The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-28

DgPG God fishing in the tail race now

Sickness IN the CITY at present.
pS-Street Supt. Schacht had gang of
men employed yesterday afternoon and to-
day scraping off the mud on Main street.
ga~Mrs. Charles H. Deere and her
father, Mr.. G. ID. Dickinson, left this
morning for the east to visit the centen-
NAL
B%James Ryan, of Davenport, bought
the store lately occupied by John A. Fish,
Yesterday afternoon, for $490. The
property was sold at constable sale.
BJF Finest stock of cigars, tobacco and
smokers articles in the city at HI. Hen
necke's tobacco store on Main street. sec
ond door west of Lynde. 8dtf.
BH~Capt. w. g. Morris has paid the
tax on young black and. tan purp, and he
is now chained up at that gentleman's drug
store. His name is Commodore, y
Com. for short
pY-Fourth of July pic mic parties can
get excellent ice cream in large or small
quantities at the California Restaurant
Pierce Bros proprietors. Leave orders
Immediately 2Sdlt
Bag Base ball is all the rage now. The
Red Caps, Of Davenport, and the Plow
City boys played matched game this
afternoon on the Water Power Co. s island
but it was not completed when our reports
were sent down.
Ra~August Sederquist was fined $40
and costs yesterday by Magistrate Swan
der for abusing his wife and disturbing
the peace. No money. Sent to the Gala
boose. Andrew .Wickstrom made the
complaint, and Policemen Courtney the
arrest.
D1-Thomas Leffey and Patrick Holpin
were arrested and locked up last night by
Policemen Olsen and Courtney, for being
drunk and disturbing the peace at the
California restaurant. They were taken
before Magistrate Swander this morning,
who fined them S. each and costs. No
money. Sent to work on the streets.
BsS~ The Heart and Hand is a weekly
paper published in New York in the in
terest of the Odd Fellow Society, and in
the issue of the oath, there is a very dam
aging notice in the BLACK Book" column
in regard to one of our townsmen, who is
not even an Odd Fellow, but who has been
passing himself off Is one. Following is
the article in full:
I'VE are notified that party by the
name Of Henry Sayles, claiming to belong
to Quincy Lodge, of Illinois, is moving
around in the west, but Quincy Lodge de.
clines to own him. Therefore, &c,
Sayles has been travelling for the
Chicago Screw Co., and has Just arrived
in this city, where his mother. Mrs. d. B.
Sears, resides. He is we'll known here,
and if this repor. is true it will not help
him any with our business men
The matter will be brought before Moline
Lodge, 1873, at its meeting on Friday even
ing.
Bas~John Murphy was arrested last
night by Marshal Wells, on complaint O.
Zerah G. Bailey, who charged him with
stealing two churn stone drills and one Goa
rake, valued at Sc. He was locked up il
the calaboose, and this morning taken be
fore Justice Mapes. From the evidence i
appeared that Murphy worked for Bale,
in a stone quarry and that he had beer
discharged. Bailey owed him So so, which
he refused to pay him, and Murphy thel
took the above named tools as his pay
Hence his arrest, He did not deny tn
theft, and the justice had nothing to d
but to send him to the county Jail unde
!. bonds OF 500, as he could not give sc
curity for his appearance at the next teri
II VI lAC OliCuib OOulA' I4S IOluSCS " lC
/, where the tools are until Bailey pays hiI
), what he owes him. Murphy was the sam
young fellow who was sent to jail for 2
days by Magistrate Swander, accompanie
. by Bob Kentch, for throwing stones at til
y Centennial saloon. He was taken to ia
,o by Marshal Wells.
Board of Assessment Meeting.
a At the meeting Of the board to equal,
&c the assessment, yesterday, the followir
n reductions and changes were made; Ada
L Alday, on lot 20, sec. 81 to $3.50 per acr
John Heck's wood land On the bluff to 5;
per acre: estate of the lote John Bowel
d. $3.50; Henry Plumbecke's two half 10
Il in block &c each $50; A. f. Swander u
a improved lot in Pitts, Gilbert & Pitts
az add. to $500, and there were also SIN;
d changes in the assessments of John Hi
Mrs. Osborne, Water Power G,
on Andrew Lind and G. j. Erickson. In
IL 5. Keator's assessment a mistake W
a. made in putting down improvements
e. part Of out lot 40, sec, 80, being unimprc
'e- ed. Peter Munger complained that one t
horses assessed to him had died, and
&c. was deducted from his assessment. The
he being no other complaints the board tn
d. adjourned sine de.
lie, Board of Education Meeting.
&C. The board met in regular month
session Monday night, present Mes:
; a Bennett, Edwards, Smith and Grover.
IN Supt. Gregory recommended that NJ
W. r. +. Fox be appointed teacher in Rot
Ill A. in the East Ward House; that Miss
he G.. Ferguson, be transferred to Room
me in the same building; that Miss NJ.
OF Cornwall be transferred to Room d. in I
hi Central School House, and that Miss z
sht Jackson be elected teacher in Room
West Ward House.
tor The changes were made, aud the sala
vas oc Miss Jackson. was fixed at $40 |
zen month.
tlv A communication was read from Miss
or @. Holconb in which she declined to 81
IN. her contract as teacher at present
The account of ill-health The position v
lad left untitled for one month, and the s,
n. rotary was instructed to inform that Ia
ed of the action of the board.
s a The bills of Huntoon, Beery & Co.
in $375 for repairs; Ii. H. Grover, of So
for directory; ana Dimock, Gould u {
,bt of ST., for saw dust, were read. and
!. =, lowed.
on The secretary was instructed to b
Iod the geographical map of the state mou
the ed,
inc The committee OF grounds and bu
;c6 iugs was instructed to have Mr.. II.
nf Barnard. repair his metallic roofing on
arr Central and the West Ward school hou!
oad as per his guaranty.
80 80 The same committee was instructed
10 use notify Smith & Baker, of Chicago, to
WI in another boiler in the heating appara
"SS' of the High School Building, as per c