The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-12
NOTES HERE AND THERE,
Charming day.

The warm weather makes the ice
road look insecure.
Those Republican ROSTERS all died
with the Oregon gapes.
See time card of the Mercer County
railroad, first column, on this page.
--Aleck SteeI's new store is very
great improvement on his old one. He in
vites people to call and look at his new
store and new goods.
The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
sons little boy takes place tomorrow at
2 p Nj. from their residence on Fourth
avenue between 18th and 18th street
The stove works shut down at 3
o'clock this afternoon to take the annual
invoice of stock Owning to the dull
times aud poor sales it is not definitely
known when the works will resume busi-
ness.
Mrs. Magdalena Hokanson, mother of
Mr.. A. j. Swanson, died at her residence
on Fifth avenue. on Sunday night, aged
so years, and was buried from the Swedish
Baptist church at 2 o'clock this Tuesday
afternoon. She had been a resident of
Rock Island since 1852, and was we'll
huOWu ACcpCSASu'
Henry Heitahrends, tax collector, on
Monday, filed his bond, of 1926, 900, with
the county clerk. and, it was approved
with the following security: Cornelius
Lynde, ?. L. Mitchell. S. w. McMaster,
Chas. Hansgen, and Henry Curtis, Jr.
He will commence collecting in few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Mathews, No.
l,l04 First avenue, celebrated their crys
tai wedding Monday evening, large num-
Der of their friends being present. The
presents were numerous and many were
quite valuable. Mrs Mathews served a
sumptuous repast, which is highly spoken
of
The fashionables of Rock Island are
greatly excited over an interesting event
which is to occur in few days, Who
will be invited, and what they will wear,
are questions that cause many Sleep
less nights and anxious days. Eight
brides maids, and everything else in pro-
portion. will make it the greatest event of
the kind ever occurring here. The young
lady is loved and respected by everybody.
The young gentleman is stranger here.
That pyramid of confectionery in
Leonard Drube's window, near the Harper
House, is the wonder of all beholders, and
attracts much attention. 1t is of genuine
confectionery and in the form of church
belfry surmounted by spire and flag.
Underneath is tray of confectionery,
With cupid or some kind of a half nude
figure lowering ever it-blowing his horn
The who lie is the work of Mr.. Drube-the
best confectioner in the city. 1t is covered
with advertisements of his business, and
is splendid affair in every way,-well
worth looking at .
The attempt to try the experiment of
gasoline street lights would, if carried out,
SO reduce the revenue of the gas works
that 1t could not pay expenses and would
have to close,-while the experiment
would probably prove failure. At any
rate there is certainty with gas. 1t is
an ERRONEOUS idea to suppose that gas can
be furnished With a few consumers as
cheap as with many. The expense of
manufacturing gas for one lamp is nearly
as great as for one hundred, and the cost
is IN proportion to the number of takers.
Give our gas works 800 street lamps and
quadruple its private consumers and the
expense of running it would be only the
extra coal, etc.,-a small item compared
with quadrupliDg its receipts. The COM
mittee should think of these things and
be just to an enterprising and public
spirited citizen, rather than try to destroy
his property.
Johnny Cummings, of the wrecked
w. U. train, was at the Harper House
last evening. He says the engineer was
Jack Wright, with young Dickinson as
fireman, and that they stuck to their ma
chine, Wright going over with the locomc-
tive and being thrown some 20 feet from
it; and Dickinson going over with the
tank, on the track. Neither were much
hurt Cummings walked to Savannah
Is miles, in that terrible wind and got
another locomotive and took the train
along. The disabled locomotive was
raised and taken to the shop yesterday,
1t is the same machine that capsized with
Conductor Ketchingman's train the night
of last fourth of July. when the wash-out
occurred, and with the same engineer and
fireman, She has not been long out of the
shop, and now has to go back again In a
bad condition. Engineer Wright and
Dickinson came down with another loconlo-
tive, wild, yesterday, bringing Johpny
down to take his regular run out asst
nght.