The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-08
Rock Island, Illinois, Tuesday, December 8. 1874

him at the time and assisted him to hi
home where DR.. j, w. Morgan renderet
all the assistance possible to alleviate hi
sufferings.
Theo. Abbott and ,J.K. Glasscock, ,attor
neys at law, who were formerly residents
of this place (but who were absent ln Ar
kansas for time) have returned and hay
opened an Office in the room over the stor'
of j. O. Wynkoop Il Co. and are ready foI
all business in their lne.
| Theo. Abbott and D. Zimmerman are
Notaries Public.
| W. g. Marshall and Bolinger & Cool arr
our grain buyers. Pratt Deyoe, George
; Emery of this place and George Quick ar,
buying stock.
Bolinger & Cool are our cumberland Goa
dealers.
The enterprising firm of Wynkoop &
Co. is doing large business in its vari
GUS specialties.
}, Cool Jr dry goods and groceries, ha
his hands full to supply the wants of hi
customers
A. j. Slble, groceries, yankee notion,
etc. aud also knight of the razor and shears
is doing WELL
Q, N. Whitford & Son, judging from ap
pearanceS that cannot well deceive, are
doing lively business in their line which
is principally groceries, provisions and con
fectionary.
Our enterprising fellow citizens, Hobart
q Phillips, are running a full line of stoves,
tinware. hardware and furniture. From
the loads of goods daily leaving their store
they must be scraping together consider
able amount OF the root of all evil.
Mrs. Lucy B. Way, is also engaged in
the grocery and restaurant business and is
prepared at all times, on short notice. to
furnish the hungry man with the pest OF
all blessings-'a square meal.
Thomas karr & Co., the Cordova wagon
manufacturers, are still turning out large
numbers of wagons which meet with a
ready salc and the demand Is constantly
increasing. Every wagon turned out by
them is furnished with Johnston Patent
Lever Lock.
Patrick Sweeney, our genial friend from
the land of the Shamrock and Thistle, is
also engaged in wagon making and general
blacksmithing. He has well earned the
success which he has met.
Charles Sallows is also engaged in the
backsmithing business, and right good,
clever workman is he, as his many friends
can testify.
In drugs and chemicals we have our old
friend ii. ", Rathbun, who still serves
out pills and powders,
And not the least important branch of
business is that of butcher with our old
friend Tew at the helm. He is always
ready to furnish his many customers with
the best Of meats Of all kinds from a Cow
tail soup bone" to Porter house steak.
Our two notes.-the Exchange, Mr.. j.
s. Church, proprietor, and the Marshall
House, Mrs. George Marshall, propretress,
are doing tlourishing business At
either of these places the weary traveller
will find the best of accommodations for
man and beast
Two new branches of industry are about
to be added to our town: Mr.. Robert
Williams is now engaged in erecting a mill
which he says will be running in short
time, when he will be able to furnish -four,
feed etc The motive power to be. used is
wind.
Mr.. W. X. Johnston is now engaged un
der an arrangement with John n. Gray,
the owner Of the patent, in the manuiac-
;ure OF Clayton Carpet Rag Looper, and
is daily shipping large numbers OF ma
chimes to different parts of the country,
The river at this point is almost clear Of
ice. The steam ferryboat is laid up for
the season, but Capt. Walker is still run
ming skff.
Mr.. Eugene Hoke, son of DIR. J. Hoke,
Of our place, is now rustiGating in Calilor
MIA for the benefit of his health. Eugene
has been troubled with the asthma and has
gone there, thinking that mild climate may
benefit him. He seems delighted with the
country, and says he wrote his last COM
munication in the shade of an orange tree
in full bloom, Mr., Hoke says that persons
going there to seek fortunes should not ex-
pect success without capital to begin with.
The Soup House Theory Of Govern
ment.
Not very consoling to the politicians who
want to dig holes in the ground in order to
benefit the Republican party is the follow
ing from the Chicago Iribane's special
Washington correspondence
SCHEMES OF INTERNAL" IMPROVEMENT.
| am not an unqualified enemy to all
s;hemes ofinternal improvement Some of
the projects embraced in Senator WINDOWS
omnium- gatherum plan are entitled to re-
spectful consideration because some Of
them, constructed largely by private capi-
tai, nigh. very greatly augment the COM
mercial facilities of the country, and add to
tEe legitimate profits of private business,
An influential Republican journal states
that the party which shall put most men
to work will deserve best of the country.
it is not the business of a party, nor Of
craftsmanship, to put men to work. 1t is
the province Of craftsmanship to provide
a national policy by which the general pros.
perity shall be assured. Then men will
put themselves to work. This is the theory
of free government; the other is the soup
house theory of government, than which
nothing is more illogical in reason, or dis
astrous and humiiating in practical re-
suits. The policy now demanded should
embrace sound currency; reform in trans
portation, to be brought about more by
private enterprise than by legal interfer-
ence the resurrection of our shipping
the due developement Of our great indus
tries the modification of the tariff the
enlargement Of the liberty of the citizen,
the ensmallment of the prerogatiycs Of the
State.
These principles and measures embodied
in our policy, the people may with perfect
safety be left to work out their own pros
perth and substantial progress. If there
be any such scheme OF internal improve