The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-08
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The foggy weather continues.
-Washout news is now in order
The ice business is suspended.
Bad weathersfor lung diseases.
The fog cleared off towards after
noon.
No police business before the Justice
Courts to-day.
The grand jury will make their report
to the court tomorrow.
-Haverly's Colored Minstrels will per-
form here on the 18th inst.
The business of the circuit court is
being expedetiously pushed.
No further damage hos been done by
the ice to the freight houses on the Levee
So far the general health of the city
has been good considering the state Of the
weather.
Fannie Mays Partisan Folly Com
pany. appear at Turner Hall on Jany. 9
and 10.
Mr.. Thos. E SCHNEIDER. has number
of men cutting ice for him near the Diam
oud 10, freight house.
The stone ballast of the demolished
piers of the coal chutes is being loaded in
railroad cars for removal,
The concert of the 18th Battalion
Glee CLUB. at Milan to night. will be
attended by number from this city.
The ice caught two barge, one loaded
and the other unloaded, laying at Weyer-
hauser 4 Denkman's mill and carried
them down.
The officers OF IDEAL Ledge n. COS.
I. o. .. 2. as already given were install
ed ontW ednesday evening. The ceremonies
were private.
John A. Stevens, The U0kaown,
intends visiting Rock Island again IN
April. He will have "a rousing reception
when he comes.
The bad state of the roads has pre-
yented number OF witnesses who had to
appeal before The grand jury, from being
CD hand promptly.
two white horses careering around
the market at Seventeenth street aud
second Avenue, attracted considerable
attention this moraing
john Caravan and Dave U!am, were
tried before Justice Hayden last evening
for disturbing the peace aga fgl.ing, and
were fined So aad costs each.
-There IL considerable sickness III
Rcck Island. TIE weather il bad enough
to create any auou1t Of sickness. The
wonder is there is not more oft.
--Thy ice On jhc river continues 80 run
oa;. hat the hisa state Of walor which still
continues ut ;il:s poi9': would Indicate that
there is a gorge somewhere belug.
-Cho grand Jury raet this morning and
visited The jaiI. 10 ether business, rot
finding the witnesses e hand that were
wanted, an acj ,Gr8meat was made till ?
p. N.
Capt. Robinson's ferry boat house on
the levee has been propped up and got
ready for carlking and other repairs by
force of men under Foreman Cameron.
The river is so high in the south
channel of Rock River, near Johnston's
dam, that the high water mark is hardly
discernible, 3 .e:Gt kna only, marking the
place.
Captain e. II. Currier, Of Company
A, Fourteenth Battalion, / n. G. has
resigned his command. and the same has
been accepted. An election 70 Gil the
vacancy viii DE held Jan, l4;h.
The wcrk of the sewer for draining
the property O: Mr. Fries, which was COM
nenced yesterday, IrDta The car track to
tbs riger. is pro2reoslus fuely, and the
blasting .: rock ~aa being done this mcrn
ing
The Keokuk and Northern Line
Packet Co. s wharf boat has been propped
Up and made secure against any sudden
action OF the ice which is around it and
may take place by q sudden fall of the
river.
The ice has not all run out Of Rock
River yet. but has occum ulated in such
quantity es to force the water on the dam
of the Milan Paper Co, compelling a stop
page to day, and probably entorciRg shut
down until Monday.
Il his morning Deputy Marshal Black
burn weat by train to Rapids City, to
serve notices of foTcible detainer on MIR.
Taylor Williams miners, who have struck
but still retain possession of their dwell
ling. Twenty FIVE notices were served,
From the opinion Of the best legal
auIhorities.it appears to be he imperative
duty Of the chairman of the board of sup
ervsors to call an election for county clerk,
without delay. Chairman Taylor does not
want 20 act hastily. but as the law is man
datory. he will no doubt call an election at
an early day.
The Rev. j e. Miller will conduct
the prayer meeting at the Baptist Church
this afternoon at 2:30 clock, Tho meeting
of yesterday afternoon was led by the
Rev, Geo. r. Palmer and the attendance
was good. The meetings in the various
churches 10 the evening were well attend
ed, although the weather was disagreeable.
The Central City Stove Co" have
finished the work of enclosing their cupo-
la, which makes u servicable compart-
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