The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-08
Coal was plenty to- day and found ready

Coal was plenty o-day and found ready
sale.
Parsons, o-night, at the Congregational
church. Look out for fine intellectual
treat.
The board of directors of the public
library meet this evening in regular ses-
sion.
Barney Gamble paid 81 so to Police
Magistrate Swander, yesterday, for dis
turbing the peace of John CRUDE Con-
stable Turman Young made the arrest,
Capt. D. q. Reid takes an original view
of the Seven Modern Wonders" 1t will
pay to hear the 'Nimood'' tell you all
about it. The explanation is rich, rare and
racy.
The Moline Turner's society will have
a gymnastic perform aDce at Timm's Hall
on Sunday evening After the entertain
ment supper and dance will constitute
tho balance Of the programme,
The Swede boys arrested for stealing
chickens aud sundry small articles from
various persons, were up before Police
Magistrate Swander, to-day, and discharg-
ed on promise to do better. The boys
were pretty we'll frightened.
There will be services at all the churches
Tomorrow morning, by the regular
pastors. In the evening union temperance
services will be held at the Congregational
church atwhich Miss Frances E. Willard,
of Chicago, will address the congregation.
Last evening two employees of the Moline
Plow Company, in the moulding shop, got
into dispute which finally got to blows
during which one of the parties, named
John Downey, was struck over the head
with a shovel inficting a severe cash
Herschel Calvary, the one VINO committed
the assault, has not been arrested but
probably will be tonight, The cause of
the quarrel and particulars attending it
will be fully developed at the trial which
will take place before Police Magistrate
Swander.
The Entriken Claim.
There is undoubted authority for stat
| ing that unless the council allows the bills
of Harwood and Wright as directors of
| Riverside cemetery, suit will be commenced
to recover. 1t does not seem plain how
the payment of these claims can be avoid
ee after allowing the Entrikin bill.
| : Mr.. Harw' o !, who was one OF the con
m:ssioners OF The old board. OF which W.
j. Entrikin was secretary and trea urer
says that the old board did not agree to pay
Entrikin $3.50 for such services; that $3.50
was the amount agreed upon, and that
| the extra 500 is for services as director
that if Entrikin is entitled to pay as such.
so are the other members of the board auG
that he intends to push his claim and make
lit,
THE ARGUS. at the time Of the passage
of the Entrikin bin, stated that the coun-
cll had committed a most egregious blum
der; that they had established precedent
that would validity the claims OF all others
of like nature; that there could now be nc
manner of evading the payment Of the
other directors, etc. 1t was also stated by
THE ARGUS that the claim Of Entrikj1
was for double service; that his manner oi
wording the bill made no material differ.
encc so long as the ground for the claim
was unchanged. 1t was of course perfect
ly right and proper for Eutrikin to get hi,
bill If he could, bat if his claim is Just ST
are the others, and the council having
blundered cannot avoid the payment oi
the others, By this means the city is on,
nearly il not quite S600-pelhaps more
whereas had that body deliberated more
carefully different result might have
been reached, 1t unfair to make fish OF
of one and fowl of the other, and now thai
the precedent has been established the
council is bound to pay, and it cannot le
galy eva1e paying the claims of Harwood
Wright and Gould As the case now
stands it is only fair that they should b,
paid, Otherwise let the Entrikin bill b,
reconsidered. 1t is the only way out o
the muddle which hasty legislation ha
entailed