The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-06
NOTES, HERE AND THERE.

CAASOo OOuAS 40 III 6CoftOH
The City Council met this afternoon. I
Holiday vacation is at an end schools
open to-day. =
The sleighing on the road to South
Rock Island is splendid. a1
Coal plenty and sold for 20 and % cents
on Market Square to-day.
Pedestrians find the centre of the street
far preferable to the sidewalks. 4
Work on the government bridge at No
line will be commenced about the first of
March.
| Streets very lively to-day. Large num-
Der of teams in from the country. Sleigh
ing good.
The steam pipes used in heating b. D.
Buford & Co s Plow Works bursted this
forenoon, causing suspension of bust
ness.
Sixty-two empty coal wagons crossed the
government bridges from Davenport, be
tween midnight and seven O'Clock this
morning, on their way to the Rock Island
coal banks
The De Beriot Club will give concert
in Darts Hall tomorrow evening, with
the celebrated Miss Lena Hastreiter, of
Chicago. Tickets at Champions and at
Woodward S. E#4
The attendance Of ladies at our free
library and reading room is increasing
1t is gratifying to notice that gentlemen
generally uncover their heads, now, while
in the rooms.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Benjamin
Keator, son of J. S. Keator, who was Sc
verely injured by being thrown from his
horse in November last, has entirely lost
the hearing in the left ear from injuries
then sustained
The Quilt Factory is running about thir-
ty looms at present, and turning out over
: one hundred quilts per day They have
lately added some beautiful designs, sur
passing in beauty anything of the kind ev-
er made in the United States
The pay car of Western Union r. r.
Co in charge of Mr. D. R. May, of Racine,
paymaster Of the company, made its first
through trip to this city, to-day, and those
{ in charge dined at the Harper House.
; The car left on its return trip this after
, noon.
, The Western Union R. R. Co. is erect
) ing an engine house, turn-table and water
tanE Of " ataT+1vro 70 onny,n1adata tl9S
end of its road, and also its coal road from
! WATERFOWL to the Hampton mines The
| Hampton Mining Co is doing good busi
ness-will now average Is cars day, Of
coal
Saturday morning, about 9 O'Clock, ;
young Dane, named Henry Schwensli
e aged "a, while at work for Reynolds, Saul
+ paugh 4 Co., on the top Of the draw t.
! the old railroad bridge, fell to the ice, ;
j distance of So feet. He struck on hi,
b head. crushing his skull He lived but 4;
few minutes
!, Mr.. Ernst Strate, while passing tn,
house of Mr.. A K Philleo, last evening, a
d : clock, slipped on the uneven and icy side
;, walk and broke the small bones of one o
: his feet. DR. Bernhard attends him. L
4 there no power that can compel people u
Y clear off their walks or put ashes on tn,
|. ice
u Two or three instances have occurre
! lately, in Davenport, in which ladies VIII,
/. happened to be on the street alone, in tn
d evening, in places not much frequente,
4 have been chased by unknown men. Tn
= Gazette says "a good black snake whip ha
1t been known to check malady ike this
il bullet has been known to completely cur
a it.
Ii is reported that the proprietor of tn
NJ Burtis Opera House, in Davenport, is GO
as ing to convert the room into a billiard haI
rs and bar room, to be connected with hi
new hotel, and that he offers to sell tn
9 proscenium, the scenery, decorations, seat
e. etc, at a great bargain. The reaso
assigned for the change is that the oper
house doesn't pay.
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