The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-23

Belle, with RATS. passed down yesterday
afternoon.
| The Helen Mar. passed with lumber
rafts,o of fourteen strings. for ST. Louis. at
5 SOP. M. yesterday.
The Minnie Ell. came down this morning
from the Chippewa river and left on her
way to st, Louis at 1890 A. n. She was
loaded with baled hay and had some pas
sengers. Her ultimate destination is Fort
Benton at the head of the. Missouri river
The Diamond 10. left Muscatine an p.
N, to-day, and is due here at P. M.
.. The Josephine. is due down this even
ing.
The Annie, is due down to-morro"
morning. She left Dubuque this morning
at o'clock.
The Arkansas is now due, having lett
Clinton at 8 A. NJ. to day.
TIE Clinton is due up this evening, hav-
ing left Burlington at A. M to.day.
The St Croix, with raft for Davenport {.
arrived down at O'Clock this morning.
The petition for mail service to be es'
tabIisbed between st. Louis and ST. Paul,
which is in the hands of Mr.. g. Fl. Spen-
Ger. has received ninety nine signatures
of leading merchants aud other
citizens of this city. and many more
have promised to sligo. Similar petitions
are being numerously signed in all the pos
tai towns along the route.
In the Keokuk Northern Line
war ehouse here. there are sixty
three barrels of whisky awaiting
shipment up the river, and ten barrels
down. With the exception of twenty five
barrels from Louisville. KY. the whisky
is from this point, and the whole repre-
seuts an estimated value of over $4,000.
The Beaver with tow of ice barges
arrived up at 2:30 this afternoon
The steamer Arkansas had hard time
of It in Lake Pepin Sunday night. As
she pushed ont from Lake City. the Pho
ueer Press says, the heavy wind took he r
broadside. and in the tough Of the waves
she became unmsnageable. The water
swept oyer her guards and over the barge,
and for some minutes she was In decid-
eddy critical situation. The passengers
became alarmed..and the captain tried to
induce them TO go upon tue barge, but
they refused to do so, fearing they would
be blown into the lake. Luckily she
veered around so that the pilot took her
back to the landing, where she stayed un
til Monday afternoon. The tow boat,
Minnie H., was s'also roughly treated By
the same storm; she couldn't be handled
at all, and the anchor was thrown over
board-and after 400 feet of line had been
paid out, the cable snapped close to the
steamer, SO that anchor and line, both.
were lost. When she made Lake City
next morning, the crew were exhausted.
The steamer Josephine. received
large party of Dubuque ladies who take
trip to St. Louis-among them Mrs.
A. j. Littleton. Miss Maggie Little
ton Miss Jennie Lewis, Miss Fannie
Stout, Mrs General Hodgson and daughter,
Mrs. Thos. Marin. Miss Mamie Nsirn. Mrs.
Henry Kingman. Mrs. Fl. l.. Huff. Mrs.
Wm. Wellington, Mrs. WIN. Andrew.
Mrs. Charles Brayton. Mrs. VIM. West
phal, Miss Jessie Weigle. aud Mrs. j. NJ.
Griffith, At Burlington they will be Join
ed By a goodly company .of.: ladies. from
that city.
A letter from..Eau Claire to gentle
man in Davenport says that the Chip
pewa has been rising gradually since last
evening, FROM the effects of the copious
rain of Friday aud Saturday. and if the ice
in the upper lakes has moved. there will
be fair. though not clean drive. No re-
liable news from the remote tributaries
has been received since Saturday, when it
was reported tina. the ice was gradually
weakening and the tributaries at good
driving stage"