Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-31
TURNING THE LEAF.
Make Some Good Resolve To
Night.
The Death of the Old and Birth Of
the New Year at lie O'clock To-
Embellishments of 1856.

The new year will be welded to the
republic at IL O'Clock tonight and from
New York to San Francisco the new
couple will be greeted with an ovation
unequaled in extent. The ceremony will
occupy brief space of time. but viii be
witnessed by countless multitude of
people. In churches and in drinking
places. in luxurious parlors and in almost
roefess cottages, by people high and low,
rich and poor, pure and vicious, happy
and desponding, idler and toiler. will
alike witness the glorious nuptials.
Whether for good or for evil none may
guess, only hope. Hope for wider
good to all mankind. for wider spread
of charity and decay of malice; hope
for forgetfulness of the dark and un>
pleasant features of the past, and hope
for happiness and prosperity for all in
the future. No matter what may have
been the misfortunes which old 1886 may
have brought, no matter what train of
unfortunate events that one short year
may have brought, tear of regret will
be dropped as his tottering form. against
which all doors are turned seeks the only
road open to him. to the cemetery. Yeteven
as the midnight bells are tolling for the
dead, the merry chimes will ring out, for
the newly born will be welcomed by good
resolutions for the future. as a new and
spotless leaf is turned in the astronomic
calendar
LOCAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR
Locally speaking, 1886 has been quite
memorable year, the principal events
being the death of P L. Cable, at San
Antonio Tex. May 81; the death of
John Deere. May 10; the death of D. c,
Dimick, of Moline, May 90; the death of
Hiram Cable, of Davenport, November
90 the death of Hans Timm erman, an
inmate of the county poor farm, Jan.
4; the subsequent trial of the aged Sam
uel Robertson. father of the steward, for
the murder, and his acquittal; the murder
of Express Messenger Nichols, on the
morning of Saturday, March 10, between
this city and Chicago, and the escape of
the fiends with $4,000; the killing of
Grant Buffum by his chum, Harry
Brookman at Andalusia, April IL; the trial
of Brookman later for the murder. and
his ac9uittal; the departure of the Rod
man Rifles for East st. Louis. April %,
and the company's service there during
the great strike in the month of April;
the mysterious death of Mrs. Della
Boettger, who was thrown into the Mis-
slssippl river from the government
bridge July 81, and the holding of her
husband, Joseph Boo tiger. who is still
awaiting trial, for the crime; the meeting
of the Society of the Army of the Ten
nessee in the early part of September,
and the visit to Rock Island during that
week of Gen Sherman, Gen. Logan, Gen.
Belknap, Judge Gresham, and other dis
tinguished personages; the fall election,
resulting in the triumph Of the democ
rscy in the securing of T S. Silvis for
sheriff and John Schafer, Jr, for Treas
urer; the horrible bloody murder of
James Jackson By Geo Erbst, on Market
square in front of Given 6 Bells saloon
on Christmas night, and of the capture
and incarceration of Erbst. The impor-
tant events which have occupied the at
tention of the public during large por>
ton of the time; the attempt of the city
to properly regulate sanitary matters,
the rebelling of the butchers TO having
their business rightly guarded, the test
ing of the matter in the courts, and the
first steps in the proceedings being
Judge GIenn's refusal to dissolve the
Huesing injunction on the city abattoir;
the building of the Union street railway
between Rock Island and Moline after
great deal of opposition, and the reduc-
ing Of the fare on the old line from ten
cents to a nickel.
A GLANCE AT THE FUTURE.
Of the future none can tell; we can only
take indications for what they are worth,
ard in Rock Island we believe they are
worth good deal, and that before 1887
passes in its checks in favor of 1888, we
will have the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific car shops, a union depot, driv,
ing park; in fact, a genuine boom, such
as the locality has been waiting for for
some time, aud which --ffi surely come i
i. onip s--sSafa start;
no ssn0 1FE HAPPY.
Pat Gary is, because he is deputy mar
shall.
Mai. HAYES is, because he is still post
master.
Louis May is. because men will smok
cigars.
David Don is, because stoves are hand
Just now.