Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-08
BRIEFLETS.

Mr. G. NJ Osborn. of Chicago, is in
the city on business.
Sheriff Nat. Leonard. of Scott county.
is very i'll with pneumonia.
VIM. Adams, for many years ship car
penter on the ferry Spencer, has given up
his position.
Go to the rink next Tuesday evening
and witness the test of speed on roller
skates. Ii will be very interesting.
Leonard Stevens, of Moline, was
brought to st. Luke's hospital yesterday
and is in critical condition with pneu-
monia.
The Industrial Home committee met
last evening and decided to open its
third annual exposition at Arm org hall,
April 8.
Three mile race in three heats at the
rink Tuesday evening, Feb. II; fouI
amateur skaters of Rock Island Admis.
sion Is cents.
The Black Hawk Building and Loan
association made eleven loans at its meet
ing last evening. aggregating S13. 700 at
a premium of 2s3 per cent.
~, 81,
is in the city today in consultation with
Maj Mackenzie concerning new bridge
to be erected at St. Paul the coming
season.
The gates at the Twenty fourth street
crossing are all in place, and only await
the arrival of the wires for connecting
and operating them. They will be in
running order the first of the week.
The signal service thermometer regis
tered 8 above zero this morning. the cold
wave heralded by the black flag yesterday
afternoon putting in its appearance in
good shape. The temperature is ex-
pected to go about zero tonight and to-
morrow a rise may be expected
Justice Cooke yesterday fined r.
Schwecke 50 and costs for throwing P
H. Daum out of his saloon on Moline
avenue. Schwecke paid his fine and then
had Daum arrested for abusive language.
The squire this morning imposed a fine
of 50 and costs ON Daum and sent him to
jail in default of pay ment.
The directors of the Rock Island &
Milan street railway did nothing at their
meeting yesterday afternoon with regard
to the injunction preventing the pro-
posed transfer of the road except to place
the case in the hands of Hon. E. W,
Hurst. with whom Mr.. G. L. Walker has
become associated. and they will argue q
motion to dissolve the Injunction as soon
as Judge Glenn can arrange his business
to hear it.
Mr. Harry H. Petit, son of MIR. W.
B Petit, is now in New York, where he
has secured good position in an archi>
tect's studio, and is putting in his even.
ings attending the Artist Students
league. Mr.. Petit has natural gift in
the direction of art and painting which
he has but to cultivate and improve, to
make his mark in the world, The ARGUS
hopes to see him win the success his tai
ents promise to give him.
The ARGUS, while gratefully acknowl-
edging the many compliments that have
| been made by farmers throughout the
county on its reports of the Congressional
Farmers institute held in this city this
week, which were regarded as the most
complete, most reliable and most inter-
estiHg published, desires simply to state
that it is its mission to afford such infor.
nation in such manner 1t neverthe.
less appreciates the manifested recegni.
| ton of this fact
The New York locomotive works OF
Rome, N. Y, will probably move to St
Louis. The concern employs 1900
workmen. All the large railroad con.
struction works are coming west. They
are so thick in the east that they crowd
esch other. They recognize the fact that
the great Mississippi valley must furnish
them steadily growing business They
| find, the strong demand for their produc,
coming more and more from the western
states, and that they naturally want &c
| get as near their market as possible. -
| Davenport Democrat. Gazette
The recent warm change in the weather
has proven great misfortune to Port By
ron. The st. Louis company that had
begun the erection of gigantic ice house
in the upper end of town. became dis.
couraged at last and on Thursday begar
to tear down and ship the lumber else
where. When they located this plan
there was reasonable prospect Of goot
ice and the field in front of their location
is said to have been fine one; but tn,
weather changed and was follow by I
change in ice prospects. Pressure from
above forced the ice about here, th,
channel was finally broke open and sine
then there has been no weather coli
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