The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-22
MOLINE.

RGAll our churches were we'll attended
yesterday.
Bag The city is overrun with tramps
and men looking for work.
BaM Magistrate Swander reports civil
business in his court as being very good
just now.
HEWm. Schultz and j. B. Peterson
have taken out saloon licenses since last
Friday-making Is saloons altogether.
BaFThe river is coming up again, and
this morning gauged II A above low water
mark, above the dam, and 1919 below.
gg@The Boston Comic Opera Troupe
will give an Entertainment in Iimm Hall,
in this city, on next Wednesday evening.
BGHT To judge from the empty passenger
coaches ON the Rockford road as they pass
through this city that road is not doing a
very heavy business in that line just now.
B~Andrew Peterson, the man arrested
IN Kate Forsman's house Of ill-fame one
night last week is said to be one of the
best laborers which Street Com'r Shallberg
has.
S9~Quite a number Of our German citi-
zeas attended the pic mic In Warren S
grove yesterday, given in aid Of Prof
Roessler's German-Engllsh school of Rock
Island.
E@~Persons desiring fresh paints, oils.
ETC., will save money by purchasing them
at the Keator House drug store, j. w.
M1rey proprietor. 22dlt
@-I he Odd Fellows of this city have
decided to turn out in a body On decora-
tion day. The children of the Baptist
Sunday school, yesterday, agreed to turn
out also.
BI~Prof. Fl. II. Grover, of the board
of education, who has been confined to bis
bed for some months past with sickness,
has recovered sufficiently to be on our
streets again.
!, Bag Carpenters are at work on the
vacant lot corner of Main street and Rod
nan avenue preparing timbers for large
grinding shop to be erected this season by
the Moline Piow Co.
G-Somebody has removed the stone:
from the gutter at the junction OF Rodmar
avenue and Park street, leaving quite ;
large and dangerous hole. /. should b.
t repaired.
Z n9~The Congregational church will III
doubt be crowded to overhowing on mex
Thursday evening-the night of Hon
Carl Schurz's lecture on "Centennia
y Thoughts.
BayThe communication ln last Wednes
. days ARGUS signed Eye" has set Gu
people to thinking, and it occasions a GOO
0 many favorable remarks -3otwithstanGin
s the attempt OF the Reojeao to smooth owe
and wntewash the true facts.
R@Thc council, in body. this fore
noon. drove over the city and inspecte
the damage done to our streets by th
heavy rain of last Thursday. Thi
will give them better idea of the amour
= of money which will have to be expende
= to put them in good condition again.
h Bg-The platform at the graves of th
J. union soldiers on the island, OF Roc
d Island, erected by order of Col. ID. "
Flaglcr, to be used on decoration day,
now completed. and presents a fine al
pearance, although the architecture
r little heavy"
* B@A good may Of our citizens, who Il
4 Dor hard during the week, attended p
yesterday. The Rock Island and Aud,
* lusia packet, Louisa, Capt, W. II. Pierc
E. carried passengers to and from Il
l. grounds, doing good business Biehl
band, from Rock Island, furnished Il
music.
r B~The funeral of Mr.. Jehn Scho6el
who died of consumption on Friday for
noon, took place yesterday afternoon fro
the Methodist church. as announced
THE ARGUS on Saturday The sermt
was by Rev. VIM Collins Mr.. Schofie
was a member of Manufacturers Lodge
o. o. +. and about 100 members of TIL
ey order paraded in the procession, whit
was very long one. He was buri'
according to the rules of that order.
@~ Charles Martin, professor
ng languages general dead-beat-was .
" rested and locked ND on Saturday afte
Il. " noon by Policeman Olsen, he having be-
ne caught in the warehouse of Carpente
le Gould & Cos. tobacco factory, near 4
eI Rockford depot This morning Magistra
"a. Swander fined him So and costs, in defa,
su of which he was sent to work or the stree
ne for days He is man abou. 40 yea
m- old, good looking, whea clean, and
on master OF half dozen languages, a
"a could make a good living if he would VOL
on but he is too ley to do anything but {
% drunk.
- Ear All the commissioners CT hlghwa,
,al for the township met in the Office SAT-
mt day afternoon to consider the question
his the new Pleasant Valley road. The CO
or missionors had engaged Hon. j. 1. Brow
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