Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-23

authority to issue naturalization papers.
Our County Court is now in session aud all
Who desire their frat or second papers should
apply at once a, Major B,A-dsley's Office.
ANOTHER Coal ESrERPRIsE.-It is re-
ported that r r. Gable. President Of the
Rockford, Rock Island Il ST. Louis Rail
road Company, together With some other
parties, have Just leased some seven or eight
hundred acres of coal lands near Green
River, aud adjacent to the c , r. l. & P. and
r., K l. 4 St l.. roads, aud intend opening
ard developing the mineral at once. This
enterprise will not only furnish large Ad-
ditionAl freight business TO these roads and
to the Western Union road, bot will put
more coal on the market, the demand fol
which ia increasing every day. We wish the
parties success in their new enterprise.
Ladies' ThomPson's glove fitting cCrIet'
are sold at MAY BRos.
Rock ISLAND MAREET.-To-day, Wednes.
day, 1.-THE 23d) Market Square has been lit
Orally covered with teams loaded With
farmers produce, throughout the entire day
There WAS such rush that it was found
necessary to invoke the aid of the police to
keep order. At fifteen minutes to three
O'Clock this afternoon over one hundred and
twenty-five loads Of produce had been
weighed. Nearly all OF them were potatoes,
which found q sale at 25(630 cents per
bushel. A gentleman riding along Exchange
street at an early hour this moruing
says that be counted % loads of potatoes
and number of loads Of corn and other
produce, which be met before reaching tbs
city limits. And this is about the average
every day during the pleasant weather.
a wagon loaded with potatoes belong t.
Mr.. John MoBurney, of Bowling township
while standing 90 Market Square this fore
noon was run against By a pAssin g team snC
the hind axle was broken short off-the pc
satoes rolliug.,out on the ground.
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DorNGs AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Or
yIcE.-Gsorge Brace, a One-armed man
whose principal weakness appears to be al
inordinste love of whisky, was brought il
this morning charged with drunkenness
Fined s. and costa. 1t might as well hGv
been IS, OOO, 900, as far as George is con
I = 4. l. Ill 4,
nine days.
Henry Foussr, another victim Of inIoxi
cation, was fued IS and costs, which b
paid.
T~o men were brought in who gave thei
names as MiOhsal Riley and Cbas. Ward
They we're arrested late last night on tn
the charge Of vAgrancy. Both are strong
robust young msu, and while pretending I
be in search Of work would solicit aim
They found what they we're searching for
work for fifteen days on the streets.
Thos. Kennedy, whose fondnsss for "fr
water" has often led him as,rAy, had his ex
animation this morning. BE had been col
hned in jail since the affair which cause
his arrest (mentioned in last Friday
ARGU'l and was pretty well sOOsrsd. H
plead guilty to the charge preferred, an
was fined $40 and costs. He had no monel
bat made such earnest promises of pAymer
and reform in his career, that the magissrAi
vas induced to let him of on probation, an
he is now at large. There is considerable
unbroksn furniture yet remaining in b
house-SuffiOient to amuse him in sever
more sprses.
This afternoon . farmer named Mar
KAbel was ushsred in before the Magistrate
charged with using very insulting and w
gar language towards Mr.. Jacob Kohn,
grocer, Of this city. He was fued IS 40
costa, which he paid and departed, pOOre
il not happier man.