The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-14

B1The river is rising slowly again.
Bag No tramps 10 the calaboose last
night.
gHTHE ARGUS is in great demand
here every evening.
B9Quite number of arrivals at the
Reese House now.
BGFJacob Altz, under the Moline Ma
tlonal Bank, knows how to give you good
shave.
Ba%"Wild Jim, correspondent of the
Police Nea0s, was registered at the Reese
House the other day.
Eg~Finest stock of cigars, tobacco and
smokers articles in the city at H. Hen
necke's tobacco store on Main street. sec
ond door west of Lynde. Sdtf.
B9@The resignation OF Mr.. A. Nj. Hub
bard, fer many years leader of the choir
at the Congregational churcl was accepted
on Monday evening, with many regrets
| from all.
&HInvitations are being sent to a
number of the boys to attend ''chowder
party to be given on the Water Power
Co.'S island on Friday next. They in
tend to have jolly tune.
| L
rested l.. johnson, for being drunk and
he was locked up in the caiaboose. Magis
trate Swan1er fined him $5,without costs.
which he paid and was discharged
! R1E> A matched game of base ball will
be played on the ground Just west of the
old quilt factory, on next Saturday after
noon, between the Plow City boys, of this
city, and nine from Rapids City.
EgA good many Cf our people, who
are tired of the corrupt Republican party,
intend to be present at the county conven-
ton to be held in the court house 10 Rock
Island, on next Saturday afternoon.
IaThe police have been locking for a
poor Swede woman named Mary" who il
insane, and who has been living in the
woods south of this city for some time
past, but they have been unable to fine
her.
H9There will De a meeting of the
members of the Turner society at theil
school house at 80 o'clock this evening
and all are requested to be present a
business of Importance to the society vii
come up.
G9A large number Of our Swedish
citizens attended the examinations a
; Augustana College yesterday and to day
Tomorrow the commencement exercise!
. will be held in the grove just south Of th'
g college, commencing at $50 in the fore
! noon.
e BaThe cornerstone of the Swedish
I Evangelical Lutheran church, of this city
will be laid at 4 o'clock Tomorrow
Y Addresses will be made by Rev H. Reck
of Augustana College, and other wei
known and distinguished persons. Every
c body is invited to be present.
= BgA citizen on Lynde street worke
all day pumping the water from his cellar
{ aud on getting up the next morning h
e found that he had more water in his celia
than there was before he pumped it ou
= and he now says he will see it in-h
% room before he will pump it out again.
4 sGOn Saturday and Sunday next tt
~ third quarterly meeting of the First Metl
odist church of this city will take plac
,. Rev. L. NJ. Chaffee, the presiding eide
!; will preach at o'clock on Saturday afte
i noon and at l0:30 Sunday morning. 4
~ T:30 O'Clock on Saturday evening the qua
70 terly conference takes place, and on SUI
~, day evening there will be preaching |
N Rev. DIR. II. NJ. Laney, of Rock 1s!aud.
I'd R4@ A little circumstance occurred ju
before the late Republican state conve
r. ton which no good reporter should "i
u sGp." as it not only goes to show the Sc
conceit Of some people but also proves th
at there's many slip twlxt the cup al
en- the lip" Our candidate for leu:enar
rs governor, the man who furnished all Il
brains and made Deere's plow works VIII
to they are dropped into certain gent
d. mans office, where quite number had co
~ gregated, and after discussing the situati,
for few minutes said, Gentlemen, win
he | get to be acknowledgement / aint
lie. goin' to stop there-I'm goin' up higher
as and he emphasized the last words
waving his right hand above his hea
all The result of his ambition to go highe
be is well known to our peorle-he had to
MS pulled off,