Rock
Island & st Louis railroad, at St Louis
has been moved from Fourth street to ll5
Olive street.
The best place for walking exercise in
Rock Island is around Union Square; the
sidewalk is splendid, and six times around
the square is nice walk
] Despite the cold weather Mr. ). W
Wheelock is determined to have the new
Moline post Office building completed by
the first day of January.
Police CoURT.-John Friel, river
man. was fined $40 and costs, under the
yagraut act, this morning by Magistrate
Cropper. In default sent up to work it
ont.
Dan. W. Dimock, Esq, of Moline, late
Liberal candidate for Circuit Court, has
been appointed Secretary Of the Quilt
F.. Works, vice Mr. Little, resigned
How Grant came by 1883 majority in
Pennsylvania is thus explained
6 5ss Ra aSsEa sae H HsPns asa Nae s1
Nov, Greeley. sis.0l4 Grant, 349,5se 1888
The Union is learned It hopes that
the 'epizootic" and the ''epiornithic'
will not become epidemic. Its misap-
phcation of words is laughable Epihorsie
and epimanie would be more appropriate.
| The Annual meeting of the Illinois State
Horticultural Society for 1872 will be held
/ in the city of Centralia, commencing Tues
day, December 10th, and. closing on the
following Friday.
The remains of Capt Throekmorton
were conveyed to St Louis, Saturday
night accompanied by Mrs, Throckmorton
and her son The funeral takes place in
st Louis tomorrow.
An old mans advice to young men is,
dom love two girls at once Love is
good thing, but it is ike butter in warm
weather,-it won't do to have TOO much on
hand at one time.
The Union. after trying hard TO escape
responsibility for having hoaxed its pat
rons in Moline by falsely stating that Gen
Schurz would lecture in Reese's Hall,
winds up by saying, 1t was sell - This
must be highly satisfactory to those who
were sold.
The free public library in the new quart
tiers in Mitchell 4 Lynde's block, was
opened this morning. The Board of Di-
rectOrs hold special meeting tomorrow
evening, for the purpose of considering
the proposition of renting the large front
room adjoining the library, and fitting it
up for reading room. The probabilities
are that such action will be taken
The Moline Malleable Iron Works are
increasing their facilities by the addition
Of a fire proof vault lsxl4 feet, for the
safe keeping of patterns, an addition PAX
AZ feet TO the finishing room, and an en-
largement Of DDS square feet to their foun-
dry The number of hands has been in
creased to forty.
Considerable alarm was created amongst
those in charge of the engine house at the
water works, Saturday morning, when it
was discovered that the river had fallen
below the entrance to the reservoir and the
water supply was cut off The difficulty
was soon remedied
The Machine shops of the Rockford,
Rock Island & St Louis Railroad, at
Beardstown, are being enlarged and i'm
proved, and new machinery is being added.
County Court, Judge Guyer presiding
opened this morning for the trial of civil
cases. A jury was impanneled this after
noon.
A funeral silence rested upon the city
Sunday. Hardly horse was to be seen
on the streets No street cars we're run
ming, and pedestrians were few and far
between The weather was warm and
humid, and the atmosphere so smoky that
the outlines of our sister city could be
seen but family, across the creek.
1t is said that, in Lee County, Ill, l7e
Greeley votes were polled that, by accident,
did not contain the names of Messrs. Bross
and Cation, Electors at large There is
nothing strange about this, for Lee Ac-
cording TO the Dixon papers all the Grant
ties up there voted for James B. Hawley
for Congress instead of John B. Hawley
The henfewhenza, or the pullino-febro-
anarsaehal bulbosity, is now thought to be
a flank movement on the part of the tur-
keys and other fowls, to counterfeit the an
nual effect of Thanksgiving day on their
population. The reporters of New York
papers have been interviewing turkey COB
blers, plump pullets and red headed roos
tiers, and that is their conclusion
Mrs Ferris, of Milan, and her daughter
were in the city, Saturday, and while
walking along Illinois Street, the daughter
dropped glove containing 500 30 in mon
ey 1t was found the same afternoon by
Rev. j. S. Mabie, of this city, who, seeing
the advertisement of its loss in The ARGUS,
left it at this Office, where the owner will
find it on application. Luckily for Miss
Ferris it fell into honest hands. Mr. Ma
bic would accent of no reward