The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-04

There is considerable building going on
here, this spring.
Charley Dibbern is having good trade
in the hardware business.
There is good stage Of water in the
Rock river and it is still rising.
Business at Johnston's -four mills is
good, both mills running regularly.
Hakes & Dart have put in a new water
wheel and are now running the paper mill
night and day.
| Hakes & Dart are receiving bids for put
ting IN dam between Hakes's island and
Vandruffs island. The distance is about
800 feet.
The trade with the owners Of the watch
factory building here. seems to have fall
en- through. The building is standing idle,
and going to ruin.
Cyrus D. Bradley, clerk in r. B. Ohm
sted's dry goods store, accidently shot him.
self in the left hand Wednesday afternoon,
while carelessly handling revolver. The
wound is not serious.
Farmers in town to-day report wheat
looking very we'll, but little thin, Oats
not very promising. Corn doing very well
and very little had to be replanted. A
large breadth of potatoes was planted.
No bugs have been seen yet.
\ Considerable stock is shipped from this
point. Gus fireman is the principal ship
per, He sent to Chicago 81 choice tat
steers on Thursday, purchased of James
Taylor Esq. of Edgington. R. & D. Mont
gomery, also of Edgington, sent up 50 tat
bullocks averaging l.500-of their own
fattening.
The Frysinger distillery is running con-
stantly at present. employing about TWEEN
ty men. The proprietors have some 500 cat
tie in the pens at the distillery. fattening
for market Over 800 bushels of corn is
, used every day at the distillery. About
| ZOO barrels of alcohol are stored in the
: warehouse at present, and will remain
! there until fall, when prices generally
the distillery and the Office work II
+ about two weeks the distillery will b.
S closed for few days for repairs.
t. The President and Council of this burg
> on the l4th inst, passed an ordinance pro
hibiting the stopping of any railroad train
. on any street or crossing within the corpo
|. ration limits. Also transacted the usua
= routine business and adjourned to Jun,
18th. This will probably be surprise t.
e your people. who read the Union, as they
+ no doubt, supposed from the slang ant
g abuse directed upon our council, by tn
q Unions correspondent here them official
: ly defunct The blackguardism of r..
J; seems to have not been as efectual as b
q expected.
u G. III, Honens has been appointed post
master 10 place of Mr.. w. H. Stearns, re
J. signed, and the Office will be moved t,
e Mr.. Honens's hardware store as soon a
e his bonds have been accepted. Mr.
/, Stearns was we'll liked by everybody ant
J. he is said to have been good postmaster
n but at an unlucky moment he discharged
|. from the Office son of the correspondent
/ of the Union, and, after that, somebod.
p took particular pains to inform the pos
d office officials at Washington that tn
!. duties of the Office were not attended t.
l. according to law, and every few weeks
post Office detective would walk into tn
IS office and examine the money order &C
e counts, until Mr. Stearns got tired Of
j. and rendered his resignation. Mr., Hon
r ems is said to be good man, but tn
l. friends of Mr.. Stearns regret that he re
u signed, all of them believing him to be a.
" honest man.
SOUTH ROCK ISLAND.
&c Fishing is reported to be poor in this Vi
81 cinity.
y The cotton factory is doing good bus
le ness, and gives employment to quite
number of men and women.
!, Travel over the city bridges is yer
Ill good, for this season of the year, consider
u u ing that the farmers generally are busy a
q home.
n; D. B. Sears & Sons -four mill is doing
q splendid business, and is running day an
If night to fill orders. They ship considers
e BILE -four over the Peoria & Rock Islam
10 road.
~ VIM. Norris, of the factory store, is ha,
ps ing good run of business He is erectin
e fine store, just opposite the -four mil
where he will remove as soon as it is con
pleted
'e The little steamer Edith passes throug
a the canal here every day, having in to-
VI barges of coal, from the various mines u
cA u. Rock River Most of this coal goes to D;
y. venport.