The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-23
Tom and ] cry are in toRn,

om anu y CRY are In C0Wn.
Tho weather is moderating to-day.
Have you secured Jour Thanksgiving
turkey2
The banks will be closed on Thanks
giving day.
1t is expected that the ice harvest
will soon begin.
--Chas. w. O'Neil. Esq. is going to
make Chicago his headquarters until
spring.
The ice made move this afternoon
about O'Clock, caused by the ice on the
rapids coming down.
There is to be festival at WATERFOWL
| this week for the benefit of the Baptist
church of that place. The Hampton Glee
Club will be present.
Miss Mary Anderson has purchased
Cymbella organ from Mr.. Bowlby's Har-
per House music store. and ordered 1t
| shipped to Long Branch.
The following Davenport hackmen
have taken out city licenses from this
side r. Porter. two; Lorton Bros.'John
Hill and Fred Weise. one each.
"A. W. Hard Frazer, editor and pro-
prietor of the "Campaign Democrat,
Morrison ILL.,, gave the ARGUS friendly
call to day. What do you known
The churches Of Milan intend to have
united Thanksgiving services in the Meth
odist Church, the Rev. Geo. b, Black OF
the Presbyterian church officiating.
| -Marshal Miller has received letter
from Des .Moines saying that the safe
blowers arrested here have pleaded guilty
but that sentence has not been pronounced
yet.
The new school house at Ham 1ton is
approaching completion, at least the BRICK
work is nearly finished and it is expected
the building will be ready for occupation
in few weeks.
james Paddock. the burglar, who
escaped from the Joliet peDitentary some
time ago and was reeaptGrea, tsif:i ;ha
same thing over again the other day. lie
now wears ball and chain,
The Rev j. s. Mabie, formerly pas
scr of the First Baptist church, this city
but now stationed at Rockford, will nice,
his old congregation at 20 a. ID, on
THANKSGIVING day and give them talk.
The. little son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Wulf, and also one of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Butcher, both under three years of age, die
yesterday. The funerals of both took
place this afteFnoap fFop the respective
residences
H. &. Fullerton. of Hampton, and w
Fl. Cary. Of Carbon Cliff, reached home
to day from near Virginia City,where they
have been with the Alta Montana Mining
lCo, They will rema ain here during the
winter and return TO the mines in the
spring. Mr.. Lew CARY, who is at the
mines, will remain at the shaft during tbs
winter.
This morning as ons Of Tom Yates
plumber was turning the corner of Esd
strest and 9th Avenue with wagon. The
horse gave sudden jump aud upset th'
wagon. The driver held on TO the roini
and prevented a runaway. the oni;
damage being done was that the driver
was bruised little about the right leg
and the harness somewhat broken up.
The venerable Capt. Isaac Denike
aged 102 years. passed away at his home
in onkers. n. Y, on the morning o
election day. before the polls were opened
He was a sterling democrat and his las
wish was that he might live to vote fol
Gen. Hancock. He had not left his room
since April, but expected to be carried II
the polls. Frequently as he came ont of 4
stupor. he enquired whether it was election
day and seemed greatly disappointed wber
told it was not. His death vas of old age
every organ in his body being wors oct.
The Davenport Democrat of the 22t
ags:-Soet coal advanced one cent pei
bushel to day, or 25 cents ton. and The
tendency is still Spgsrd. The miners are
striking in some places. there is a scarcity
of miners IN other places and altogether
there is a poor outlook Hundreds o.
miners have gone from this region tC
Colorado in the past two years and there
is great scarcity of experienced hands
| as IoE auLHid eites LsieIe is picbty VI IL a.
1.-THE mouths of the mines. bat the Penn,
sylvania and other eastern railroads dc
not furnish cars enough to comply with
demss8G. The railroad companies west
from Chicago are doing all they can to in
duce the eastern companies to do some
thing to relieve the coal famine and it is
hoped that for humanity's sake, they will
be successful Ten and eleven years ago
the average price of soft coal here was l6
cests per bushel. and often Is and 20
cents-and it iso't likely that these figures
will be yer reached this season.
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