The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-29
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

E-1he council meet on monoay next.
Services 10 all the churches to-mor-
row.
Herbert Nourse is meeting with ex-
cellent success as a reader.
Sweeney, Jackson & Walker are the
latest subscribers to the telephone.
Several members of the Rodman
Rifles were out target shooting to day
The Dimock- Wineman case was con-
tinued to-day until Monday at ] 80 p. M.
-Geneseo gives up all hopes of lee
ture course by foreign talent" this win
ter.
The street crossings need cleaning up,
and now is about as good time as any to
clean than.
The Union, judging from the space it
devotes to the subject, rather relishes a
Cow" dinner
The rumor that Rev. MIR. Spurlock
was to purchase the Geneseo Sun proves
to be unfounded.
The many friends of Justice Swander.
of Moline, will be pleased to learn that be
Is MUCH lu prOVeu.
Those who heard Rev. Geo. r. Pal
mer's Thanksgiving sermon say it was q
scholarly discourse.
d. S. McDannel's picture Of Thorn
burg's Last Charge" is on exhibition at
Al. Bowen's bijou cigar store.
Charles w. Skinner now located at
Geneseo, has charge of the temperance
department of the Geneseo NeaCS.
STRAW paper has advanced from 50. 25
to $2.40 per 100 pounds at the jobbing
houses in the past three days, 1t is very
scarce.
The Northeastern Nea0s, has been
enlarged and is now an eight column folio
It is well made ~, is ably edited and on
the road to prosperity,
The people are somewhat puzzled to
know whether il was the seven year UNI
brella or the elegant experience which per-
sonated the calf at NubDins' dinner.
About all the laborers and stone cut
tiers on the Island will be Knocked off
to- night. and 10 about two weeks opera
tons will be entirely suspended for the
winter.
Rev. a. B. Alien, rector Of Trinity
church. held services in the Jail, this after
noon The prisoners paid STRIFE attention
aud seemed to be f;Iy impressed with the
solemnity of the occasion.
There was Z big improvement in the
- 1.u Ear
The past week things have been dull, but
to day ia. mers came 10 with corn and hay
which sold readily at far prices.
Each "a tue workmen III Re1wick
Shaw 4 Crosse;;' 5 say mill who is head OF
family, received turkey Wednesdsy
evening for /. Thanksgiving feast. And
SO forty turkeys were distributed among
the firm > employees.
Prof. Everett, superinte ndent OF the
schools. proposes getting up several lee
lures for the Benefit of the High School
The date of the first will be Thursday,
December l1th at Central Presby terlan
church. by Prot. David Swing. Subject;
Private Life of the Old Romans" The
admission has been placed at so cents and
~ reserved seats-frst come, first served
The c., B. & Q. railroad company
have recently bought seventeen locomo-
tives-seven of Manchester, and ten oil
Baldwin manufacture. Two Of them have
each four pairs of driving wheels, coupled
aud tWo-wheeled leading truck forward
They will be used for heavy freight trains
between Council Bluffs AID CFeston on the
Iowa Division.
The Burlington Haaoheye says:-"It
is very handy and very pleasant for every
body TO abuse the GROWER. Every worG
in a newspaper. which dosen't happen te
suit your particular notion, is a growl.
But it is wonderful that few people come
| to newspaper Office with an item that
they are very anxious about, unless it is a
good word for themselves. or an abusive
word for somebody else, And they all
like to read iIl-patured things about some
other fellow.
The c., r. l. 4 z. passenger train,
due here from Chicago at $50 Wednesday
evening, did not arrive till midnight, de-
tanned by the collision of couple of sec
tions of freight train near Joliet The
first section, mostly composed of cars filled
with live stock, halted near a switch, and
the switchmau was sent back to signal the
second section to stop. He didn't go back
far enough, and the consequence was that
the engine of the approaching train ran
into the rear of the first train, breaking
up six cars badly. and killing forty or fifty
hogs. The engineer and firemen of the
humping locomotive jumped from their
cab, and were not hurt. though the en-
CINE was pretty well demoraiized in front.
We request all mothers to stop using
Laudaoum for their Babies. and use DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup, good medicine. 1t
cantains nothing injurious.
Prof. Samueis the optioian who is at the
Rock Island House.sis going to remain
until Wednesday, and all those suffering
from weak eyes and wishing them
Str0nPt heDed with his oiasaes will find hin,