The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-09

of ice slowed away.
There was an abundance of hay on
Market Square to-day.
Ice is quoted 10 St. Louis at SIS so for
Did and 81 so for new.
The Republican county convention
will be held tomorrow.
Ice cutting proceeds briskly. and some
Of the ice is of fair quality.
John Goodman, has been cutting ice
below the bridge for ]. S. Gilmore.
The arrival of little girl, is causing
Major Buford to receive congratulations
The fue weather of yesterday induce
a great many people TO go oat walking
The river is closed at the saw mill and
ice was running very thick near there to-
day.
Mr.. o. j. Dimick leaves for Chicago
this evening, on an important real estate
transfer.
The bridge travel on Sunday was
very heavy. many people being out taking
an airing.
The Rock Island Paper Company,
which shut down for repairs, resumed
business this morning.
The A. o, U. w. of Iowa now num-
bers 10, 900 members. an increase of over
1000 in the last year.
The Chicago Church Choir Co. played
Pinafore in Davenport, on Saturday even
ing, to a very fine house.
AT the first Baptist church, last even
ing, the ordinance of baptism was admins
tered to twelve candidates.
Capt. W. G.. Morris went to Anda-
lusia to-day to replevin lot of goods for
the Davenport wooden mills,
New and popular sheet music just
resolved at ". W. Kimbalrs Branch store.
Call and hear sSam" play it.
j. E. McKibben mourps the loss OF
one of his 6ue express horses It died
Sunday from case of lock Jaw.
Geo. Wagner will have his ice houses
filed With ice to-day, sufficient for the
season. He has now about 600 tons,
Last week 0Eer ope hundred cars of
steel rails passed through over the G.. Il
r. /, & 2. for the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Rev. ]. r. Miller of the Broad
way Presbyterian church, preached in the
Central Presbyterian church last evening.
The Touring mill OF Weyerbfeuser d.
Caughey, at Coal Valley, has shut down.
1t is not known whether il will START up
agaio or not.
The Davenport Democrat says there
are more inquiries for real estate ,tan
since 1878, but everybody wants property
at way down" figures.
The Rey. DR.. j. r, MilIigan OF
Princeton, preached yesterday morning ID
the Central Presbyterian Church. and in
the evening ir the Broadway Presbyterian
church.
Dealers 10 cigarettes in Moline held a
meeting the other day and decided to ad-
vance the price of cigarettes TO 20 cents.
They have been selling at Is and los pg
money by SO doing,
A heavy collection of mail matter all
along the line of tie peorja road Sunday
and Monday makes it necessary for both
mail agents to run on Mondays train. 1t
is more than one man can handle very
comfortably.
Some mischievous boys set fire TO the
grass in front of Bailey DaVenport's resi-
dencs CD Sunday afternoon, and then
wanted to go aud ring the fire bells The
fire burned up to within short distance
of the house before it vas egtinguished.
-Warnock & Ralston's big team came
very near running away this morning.
They were tied on the west side of the
post Office, when q newspaper was blown in
front of them. and they started, but were
caught By Frank Higgins, before any
damage was done.
"A delivery wagon with one wheel
z me. drawn By terribly frightened horse
was scene on Third avenue to day The
amin Al plunged along the street at ter
rife gait until it reached oh street, when
it turned the corner, and when last seen
was making a three minutes gait for
Milan.
"A ivy hdmSA Willie
near the men who were filing Enleb's ice
house, on Saturday afternoon, caught his
hand somehow 10 the pulley and had two
fingers badly mashed, One finger W az
severed near the upper joint and second
nearly cut off at the second joint, DR.,
Garter dressed the wounded mem bers and
the boy at last accounts was doing we'll.
County Clerk Donaldson to day
issued the following marriage licenses:
Otto w. Moore, of Rock Island, and Miss
Mary L. Tally. of Moline; Clarence W.
Hanna aud Miss Alice j. Tinsman, of
Zuma; Peter A. Lundahl, of Henry
county, and Miss Christine Pearson, of
Moline; Alfred FL. Urban. of Beaver
Falls, Pennsylvania and Miss Matte
Apple bee. of Rock Island.
The discourse by Rev. A. B. Allen,
last evening. on Charity" was one of the
finest efforts that gentleman has yet made.
Speaking. as be did. extemporaueously, be
was very eloquent and his theme DIS
cussed in masterful manner. The
choice language in which his remarks were
and the impressive earnestness
Of the speaker, exacted the closest atten-
ton from the large conprepalion nresenf