The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-10
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
-Wintorisb Weather to-day.

Market Square was pretty well filled
to-day, mostly with teams loaded with hay
and wood.
Our hardware merchants received
notice to day of another advance of Is
cents per key on nails,
Mr.. Harper has erected new bill
board on nth street opposite the post Of
fee, Wylie & McCune's corner.
A goodly number of Rock Islanders
intend taking in the Grant boom and fat
stock show at Chicago Wednesday. -
j. NJ. Christy worked up 50 barrels
of -four into crackers to-day. Mr.. Christy
is about 500 barrels behind on orders.
The Heitharends-Ren case was
finally tried before Justice Hayden and
resulted ia the discharge OF the defend
ant.
A week gone by aud nothing official
from twenty counties in New York. This
looks as if the Republicans. were trying to
doctor the returns.
Travel on the c., r. T. & P. doomed
again on Saturday. the western express
being compelled to take on another sleeper
at Davenport.
"A number of naptha lamps were
burning all of yesterday. Ga Saturday
night when they ought to have been burn
ing, they were nearly all out
C. Seventeenth street between 7th and
e.h avenues, after night, is one OF the
darkes. thoroughfares 10 the city The
city ought TO erect lamps up that way.
The Cambridge company, Go. T.. Of
the l4tn Battalion is to be mustered into
the service on Nov, 19th- Capt. Halves
of the Rodman Rifles will be the muster
ing officer.
John G. Stimmel formerly OF this city
is chef operator in the Telephone ex-
change t.St, Joseph, Mo-, There are
$50 subscribers. and John has four boys
under his charge.
Everybody should attend the Bowers
Thompson entertainment at Harper s
Theatre, Thursday evening. 1t will be
| frst-class. Reserved seats now on sale at
Wylie & McCune's.
The new lumber shed, of the Moline
Wagon Co., about as complete an one as
has been built 10 this vicinity,is completed.
The mammoth brick smoke stack OF
Deere l. Co.'S is iooping up.
The Uaion likens the aldermen to
balky mules and advises them to pour sand
in their ear aud chaw some OF the same
aeIectable substance And still! those
refractory Gocncilmen are silent.
On Saturday evening j. NJ. Chrlsty' $
horse and buggy collided with buggy
containing Milt Brown and another per-
son. a twisted 81 oke. broken rein, and a
dilapidated shaft was the result.
Efforts to change the place for the
sale of reserved seats for entertainments
have resulted in Wylie & McCune erecting
bulletin board at their store, facing on
ll7th, street.-the best place 10 the city fol
billboard.
Tine lines Two souls with bat a
single thought. etc" have been changed
for the benefit Of the Un;on editors to
read
Two editorial souls without a. original thought,
Two sets OF brains that, combined, would no
| make one.
| The trestle around the G. L, L. Z
round house is about completed. To-day
workmer were engaged on the new track
at Brooks crossing. The q. E. |. u
track Is to be raised on level with the G
B. & Q. and the street cars will go unde
1.-The track at Gordon's culvert, and theI
along the north side Of Moline avenue OF
straight line to Moline The track vii
have to be laid this fall, as after the tract
at Brooks Crossing is raised, it will b.
necessary to charge the street car track.
John Wills is turning out some fint
work now, which reflects credit on hi
ability as workman. He has done th'
painting OF the street cars for the pas
year and has done some foe work on them
Cars Nos. and are now in the shop AMI
ready for delivery. The work is first clas
aud the Cars lock as good as new. TIL,
painting was done by U. M, Within ant
the woodw by William Baumanp, frs
CtdSS HOI III tudb iIuCs w HIS HAS tUFuet
out several very fine specimens Of worl
lately which ought to aid in securing hiu
increased custom.
The Rock Islander abuses Mr.. P. L
Gable because he raised the miners wages
and thereby deprived the editor of th,
| Organ of an opportunity to make Nationa
votes by abusing the monopolists and pic
turing the sclavonic condition of the labor
ing man. Perhaps the miners, however
who reap the benefit of the advance, viii
be more likely to thank Mr.. Gable for af
fording them an opportunity to earn bet.
ter wages. than to abuse that gentleman
to crafty the personal malice of the editor
of the R0ch Islander Perhaps. if Mr.
Gable would subscribe for the Roch
Lslander.the ancient editors opinion would
be changed.
On Saturday news was received by
Mr.. FL. e. West. that his wife was lying
at the point Of death. Subsequent dis
patches, however. stated that she was
better and to-day news comes that she il
im proving Mrs West has been absent
for some time in St. Louis. for her health,
and has been better and worse at times
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