The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-07
MOLINE.
A4No nolice cases TO. .day.

BGrNo police cases to-day.
s9-The river still continues to fall
slowly.
BaE Yesterday was payday at the plow
factories.
H9%Half an inch of rain fell in this city
yesterday afternoon.
11 The Des Moines Turner's left for
their homes this morning.
HY-Orders for THE ARGUS can be left
at Morey's drug store, and they will be
promptly attended to.
Dag The Sylvan Boat Club has just had
made 'me moranda log" to record all
matters of int crest transpiring in the club.
BgOur people who have not paid their
taxes should call on the county treasurer
at Rock Island before the 18th inst. and
settle up, and save expense.
Ba~The picture taken at the National
cemetery was success. The corpulent
rotundity of the grand marshal occupying
the whole view.-1ri- City Times.
p9~Finest stock of cigars tobacco and
smokers articles in the city at Ii. Hen
necke's tobacco store on Main street, sec
ond door west of Lynde. ld6t.
ga~Quite a number of stone cutters
employed at Rock Island Arsenal have
been discharged, mo stone being the
reason given. They were paid off yester-
day.
BarJohn G. King. the tailor, Familiarity
known as Tailor" King, gave his wife an
unmerciful beating last night and then
skipped out" The police are now look
ing for him.
Bss-During the storm Tuesday after
} noon several large trees were blown down
on the upper end of Rock Island Arsenal
grounds-one of whica fell directly across
a the rosd. 1t was Immediately removed.
Ba~Magistrate Swander's residence,
5 after the painters have completed their
work, will present handsome and
e attractive appearance, and will ada to the
: beauty of the city.
BE~ Subscribers for THE ARGUS in this
city are rapidly increasing. The people
appreciate paper which gives the ne,1s,
impartially, and without fear or favor from
anybody
a @-The Episcopal festival last evening
r. was largely attended by people of all de-
4 nominations in this city and by quite a
e number of persons froE Rock Island. anG
,t the receipts, clear of all expenses, were
about $S7.
g GaFMiss Matte A. Cooke, daughter o
City Clerk Cooke, of Rock Island, ha.
ot been chosen principal of the high school
re at salary OF 500 per month, and Mis-
Lena Hageb9ck, as her assistant, at a sal
airy OF $75 per month.
BS~ Magistrate Swander assessed fine
to the amount of STA during the month o
ah May; collected $l0.5O in cash; $29 ol
IN street labor; suspended one fine of S25
~ land the balance of the amount was soak
W ed" out in the calaboose."
~ Quite plumber Of our prominen
Republicans went up to Geneseo thi
morning to attend the Republican cor
gressional convention held in that city tc
re day. Dr. J. w. Morey went up as prox
to for Charles Il. Deere, who was absent an
unable to attend the convention.
nd N9~Charles Smith. aged 25. a native
on Germany. and VIM. Burnett, aged %, ,frol
tor New York. were the only tramps in ii
calaboose last night Thay were di
'se charged by Magistrate Swander this morl
ing, there being no charge made againi
them.
a H9Charles Atkinson, Esq, returne
IL home from Washington on Tuesday eve
,an ing, He reports everything as beir
favorable Tor an appropriation for II
dredging of the river aud the removal
that troublesome sand bar just opposi
or. Keator Il Co. s saw mill.
,cL w-Why we not happy when the graz
marshal takes precedence over the president of t
tn dayf-Iri-CSty Times.
TO- Oh, can't you give that poor marshal
rest especially when it is wel[knov
er, fact that he would not ride horse
Ved decoration day because he did not want
ar make himself conspicuous.
pGA The boat club, at its meeting Ia
evening, decided to send four OF its me:
SIS bers to participate in the regatta
o's Peoria. on the Fourth of July B.
his Tillinghast was appointed captain of t
30. crew. The four who will probably go
Peoria, are B. T. Tillinghast, Ed
thony, c. A. Barnard and Frank Y
not Gould This is strong team, and
y a hope they may carry off the first prize.
line EI-Y Yesterday, Magistrate Swander
IL" dered that Bob KeDtch and John Murpf
use, IN the caiaboose for disturbing the pea
at the Centennial saloon, and John Graha
- for fighting, be put on the stree
Murphy was the only one who would &C
sent to work out his fine, Kentch a
not be made to work This morning t
AW, magistrate ordered that they be locked
i'm in their cells and that they be fed on bre
- and water until they yield.
H9The wife of Z. D. Aftermath
says that on decoration day her husba
rds. IN came home and ordered her to black
#. boots She refused, and he then broke
nearly all the furniture in the hou
:, packed up his clothes. and, telling |
AW that she would never see him again, |
Isi'e ,dx and has not been home since. Aftermath
= lived on Rodnan avenne near Hin
street, and formerly worked at the pal
and mill, but lately has been sewing mach
iona agent. His wife, who has been left
om very INDECENT circumstances now takes
ksoN sewing to support herself and family.
Eg~City Attorney Moore says that
LAW did not take back" his assertion Il
K Isl I'VE havn't had street commissioner
lly- ten years who had sense enough to coll
ANS. poll tax made before the city council
Monday evening What he did do was
.Aw. acknowledge that the remark was out
hand order aud ungentlemanly-but nevert
''f less, true Mr.. Moore also says that A
- White loses no opportunity to show
l.. dislike for Lin; that the night he took
cor oath of Office as attorney he was insul
HERS by that gentleman, and that since {
Drug time they have had several quarrels
:, z 10 oavs that sc a III " Whita uaptS to sstroup