The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-18
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
The horse railway is to be extended two
blocks in Moline, next week

The horse railway is to be extended tWo
blocks in Moline, next week
Peoria mail will close hereafter at 6:3o
a. NJ. and arrive at $50 2, NJ.
The rules and regulations covering the
use Of water from the Rock Island olty
Water Works, will be found on the hrst
page of this paper
The Davenport city government IS sus-
tanned by the courts in controlling the line
and terms on which the d. Il st I. rail-
road shall be built within the city limits
Speaking of the call for a Republican
county convention. the Moline z cie'' says
We can tell our Republican friends at
this early day that the coming contest Will
not be altogether one sided, and that their
best energies must be brought INTO use.
1t is well for all persons to be prudent in
their diet Avoid stale or unrlpe vegeta-
bles or fruit. and keep THEN persons and
( premises clean, in view Of a possible vlsl-
tation of the cholera. Ii would be singu-
| lar if we should escape while the scourge is
visiting nearly all parts Of tn country,
/ The Moline Reeiesc, speaking Of the pie
mic of the Rock Island 'ruids, says +:
With Just such iberality a, it Is pleasant
to see, they invited the Moline groves,
{ German and American, to jim them, send
/ ing up brass band and three street cars,
TO convey them down. Sky SIX members
were present from this place
Death has again visited the family of
Mr.. Seymour, foreman Of unr news Office.
His wife, who has long iecn sufferer
from lung disease, died or Sunday, and
was buried to-day, Mondar Two young
children boy about eight years old and
a girl of five or six are left Mr.. Seymour
has the sympathy of many friends in his
bereayment.
The loads piled upon the poor horses
over the ferry by the Peoria Railroad
transfer teams are outrageous, and in the
name Of humanity we callapon the State 5
Attorney To prosecute the drivers of those
teams for cruelty to animals unless they are
more merciful to their beasts The State
enacted a law to meet JUS such cases, and
it is the duty of the State Attorney to en-
force it.
/ The Milan road is being put in tip-top
order by our city authorities The sum
mer roads alongside the macadamizina
ought to be kept in such condition tia,
people will be encouraged to travel on
them during dry weather-it saves a
good deal Of wear on the macadamizing.
And the road under the bluffs should be
extended south from the cemetery gate "a
South Rock Island.
The largest funeral procession we have
ever seen in Rock Islam passed through
here on Sunday, comp sed Of Catholics
from each side of the ryer 1t was the
funeral OF Mrs Daniel NJ Euary, of Daveu.
port Mrs MtEnary W, formerly res
ideut here, and her mother a widowJ now
resides here Her maiden name was
ShaughnesSy-a sister % Mrs. JoSenh
Meehan of Milan. Bot have many rel
ative> and friends here.
Nh Boyuton, superintendent OF the
works, is the subject of abuse from
Sunday mornings Jaioa because he don
publish his official advertisements in that
paper. If the Union do4t know it ought
10 know, that neither the water-works
superintendent, the chief of the fire
department, the marshal. or the mayor. or
any other city official ha. any authority tt
publish anything 10 any ather paper than
the one selected for tina. purpose by the
city council
The Go-sits says ''No botheration on
account of freezing hylalnts after win.
ter fire in this city. At the bottom Of
each hyirant is a prtuberance which
leaks not a drop when the water is being
forced, but which permits the escape oi
every drop Of water after the valve /,
closed The hydrauts are Of new pat
ent, and are supplied with an air chamber
TO give elasticity to the water pressure
They have been adopted in the largest cit
ies as the best ever invented.