Rock Island daily Argus., 1886-11-15
MOLINE.
Mrs. G. G. Thompson returned from
her visit to Cambridge yesterday.

her visit to Cambridge yesterday.
Moline Grove U. A. o. d. will give a
dance at PeaPs hall on Saturday. Dec. O.
The J. s. Keator passed down with the
last raft of the season to Davenport
about noon yesterday.
The Union hose company masquerade
ball on Saturday evening was success.
An engine passed east on the C.. X, I.
& P. yesterday afternoon hauling 30
box cars and the caboose.
Mr. Williams. of Williams White &
Co., starts for Fort Made, Florida today
to spend the winier.
Mrs. Huey, mother of John aud Wash
Huey, was very low yesterday, and all
hopes of her recovery are abandoned.
The local talent of the city give con-
cert in the M. E. church on the evening
of Nov. 90; proceeds to purchase an or
gan for the choir.
Today the Moline Plow company com
menced running 10 hours and the hands
are pleased at it. as their wages will be
raised in proportion.
The new stamped letter sheets are ex-
pected by Postmaster Gould this week.
Twenty-Five of them may be purchased
for 5S cents.
The motors of the Union street rail-
| way are transferred to the stables,
where they will be examined, cleaned and
made ready for use as soon as possible
The funeral of NJ. G. Lief, from 2O9
Sixteenth street, occurred at 9 p. m. yes
terday, and was largely attended by
friends and relatives.
Frank Gluesing will return to Wichita,
Kansas tomorrow, having sufficiently re-
covered from his recent illness to be able
to return to business
Charles Barnard. resident of Niles,
Mich, formerly one of the boat clubs
famous oarsman, is here on a visit to his
father, H. A, Barnard.
VIM N, better known as Uncle Billy
Evans. of South Moline, is very low He
is in his eighty ninth year, and much
troubled with asthma, and being very
weak is liable to sudden demise,
Alfred Williams, of Williams, White 6
Co, will spend the winter in Florida
He was there last winter, and was so well
pleased with the climate that he has de,
termined to return.
Dick Allen, formerly of Port Byron,
has moved to this city and brought his
stock Of fast horses with him to winter
them here He has engaged board for
them at the stable of A P Fisk.
Col. Hartzell, late president of the
Union street railway. does not intend to
leave Moline this winter He will have
all arrangements made to build the Clin-
ton and Fulton line in the spring, but
will not move his family from here dur
ing the time he is engaged at that work
The meteors did not make their aD.
pearance on Saturday night in very large
numbers, nor last night, either. These
weather prophets and meteor projectors
are becoming very unreliable. 1t is safe
when they predict storms to expect tiue
weather.
J. Z. Warren is introducing a book en-
Titled The Story of Manu- ii Labor in all
Lands and Ewes, by J. c. Simond and
ptb. lPttWtPit lth NHiGu a. 4 L q"
derly has written an introductory chap
ter. There are many portraits of promi'
nent men in the book He is also agent
for Rock Island.
Deere & Co. have Is large boxes, each
of which will weigh 500 pounds, packed
for shipment to Australia. They are also
preparing shipment of plows for 1ok-
ahoms, Japan. The Australian shipmeu
are all gangs They shipped last Friday
fifty plows of a special pattern to Hona-
lulu, one of the Sandwich islands
Mr.. Joseph Starsl, formerly foreman o
the MusCatine boiler works, is now il
charge of the shops of Mr.. Thomas Trum
BILE. He is an excellent mechanic, AM
has had large experience in conductin:
the boiler making business. He wa
raised in Muscatine. aud when be left, tn
Journal spoke highly of him as a citizel
and business man.