The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-21

Dimock, Gould & Co. commenced run
ming to-day.
Quarterly meeting at the NJ. E. Church
on Saturday and Sunday next.
| Henry Fairclough is talked of as prob
able candidate for alderman in the Fourth
ward
| The water main question will undoubt-
e lily be reopened when the next council
| meets.
James Pliers, the Sweoe boy who had
his foot operated upon last week, was net
S, well yesterday.
Regular rehersal of the Moline Musical
Society on Thursday evening at the Con
gregational church.
Capt Morris left for Utica, ILL.,, last
evening on business He expects to be
absent two or three days.
Plows and cutivators are being shipped
lively now The teams of the two COM
panes are kept constantly at work.
Pref Tremaine's illustrated lecture at
the Congregational church last evening
was well attended and thoroughly appre-
ciated.
And now they say that an injunction
will be served If the railroa company
ATTEMPTS to lay switch down " :te street
and across Main.
; The Plunkett Comedy Company per-
formed to good house at Timm's Hall
last evening. Tonight the company ap-
pear in Andy Blake concluding with
'Pocahontas."
The board of education met in specia
+. session last evening. The designations o.
= President g. \. Wheelock aud Charles o
Mason. were rendered and received. NJ
important business transacted.
1t is rumored that the Moline & Rocl
e Island horse railroad will run a freight ca
d between this city aud Rock Island for tn
, transportation of packages, etc Thi
i would be great accommodation to tn
9 merchants of both cities and could not fai
d to prove profitable to the company.
3 This morning FIVE tramps were up be
|. fore Police Magistrate Swander and givel
/, the choice OF 10 days in the calaboose o.
Us bread aud water or to leave the city
= FEARING that they might be compelled t
IT work they lett the city. Following are tn
70 names giveu. 1!ta age aud residence:
e. James sullivan, a .e Is, Muscatine, la.
Jarob O'Hlr4, age 20, Cedar Co.. la.
Paul S ,werns, age u, Arkansas wreck
Charles Robinson. age 81, Sterling, Ill.
[, james avis, age %, Maanayunk, Pa.
" When spring opens aud wor,. on tn
Sc streets begins, all tramps will be put t
pc work for the benefit of the city. Whe
this is done, our authorities will find tha
ry these pilgrims will give Moline wild
r berth II is gratif, ing to know that P'
IN lice Magistrate Swander has gone to wor
- in earnest to break up the existing eyi
d. There never was the slightest excuse fC
n, releasing these wandering vagrants will
r out magis;erial trial.
10 For some unexplained reason, the Rocl
Ut ford railroad did not run the propose
train between Rock Island and Moline,
was expected It is stated that had ii
train commenced making trips every ha
20 hour. as was announced, an ipjunctlC
, ne restrai.lng the company from runnir
he Le faster than miles an hour would ha'
oe been served by the Moline Il Rock Isar
~ street railroad Had this been done, Il
10 Rockford coul.: not have made any bett
~ time than the street cars, which would ha
VIZ VIZ materially lassened the amount ofkrav'
'a ,eS rapid transit being the chief point OF pr
=: ference in favor Of the Rockford train.