The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-26
Monday. February as. 1877.
NEWSPAPERS AND NEWSPAPER
MEN IN ROCK ISLAND
COUNTY.
By. b, DAEFoRTA, JR.
THE Mississippian continued. }

March 81, 1842, an advertisement OF
the reopening of P, H. Ogilyie's school in
Buford's building.
April Z, lS42, gives an account of the
launching of the steamer Clarion, of
RockIslaud" There was a large crowd
on board, and while DR.. Gregg was in the
act Of breaking a bottle Of champaign
over her bows when she was running into
the water she came to a sudden stop and
the DIR. went'overboard, and the account
states that he Swan out amid the cheers
of the multitude"
May 5, 1872 the following:
MARRIED. AT Rock Island Mills, on Sunday
last, by the Rev. Mr.. Woodruff Mr.. William L.
Lee, OF Galena TO Miss Deborah Sears, of the for
mer place.
The notice previously given of the
marriage Of our fellow-citizen, Harrison
Boggess, also states that the ceremony
took place at Rock Island Mills. ,
People at this day will ask as to the
locality. 1t was at the house of Mr.
David B. Sears, not far from where the
Moline wagon shop now stands There
was no Moline then. Mr.. Sears had a
saw mill there. Afterwards a run of
mill stones we're put in aud grain
was ground there, The place was
called Rock Island Mills-deriving its
name from the Island of Rock Island.
Besides Sears's house and mill there were
only two or three small shanties. That
made up the village Of Rock Island mills.
This place was then called Stephenson.
May, II, lS42, an advertisement of
Silas Marshall, as keeper of the Rock
Island House, and of Jonathan Buffum,
American House, the well-known brick
tavern stand on Orleans street, opposite
the court house."
June l6, lS42. gives evidence of re-
turn of Crisis pecuniary troubles, in the
following editorial notice:
sB-Thcre no paper issued from this office
last week. Reason, no paper. No paper Cause
no money. However, we have the Qualification TO
since then, which will procure paper for two
weeks, viz: Thos. McCabe, IS, and S W. Bow
man man. $50, OF Lee county and Il. L. Wilson, OF
Whiteside county SO.
July q, lS42, the following.
This week makes up the 26th number or the
half year Of the second volume Of the Upper Miss
isspPidH-and there will be no paper issued until
we eau get supplyoi paper As we are out Of
sorts.
The expense, delay, and want of cash
to buy paper caused Maj. Frazer Wilson
to propose that quantity of white muslin
be procured and cut into pieces the size of
the forms, and print the paper on these
and send them out to the numerous sub
scribers, and after they had read them
then return them and have them washed
out and used for the next issue. The
suggestion was not adopted-but Crist'
suppllcation Tor money seems to have had
the desired effect, for the paper continued
to appear, and was running over with the
quarrel between Crist and d. G. Garnsey,
receiver Of public monies at Dixon, and
G. A. Garnsey, postmaster at Rock Island.
September "a, lS42, is an announcement
that the Garnsey clique, by j. E. Brack-
ett their attorney, replevined the press
and type in the name oG John g. Powars,
and that the paper for that week was
printed at the Gazette Office over the river.
1t is red not number, and describes the
entrance of j. G. Powars into the office,
accompanied by the sheriff, and the taking
Of the property; says that Powars never
advanced one dollar in procuring press and
materials, and, further, ithat he does not
own $50 worth of propertyain the county
of Rock Island, in his ol0n name
November "a, 1912, Crist gave notice
Jhat he had purchased a new press anC
was again under way,-scoring the earn
icy clique with vigOr. Whether Crist con.
tinued in the Swartwout shop, when he
procured his new press, | cannot learn
He lived, at that time, in the upper part
of the brick dwelling now .onsthe alley il
reur Of st. Joseph's church, and it is
believed that. he used the basement for 6
printing office There is break in the
library files from Nov. "a, 1912, to March
%, 1874, but he continued to issue the
paper, and the personal quarrels did not
abate
| find. among my own copies of the
paper one of March %, 1S43, containing
in full the advertisement issued by the
War Department for the sale of the
Island of Rock Island. 1t was to be sold
at auction, III St. Louis on the first day of
June following, in four parcels, payment
one-third down and balance in two equal
payments on time. For further particu-
lars apply to Capt. w. II. Bell, of the
Ordnance Department, commanding e.
S. Arsenal. st. Louis Before the day
arrived the sale was countermanded.
March %. 1874, announces that Thomas
Gregg, formerly editor of the Warsaw
Message, had been engaged as assistant
editor.
April 6, 1874, contains notice that NJ.
b. Osborn, Esq, of Geneseo, would de-
liver temperance lecture, accompanied
by Sewell's plates.
In May 1874, Crist, though still pub
fishing the paper, was advertised as land
lord at the American House. A month
later Il. b. Gorton was partner With
Crist in the hotel. And in October Cor