The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-06-04
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c., R. I. Il. P. R. R. occurs to-day,in Chi
cago.
The expenditures of Scott county from
January LIST, 1873, to June LIST, amounted
to $52,742.S3.
By vote of IL to the Chicago School
Board has resolved to retain Free Trade
textbooks in the schools
Dunn's Hall, Moline, has been rented
by the Druids, and will cease to be used
as place for public entertainments.
About forty dollars worth of tools were
stolen from Goulds furniture factory, in
East Davenport, on Thursday night. The
thieves were tracked across the bridge.
A farmers team ran away, over the riv-
err, on Tuesday. struck lamp post, broke
it, and in its fall il hit bystander, an en-
ploye of Krack & Wohlenberg, and broke
his leg.
A FIRE occurred at the old camp McClel-
Ian grounds, over the river, on Tuesday
morning, by which Thomas Allen lost
about 81 100. Insurance $500. Claus
Bertram also lost some $500 to $500.
There are burglars about. An effort
was made to rob the houses Of Thomas
Cochran and L. +. Leal, over the river.the
other night, but both proved failure.
Look out for burglars and shoot them on
sight.
The Gazette speaks well of the concert
in the Bishops church last night, and is
especially complimentary to Mrs. Hol-
combe, Mrs. r. c. Smith, and Mr.. c. r.
Chamberhn, of this city and to MIR. Ian
eashire, of Moline,-t organist. The
concert melted about $500.
Gen. John A Tillson, Republican minor
ity Representative from the Thirty
| Quincy District, has offered his resigna-
ton to the Governor, who has accepted it.
He has been appointed United States col
lector by the President. An election Il
fill the vacancy is to be held on Nov. i.
There are sixty-eight national eemeter-
les in the United States The most costly
one is at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The
largest one is at Vieksburg. 1t contains
100 graves. The Nashville cemetery
contains 10000: Chattanooga $4,000
Memphis 1900; Anderson 1900; Fred
ericksburg $4,000: Arlington 10000, and
SO on.
Thousands of people visited the Shuet
zen Park, in Davenport, on Sunday, the chill
I dren of the German free school holding
their annual festival there. The day wa.
very fine one and it passed away very
pleasantly. The children made fine ap
pearance on parade, the girls dressed il
white, and the boys in linen clothes witt
red or blue sashes The street cars wert
crowded all day, and several extra one.
had to be put on TO accommodate tht
! crowds
The ceremony of browning the Virgin
took place at Ste Marguerite : Church
Davenport, last Sunday evening. Long be
fore seven o'clock the church was crowded
and there were not less than a THOUSAND
people present. Miss Mary A. Lillis, a
Queen of the May, crowned the statue
after which she passed among the congre
CATION, taking up a collection for Sunda
school Father Roles, Of Rock Island
delivered the address. There were pre-
sent, also, Father Travers, of Keokuk
Father McCabe, of Wilton; and Father
Fiayin and Cesgrove, of Davenport.
The terrible shooting affair related i
our telegraph columns has an interest I
people in this State for the reason that tn
mother of the young man was the daugf
ter the only one, we believe of that elC
quent Wing member of Congress from II
inois thirty years ago, John j. Hardin
- who fell calamity fighting at the head ,
his regiment at the battle of Buena Visit
in ls47, So the son who has just take
r his fathers life was a grandson both {
: Chancellor Walworth and John J. Hardin
! and was thus eminently connected on bot
r sides.
The Union continues its opposition {
i competition in purchasing county supple
This was to be expected but the Supe
. visors are generally in favor of buyin
where they can buy cheapest They ar
s also, ,since Krell made his speech admi
I ting that he had promised county patrol
n age in order to get his election in favor
r putting an end to all further chances f,
a political corruption by giving everybody
h chance to put in proposals and then bl
e where they can buy best. OF course the
e cannot do this on every article wanted, al
!, it will perhaps be sometime before Il
s new system will work smoothly. Exp
o rience will correct any errors there may
in it.
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