The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-06
MOTIFS HERE AND THERE.

The weather to day was the coloest
OF the season.
The Fifth avenue Church soclabie
netted 800 profit.
The Rock Island building ASSOCIATION
meets to- morrow evening.
The Peoria merchants are doing
lively business. -They advertise.
The ice harvest is going to be splen-
did crop from present indications
The locomotive 6remen give their
annual ball at Armory Hall, Dec' 18th
A gentleman from Port Byron says that
ice there is fourteen and 10 some places
sixteen inches thick
For hogs, in November. Messrs VAIN
wright& Mccall. of Port Byron paid out
the sum of $2l, 1921.
There were two runaways on.oaturday
afternoon, and one about ] O'CLOCK the
same evening. but no one was hurt.
Bret Harte, who is now United States
Consul at Glasgow, tScotland, is about to
resign and come home on account OF III
health.
Officer McCabe captured a couple OF
colored tramps on Sunday night, with an
undue share of clothing il their possession
They were locked up 70 await develop
ments.
Mr.. j. Kirby, was presented on Sat
urday with a fine gold watch chain, as
token of regard, by the employees OF
Williams, White & Co.'S shop. where he
was, until few days ago, foreman,
The wife of Tony Pastsr, the variety
actor. is described as having the face OF
! blended Marguerite and Madonna so
gentle. refined and sweet-the kind OF 4
face that women fall IN love with"
The fourth annual ball of the locomo
tive fremen of Rock Island and Daven
port, willtake place at ArmoTy Hall, on
Monday evening, Dec. 9th. They pro
pose to have al enjoy able affair for all
present.
Mr. J, J. Kirby. for the last seven
of Williams. White & Company, left this
morning for Clinton. Iowa, where he takes
the position Of Superintendent of, the
Union Iron Works of that city.
The Trinity church fair which will Sc
held Dec. 5 and 10, promises to be more
attractive than the last, which was con-
sidered fne one 7 he ladies of Trinity
generally succeed IN their entertainments
and will in ;his.
Attention is directed 10 the ADVERTISE
sah
appears in this paper Tho special sale
of veiyets new IN progress includes some
of the finest styles ever shown in the
three cities.
josie" Mansfield. who achieved
potoriety as being the woman in the
case" when jim" Fisk. Jay Gould's old
partner. was killed by Stokes, came to
the surface in New York the other day
long enough to be witness 10 a sdivorce
case.
The winter 3oIk-packirg season COM
menced on the 1st utimo, since which
time Chicago packers have slaughtered
and sailed 100000 hogs. against 94l 900
for the corresponding period in 1879 and / !"
Ol0,428 in 1878. Thus far the present
packing season in Chicago exceeds any OF
its predecessors.
DIR. 4. w. CantwelI, of the Davenport
Beard Of Health. DR.. W. D. Middleton Of
the American Public Health Association,
and DR.. Robertson, of Muscatne, Pregi-
dent Of the Iowa State Board Of Health
left for New Orleans Saturday morning tc
attend the annual meeting of tho National
Health Association
Miss Nary Anderson will begin an
engagement ct Ha7erly's Fifth Avenue
Theatre on the 18th Of Dect u Der that will
extend through the holidays. During the
FIRST week she will play "Egadne" and
''Ingomar." and subsequently 'lon,''
''Meg Merriles." The Lady of Lyons
Romeo and juliet" The Hunchback, =
Love" Macbeth" The Daughter OF
RolaDd."
Moline Lodge No 1913, J. o. o. T.
held its election Of Ulcers for the comiDe
six months on Saturday evening, with tie
following result; Ed. Cumpson, N G.;
/ W % SIuDFs " W A. nay, Ia q W
| A. Meese, T s j L. Taylor, T j. D.
Long Simon Hirsch, Il, Mapcs. ID. N.
Mabie aud J II Holt were chosen trus
| tees
1t is rumored that the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railway Company will
| soon proceed to build line from Eigin,
via Lake Geneva, to EIkhorn, 10 tap the
SUN mer passenger traffic and the cxten
sive ice freighting at Egin, Dundee. Crys-
sal Lake, McHenry, Richmond, Geneva
Junction and Lake Geneva. The distance
is fifty three miles.
Hon. Horatio G, Burchard' the
United States Director of the Mint, esti-
mates the domestic production of gold for
the year at $50, 900 900. and of silver It
So, 100000 The total coin in cireu-
lation and bullion available for DintaAe
is PLACED at 1912 03 SOB, of which amount
three fourths is in gold.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
local bran.h of the Irish Land League
was held yesterday afternoon, at Norris
ball. Several new members were added
&, the roll, and from those present it was
learned that there yvilI he nur1 her of