The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-12
No police cases to-day.


"A sudden change of weather last eve
ming made thick clothing necessity.
The Father Matthew Total Abstinence
Society ball last evening encourages the
managers to persevere with their excellent
organization.
The tack factory at Rockford is capa-
BILE of turning out 5000 tacks per minute.
This institution is said to be the only one Of
the kind west of Pittsburg
Scholarships for first class business
training can be had at the Bryant Il
Stratton Business College," Davenport,
and pupils can enter at once upon their
studies.
Refreshments all sold early at the
| Central Presbyterian church sociable last
evening. The box Office showed $50 en-
trance tickets sold. ALI of which shows
gratifying success.
decentralization school picnic to-
morrow afternoon. The procession
starts from the school room, Mrs. Cobb's
building, opposite the soldiers monument,
about o clock in the afternoon.
| DR. Plummer has received notice of
his appointment to attend the centennial
celebration at Philadelphia next year as
one of the delegates from the Illinois State
Medical Society to the National Medical
Association.
Mayor Barnum declares that he will
prosecute the temperance work in Bridge
port, Conn, until the iquor-dealers squeal
And yet Snowman Barnum rents his hip.
podrome in New ork to Pat Gilmore for a
beer garden.
: H. S. Rich. late confidential railroad
employee of Columbus, Ohio, who abscond-
| ed on April 26 defaulter for $1,000, was
arrested at San Francisco Thursday. on a
requlsition from the Governor of Ohio.
AT the examination before Esq. Crop
per, Dick Forsting testified that he was of:
/ fered cigars by those who burglarizeC
e Both's saloon and that he declined them
whereupon Jim Buckley said Take EN-
! you son-of- -b-h, you amt going to have
i any chance to squeal on US.
0 The assembly of school officers, teach
i ers, pupils and invited friends, at Judg'
: Spencer's last evening, was an enjoyable
= one, and an agreeable time in chatting o
school matters. ETC., was the result. Re
freshments were served by the class of u
:, in pretty waiter custome.
Il Thomas and William Kelly, the Tex
as thieves who stole jewelry and othe
valuable property last week from Postmas
ter Cars residence, in Galesburg, LII.
pleaded guilty Thursday, land were sentenc
- ed to three years IN the penitentiary. Th
; 1alesburg city marshal traced them t
Chicago, and recovered all the property.
Yesterday afternoon an ARGUS repor
y er noticed, at Stubbs Eddy, the tow-boa
70 Victory with seven barges of lumbe
:. and two of grain. The lumber was towe
. from Lacrosse, and came from the Wi:
% consin river. 1t is new way to transpol
. lumber, on the western rivers, but it
rs claimed that, counting time, ETC., it IS tn
10 cheapest and safest way.
Ie On Tuesday, the sth, Thomas J. Gil
h with Mary v, a IA year old daughter
1e J. H. Adams. proprietor of the Adam
e. House, indianapolis. They arrived ;
ty Dayton, O., and upon the oath of Gidec
ID Mills, of that city, obtained marriage
o. cense, and were married. The father
ey the girl arrived at Dayton yesterday, al
RS had the entire party arrested tor perlur
Sc Tits expected that the ST John Lod,
Fir No l3,of Peru, ILL.,, with brethren fro
S. La Sale and Ottawa, will make visit
st. Rock Island, the Arsenal, Moline, and Da
or export on St. Johns Day, the Oath, inst.
H. is said that Col Flagler will, if the excu
g. sionists come by special train, permit the
lb- to run their train to the Arsenal, and thu
ar inspect the works. The brethren of Il
cir order in the three cities, will, no dout
in take measures to make the visit of the
ass brothers pleasant aud agreeable duri
no their stay,
ay The four girls, daughters of fami
III named German, from Georgia, fath'
ue mother and other members of which we
or- brutally murdered by band of Cheyen
III, Indians, while travelling across the plal
W. of Kansas, last fall, have now all been
covered. The two younger of the captiv
were recovered last winter, and the t
elder ones were brought Tito Fort Lev'
worth yesterday, The four orphan siste
who have been captiyes in the hands Of
he savages. and very brutally treated for 81
yht eral months, are now together in the to
ria. and will be sent to their friends in Georg