The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-06
NOTES HI RE AND THERE.
7 cry pleasant day


The Pittsburg glass-blowers are on
strike.
The roof of the Jail building is being
repaired.
The river is about $40 above low
water mark and falling slightly.
Very few farmers have been in town
with their wagons during the past week.
The election at Galesburg, last Tues
day, resulted in a victory for the Liberal
ticket.
Our new street commissioner, Mr..
Gee, II. Boynton, has a big gang Of men
cleaning up the streets.
The ladies of the First Baptist society
are preparing for festival on next Tues.
day evening, the 10th.
Considerable damage was done at
Sterling and Rock Falls by the recent high
water in the Rock river.
During the past two years the county
clerk has issued 81 naturalization papers
| to people whose names were Peterson.
The locomotive firemen's ball in Hill
| lier's hall last evening was largely attend
ed, and the supper by Mrs. Aster was ex-
cellent.
The scrapings of the streets near
Union square should be dumped on that
square, every time the streets are cleaned
until the square is brought up to grade.I
Since the river opened, the city has
been overrun with tramps On Wednes-
day night 81 and last night of this class
we're sheltered in the city marshal's office,
s. A. Taylor's majority in his ward
over his opponent was II instead of So
and he lacked only IA votes of being elect
ed. He made a very fine canvass and
ought to have been elected.
While moving house at the cornor
of First avenue and Ninth street on
Thursday afternoon, Frank Bowen (son OF
Gilbert Bowen) got one of his feet under
roller and it was severely crushed.
One of Peter Fries's stores, the one
formerly occupied by Lazare, next door to
Champions book store, is being enlarged
and fitted up for West & Schocker, cigar
manufacturers and wholesale dealers in
cigars and tobacco. The location is an
excellent one,
Peoria has one supervisor and eight
assistant supervisors in the county board
aud township officers as in other towns.
by about 1000 majority on every candi-
date. For supervisor, the vote was: for
Warner, Dem, 2,l57; for Pinkney, Rep,
99S. Democratic majority, 1859.
"A collision between passenger
and freight train, each drawn by two
locomotives, occurred in a snow shed or
, the Central Pacific railroad, about mile
, from Cascade, near Summit. on Wednes
day morning, bv which two engineers
Geo. Bnrt and John Warren, and a fire
] man, Frank Maxwell, lost their lives. Nc
other persons were seriously injured. The
locomotives were badly wrecked
MIR. D. F. Kinney will. on Monday
open fine stock of everything in the line
of shrubs, plants, trees, evergreens, gar
den and flower seeds, tomato plants, sweet
potato plants, cabbage plants, and al
kinds of vegetable and Towering plants, a
his new stand on the lot opposite the sol
= dlers' Monument, and opposite cour
/ square, and he invites all wishing anything
in that line to call
Look out for thieves. Joseph Hardy
living on oath street between Fifth an,
Sixth avenues, foolishly left his clothe
hanging on the clothes line last night an
this morning he was minus three whit
shirts, with his uame on them, one check
cred and one flannel shirt, and four hand
kerchiefs. People should take In thei
clothes at night.
The police are now enforcing the ord
nance preventing the running at large {
cattle Of every description-and owner
should take notice and govern themselve
accordingly, if they wish to save cost;
Marshal Halves has discharged the Aims
worth boys aud has secured the service
of a man named Harry Heath to take cal
of the pound.
The Union probably feels ashame
of itself for the contemplate trick playe
on Justice Pinkley before the election
70 not reporter from that paper has bee
% inside his Office since. Mr.. Pinkley, aft
being so shabby treated by the Guye
Union ring intends to start land ageuc
insurance Office, collection bureau and ge
eral intelligence office-and will no dou
do good business.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Jane Patton,
m Paterson, n. j., on a visit here 10 h
brother, Mr. John Coyne, lost her peck
book, containing $75, on the corner
Second avenue and 18th street, and it "
picked up and handed to her by you
man who walked off before she cou
lin, learn his name or thank him. She wish
10 The ARGUS to say that the young ma
tor whoever he may be, has her sincere than
81 for his kindness.
. The liquor cases that were to ha
been tried at the present term of the C
-sI cult court, at Aledo, have been postpon
-. until the November term A motion fo
change of venue was made on the part
'ur the defendants, but withdrawn with t
ON understanding that the cases be postpon
ng as above stated. While this occasions sol
"A delay, it will, no doubt, be saving of
VIZ large expense to the county, and to in
we viduals. There were some fifteen indi
ons ments found at the present term, in two
ot- which the parties plead guilty and I
IN others have been certified TO the cour
a. court, and will likely be tried at the j.
'he term.
be -Cordova people, having modified th
ex- desire to annex all the surrounding coun
;ot for the purpose of taxing it, and restrict
urt their village limits to smaller territory
M vote to adopt village organization CARR
AIDE by 62 to "a on Tuesday. An election
re- trustees will be held on Saturday, the 2
not inst. j, Q. Adams, o. N. Whitford,
not A. j. Sible are the election officers.
ine advantages to be gained by village orga
cation are important. 1t enables the p
Frs pie to control the matter of licensing
ann sale of liquor; and, if they license, it e
= in bles them to keep the license money
8 improving their streets, etc., etc. It
,rvl enables them to manage their own DO
tile, MATTERS anu 40 many oIAer tnlngs lor u
an do