The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-26

BaE- Samuel Suman, working in the
blacksmith shop at Decre's plow factory.
had his left arm ba1y burned the. other
day, BY its coming in contact with a red.
hot bar Of iron.
B~No books will be issued from the
public library until about the last Of next
week. Those who have library books in
th,ir possession are requested to return
them Immediately.
Dy-Richard Wilson, aged %, and John
Shane, aged 25, were locked up last night
for safe keeping. This morning they told
Magistrate SwanGcr pretty straight
story and were discharged, there being no
charge made against them.
AT meeting of Harmony Lodge,
| No. 2. A. o. U. W., last evening, it was
decided that the lodge turn out 10 body
on decoration day. Members are request
ed to be at their hall promptly at clock
on the afternoon of the Both.
S9- A little four year old son of Mart
Sullivan, the brick layer. living on the
bluff, met with a severe accident Wednes-
day evening. While attempting to climb
over fence the little fellow slipped and
fell, breaking both bones cf his left arm
He was carried home. and DR.. Dawson
called, who reduced the fracture
RGrlt is reported that drunken sewing
machine agent created quite disturbance
on W ednesday evening. in the upper part
OF the city, by throwing a machine into
the street and breaking it into hundred
pieces, aud all this because the woman of
the house could not pay him $5, which
she still owed on it. until to day. No
arrests, as yet.
Beg To-day was the last day of school
in all the departments below the high
school room, and the examination exer-
cises were witnessed by large number of
parents and friends Of the scholars.
a9D Capt ". G. Morris, James Shaw
and Thomas Dunn were sworn in, this
afternoon, before Magistrate Swander, as
appraisers Of the estate of the late Samuel
BrittOn.
BG Those strawberries at Margraf &
Epps's grocery store are the finest which
have been brought to this city this season
Bas-That hole in the gutter on Rodmar
avenue, at Park street, has net yet
been repaired. When Street Com r.
Shallberg's attention was called to tn.
matter he sald. Il have nothing to do viii
that-that is one of the gas company
Ijobs, and drove away. A good many people
would like to know whose business it is &c
make the gas company fill up the holes
which its employees make in our streets.
B@-Tbat Sugar Hollow ditch is bound
to make trouble, in some way, among GU
citizens, as was proven yesterday. VIM
Wilson. Gus johnson and Charles John
son, his son, were at work yesterday after
noon in the atorcsoid ditch, when disputt
arose as to vino was the owner of a pill
of rocks, johnson and his son claimin,
:, that the rocks belonged to them, Will
: Wilson said the city owned them. On
!. word brought on another, aid at last John
= son called Wilson "a liar Wilson seizet
. one Of the rocks and threw it at the sor
: and then commenced rough an6 tumbl
fight, during which Wilson had his eye
Graped in mourning and his face badl
scratched. uus johnson also received on
black eye and scratched face Afte
d Wilson had received his thrashing he pr
ceedcd to the Office of Jus ice Mapes an
'lade complaint against the two johnson
ic charging them with assault and batter
he They were arrested by Policeman Olsel
u and Gus, the father, was Gned SIS and cost
and Charles So and costs. The case ":
7. appealed to the circuit court