The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-27
HAMPTON.


Mr.. Samuel Heagy, our leading business
man, has been in Milwaukee for the last
few days on business, but returned last
evening.
Considerable building is going on here
story brick blacksmith shop belonging to |
Samuel Crompton is a prominent feature. |
There are three school houses here, with |
a total attendance of lbs children. besides |
enough boys running around loose, ifs hing
and playing marbles, to almost double this
number.
Good fishing here now, and people from
Moline and the country around here catch
a good maryland buy great many more
from our fishermen, to take home and
surprise the family with my luck"
Farmers in town yesterday report wheat
and oats doing very we'll, and corn (which
is up) looking pretty fair. Rain would do
good to all. The soil is rather sandy ana
much rain is needed. Some of the farm
ers say the hay crop will be light unless
we have plenty of rain.
Coal business is dull just now, except at
Rapids City. The Hampton Coal Go. is
doing but little, working only days a
week, and the Aetna only days week
just enough to enable the miners to support
their families, Large numbers of miners
are in town every day looking for work.
Thes Union and the Revieao reporters
come up here occasionally, and stop at our
hotel for two Or three days. When they
leave they,say they have no money-but
will send the hotel copy Of their paper
for a year, thus compelling poor widow
to take their paper or get nothing in re-
turn.
| The pastures around here are In a good
condition and the cattle are doing well, but
still there is no butter coming to town.
| What the matter? 1t certainly can't be
ON account of the price, for our dealers are
paying from Is to 80 cents per pound.
Eggs are also very scarce at 10 and 123
cents per dozen.
! Hampton is in fever of excitement over
an attempt, by Mr.. John p Lemons, the
butcher, to fence up one of our streets
He claims that it is not street, but that il
belongs to him. Citizens claim that it is g
street, and here the matter rests. The
county surveyor has been notified and he
will probably be up here this week and set
| tie the difficulty.
| The boys up here have good deal Of fur
with the innocent creature who reports fol
the Moline Reuieao. If the paper wouIc
keep what few friends it has here that pool
old fellow, with his ears tied in. flannel
should be kept away, and not allowed t.
beg his meals from a poor widow, by say
ling he is sick and has no money, The
!, boys ''cod' him terribly.
a couple of drunken men, strangers
, here, got into a row while in a skiff the
other day, and one Of them knocked the
other overheard and he was drowned. The
: fellow then sold the skiff for 81, jumped
on train and left for above No one
, knew who they were. The row on the
river was seen by some little boys, bu
they did not say anything until it was tot
late to catch the murderer.
t Within this township several coal com
t panies do quite large business, -amone
them the Hampton Coal Mining Company
the Davenport Coal Company, the Actin;
Coal Company, Durfee & Adams, Lowery
Weightman 4 Co., Taylor Williams, Gil
D christ & Jones' Most of the mines are a
f Happy Hollow, to which place the West
ern Union r. r Go. have built Goa
road, connecting with its main line a
WATERFOWL. Taylor Williams and Gil
christ & Jones do business at Rapids City
their mines being near there.
The township of Hampton in this coun
: ty is rich in fine farming lands, and ricl
q in its great coal beds, and true in its adhe1
s ence to Democratic principles, no matte
what the party name may be. Within it
# borders are five business points of interest
h all having post Offices and fattering pros
8 poets of wealth and comfort in the future
; These are Hampton, Rapids City. Water
l. town, Carbon Cliff and Happy Hollow.
few occasional items from these, as we
A. other villages in the county, are always az
n Iceptable to the readers of THE ARGUS.
eel There is an insane man living in a sma
1t hut made Of brush and leaves on the Nc
is line bluffs, about a mile and half back c
lr Carbon Cliff. He is Swede, but speak
good English, says his name is Nelson
is He is about % or 80 years old, and
le dressed in fine black clothes. Every nigl
" he goes to farmer named Swanstron
m gets his supper. stays all night, and leave
re- in the morning, without eating breakfas
n only taking small piece of bread. II
% then goes to the woods and nothing is see
e Of him again until night. Hadn't GU
ID supervisor better attend to him? Nothin
at can be learned from him only that he ha
been at Mount Peasants, Iowa, and tn;
I. he had worked there.
al That Rapids City ''gunboat' affec
t. some of our citizens slightly. Late Mo-
ne day afternoon one of them was seen con
of ing down the road from Rapids City, sta;
" gering from one side of the road to tt
ty other, when our postmastmer, who is
1T kind-hearted man, said: You have bee
at walking quite distance, my friend, ar
d. look as though you had touch Of SUI
l. stroke, won't you come in and rest" I'll
an citizen staggered up against the P. NJ. ar
to putting his arms affectionately around b
At neck, replied: mo, (hic) I amt been 81
1e struck, (hic) nor l amt, d-(hic) -runk, b.
to I'm id badly discouraged. He W
3 taken care of by friends, and was
is the street again yesterday, though n
tnlly recovered.
I'd RAPIDS CITY.
y Rapids City -four mill has been runnir
IS steadily since A. B. E. Adams bougl
ne it, short time ago. He turns out abo
IS. 40 barrels of -four day.
&C Hubbard & Pringle, ofPort Byron, SUI,
- ply the PEOPLE here with good fresh brei
IL every day. They also go to Hampton al
IS that vicinity. Mr.. Hubbard is a clev
Is fellow and ought to do good business.
ssn Some of the farmers in this vicinity r
I'd port the prospect for hay this season
~ rather slim, while others state that the
i will be plenty, if the weather continu
IN favorable. A majority of those questio
,u ed state that slough grass will do we
~. at clover pretty well, but timothy will be
to- most failure. Pastures have good fee
Mt ing. and cattle look well, but very lit
bo butter is made. 1t retails at from %