The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-07
NOTES. HERE AND THERE.
Strong south wind.

Strong south wind.
Mercury Sc above zero.
Snow melts on the streets
Practical argument against the usury
laws-Use your eye.
See proceedings of the City Council, on
the first page of this paper
Twenty-Five teams were engaged IN
hauling ice from Sylvan Water to-day.
The concert of the De Berict Club, at
Dart's HALLS not this evening, as erroneous
ly stated in THE ARGUS of yesterday, but
next Tuesday evening.
Manufacturers Lodge, No 4S5, !. .. OF
o. f., Moline, will install its oficers-elect
this Tuesday evening, Jan. 7th, Mem
bers of the order are invited
There is a rumor that the c., b. Il q.
contemplates leasing the right to run trains
to this city, over the Peoria road from
Galya, to compete for the Chicago bust
ness.
Our postmaster says he knows OF no
reason why he should be removed to ac-
comodate Mr.. Hodges" 1t is barely
possible that Mr.. Hodges is not the only
individual interested in having change.
C. R. Bassett proprietor of the hle
cutting shops near the new maleable works
proposes to build an enlarged factory IN
the spring, to be run by steam and lifted
for the production Of new flies Of all de-
scriptions.
Dimock, Gould & Co. manufactured
during the past year, six million feet OF
lumber, 325, 900 pals, 10000 tubs and
10000 washboards They are now over
hauling machinery preparatory for the
coming season; however, their tub and
pail works are in full operation.
The President of our street railway
company was doing some heavy shovellng
this morning, besides some tall cusSing,
along Illinois street, between Madison and
Buffalo. If the track had been raised,
last summer. and macadamized, as it ought
to have been, the labor pkeepit free from
snow and ice would be much less than at
present.
4 statement is going the rounds OF the
newspapers, on the authority Of the De
troit Free Press, that the appointment "a
the Chicago Post Office was first offered tC
the Deputy Postmaster in that Office, and
by him refused The statement Is en-
tirely erroneous Chicago Tribune.
Congress met on Monday and among
other business, Mr.. Hawley Of Illinois
introduced bill making an appropriation
; for canal connecting the waters of Lake
Michigan and the Illinois, Mississippi ant
Rock rivers. If the United States is tt
enter on gigantic system of Internal im
. provements, of course we want cur share
1t is again asserted from Washington
that General Belknaps handsome head i:
marked for the basket. The reason as
signed is two-fold In the first place, h,
didn't ''wOrk" during the canvass. In tn,
2 second place, he is On friendly terms viii
an editor who says things in his pape
about the Dents, and hence the family ar,
down upon him.
There is something of a panic about tn
smallpox in Richmond, Va, but, as vac
cination has been generally practised, tn
!. physicians think there is no danger what
ever of an epidemic. Major Lorraine
; who lately died of the disease, caught
" from one of his children, who had bee
" exposed to it by an incautious nurse. II
was buried without service, and withou
attendants.
In the evening Of the Monday befor
> Christmas a couple Of thieves entered
yard a little ways back of Moline, and stol
a lot Of clothes which were hanging out t
~ dry. The lady of the house heard then
70 saw them leave the yard and folowe
~ them a short distance, without being see
~ by them. They halted at the farm of NJ
y j, ). Smith, business man of MoGnt
n where they stole bOb-sled, two hors,
9 blankets and wolfrobe They drove Q
before the lady had opportunity to alarl
m the household Two men, named Woebt
: and Dsnan, have been arrested in SEQ
4 County as the thieves. They lived in Il
nj country, on or near the A Hen Grove rOa
~ Over twenty splendid double seatt
h sleighs are engaged daily in carrying pa
% sengers to and fro across the Mississip
at river at this point 1t would be interes
cd ing TO the owners of the horses To knu
the number Of miles some Of these team
travel in day They might save enou.
ne in distance to make several more trips in
ar day if they would open a new and straig
L. road from our gas works to the foot
Ike Brady street The price Of a passa
across the river is 10 cents. and it is 50
the teams average from s. to Sc a d
each According to this, some 1900
l 800 people ride over the river at Il
point, each day A large number WI
over, and still larger number 90 by W
of the bridges.
The boats of the Northern Line Pacl
Company have a carrying capacity Of 80
tons, and cost 100000 The compa
also use forty barges. These barges v
MS carry 1900 tons, and are worth $1,000
is The officers of the company are T
mt Rhodes, President; T. H. Griffith, s
est rotary T. J. Buford, Superintendent; a
3D. l. NJ. Mason, Agent. During the u
ON 1872 these boats of the Northern
ate carried 56,623 sacks of wheat, 80,
cts sacks of oats, 1901 sacks of corn, -
the sacks of rye, -, 343 sacks of barley, {
in 205 sacks of potatoes 5,9l3 sacks of
ion ions, 1898 packages of lard, 3,574 bar
has of pork, 500 packages of bacon, %,
ON barrels Of -four 1854 pigs of lead, .
the 1913 packages of eggs,
- AT AUCTION sale of goods sa
fol from the late fire belonging to Fl. G. Bla