The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-01
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Business is good.

Justice Swander is pronounced out OF
danger.
Lovely weather forzthe first day of
winter.
The churches were well attended
yesterday.
A lively trade was done on the square
on Saturday.
Prof. Mansill predicts warm weather
until Dec Goth.
Regular monthly meeting of the coun-
Gil this evening.
The 18th street sewer now i1tersects
with Third Avenue.
Justice Halves paid over $33 90 to the
city treasurer on Saturday.
The National Guard of Illinois now
number 1916 officers and men.
Tho 14th Battalion Glee CLUB will
sing at the Otille Abel Haas concert.
Over twelve miles of telephone wire
is now strung in Danville and vicinity.
A Decatur minister illustrates his
sermons by large and elegant oil paintings.
The revenue receipts this month from
Peoria distillers will run close to $1,000,
900.
The schools have been dismissed in
the village of Sheldon, owing to diptheTia
fright.
The Davenport saw mills, except
Schrieker & Muler's have shut down for
the season.
W. T. Call, Deputy Collector of In
teruaI revenue, collected So, 1856 90 in
November.
Everybody should attend the Ottille
Abel Haas concert on Friday evening, at
Harper's Theatre.
That cow dinner was too much for
the editors Of the Union. They have not
yet fully recovered.
Robert Adair who was so severely IL
jured at Weyerh@users mill. on Thanks
giving Day is doing we'll
Twenty nine marriage licenses were
issued in Novem Der against tTen;y-two in
the same month last year.
Rockford druggists have been granted
permission to sell liquor, the saloons being
closed, for medical purposes.
-Diphtheria 10 a virulent form is pre-
yailing at Oak Grove, Mclean county, ten
miles northeast Of Bloomington.
If the weather continues as moderate
for fey days as it has been to day, the
streets ought to be cleaned up.
The council tonight will no donbt act
upon the suggestions made to appoint a
committee on reaj-tIicting the city.
-~McDauDel's picture, "Thornburgh' S
Last Charge" now on exhibition at Bow
ems bijou cigar store, IS attracting some
attention,
The womens Aid Society desire to
tender their thanks for the collection, $l3
IS taken at the Union Service held on
THANKSGIVING day. at the Central Presby-
terian church.
Lew Davis, one Of the original found
ers of the Davenport Gazette, has bought
one-sixth interest in the paper, and
caters the newspaper arena again, after a
long absence theTe!Eon.
The prisoners at the Jail had fms
Thanksgiving dinner, thanks to the liber-
atty of Sheriff Perkins. 1t leaked out or
else no one would be the wiser, for the
sherif kept mum as a mouse about it.
l j. estimated that the corn crop of
Scott equity DIVA will reach 100000
bushels, worth about 81 400, 900 Divided
among 5000 farmers It averages $3.50 Il
each farmer for corn. This is a good
showing and will surprise many people.
Almost every evening, and Sunday
evening especially. crowd of young men
congregate on the Cons IL arcial House
corner and make improper remarks and
swear, as ladies go by. 1t has got to be a
perfect nuisance and ought to be abated.
| Marshal Halves went to Peoria this
afternoon, in response TO 3 telegram re-
ceived Saturday, from the chief Of police,
stating that they had arrested one Henry
| Walker, who stole $25 from Geo. Thomas
laborer on the Island. He will be brought
up to morrow to answer to the charge.
Capt. John B. Davis, on Satdr-
day received a dispatch that bis
mother, residing 10 Kentucky, was
very low, and to-day second dispatch
was received, announcing her death. He
left on the noon Peoria train for the home
cf his mother to be present at the funeral.
Marshal HAYES November report
shows nine arrests for state ofences-three
for murder, one for abatting the escape
of Criminals, four for larceny and one
| for bastardy; and twenty-five arrests for
city cases-two for drunkenness. six for
being drunk and disorderly, twelve for
disturb ing the peace and two for peddling
without a license. The Jail bill for the
month is $500.
The Davenport Democrat has the fol-
lowing to say of one of Moline's genial
business men:-Over in Moline our former
townsman, G. Stewart Els, seems to be
thriving finely with the Union Maleable
Iron Works, whose President he is. The
company is building a moulding room 65
by 100 feet in the rear of the old corn
planter works which they haYe bought,
and which they will use for a finishing de-
partment.