The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-29
MOLINE.

The public school exercises yesterday
were well attended and the recitations
well received and elioited genuine ap-
plause from all assembled. Vacation is
announced until Sept. 18th.
Charlie Hanson, the courteous proprie-
tor OF Freja Hall will give a grand free
lunch tonight. Charlie popularity is too
well known to need comment, and this an
nouncement Is sufficient to ensure full at
tendance.
Last night burlarious entrance was at
tempted at Moreys drng store. The
parties, whoever they were, raised the
window in the rear but In doing so some
glass leaning against the window was
broken soaring them of. Officer Olsen
was promptly on the ground but up to this
writing no arrests have been made. It is
supposed that the robbers made their es-
cape down the railroad track and hid in
the woods on the bluffs. The promptness
of Officer Olsen cannot be too highly COM
mended.
Last evening Officer Olsen put a
stranger in the ca,aboose under suspicious
circumstances. He was wandering around
the town in drunken condition and not
being able to give an account of himself he
was taken up. This morning he was
released by Marshal Wells on promise to
leave the town. If our marshal would
cause these wandering Migrants to be fined
occasionally it might have a tendency to
free our city of their presence. There is
entirely too much leniency shown. Ii
they have not got the money let them take
a few lessons in the art of reducing the
size of large rocks.
The school children we're out in force
} Decoration Day, but there was very
) small representation from civic societies
The Moline band headed the procession
The Moline Plow Works, Deere's Works
First National Bank and other buildings
were gaily decorated in honor of the day
| Chas. HanseE's Freja Hall was handsome
4 ly decorated with evergreens and fags,a
: our city presented a lively appear
ance. Several farmers were in towr
giving it the appearance of a genera
> holiday. All the school children were sun
piled with flowers, land presented fine ap
pearance. The turnout was not as larg
as last year, and great many expires
themselves as disappointed. The fact is
that politics and funeral exercises don
mix
9 Our people are fond of the artistic, an,
in our midst We have number who low
the fine arts. Cognizant of this fact H. [
Q Ross, of Davenport, came here week age
I with what he called choice collection Q
chromos. Being of magnanimous dispC
: sition and animated with desire to pre-
> mote the taste of our inhabitants he rente,
a vacant store on Main street, and to facil
itate his sales employed j. Raisly the cele
o brated auetioneer, whose fame spreads ia
J. and wide, to elucidate on the artistic mel
e its of the works of art presented for sale
u -Four dollars night Ia sacrifice on j
d Rs part was the remuneratio
agreed on for the eloquent lecturer of tn
t. evening. To better attract attentio
I. honest John" was engaged who rang tn
e bell vigorously and in stentorian tones ar
l. nounced the sale. Crowds gathered to Ii
It ten to the eloquent illusions of the au
10 tioneer and invest good money in tn
purchase Of the artistic specimens place
before them. All went we'll unit
! Il the fourth night when the collie
= ton began to diminish, but Raisle.
u u with his confding disposition suspecte
= - nothing and left the scene Of his ardu0l
e. :, labors to rest on his dowuy couch and ri
>" inmate on the events of the morrow. II
morning dawned bright and beautiful al
0. Jake was INDUCING in quiet nap, in ha
er Ply forgetfulness of the events to transpir
g, when 10 rushed the bell boy to announ'
a that the artist with the pale brow an
d, classic features had left the city for Il
o, corporations benefit. Hurriedly Raisl,
e. hitched up his best horse and started
pursuit of the fugitive. He overlook hi
or at Brooks's Crossing, and went with hi
ng to Davenport, but he only got $6.l5 inste;
be of SIC and now Mr.. Raisley says pictu
oh men are mighty oncartin." Our eli
he clerk didn't get any license either.