The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-25

An omen winter ia looked for,


River business is practically at an end
The county court is engaged on civil
business.
Magistrate Swander, of Moline, is
seriously i'll.
There is growing sentiment in favor
of free bridges.
Have you gobbled your turkey for
Thanksgiving day,
Considerable ice came down off of the
Rapids this morning.
George Fl. Brown. who robbed John
Evans. completed bis 100 days sentence
to day.
Thirteen loads of hay and eleven of
corn were counted on the market at one
time to-day.
The new county officers elect, enter
upon their duties Dec. l their commits
sions are now ready.
The Burbank reading on Thanksgiv-
ing evening deserves to be. and no doubs
will be well patronized.
H. c. Wivill left for Chicago last
evening to be present at the great Stet-
tauer Bros. sale of dry goods.
The first anchor-ice Of the season. in
Rock River this morning, closed down the
wheels of the mills at Milan for few
| hours
Reserved seats for the second enter
tainment of the Athletic series. the Bur
bank readings. now on sale at Wylie 4
McCune's.
About twenty trains of twenty-five
cars each have been sent west over the G.
R. I&P. since Sunday night, and still
the yards seem as full as before.
The Fourteenth Battalion Glee Club.
sing at Watertown to morrow evening, the
occasion being concert for the benefit Of
the church in that village.
George W. Henry. the enterprising
Rock Island grocer. says that business is
good. we don't know of anyone who de-
serves success better than George.
George Starr. for being disorderly at
Harper's Theatre, last evening, was ar
rested bg Offer Hull, aud to-day was
4ned IS and costs by Justice HAYES.
in order to make the temporary struc-
ture safe tor engines 10 pasq oyer. the @.
r. l. & P. have driven piles. and full
trains now pass over with perfect safety,
| Two parties were arrested to day for
| disorderly conduct Their eases were con-
tnued, one until this evening and the 9TH
er unti Friday next Did not learn their
Dailes before going to press
| Did it e4er eeoGr to The editors Of the
| Union that it would be a good idea to
| place the cow question before the people
and let them decide the prohiemn which
secms TO so aeiiate the minds of the Ua,0n
| editors.
| 1t is 10 BE- hoped that the Toeluer
business will be given quietus. In con
versation with Mr. George Wittick, to-day.
he regretted gerry much that the matter
had been given SO much publicity aud saia
that, as far as he was concerned, be would
have nothing more to do with it.
| There was noticeable Improvement
at Harper's Theatre last evening", which is
to say that the disorderly boys who gather
on the stairways were not permitted TO
practice their heel and toe jumping tactics
| "A target is to 6e PLACED in the ar.nory
of the Rodman Rifles, and during the win
| themselves in target shooting at short
range. 4 good idea.
1t having been announced IL some of
tie papers that the second OF the winter
series of Rodman Rifles hops would occur
tomorrow evening it is pTopeF 10 state ter
the benefit Of ali who may have made pre-
parations to attend, that there will be no
hop at the Armory tomorrow evening.
under the auspices of the Rodman Rifles.
Mr.. 3. Holly, Inventor of our syste IN
Of water works, came down from Chicago
this morning. mr. Holly 10 on his way 10
Dubuque, where his new heating appars-
tus. whereby the city is heated by steam
is IN operation. lie is the guest of Supt
Cramer, who has been showing him the
sights on the Island, and in Moline. Mr.,
Holly speaks in high terps CT the manner
10 which our water works are conducted,
and was very much surprised TO see what
fine place Rock Island Arsenal is.
Mr. O'Mara, who has just returned
from Chicago, where he secured the ser
vices Of Hon. W W. O'Brien as counsel
for the Wittick murderers. says that he
expects to make out quite different case
for his clients than is now generally sup
posed. He says that when ali is known,
the present phase of the case will be
materially altered Messrs Sweeney. Jack
son & Walker are engaged to prosecute
with States Attorney Parmenter, and
Hon. W. W. O'Brien. and 2. O'Mara,
Esq, will defend.
H, G. Cleveland. Joseph Baker and
j. j. Parks, as com missioners. have petit
toned the secretary of state for license to
incorporate The Rock Island Gas Car
buretiDg Co." of Rock Island, with cap
ital stock of $4,000. Twenty thousand
dollars of this stock has already been sub
scribed and the company will commence
operations at once. 0nly full paid up
worcestershire stock will be issued The
company expect to very largely increase
the consum ption of gas 10 the city as we'll
as make laroa nrofits FIR fhamcaIves