, 1876-02-22


8fnto Temperance O0nvontl0u-NOclr.
ford, Rock Island & 1T. L0uls HALL
rnnd-A CITY Entirely Ont OF Dcbt-
Now Post-0Ificr-StrniGl,t NhaAiiy-
A Projected Eaotes-lic Lecture sou-
&0tl.
spteial Correspondence n Tho Chicago TRIBUNE.
6TEn1lNu, ILL.,, Feb. l0.-The State Tompnr-
anco Convention, that eonvoucs horo the CONF
ing wook, promises to be o decided euccess.
Delegates arc betpg appointed from all parts Of
tho 6Iato, and the citizens horo nro making prop
Arntions for al immenHe crowd. Just what the
purpusas Of this State gathering IL, am not
fully advised, but suspect 1t Ia to doodle whether
1t Ia beat 10 run Stale ticket on that issue, or
not, at tho ootnuR fall election.
storling iH, aud has been fur BONO yoarsa
NO llcENsE clTY,-
refusing to. recognize tho liquor traffic In any
msnnog. Through the efficiency Of L. G. Church,
Our honored Mayor, se|iug without 1lcouso has'bo-
como very uaugerous busnea5,- Offenders
having icon heavily fined, aud somo Of thom
sont 10 JUL. Az result, there ia but yory little
drunLonnoss here; and, taken altogether, the
change ID desirable QUO.
Tho people are very much Interested In hay
Ing tho
NoCKFoHD. ROCK ISLAND 4 At. Louis RAILROAD
built from this point up tho Rock River y1lioy
to The pineres Of Wisconsin, opening them up
to our farmers aud manufacturers. mud We. in
return, sending them our coal, and Milwaukoo tho
vast grain products Of this valley. For somo
yeats tlla road has endod loro, but has never
huon very much Of credit or benefit to
any ono. Tho Orccns, who built It,
FL Ge 1s5 sanus saesEy eF somau to ss s srs s
in tl,at, after Hcyoral trials, it was proposed to
locate tloir hhops here but, when thoy wore
required to ontoe into Htipulationa that IL should
be oil thoir shops, md tho bonus Should bo paid
1t. Thoy meaut to get largo donation for
merely running tho road hore, under promise
Of loost.ng all their shops at thus place. They
tho Germans aud tho 81. 000, 200 loan.
Donations hare aro not popular. A large
majority Of oMar M people boi'ovo in ovory
mau paying 10; 100 .,e sonts on tho do!!sE and
| my cue thinks Of coming hore, he must expect
to give value received for all ho cones a'ter.
Our c'tyis ........
EET1nELr OCT OF pEnr,
| and enough money is IN urocoss OF collection to
| carry On tho Government fer tho year cumulonc-
! ing March next. Tho city improvements will
compare fayoEably with tloao Of my Of IT'S atze
III tue Wost It Is lighted with gas, aud pro-
tected from hse BY tyatam of water:ppos from
tho riyor, aud two ouyineB; with the artosian
watcr sccoasiblo to ALL There Ia no lack Of meaus
! for putting cut fires. There are throe magn!h-
cont ac1oolbuildings, coa.tng S75.000, S3D. V00t
aud $4,000, respectively, with as fno advantages
aB tAcro hro In any common fchool In tho Stnto-
] Tho manufacturers aI0 alI running and moro nre
| starting aud, from Indications, sll aro doing
| careful, paying business. Every ous works, from
| rich to pnor, and sllero is nc noed OF my ouo
hoiug out Of labor great uhilo II srork ia wlnt-
Cd, aud not somo gsntemauiy poation. Htof-
| ling has mono of these fur any QUO.
The Qoyern1nont has honored uH with
srLKND1p NEW rosT-oFg1cE,
With all tho nodosn improvements. Including a