The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-04

Additional Notes Regarding
the Storm.
The Two Runaway Boys are re-
claimed by Parents.
Police News, Personal Paragraph
and Other City Items.
THE STORM.

OF the roads and only an occasional train
has attempted to make trips
The G. r. Is P, train due here yes
terday morning did not arrive until last
night at $50.
The G, B. A. O., train which started
out yesterday morning had the run and
return. which it did. last evening. ALI
trains on this read are, for the present.
abandoned,
The G. nj. & St. P. started three en-
ginss and a snow train to-day ind will
clear the track to Savannah-or try to- for
| it ia a hard lob, the snow being from to
10 feot deep.
The c. .I&P. sent oat train for
Chicago this morning at III O'Clock
aud when heard from it was making good
progress. A train also left this morning
from Chicago, and without some unfore-
seen accident occurs, will reach here some
,ime this evening. The C., 4, [. Il P
train out this morning is the only one thus
tar which has made any headway.
The Rock Island & Peoria snow train
which Iefl at y. m yesterday with three
engines, was snow bound between Orion
and O.co, all night. The snow was up to
the locomotive stacks SO that some idea
can be formed of the drift.
The track on the Mercer County r. Il i,
ia impossible. In some places for mile,
there is an unbroken drift six feet deep,
A coal train, or more properly four cars
of coal drawn by two engines, reached
here from Coal Valley to-day.
The Mercer County r. r. train which
lor Ridge at 10 p. no. and could go no fur
Their. Three engines are working pas
sage from Gable. and it 10 hoped travel
will be resumed in day or 20 without
interruption.
POLICE ''PICKINGs.
| Louis Beahns. was drunk and disorderly
and very insulting in his language at the
saloon in Killers Block. Officer Miller
hauled him 10, and Justice Halves, fined
him SIS and costs.
John Doyle. for drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct. was fined IS and costs by
Justice Halves. He promised to pay the
18th. and gave security aud was released.
James O'Hearn and Albert Kinnegau
got into a quarrel over some work at the
glass works, during which Kinnegan hit
O'Hearn on the head with hammer
James McGarvey tried to settle the mat
ter between the men. that is he stepped
lak
arrived was arrested. and be and Kinne-
gan taken into custody. The trial occurred
before Justice Cooke, and Megarvy, of
course. was discharged. Kinnegan. how
ever, was held in sum of $500 bail to
answer the charge of assault with deadly
weapon Bail was furnished by bis
friends and he was Get at liberty. Officer
McCabc made the arrest.
This morning the brother of Mat Moo
nan. one of the runaways from La Sale,
captured by Officer McCabe, arrived here
and took charge of his brother. and Wal
ter Charley, the other adventurer, and
left for home to-day. He told Officer
McCabe he was much obliged to him"
but he did not cffer any further reward.
The officer had considerable trouble to
capture the boys, and he deserved better
reward than mere thank you"
PERSONALS
3. j. Swain, Of New York. J, A. Will
son, Rural, and w. G. Townsend. Detroit.
are at the Harper House.
W. L. Cleveland. Peoria. r. w. Coatss'
Bloomington. John D. Scott. Dsnvillo'
Fl. W. Flowers. Edgington, A. B. Hutch
inson and Hetrego, OF Orion. are at the
Rock Island House.
DR.. Q. Tegeler, who was so severely
stricken with paralysis few days ego, 10
able to be about the house and improving
daily. Tbis will be good news to his many
friends.
Strauss the waltz man, will visit the
United States during the coming Summer.
Mr.. Miller. the new Senator from Cali
fornia has taken the Washington resi-
dence of the late Fernando Wood.
1t vas Connecticut minister whose sal
airy was 1925 q year and half the fish he
caught"
Lieutenant Schwatka is writing q book
about his Arctic experiences, He is
guest Of General Hancock. at Governor
Island.
mir. Edgar Boneparte. son of Colonel
Jerome aud Nine. Bensparte. will be ap-
pointed to fill one of the two vacancies
now existing at West Point"
Lord and Lady Campbell are coming
from Ottawa. Can, 10 see Chicago They |
will start on Friday, and may go through |
to the Pacific coast.
Marie. the late Empress of Russia. had
fancy collecting prayer books. and had
great many of them at her death. The
Gear has distributed them among the |
various regiments at st. Petersburg. to be
preserved in glass cases in the regimentaI
libraries.
One of Cincinnati's eldest citizens ia dead
Mr.. George Graham. He delivered
the address of welcome to Lafayette, in
1925: was the founder of the city's water
works and public schools, and one Of the
prime movers in the Louisville Canal.
Frodrick William Dax;s bandsonalv-