The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-05

Special meeting Of the council on
Monday evening.
The county clerks Office 10 now sup.
piled with Bell telephone.
The Bishop divorce tease resulted 10
a verdict for the plaintiff, Mrs, Bishop.
-Geneseo 10 greatly alarmed at the
prevalence in that town of scarlet fever.
The Sunday School children and
their teachers of Fifth Avenue church. had
a Jolly sleigh ride this morning.
The Land League will meet at
Norris Hall to morrow Sunday at l:30
p. M. sharp. Full attendance requested,
Rev. j. S. McCord. on account OF
severe illness in his family. has been COM
PEELED to abandon rivival services at Fifth
Avenue church.
-Aledo has been intensely excited over
case Of varioIeid, the afflicted family be.
ing fenced 10 by the city authorities
while SIS per day was for some time vainly
offered for the services of nurse,
"A special meeting Of the fire depart.
ment is called for this evening at the
Wide Awake hose house. to take action
relative to attending the funeral of the
late Thomas Yates. formerly chief of the
department
AT Viola, en- the Kei,hsburg branch
of the &, B. & Q, the Aledo Democrat
says that ESQ, 600 bushels Of corn are now
cribbed. the cribs measuring three-fourthl
Of mile in length, and 30O,00 feet oil
lumber having been used 10 their con-
structiou
From the Kewsuee Independent We
learn that it has taken total of 2 299 cart
to do the freighting business Of Kewsnee
for 1880. OF this number 1852 cars
were shipped out as follows: Grain, AS
live stock, $50; coal 665: of home manu-
features and miscsllanous freights. 90
The cars of freight received during The
same period were GIL.
The death Of Charles Walker, for 81
long time agent o. the Mercer County K
r, at Reynolds, occurred yes,,1day ard
the funeral was had o-day, A special
car was placed at the disposal of all who
wished to attend the funeral by Mr.. Gable
and left for Reynolds this morning Mt Oils
o'clock. Deceased was one of the most
Trustworthy men Ia the county and bis
death is universally regretted. Spina
meningitis the cause,
Two entries in Taylor Williams mines
driven up to the line OF Capt Twins land
have vain of coal FIVE feet thick, and oil
good Equality. At present Williams is
putting out sixteen cars of coal per day
when cars can be had He employs
about one hundred miners and their pres
ence makes the villages-esembls old times
in activity. Tuesday rlenty::of cars were
furnished, but previous TO that time there
was trouble in getting them Gcneseo
Republic.
On Tuesday of last week q white Nc an
was convicted of fraudulent voting in
Georgetown county, South Carolina, and
sentenced to two months imprisonment
besides, fine of $40 and costs. which
amounted to $242. L would be hasty
reasoning to compare this with the case of
fra udulent voting in Galva last fall by one
of the Great Del:verer" firm. which has
gone unpublished; and then assume that
the purity of the ballot box is more care
fully protected in South Carolina than in
Illinois. Galra Journal.
The Conn Haney" lecture at Darts
Hall, last evening. was largely attended
and was brilliant discourse from first to
last The lecturer is fne looking man.
very precise in his language, and fine
orator. His inpassioned eloquence last
evening was at times grand. He possess
es the faculty of holding his auditors
completely. and has an excellent voice.
He was vocifsrously applauded at times
and gave general satisfaction. The hall
was we'll filled and the speaker had the
closest attention. He is a native of
Eureka. ILL.,, and enjoys the reputation of
being one of the most polished orators IN
the west After the lecture remarks
were made by Hon, NJ V. Cannon. Rev.
Father Nackin and others, and on the
lstser's motion a vote of thanks was
rendered to the speaker of the evening.