The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-30

g9Gloomy weather for the fair.

Cars. w. Wheelock' s horse Webber,
which took the first money in the 2:29
race at Earlville. made the time IN 2:29.
2:294 2:293 three straight heats.
BH@John Black was drunk and dis
| orderly last night and was caaboosed by
Officer Teller. He begged hard this morn
ing and was discharged Dy Magistrate
Swander without being fined.
BaFEverybody should go and see Harry
Robinson tonight at Timm's Hall. Those
Of our citizens who witnessed the per-
formance at Darts Hall in Rock Island,
last night say the aroup is first class in
every respect.
sar James Shelly, Ireland, %; John
Flyn, Irish, 20; J. Hyle, 25, n. Y; Pat
Welsh. q, Irish; John Williams, 40,
England; Charles huly, 20, Ills, were
morning they Jumped the town,
g9NThe board of education met on
Monday evening. Present, all the mem
bers except Ainsworth and HuntooG.
The committee on supplies were au-
thorized to contract for the winter supply
of coal at the lowest price. VIM. II.
Edwards was authorized to employ a jan
, tor for the east ward school house. After
allowing bills to the amount of Sl36.6I
. the board adjourned.
= ga~The first span of the new Rock
E river bridge arrived yesterday and will be
placed in position as soon as the piers are
raised two feet The failure to receive
the stone has delayed the work on the
, piers. Two car loads have been shipped
: and another is expected to arrive to day.
; The stone has to be transferred at Rock
;, Island to fiat boats and thence up Rock
), river to the Moline bridge. This will cost
$40 per car. 1t was expected that one
boat would arrive to-day with stone sufh
D cient to build up two piers to receive th'
new span. Mr.. Sipes hopes to finish th'
new bridge by the middle of October.
= To the Editors of The Argus.
That contemplate. drunken dead-beat
.s John 4. Fleming, was out to the caml
- meeting, on Saturday and Sunday, and a
: semi-lucld intervals tried to make a repof
- OF it for the Union. John was drunk an
20 dirty and out OF money as usual. He hun
~ around the boarding tent and asked two 0
:, three times for a meal, and was at las
"A suffered to enter the dining room and SUI
\ prised his stomach with the first squar
20 - meal it had received for a month; ant
~ because he was not invited to repeat hi
~ visit he conceived that it would be proI
81 er reclprocation to publish sanderous an
as lying reports concerning the provision
~ Those who attended and paid for the
" meals found no fault; it was only sue
dead beats and spongers as the bloate
itemizer for the Union who complaine,
You will please give this lace in yoI
or columns as the item in the Union does IL
great iniuStice OurS rpSnt'V
.. j. BEARDsLEE.
OF Moline, His, Aug. 80.
~ Moline Highway Commissioners.
The board .of highway commissione
* met this morning. at o clock. Prese,
ill Com RS Harwood and Benson.
he Geo. w. Heck was sworn in as commits
ne ioner to fiji the unexpired term of J
Grenel, deceased.
On motion of Com'r n 2. Benson, |
Harwood was elected treasurer of ii
er- board, Com'r Benson was made chairma
MS 1t was decided to raise $4,000 for roi
er, and bridge purposes for the ensuing yea
to- On motion of Com'r Heck $75 was a
propriated to repair the river road ne
W. the northeast corner of Davenport's Ian
rly The board then adjourned to meet Il
tn af ternoon at 2 o'clock.
Held for Perjury.
on. About two months ago John r. WI
no. ard. or, as he is iamiliarly called, Tin
on. married young girl named Minnie Y our
sen daughter of VIM. Young, of this place, a
sed when getting the license Tim" swore tt
emf the girl was Is years of age. The coul
,ok we're married and at once went to boardi
with the father of the bride, Tim" payi
board for himself and wife. This was e,
). nently satisfactory to the old folks a
ats everything went smoothly until Tin
ted who was working at keator's, conclud
the to change boarding houses. claiming Il
,an- it was too far to Walk, Young living C,
siderably out of the city. He according
moved and now the father of the g
suddenly discovers that Tim" perjur
s ol himself to get his daughter Tim st
pro- be did not know but she was IS; that S
said she was; aud that he committed .
iced Jury unknowingly. The magistra
!. though convinced of the sincerity of
prisoners statement, could not do 9th
wise than to hold him in bonds Of $500
Idge answer at the circuit court. In defa
INA of bonds Tim" went to Jail. The par
are not of the recherche class but decide
nedocerc The prosecution was undou
edly maliciousy brought I aud
think that had Tim and his wife contin
IRA to board with the 'old man" it wo
have been all right There will be SO