The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-23
NOTES HERE AND THHRH.
Another pleasant day.

Another pleasant day.
For Moline column see first page
On Tuesday there was a case of
pocket picking on the streets. No arrests
as yet.
For local time card of arrival and
departure of railroad trains, see third page
of this paper.
A neat sidewalk has been built on the |
west side of Mulqueen's saloon. corner of
Orleans and Dock streets
THE ARGUS Book BINDERY now en- |
ploys three men and several girls and is
turning out some nice work
The new Rock Island House register,
now being built at THE ARGUS Book
BINDERY will be nice job.
Moody and Sankey songs will be sung
at the Exchange street Methodist church
this evening. All are invited.
The lost newspaper mails came back
from the west last night. 1t is Capt.
Whites duty to learn who is at fault,
Supervisor Darts hydrant, for ''san
itary and other purposes" a.e. to wash out
that usless Jail sewer, has been put in, ON
the corner of Orleans and Deer streets.
| What was that firing about, last
evening"" is asked by many. 1t was by
the Artillery Company, to call a meeting.
"A strange woman has been swindling
people in the upper part Of the city for the
last few days by begging money Ito pur
, chase sewing machine for poor woman"
Look out for her.
!. People who want any blank books
ruled and bound to order are invited to
look at splendid set of hotel books Just
made at The ARGUS Book BINDERY, for
J the Harper House.
Street Commissioner Ziegler is doing
good thing in cleaning Illinois sire, t
E over few of the most trequented blocks,
aud looking after the crossings everywhere
about town. This latter should be done
} every week or two during the entire year
"A neat pamphlet has inst been print
D ed and bound at THE ARGUS Job Printing
Rooms and Book Bindery, containing the
articles of incorporation of The Missis-
sippi River Logging Company" and of
=, which our worthy citizen,F. Weyerhauser,
p is president
, &C. II. Stoddard, city engineer. and
assistants, u. Fl, BOynton, James Next
herne, Charles Harold and Charles Ssod-
> dard, have commenced work on the survey
t for a route for the Chicago, Wilmington 4
e Western Narrow Gauge Railway to reach
y Rock island.
:. Constable Halves has been sued by
Henry Reddig for the amount of judg-
ment against another party, because
e HAYES failed to return an attachment
e within the 10 days allowed by law. The
officer is responsible for the whole amount
of the judgment and costs, unless he makes
. return within 10 days.
Since THE ARGUS commenced taking
telegraphic dispatches, its circulation, in
: this city, Moline. and Milan. las largely
10 increased and advertisers have discovered
that it pays to communicate with the pub
. lie through The ARGUS A regular editor
II is employed for Moline, who resides there
and regular carriers deliver the paper
q there every evening
II -Advices FROM the pineries are to thu
- - effect that there is greater number O
10 logging camps on the Wisconsin and he
tributaries than was ever known before il
that section And the indications are tina
es there will be good deal of logging in til
Uhippewl woods. The hauling in tn
pineries, just now, is confined to the higl
st lands, as the marshes arc still unfrozen
ly The adjutant general of this state ha
at issued an order consolidating all the mill
tary companies organized in the state un
der the militia law into regiments or bal
IS taiions, and naming the colonies con-
p manding. There are now seven regiments
and Gen a c. Ducat, of Chicago, is i
command Of the whole The adiutan
generals order is published in our telt
IL graph columns. but we fail to see any NJ
es tice of any military organization in thi
it. county in the list. 1t is supposed that W
have two companies in this county Hav
u we?
Three cattle cars started on ru
down the track that leads to the stock pen
in the G., r. |. & Z. yards. at Davenport
% at o'clock yesterday morning. and wei
- smashing through the fence, and acros
IL Front street as if trying to iind a cleanSin
IN place in the riyer-t0 which they woul
I'd, have gone had the earth been hard. A
an is was the rear car straddled the hors
railroad on Front street, and stayed theI
till ID 0 clock causing transfer of passel
no gers at that place. 1t took six hours
go get those cars back on the stock ira k
nd Henry Stuart Swayne, of Toled
lat Ohio, the son of Justice Swayne, of II
or United States supreme court. and Mi
~" Saliio Worthington Davis, the daughter
90 Justice David Davis, of the same benc1
an were married last evening 1.-THE 22d)
ey the residence of Judge Davis, in Bloom
inv ington, Many distinguished guests WEI
~ present, and the wedding gifts were vel
~ numerous and expensive. As both Of II
contracting parties are members of famili
ate of national reputation. and as Miss Dav
Ill will be heiress to fortune of over 81 zoo
900, great interest attaches to the weddin
y" Mr. and Mrs Swayne will make weddir
His journey through the south
1g. -. :,
&c, Those gloves at Wivll's would make
nice present for Christmas. 23dlt.