The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-15

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See inside for real estate sales.
The new billiard hall at the Harper
House opens this evening.
p. T. McElherne's yacht Modoc was
found and tied up below the city.
Back water at Milan on Rock river is
five feet high, and all the mills have stop
ped running.
John Aster will receive the books of
the oyerseer OF poor this evening, and en-
ter on the duties of the Office.
The private social hop given by the
young peoples club at Ellis's Hall, was in
every way an enjoyable affair.
The members of Charity Grove No.
80, A. 0. U. d., will give private social
party at their hall, Tuesday evening.
The members of the Modoc Base Ball
Club will meet at Mechanics Hall,
this evening, to reorganize for the coming
season.
The new awnings put up by L. Simon
& Co., at the Rock Island House clothing
store. are neat. and furnish the desired pro-
lection from rain and sun.
Chief Engineer Thos. Bolman, it is
said, will call q meeting of the firemen of
the city for next Saturday evening at the
Court House to elect an assistant chief.
The Peoria & Rock Island is still
stuck in the mud, but will be all right in
few days. 1t is no worse off than the
Iowa division of the c. R. /. & p. R, R.
The fast line between this city ard
Sterling brings US Chicago papers about
an hour ahead of the c. R. |. & p. The
| Sterling seems to be "the only reliable"
| just now
Capt. L. S. Rasmussen has left Moline,
and, be it said, for Moline's good. As
professional dead-beat he is ''equalled by
few and excelled by none Atlantic Iowa,
is the place to be pitied. Moline ReuieU.
! The Chicago Tribune calls the Inter-
Ocean the ballot box suffer and thieves
organ pretending to be Republican pa
per-" and says 1T is doing what it can to
produce a division in the Republican
party.
The exemption of the Rockford road
from the disasters and delays of other
roads is due to the fact that, under Supt
Loosley's management, last summer, deep
bitches and water courses were made all
along the line.
If Monday is passably pleasant there
pitching match to be given by Isaac
Nichols on Monday. He has engaged two
hundred pigeons and arranged for varied
Sport, and it will be regular field day.
D Hamilton, travelling Photographic
artist who has often been 10 this city, anG
who is remembered in many places in the
state on account of his scandalous perform
ces was shot and killed recently at Ian.
caster, Mo-, for seduction, eopement, etc
B. D. Buford l. Co.. will ship thei
implements for the exposition at tn,
centennial Monday or Tuesday The!
t will be open to the inspection of oul
, citizens Tomorrow afternoon when tn,
firm will be pleased to have all their friend
call.
The train for Chicago, over the c.. R
|. & 2. K, r. which should leave at S:2C
A NJ. did OF leave yesterday or to-day un
til 2 P. NJ, That read is greatly blocked
| with mud in the cuts in Iowa, and Road
$ master Breckenridge has some 200 to 3O(
! men at work clearing the track at various
!, points. 1t will be all right very soon.
! A remarkable casualty occurred OF
Monday at Minneapolis. 1t is the custom
to cut channel in the river above the
falls OF st. Anthony, 10 let the gorge ice of
4 long line is sawed and the ice dislodge,
by dynamite cartridges placed under the
ledge at the end Of a long pole. II. M
COSTELLO, frse-lighter. had been attendin!
20 his duties as usual on yesterday after
noon. At 0'ciock u cartridge had Jus
been discharged, when one of the workmel
r called out to COSTELLO that his coat was OF
n hre. The unfortunate man had fv
quarter pound cartridges in his pockets
= ready fused. aud well knowing the danger
Z attempted to throw off his coat and es
L cape, but his efforts were in vain. TIL,
1 FIVE cartridges exploded with fearful power
= blowing Costello to pieces, crushing in tn
chest, and throwing the horribly mutilatc,
:. corpse several feet away on the ice. Sin
e gularly, none of several workmen standin,
I near were Injured