The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-23
NorEs. HErr avn THERE.

John n. Owens at Dart han tonight.
Gen. H. F. Sickles is at Colorado
Springs.
Dance at the Milan House, in Milan,
tomorrow evening.
Horace Sickles and Reuben Wells are
reported to be doing well with their new
paper mill at Golden City, Colorado
The street cars will run, up and down,
for the accommodation of the people, after
the entertainment at Darts Hall this |
| evening
r. B. Carpenter, just elected Judge
of the Supreme Court Of South Carolina
by the negro legislature in that State, was
formerly resident of Chicago.
The free library and reading room, over
the post office, will hereafter be open as
follows: From A. NJ to IL NJ; from Q
p. NJ to P. NJ. and from P. NJ. to 10
PM
Notwithstanding what the Union may
say. we do not believe J. B. Hawley is in
any way connected with the Credit
M0biGer swindle-guns Of that calibre we're.
not used
John Volk, the builder, estimates that
$50 buildings have been erected in this
city during the past season. at cost OF
half million of dollars. He has put up
some IS to,4O at cost of 100000.
During the fire, in this city, on Saturday
night lady perpetrated the following
neat conundrum: What authors names
would make proper exclamation in re-
gard to the fre?" All present gave it
up. Ans; Dickens, Hewitt Burns.
George Sears, of South Rock Island,
during the war, was robbed Of some
money, one night, after pay day Not
long ago he received the amount in an en-
velope mailed in Tennessee Nothing was
written on the paper enclosing the money,
except the word restitution.
The June report of the Master Me-
chanic Of the Chicago, Rock Island 4 Pa
cifc Railroad Iowa Division, shows that
during the month l0l locomotives were
employed, running 26l, 374 miles. One
ton of coal ran each locomotive 45S7
miles, aud the cost per mile was S17.O9
According to an elaborate report in
Saturdays Chicago Times, the proprietors
of the WiHOjs State journal have been
swindling the State on printing contracts
since lS59-and this year, by letting the
Register folks in, the two concerns form a
ring for a bigger raid on the people S
J cash box
Teams were running from the Coal
Valley yards in this city, Sunday, supply
ing people with coal The efforts of Mr.
Gable to keep down the price price Of coal
give all little, keep all our factories run
ming and let no one suffer if he could pre-
vent it are highly appreciated by the pub
lie generally
1t is estimated that 5000 bushels of coal
day are hauled over the government
bridges to Davenport. The people over
there get it from 8 70 cents bushel less
than they did before the bridges were
opened to coal teams-but call it 2 cents
less and the people over the river save
500 day on the item of coal alone
The cold snap, commencing on Friday.
extends generally over the West, and the
! mercury ranges from 10 to AZ below zero.
} Fort Garry, Manitoba, Saturday it was IL
D below at St Paul 81 below Milwaukee
! 20 below; Desmoines %; at Madison,
Wis. - below; at Lasalle Is below al
D Rock Island u below and at Cincinnati
below This Monday morning was
0 colder still-l4 below at Rock Island
0 A committee from the Iron and Stee
Q Institute of London, England, under the
n presidency Of Mr. Bessemer, has just
0 made most favorable report on a new
0 coal mining machine The motive power
: is compressed air. the same as used il
u working the Mont Ceneis and Hoosack tun
: nels. This machine is reported to have
mined - tons Of coal in eight hours, witt
the aid of two men to manage it. which i,
% equal to the labor of forty men as nov
. worked, One other great advantage o
L this machine is, that at the same time i
It cheapens coal there is no danger of STRIKE
e when coal is most needed Let our Goa
Il operators look to this, and if as reported
e the sooner such machines are set to worl
{ the better for us all.