The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-11
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! good hotel l. ut great ben NJ q the
reputation OF the tJwn-and TIE Harper
House Is doing more for Rock l.and than
anything else in the city. Il + really
grand estabishmeat.-D@ssap. Gd-ss'.
The Davenport repuljat.rs v-5 are try
ing - back cut Of their Subscriptions To
Peoria 4 Rock Island railroad .-a still ap-
poa.ing to the courts 10 let thn out Of
their agreement
Mrs AlcAlullen, poor woman on the
bluff bael, of Moline. was Obliged II burn
her bedsteal to keep herself and children
from suffering with cold The ity officers
have sent her some coal
The Victor Scale Works ID durin-
1872 % Iit'le over slJL01J. Included IN
the -aiss are tairtcen track .,ales from
thirty u fifty tons capacity, fse Of whicl
were erected FIR the Chicaga Burlington
< Qaincy Railroads.
4 hog train Of fifteen ears. hr Chicago.
which came from the Southwestern yester-
day morning, had oue hundred hogs on
board which had been frozen 90 death the
previous night. Mos; If the stiff porkers
were hung up in the ears T. prevent the
live nesir.m deyauriug thou
W L. Sweeney EsI., D-7uty Grand
Master Of the Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows Of this State, wa. presented with a
beautiful Deputy Grand Masters Jewell
by the members of Manufactures Lodge
No Asa, ia Moline. on Tuesday evening
after be- had installed the cHeers Of that
lodge For the present term
The Moline Wagon c.. FIRST, Rosen-
field a Co. have during se year past
manufactured and sold i,,r,a free hun.'rel
( '"0goas The firm make sey raj STYLES of
/ wagonS-fur the road aud farm. The
large number sold speaks rell for the
character Of thework and hesntcrpriSa Of
the company.
The Moline Matt nal bank has Jus; de
clared a -eui-annual dividend of SIX per
cent, on a capital of Sloto. and have
added a snug sum to surplus account :.
" Wheclock Is President. Pl-ter Skinner.
Vice President G. ". La'laIl. cashier.
and {. + iemenway, a7sistaa. cashier.
II is understood that Be- ". Smith.
/ Ex-Governor Denuison, and possibly Peter
Carnage. heavy stockholders in the Con
stuction Company Of the Davenpore &
st Paul Railroad, are COMING over here
10 fix things up with Che faks over the
/ river who are making trouleal3ut tha h.
catian Of that road
The Board Of United States Local in.
Spcctors have suspended the license OF
John McGinnis pilot of the Northern
/ Line steamer Lake Superior. for 5ul
months, for causing the collision between
the Lake Superior and Northwesteru al
/ louisiana, No. on October 18th. 81
by which the barge Franc and cargo ver,
sunk.
! Williams, White & Go. are building
powerful engine, cylinder 26x3O inche
ior Denkman x Co S saw mill in this cit
The cylinder rests upon a massive iron be
plate The crank shaft is of wrought ire
ten inches in diameter. 1t is the large,
engine yet built at these works II i
take the place Of two smaller engines
1t Is currently reported that the Peori;
l'ekin X jacksonville Railroad will IA,
under the control Of the Chicago & Aho
Railroad Company on the first of Februar
l next. In which case the Peoria < Roc
E Island road will run through coach fro,
this city to st. Louis, connecting with III
, c. x A at jacksonville
The First National Bank Of Nol;no :,
creased their capital Jan. LIST. to $3.50 90.
Present surplus 1915 1000. For tbe 81
, months ending Dec. 3lst, 1872. on sIoo OC
capital, paid 5 per cent. dividend an
carried to surplus account S4.4125o I'll
officers Of the bank are John NJ GouI,
f President ;, j s. Keator, Vice President
f John S. Gilmore, Cashier.
The Moline Malleable Iron Works IN
, Messrs. Hills, and others in order to f
their contracts, are compelled to run the
works day and night, And the U-nic
Malleable Iron Company C. Stewart I'll
, and others are getting well under wa,
Their large annealing furnace is cooking
first batch of castings. The COMPANY
buildings are extensive and substapti
: and well adapted for foundry purposes
) There was little 'onpleasantnessr {
the St Louis train on the Rockford, Roc
,, Island & st. Lous road coming up Il
! other day Two or three rowdies in GOO
) clothes, with lighted cigars, took up the
r quarters in the drawing room car, and {
being politely informed by the conduct,
l that such conduct was not allowed r
fused to leave The first thing one
them knew he found himself outside of II
car, good deal mussed M. with an IN