The Rock Island Argus., 1883-01-19

right along like clock work.
Coasting down the Elm street hill con-
tinues, especially after school hours. and
many horses have already been frightened
in consequence. One of these days a
coasting party may be badly broken up by
running into team on the hill or at the
foot thereof. The boys have been eau
toned enough. however. and they continue
the sport at their peril.
Nobody will be inclined to dispute the
assertion that this is fearfully cold weather
after having learned that hackman froze
| his cheek this morning. The unfortunate
| is none other than Patrick J. Cullinan.
When it comes to freezing the check of q
hsckman what hope is there for circuit
court clerks. lawyers and other innocent
people.
Mr. Harper has booked the Sargent
comic opera company for the evening of
Wednesday, the Gath inst. This is said to
besone of the oest opera bouffe companies
travelling and it is sure to be well received
here. Either the Chimes of Normandy
or "Rillee Taylor" will be presented on the
evening named.
This forenoon the ARGUS reporter called
at the Harper to see how Tom Thumb had
increased in ayoirdupois since he first knew
him, about thirty years ago. The General
was found comfortably stretched out on
two chairs in front of the CRATE FIRE in the
reading room and snoring till all the WIN
dows ratified. There isn't an Alderman
in Rock Island who can boast of the
rotundity that Tom Thumb can.
The latest retnrns made TO the Illinois
department of agriculture show that the
aggregate corn crop of the state for the
past year was 179. Al, 729 bushels, which
with the exception of the creps of 1881,
The average crop of the state for the pre-
ceding ten years is 224. 939, ,367 bushels, or
A 467, ,63S bushels more than the late crop
The quality of the crop, except in the
southern portion of the state, is much be
low an average. The corn acreage (7,471,-
95o) of the state is some larger than last
season. and the yield per acre a fraction
larger
Nice fresh oysters. at w. III. Beans
The following are the salient points in a
biographical sketch of the late Timothy
Dutton, received too late to be incorporat-
ed into the notice in last evenings ARGUS:
Born in Mortified, Mass, March %, 1905
Was united in marriage with Miss Adeline
Muvpor1 of Maze T.ro
daughters survive-Lucy, Mrs. Samuel
Woodruff) Hartford, Conn. and Adeline,
Mrs. Elisha Alexander) Mortified. Mass. |
Deceased came into Rock Island county |
Iune o, 1876; was elected justice of the |
,esce in 1889, and held that office for a |
,eriod of thirty-nine years. He was also
n service as school treasurer for the period |
# twenty-nine years, and seventeen years
S town clerk
Bulk oysters, at w H. Beams.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
lock Island Homeopathic Medical society
yas held yesterday afternoon in the Office
( DR.. W. A. Paul, with the following
AIMED in attendance: Doctors w. A.
'aul, A. M. Pelham, c. B. Kinyon, John
letter, Rock Island; NJ A Rowland and
III. Miller, Moline, and R. f.. Baker,
avenport The officers elected for the
lsuing year are as follows: G. d. Kin
on, president; FL. G. Shouse and NV.
orter, vice presidents; W. A. Paul, secre-
ry; J. FL. Miller, r. f. Baker and C. G. |
illsbury, censors. After adopting a reso
tion in effect that it 10 conducive to good
orals and health and is more convenient
nerally to abolish recess in the public
hools in all grades above the third, the
ciety adjourned to meet in Moline on
April 10.