The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-20

B9 No police cases to-day.


Besr Subscriptions for THE ARGUS in
this city are increasing daily.
B9~ There is plenty of work for our
street commissioner just now.
a9P, Shlueter's butcher shop at Five
Points is the place to get good and fresh
meat.
B9rThe damage done in this city by
the heavy rain on Thursday afternoon was
large.
EeE~ Chester's dry goods and grocery
store, at Five Points" is doing al in
mense business just now.
RseRegular services at all our churches
to-morrow--exeept at the Baptist, owing
to the absence of Rev. I. F, Borchers.
@-Workmen have been very busy for
several days past whitewashing the walls
and cleaning up the G. r. |. Il P. depot in
this city.
S2~The railroad tracks in this CITY,
washed out and damaged by the heavy
rain on Thursday afternoon, were being re-
paired yesterday aud to-day.
RaE Reserved seats for Hon. Carl
SchurZ' lecture on Centennial Thoughts
can be procured at Morey's drug store
after l2 o'clock on Tuesday.
BH-People north of the railroad track
and in the vicinity Of Sugar Hollow were
busy yesterday cleaning up the debris from
the food of Thursday afternoon.
DG-An effort is being made by the COM
mittee of arrangements to have the
Knights Templar, Of Rock Island, turn out
and do escort duty on decoration day.
Bg~Geo. W. Vinton, Esq has returned
| home again after a weeks absence over the
state looking after his interests as Re.
Iublican candidate for lieutenant governor
BgMiss Stella Hartzell, who has been
Teaching school near Geneseo for some
time past, returned home last evening
She returns to her labors on Monday
morning.
BE- Our Moline cannlbal, Barney
Cleaveland, is still confined to his bed
! from the results oe his last encounter will
! the police, in which he received broker
: jaw. As soon as he is we'll enough he vii
be fined for being drunk and resisting ar
officer.
baThe following tramps were shelter
ed in the calaboose last night, and dis
charged by Magistrate Swander thi
morning, there being no charge agains
. them:
e AL Wigs, aged q, Ohio.
D John McCabe, aged 81, England
a John Rodgers, aged %, Ireland.
r Ea After today no more books will b
J. issued from the public library until abou
e the first of Juue. All having books i
g their possession belonging to the librar
6 are requested to return them immediately
e or y the 25th as the Librarian intends I
d make her annual report to the city counc
u at its next meeting.
e E9 A confidential circular, giving e.
y tracts from the Rock Island Uaion, Davel
port Gazette, Davenport Times, Chical
Post and Mail. Chicago Inter Ocea'
Chicago Tribune and the Moline Reuie,
in support OF Mr.. Geo. W. Vinton f,
Lieutenant Governor, has been issued
Is bis friends in tins city, and is now beiI
's mailed to leading Republicans all over Il
= state.
le s9 j, L. Lindberg. living near IL
Fe cemetery, while at work with an axe,
es Dimock & Gould's saw mill, yesterd;
y afternoon, cut an artery in his left foe
&c and came very near bleeding to death.
" DIR. Z, L. Mckinnie was called and dresse
le the wound, which is pretty severe on
D. and which will probably lay him up t
some time.
Ba~ Lizzie Herbst. the little girl wi
was burned SO badly on Tuesday evenin
n by the explosion of can of kerosene tn
she died on Wednesday afternoon, "
buried at o'clock this afternoon from {
rt residence of her parents. just south of I
ell, c. r. l. & Pdepot Word was recciv
es from her fatheT,at Hot Springs, 10 Arka
ut sas. last night.to the effect that he was U
We able to come home owing to severe alta
of rheumatism.
. DIJohn Schofeld, for the last four
five years a pattern maker at the Moli
:. Maleable Iron Works, died at his resider
W in this city yesterday forenoon, after
illness of several months, from consun
Nv tion, aged 90 years. He was member
~ the Baptist church and also belonged
T.. Manufacturers Lodge, /. 0. .. T.
nd leaves wife and two children and lar
NV circle of friends to mourn his loss. Owl
to the absence of Mr., Borchers, OF
Baptist church, his remains will be bur
ar. from the NJ H. Church at o'clock
,ct morrow afternoon, Rev. Wm. NJ. Coli
III pastor, officiating. Friends are invited
to- B9-Some time ago Supervisor David
Ried advertised for bids to furnish
ris- poor of this town with medical and surg
oSt attendance ond elsa n, furnish medic