The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-29
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Henry Woltman is going to have an ele
giant place for "swie lager"
Freight is 80 cents hundred from here
to New Orleans now by steamer-lS cents
to St Louis, and IL cents thence to New
Orleans.
Adolph Dunlap, of Milan, has recovered
in our County Court, 800 of the Peoria
railroad, for killing some Of his stock and
damaging his crops.
The Chicago Jubilee will be held next
week Thursday viii be the great must
cal day. Tickets are good from June 4th
to june Sth inclusive.
Frank Wilson, son of Engineer Ben vii
son, has been brought home by his father
He has been sick, down the river, for
some time, and is very low now
The quality of the clay in this vicinity it
is said, will make brick equal to the Balti-
more brick, worth $40 to $50 a thousand
with proper machinery to manufacture
them with.
The Uai0a office hasn't settled its city
taxes yet, for 1871. Murdoch ought to
have collected them 1t is possible that
Mayor Davenport will have to sue the
Union for them yet.
An effort was made in our County Court.
under the State whisky law, to punish
Clement Young and James McElroy for
selling to minors, but no witness appearing
the cases were dismissed.
Tuesday morning before nine O'Clock
three long trains consisting Of cars loaded
with time through freight and live stock
passed through Rock Island going east.
There were fifty seven cars loaded with
stock, hags and cattle On one train were
twenty cars loaded with live stock.
The Peoria railroad company has on
right to do any switching east Of its depot.
but it cumbers the leyee more than all the
other roads in town. The company has
ample room below its depot, but it
rents that cut for a lumber yard and
spunges its switching on the levee
An ordinance of this city imposes a
fine Of not less than ten nor more than
one hundred dollars for injuring shade
trees A good many have been nearly or
quite ruined by Litcl.ing horses to them.
Any one WHO knows the facts in such
cases should make complaint and have the
guilty parties fined.
An effort will be made at the next meet
ing Of the Davenport City Council to ex-
empt all steamboats, from payment Of
wharfage fees. These fees for the year
ending April list, amounted to only $500.
as the keokuk- Northern line own their
own frontage and landing place.
The storm Of last week Thursday wa,
very severe in the lower part Of this coun-
ty A barn belonging to Chas. Rood 5
tavern, in Illinois City, was struck by light
ming and burned The adjoining build
ings, blacksmith shop and dwelling Of c.
r. Ellsworth, were also fred three times
and were only saved by the faithful exer-
tons Of the neighbors and timely supply
Of rain.
The skin Of that South African snake
which died in the circus, and which the
CaiOH said was killed near the distillery.
was on exhibition in front Of Woodward ;
last evening, elegantly put up by Scuttar.
The Union got badly fooled on that
snake, and has been very miserable, ever
since, because THE ARGUS didn't get sold
at all.
There was an error in stating the mat
ter, the other day, about the suits for city
taxes, GGyer gave judgement against the
city in the case Of II. p. Hull. and, on the
same day, aud oa egactly tie same state Of
facts, he gave judgement for the city in
the cases Of the c. r. l. & ?. r. r. Co.
B. Davenport and 5. NJ. Goldsmith, Muir
dock should have appealed the Huh case.
but he did not, and the taxes against him
are lost The other cases were appealed
by defendants, and have been settled on the
basis Of the Philleo assessment-the pre-,
cedent for such a settlement having been
established by Republican Mayor in the
case Of the Rock Island Bridge Co. The
t'jon denounced any settlement on this
basis until we enlightened that paper as to
the precedent established by its own
Mayor, and that paper has been dumb
as an oyster ever since.