The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-13
BREvITIES.

out splendidly.
Bottom prices at Carse & Reticker's.
If
Croppies caught at North McGregor, are
coming into the city in large quantities.
Gents lotest style shoes at Carse & Ret
icker's. IF
The new swing bar to prevent the use
of the city scales as public highway was
put in place to-day.
The employees of the Coal Valley Mining
Company and the Rock Island and Mercer
County railroad, were paid off to-day for
last month.
A full grown cow taking a sleigh ride,
was one of the wonders of Second avenue
yesterday afternoon.
The Elm street hill was as smooth this
morning as the side of an iceberg, making
it at one and the same time dangerous as
well as an attractive place for coasting
A load of straw weighing 2, 400 pounds,
came over the river from Davenport this
morning and another is due this afternoon.
1t is cat straw and sells readilyfor $6 ron.
Mr.. W. A. Strong, of the Rock Island
Passenger department, left for Milwaukee
yesterday to personally congratulate Mr..
Lee, of the same road. upon his escape
from the fire.
Several runaways were started this after
noon caused by the slipping down of
horses but in no instance. so far as heard
from, was serious damage done.
The Clinton branch of the Burlington
road has been completed from Clinton,
Iowa, to Fulton, H., where connection
was made with the Northwestern and ST.
Paul roads. The line is short, but useful.
The interest in the week of prayer meet
ings at the Central Presbyterian church
has been so deep and well sustained that
they will be continued during the even
ings of next week until notice shall be
given to the contrary.
The coinage of a new scent nickel
piece was authorized yesterday. 1t will
be a little bigger than the present coin,
and win have female head on the face
and wreath and Roman numeral on the |
reverse side.
William Ferguson, who was found hang
ing on to telephone pole last night as if /
fearful of losing it, and who admitted this
morning before Squire Chopper that he was
''d-fool drunk" was fined 81 and costs.
The only death recorded this week at
the City Clerks Office, is that of Elise
Alien, five months and fourteen days old,
peritonitis. This report Is remarkable
when the great amount of sickness pre-
vailing is considered, but it speaks
volumes for Rock Island doctors.
To illustrate the wonderfully changeable
climate of this latitude: Yesterday after
noon the mercury going up and up until
toward evening it was like April weather
Warm enough to rain and did rain, and
within six hours thereafter old Eolus again
bore down upon US on the crest of polar
wave, and at an early hour this morning
so cold that half of the able bodied men in
town became so very sick that their wives
got up and started the fires.
A foreigner in sled of primitive con-
struction drawn by a wreck of white
horse, smoothly shod, made q most brutal
exhibition of himself this afternoon driving
down Second avenue. The poor animal could
scarcely walk but his brute of an owner
stood up in the sled and beat him over the
back with huge stick until he forced
him into a zigzag run. Had our police
seen the fellow he would have been ar
rested.
Last night was hard one On poor rail
,oad men Conductor Fuller's train on the
=. NJ. & St. p. which ought to have been
lere at 4:30 this morning did not arrive
ill Q O'Clock, notwithstanding the fact that
he train had a double-header, two
,ngines,) all the way from Milwaukee
snow. sleet and wind proved too strong a
for steam, iron and muscle to
overcome. The G. B. & O. train due
Ihortly after 8 O'clock did not get in till 10
o'clock, the cause of delay being the same
rs in the other case.
The weather prophets, local and general
must have consulted the substitute wealth
II clerk; in other words the regular one
must have gone fishing and some little
nipe who usurped hiss desk in his absence
must have given the meteorologists from | :,
Zen. Hazen down, fearfully wrong points.
But we notice that coal burns off Just as