The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-09
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

18th.
The Davenport Pottery has suspended
operations for the season.
The Milan distillery will be ready to
start up in few days.
Al Thompson of the I little Gem,
had 70 persons for dinner to-day.
MIR. Fl. p. Beattie. late of the Phoenix
Mill. Davenport, has leased -four mill at
Toledo. Ohio.
The paper mills at Milan are running
their full capacity and still they are behind
in filling their orders.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Boyer lett yes
terday for Dalton, Ga. where they Will
remain during the winter.
The Rev. Mr.. Ciapp. of Cheyenne,
has been engaged to assist the Rev. b. T.
Barnard. Moline. in his pastoral work
The United Order Of Workmen,
throughout the country, pay about SlI9'-
900 per month to the heirs OF deceased
members.
The funeral of the venerable Mrs.
Bridget O'Brien. of Davenport, took place
yesterday, at St. Mays church, and vas
largely attended.
& w. II, Ross is doing 6 lively COM
mission business. nowadays, Billy is a
widesawake. energetic young man, and
deserves success.
Capt. Chas. Durham aud corps istt
this morning, in skill. for Aadaiusia, to
make some surveys 10 that locality. The
party will be gone some two or three days.
Levi f. Harsop. Circuit Clerk. eject
has filed his bond, 10 the sum of $4,000,
with the names of Phil Mitchell, A. q.
Dart. William Jackson and Wm n. Gost
as surieties.
John BIeuer has added two French
horns to his orchestra. and you can rely
on il, that when occasion requires, you
will hear from them Bi,uer's band both
brass and s'rirg, furnishes good music IA
every and all occasions.
So there is to be contest between
Logan and Storrs, as 10 who shall be
Grants right hand man, aud who shall
be the leader OF the Republicans of Hi.
nois The party will fall to pieces before
the next four years are half past Bur
!ingtoqs Argus.
johnson county, Iowa, is one Of the
four counties in Iowa, which gave Dem
oeratic majority-it is always Democratic
and this time gave Hancock over 200
majority. Hon. John p. Irish lives in
that county and he holds the party well
together. Democratic strong holds in
Iowa, are like oasis in desert,
Mr.. Ben Harper received six eases of
wine this morning. tho result of a bet on
Garfield. The loser is gentleman from
Dubuque, who responds thus early and
pays his bet The wine is, Mr., Harper
says, very fine, and tho six cases worth
about sos, The label on the box reads
"For Garfeld-Ben Harper, Rock ISL
and"
The Des Moines Leader says that
1.-THE day is coming when the monopolsts
will bitterly regret having sprung the
tariff question in the heat OF campaign
That is just tie one thing free traders
have been long locking for. Conscious o1
the strength of their cause they have been
waiting for az opportunity to stir up the
public mind to an earnest study OF the
question"
Iowa is awfully solid. It's majority is
nearly $4,000 Ii it were 4 southern state
it would be damned, The organs would
point to that overwhelming najoriey as
full, incontroyertible evidence that only
one side was permitted to vote. No ex-
pIanation would be taken. The 10000
would be Iowa's condemnation, But il
Iowa had poled half million more votes
than she has it would be all right, for Is
not Iowa Ioy&l?- Chicago Times
Chris Schreiner, wife and daughter,
leave for New York, next Monday evening
where they will take passage for Europe,
visiting Germany, and the ''old folks
whom Mr.. S. has not seen for thirteen
years. They sail on the 18th aud will be
absent two OF three months. or loager
The many friends of Mr.. Schreiner and
family wish them q pleasant voyage and
safe return. During his absence Messrs.
Newton aud Hansen will attend to all
orders 10 his line.
"A new comet is reported advancing
toward the sun, seen with glass in the
constellation Pegasus Where is Pegasus?
There are tour stars forming square
seon at evening above the two bright stars
in the east. The two stars are Jupiter
and Saturn, the stars from what is known
as the square of Pegasus. The congtella-
ton extends far west of the four stars.
One of the four stars belongs to the
constellation Andromeda. Alpheraz is
the upper half of the easterly ones.
Andromeda reaches toward the northeast
in the DIRECTION of the line of bright stars.
Algenib ia the one below, while Scheat,
above and Markab below the squire The
comet is west of the square of Pegasus.