The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-18

The council will be in special session tt

The council will be in special session to-
morrow evening.
Keator's mill shut down to-day owing to
scarcity Of water. AS soon as sufficient
supply can be obtained they will resume.
WANTED. -1 900 pigeons, by the Moline
Gun Club, at % cents pair. Apply to
John Healy, Hubbard's corner, Moline,
illinois. I2-d&vlw,
Welsh, the Indian doctor, died last even
ing at 1925. He has been the recipient
of township favors for some time. Yes |
terday his horses were sold to Harwood x |
Fisk BY Ezra smith, the overseer of poor
The funeral takes place tomorrow at 10
o'clock. He leaves wife, but no children.
The funeral of Henry Green yesterday
afternoon was largely attended, there
being forty buggies and carriages in the
cortege A beautiful wreath of flowers
presented by ID. V. Witter adorned the
coffin. The ceremony was unusually
solemn and impressive. The remains were
buried in Riverside cemetery.
| The water main question should be fully
considered and promptly acted on, The
necessity for better protection against fire
is admitted by ALL The Mason plan should
be adopted by the council and measures
taken at once to put the plan into practi-
cal operation. 1t is earnestly hoped that
our city fathers will not pass over this sub
ject lightly. 1t is altogether too impor-
tant to be allowed to shoulder. The peo-
pie are watching this matter with more
than ordinary interest and the result will
be carefully noted.
The shooting match yesterday afternoon
on the bluff, was the most exciting one yet
held and was witnessed by number out
side The regular members of the club. Two
sides were contesting Jno A Healey,
Doc. Morey, S R Porter, A Alday and S
I Walker, against A Fish, James First,
G Reese, Wittick and Wolf The dis
lance was 81 yards rise. 81 yards boun-
Diary. Capt. w. q. Morris was chosen
referee. and Peter Munger end Henry Fair
clough judges. Some fine shooting was
done, especially by Healey, who shot
; birds out of I, the match finally resulted
in victory for Healey' side by score of
% to 18. After the match friendly
shot took place between some of the mem
hers of the club which resulted in G Reese
, being awarded the first honors and A AL
day second. Last evening the members
, of the club partook of supper at Timm s
/ Hall which was at the expense of the los
+ ing side. Another match will be held soon.
Yesterday wild pigeons were used, it seem
ing impossible to get tame birds at pre-
y sent,
The supper given to the members of the
a Moline Gun Club, last evening, was one o.
the most enjoyable affairs of the season
and reflects credit on Capt Timm who su
perintended the bill of fare, and also speak:
we'll for the spirit of generosity that act
: uated Capt. JnO, A. Fish of the lOsinl
: side. The banquet was held in Capt
z Timm's hall and the table was loaded with
: everything in the culinary line, prairie
chickens, quails, meats of all kinds and il
tact everything of an edible nature was or
e the tables and heartily enjoyed by the ia
e vOred few who were present. The exer
:; cises were of a jovial and interesting ma
! ture and reflected credit on the partie
= having the matter i'll charge. By unani
l. nous request OF those present Capt. Do
Reid offered up prayer which was full o
+ pathoS( \ and sentimentt?) most Of thos
, present being quite surprised to learl
: that the Capt. could be so devout in hi
/ exhortations. After prayer, the merry
e making commenced and toasts and speech
es were the order of the evening. TIL
= musically inclined were called on and res
:, pended by singing some favorite ballads a
IL hands joining IN the chorus. The seric
IS comic effusions of H. f. Thomas, the sho
:" merchant elected rounds of az
j; plause, while the poetical d
: carnations of Geo. Lee convulse
l. those assembled with laughter, Cap
". &. Norris was called Oh for song an
J. sung the Star Spangled Banner in spler
Of did style. 1t was really consoling to hea
), the roar of the British Lion extoliug tn
qualities of the American Eagle. Tn
y, quiet and unobtrusive Sam'l r. Porte
p showed that he had musical talent of IA,
k, description, while the jolly John A. Fis
sang in splendid style. Doc. Morey wa
not to be exempt from the exercises Of tn
&c evening and his stentorian bass aided tn
= GLORIOUS of voices singing Taken altogett
10 err it was one Of the pleasant occasions
l nf the season, and when the wee SUI;
ba hours" arrived all hands departed for the
NC homes with pleasant recollections of Ii
occurrences of the evening. Truly it W.
an event long to be remembered by thos
We who were fortunate enough to be presen