The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-04
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
The Kansas fever has abated.

The Kansas fever has aDateo.
Election passed off very quietly to day.
-Carse 6 Reticker are doing lively
business.
$ The indications are that light vote
has been polled.
La Sale ia without police. with a
population Of over $500.
The greenbackers developed some
strength in Moline, to-day.
The Burlington Hdtokeye wants j. III.
Haverly to organize q N astodon company
of evangelists.
Madame Christine Nilsson, for singing
twelve times during the wedding festivi-
ties of King Alfonso. is TO receive $4,000
The G. B. & Q. track at Brooks
Crossing is being laid as fast as possible
The abutment at the culvert is nearly
ready on the north side.
Jas. Murray, arrested by Officer
Brennan, for being drunk was taken be-
fore Justice Halves this morning, fined 81
and costs and discharged.
Scarcely had his wife been buried. than
J. T. Dixon was called on to suffer the loss
of the httle baby. Mr.. Dixon has had his
share of sorrow of late, and everybody
with sympathise with him 10 his bereave-
ment.
Last Saturday morning Mrs, Gus
Weston, of Geneseo, broke an egg fol
her coffee, and on breaking the shell
found snugly bedded in the albumen
10 place of the usual yolk, an apple core
a cranberry, and a piece of Graham
bread GreenvtUe Sun.
i Gold is rapidly accumuls ting, not only
lin the vaults of the Government Treas
ury. bat in the safe-boxes of the banks
The banks which belong to the New Yorl
Clearing House Association now hav,
SIC, 900 900 of gold on deposit to thei
: credit in the Bank of America. with
. prospe that the amount will shortly b,
increased to $4,000
Some idea of the enormous traffic oil
the main line of the Pennsylvania roat
may be obtained from the fact that
: break down between New Florence ant
Dersy brought together twenty freigh
trains; extending fc4 ter piles along tn
road. The scarcity of water. caused b
the lowness CT streams. compelled tn
engines to occupy more time 10 takiu
water, and that brought five miles c
freight trains together, and delayed til
passenger trans as vel. Oil cars wer
C utilized for the purpose of carrying 3wate
to the pumping stations.
The terms of the present Postmaster
!. at the following places ia Illinois will e1
, pire 10 Decep Der. January and Februar
next: CarbondaIe. GhaApaigp, DeKal
Center, Fl Paso. Englewood, Fulton. acl
sonville. Lockport, Nashville, OIney, OnaI
go, Peoria, Peru. Rock Island mot ii
March J, Shawneetown, Sterling and Vii
iden. In Jowa-Ames, Burlington, Cede
Falls, Centergiile lin march,. Clintcl
!; Glenwood, Iowa Falls, McGregor, Missoi
: ri Valley, Monticello and Shenandoah
iAll these Offices pay salaries from $l,0C
:; to $500 annually, aud the problem
:. l"Who'n be Postmaster?" will soon /
heard in tn csc States.
John Chandler and Edward Harrison
. arrested by Marshal Halves and Of6c'
e Bollman and Brennan were fined $40 an
costs before Justice HAYES today Fl
IpediDg without a license. These are tt
s same parties who got Al. Thompson
If advance $15 on a snide watch and afte
Il wards tried to get Mr. Harper to advant
a similar sum on another one. Instes
r of doing so. however. the telephone vi
IS brought into use, the police informed al
the men captured Major BearGsley a
Q peared as counsel for defendants Th;
Il we're q couple of.sharpers and got off cas-
= Ga their person was found seven sni,
Z watches, They claimed to be peddlir
5 these, but this was not their only bu
s mess.