The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-03

R4 No police cases.

Rag- Tramps gave Moline a wide berth
last night.
B4~ Regular meeting of the council Mon
day evening, August 7th.
Bsg~ THE ARGUS IS on sale at Bokman
& STANCES drug store every evening.
gG% DIR. j. B. Dawson and wife left
for the east this morning to be gone several
weeks.
DeT II the laying of switch up the
alley is attempted, Chris kuehl says he
will get out an injunction.
BsE@ John S. Smith, the poll tax collec-
tor, is actively engaged dunning all per-
sons liable to the tax, to pay up.
Bag~ Turn Young has been compelled
to give up his stand 10 the post office. be-
ing too weak to attend to it, Nothing but
indominable pluck has kept Turn alive.
ssNOliver johnson has opened flour
and feed store on Rodman avenue, oppo-
site the German English school, and he
requests his friends to give him call. ct
Eag@The street commissioner is employ
ed cleaning up some Of the filthy alleys IN
the city. Ii property owners wont re
move the nuisances that exist, the city will
do 1t for them and at their expense.
g6g~The coliectorship is being stirred
up again. Wonder if it would not be
better to wait unit! poor Ferguson is com
fortably settled in his coffin? There are
no duties to be performed until next winter.
Bsg~The opening of the Pleasant Valley
road is being actively discussed among
business men and its early completion
/ ln Ioi a.
is no reason why it should not be built at
once.
BsE@The work on the piers of the Rock
river bridge progresses steadily and will be
pushed forward as rapidly as circumstances
will permit 1t is hoped that the bridge
will be ready for travel before the winter
sets in.
B@y- Our supervisors should see to it.,
at the September meeting of the board,
that voting places are established here as
in Rock lsland-one in each ward 10 the
! city, and one for the township outside the
/ city, 50 that all can vote without losing
/ time.
GSg@The Sylvan boat club will hold a
! business meeting tonight to arrange for
advertising for bids to build the new club
J
erect first class boat house, and, if posi-
bic, to have it completed before October.
/ The organization Is a good one and thus
far has earned au enviable reputation as
among the best amateur clubs in the state
B%s~ The statement in the Gazette Of to
day relative to the lll1en meeting OF
Tuesday night, at Iimm's Hall, is wholly
and unreserved false, and the person
who wrote it is either too much OF ;
partizau to speak the truth or else wiltuIy !
prefers to lie. Candid Republicans dc
not endorse the item, and the Gazette Is
welcome to what notoriety it can gain b,
such gross misrepresentation. More anon
Rsg~ The board of education held thei
regular meeting on Monday evening last
All the members OF the board present bu
Mr.. Grover, the secretary. VIM. II. Ed
wards was elected secretary pro TEN. Tn
board decided to call for a levy Of 5000
, for school purposes for the coming year
Miss Cleaves was assigned teacher in tn
grammar room, at salary OF 800 pc
month; Mss Ella f. March was electe
one Of the teachers at $50 per month bu
not assigned: Miss Belle Grover ga
assigned to the primary room in the eaS
ward building at $40 per month. c. +
Bedding was appointed as janitor of til
high school building for the ensuing yea
at a salary Of $45 per month; John Fols
burg as ianitor at Of the ives. ward buill
ing, at salary of $50 per month; job
p. Soderstrom was appointed to take tt
school census for the present year. Bill
to the amount of S5.S5 were allowed an
the meeting adjourned.