The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-12
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

The Keator House hop, on Thanks
giving evening will an enjoyable affair.
That portion of 4th avenue from 18th
street east was being macadamized to-
day.
The old Sage property corner 10th,
street and 3rd avenue is being painted and
repaired.
The earth caved in at the 23rd street
sewer last night for few feet, not enough
to do any harm, however.
The Davenport lumbermen are ship
ping large quantities of lumber to Denver
and other points In Colorado.
The Union is still wrestling with
COWS and how to get rid of slippery side
walks caused By cow tracks.
The Chicago train last evening con-
sisted of ID coaches and three sleepers, and
every one of them crowded, too
BIZ. Orion. of Cambridge. left the first
of the week for the fat-stock show in Chi
cago, with two fine hogs, their aggregate
weight being over 100 pounds.
Justice Halves is now at his old post
ready to dispense justice. He has been
in Chicago attending the Milan Distilling
Co. s suit against Collector Tillson.
The Geneseo gas company has receiv-
ed its license from Springfield, The COR
porators are z. s. SchwabIe, j. B. Moder-
we'll and William Seibel. Capital $780,
600.
The scheme OF the Union to divide
the city is innocent enough at casual
glance, but careful perusal of the nicely
laid plans, shows large sized Republican
cat in the meal tub,
The two who were arrested yesterday
afternoon as mentioned 10 THE ARGUS
were George HALE and James Cockrell.
Justice Hayden sent them to jail in de-
fault of s. and costs.
Will Call and Phil Mitchell have been
practiciDg at Is PAGES with a pistol-not
on each other. but at target, Will
made 6 centre bulls eyes and Mitchell
pretty good shooting.
There seems 10 be 2 feeling in favor
of abolishing tolls altogether op the Milan
bridge. AS the Gazette says"-it is hard
ly fair to ask outsiders to pay :premium
for the sake of trading in Rock Island
In consequence OF an overocinage ol
standard silver dollars. the Secretary OF
the Treasury has authorized the PhiIadel
tlia mint to curtail its operations in thai
respect. and coin sI1,all gold pieces instead
The Invitations announce NV. 12it
as the day, and Homer Lowrey and Mis-:
Lucy Harper as the parties who will enter
the matrimonial list. Tho ceremony vii
be at Trinity church, Rev. A. B. Allen
officiating, THE ARGUS offer congratula'
tons
The Union secuted the idea that there
gas anything political in the general incor
poration act, and by that means secured
many votes that othorgise would not have
been recorded in its favor. Now that the
scheme is safely carried, the Union shows
its hand and swings the partisan whip. L
is to be e-districting OF the city int
seven wards with such residence lines a.
will make at least six out of the sever
wards Republican.
The manner of re-districsing ''Sug'
gested'' by the Ugiaa will bear close watch
ling. The division of this city ia suci
manner as to make the contest for alder
men jug-handle race. means the forma
ton of a partisan ring for political plum
der, and the earnest manner in which tn
Union so kindly ''SuGgfsts" the change
proper to be made, is hint to the alder
men that the Union proposes to have
share in the swsg.
The running team of the Fire Kln4
hose company of Davenport. are anziou:
to purchase a hose cart in New York
which weighs 400 pounds, with a6,uGtabl'
weighs up TO 500 rounds; wheels feet
inches high. All the polished metal work
and mouBtings are plated, and the paint
ing white striped and ornamented will
gold leaf This is the kind of cart tn
running companies possess-and the re
ceipts at the Fire King hops this season
will be devoted to that purpose.
| L u4ltdu w . ruiz
commenced before Judge BIodgstt with
out Jury. Everything went smoothly
and well until an effort was made to i'm
peach witnesses, when the Judge declined
to SIT on the case, and il was postponed
until Dec. Is, then to he tried by jury
Judge Blo3gett did not relish the idea o
deciding the case as he went along-whicf
was practically what would have been the
result, and SO postponed until the date
named
Sixty FIVE persons are employed in the
Davenport Wooden Mills. and sixty five
more would be at work there if there were
room and machinery enough for them.
The blanket looms are being pushed to the
uttermost in filling the government con.
tract for three thousand blankets for the
army. These blankets are to weigh an
average of four pounds apiece. and, as a
rule, out of box of fifty of them there
won't be variation of an ounce 10 their
weight. The lessees have orders for fan
mel aud cloth which will require weeks to
| fill
To morrow evening the Bowers
! Thompson company appears at Harper $
Theatre in the play-"Court and Stage