The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-03
NOTES. HIRE AND THERE.
Police business dull.

The White Collar steamers carried A.
ssl passengers last year
MIR. Clark, managing editor Of the DAY.
export Western Weekly has retired from
that position.
The air hole at the foot of Eagle Street
has been bridged over and sleighs cross on
the ice as usual
The Illinois Legislature will meet next
Wednesday The new State oiiieefs VIII
be installed week from next Monday
1t is reported that some unknown per
SON made the Ladies Relief Association of
this city New Years present of one hun
dred dollars.
Sidewalks would be much improved ifl
they were cleaned, but we don't seem TO
have force enough in our city authorities to
carry out the law,
Emancipation day, Jan. u the ami
versary of Lincolns celebrated proclama-
ton seems to have passed without any
special observance by our colored breth
rem.
The city schools of Rock Island, Moline
and Davenport, and also the school OF the
Sisters of St Francis, in this city, com
mence next Monday, after a two weeks
holiday vacation.
Roberts who brought the smallpox to
Davenport was Il brother of L. \. Rob
erts OF the sash and door factory. Quite
number were exposed and there are fears
OF the disease spreading,
The Rock Island Cotton Manufacturing
Association, Rock Island Coal and Trans
c partation Company, and the -Ena Coal
: Company, of Rock Island, have applied
) for certificates of incorporation.
+ Gov Palmer has granted respite till
y February It'll, in the ease Of McNlilty, Of
i Chilleeathe. sentenced to be hung to-day
; lthc Sd at Peoria, for killing his wife In
!, the meantime the case will be taken to the
Supreme Court on a SHpcr,edeas.
Those who do not understand the signals
+ at the railroad crossing near Sylvan Water
:. bridge, will do we'll hereafter to remem-
Il Der that when the signal ball is in sight,
1t all is safe and teams can cross but when
, the ball is not in sight they should await
r, its temperance before crossing.
,, The managers Of the Western Weekly
published at Davenport have tired Of the
It silly twal lille in its educati nal department
J. and have accordingly retired by his oy Il
cuent Supt. W. F. Crosby Of their city
! p ,ols who had charge Ne wonder he
:. once wrote book
!, Several years aga THE ABGrs diScon,
-, tinued the little swindle of New Year,
- addresses, which are only an excuse fol-
. begging. When our subscribers pay fol
!, their paper that is all the claim we have
-, on them We pay cur own carriers anC
!, don resort II the small dodge of sendin.
\, around bad rhymes as au excuse for beg
,o ging dimes
-. Three or four inches of snow fell ol
!, Wednesday night Rain fell freely from
~ eight clock yesterday morning till late il
the afternoon, when it commenced showing
again-an4 at 10 clock last night it wa
ne freezing again as if there had been no in
k terruption at ALL To-day there Is pow
Id erful northwest wind, aud pretty GOO
on sleighing
ia Judge Benson granted the anti horse ca
DIS portion of the Agricultural Society owe
lel the river, temporary injunction restrain
te ing the new officers OF the Society, VIII
q. assumed their positions yesterday, (the %
from paying any moneys to the Centr;
ar, Street Railway Company The injunctio
st. holds good until the February term of tn
nd District Court The prospect is fair for
zen nice quarrel and an end of Scott count
Ill fairs
-ge The Fifth Avenue Theatre, New Yorl
I'VE large marble-front edifce was destroye
vas by fire Wednesday evening, shortly after
Of had been vacated by an afternoon audience
nd loss from Sl5O,OO0 to s3O0.O00, whic
+. falls chiefly upon the widow of the lat
ed James Fisk, Jr. The Fifth Avenue Hote
adjoining, suffered about $4,000 damac
The and had a narrow escape The fire is b
Of lieyed to have been caused by All ovei
30. heated furnace.
,it The quality Of the whiskey over tt
river must be execrable 1t produce
lie black eyes, swollen noses, bruised cheeI
in etc. in any quantity, on New Years da
Of Tom Williams, at miners ball, near Il
ell: Buffalo coal banks, bit off the nose Of 81
ave Allen McAIullins, and was held for til
ent in bail of $5O0.-Christian Kuel, propri
of tor Of the St Paul house, East Davenpor
ans gave ball New Years night. At abo
. ? O'Clock in the morning he got into
full quarrel with one w. ID. Cohen, and q
fee badly cut with knife. Goben was he
md To bail in 5000 for trial Mrs. Wilso
his keeper of a bad house, had row and w
nd held in $3.50 bail for trial Hans Peters,
IN was fined $25 and costs for beating NJ
ac tthias SCHNEIDER so on etc. In tn
city there was no disturbance or quarrel
90 any kind and the police department
- furnishing for fees
p. ED L. G. COLLINS will deliver di
course this evening at Negus Hall up,
the final destiny of the wicked All a
81 invited to attend. Services will common
at u clock
ver Railroad Figuring
mex In some Of the movements of the ra