The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-31
MOLINE,

ffDI. -. '. WltteF Is very SICK. Dr.
Vessel is in attendance,
President Cralle is hard OF work reno
/ vating thoroughly the rink building.
Men are busily at work today cleaning
street crossings, much needed aid to
| pedestrians.
Forty gasoline lams out again last
night. 1t seems the nuisances won't work
when mush needed.
Lottie NJ. Proceus having resigned, Miss
Jennie Hull is engaged as teacher in our
schools to fill the vacancy.
| All The excitement about the postofiice
is over; that article from the Times set
tied it permanently.
A. r Bryant has returned to his desk,
after an absence of several days on BUSH
ness for the III oline Plow Co.
John Wixon, the livery man, is al his
| office today attending to business, much
! improved in health and appearance.
Miss Moile Shoemaker has returned
from six months sojourn at Eureka,
Nevada, where she has been visiting rel,
| atives.
j. NJ. Christy. the cracker man, now
| owns the Jackson horse and buggy. 1t
cos. him about 5000. This ends the
| famous series Of law suits,
o. A. Gilbert, from Green River, was
in town today. and reports B. j. Stafford,
| supervisor of Colona township, Henry
county. very How. But little hopes are
| entertained of his recovery.
The Turner's will present every scholar
in their school u present and lunch on
New Years day. The parents of the
children will assemble in the school
room in the evening for social converse
and recreation.
Mr.. Miles OReilly, from Dublin, Ire
land, registered at the Peal hotel yesters
| day, and is stopping there. He is n very
intelligent and highly entertaining old
gentleman. His anecdotes fresh from the
| ''oud sod" keeps the table in roar.
The furniture from the rooms occupied
by Chas. Jackson is being removed this
morning to a place designated by S. s.
Davis. Mr.. Jackson, it is said. will
soon be at his old business as travelling
salesman for Moline house.
Mrs. Catharine C. Wheelock, long an
| invalid. died yesterday. She was born in
Milford. Mass, March IA. 1914, and
| moved from New York, where her hus>
band died. to this city, eight years ago.
| OF her children, Everett Theodore. Lucius
| and Mrs Horace Anderson, reside here,
Jerome at Minneapolis, and VIM. Elmer
at Mimic. Dakota She was respected by
all her acquaintance. much honored and
| beloved by her family. who tearfnlly la
ment their great affection. The remains
were accompanied to the graveyard from
her late residence 1907 Fifteenth street,
at 2 p. IN. today. by large coucourse of
sympalhizing friends.
The Moline Republican Blaine paper
says it talked Tuesday to nearly every
business man in Moline and received the
gratifying assurance that the trade of
this year has been considerably in adj
vance of last years sales That the
shops are busy, that the revenue OF bus
mess which has been in progress some
months In the east has reached this Sec
tion and that an era Of prosperity is be-
ginning" This is truly gratifying intel>
ligence. considering the source. Some
months" ago every republican sheet in the
land predicted general stagnation of bus>
mess and the utter decentralization of our
manufacturing interests, in case the
democracy became triumphant Well.
they did come into power some months
ago, and their advent Immediately re-
| vived business in the east and made trade
here this year considerably in advance
OF the preceding. Sing brethren.