The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-07
City council meeting this evening,


Water rent is coming 10 rapidly.
Dark, chilly, rainy, dissgreeable day.
Special meeting OF the board of super
visors to morrow.
The Ike Haley embezzling case will
go direct to the grand jury.
The Macs says Kate Caxton was not
in the Geneseo FIRE. Glad TO hear it.
-Galva has started Reading Room,
with Mrs. NJ E. Holmes as secretary.
MIR. Jacob Frysinger says he expects
to start up the Milan dlstillery about the
hrst OF next month.
The saw mills didn't run to-day-too
wet. The workmen stood around on the
the corners, however, rain or no rain
During the month of April j. Nj.
Beard,ey, U. s, gauqer, gagged 1880
GALLONS of liquor in the wholesale houses
in this city.
The country roads were just beginning
to become pretty good when the rain of
yesterday, last night and to day made
them very muddy again.
That new sign at Billy Wilson's cigar
store is meat but not gaudy," as the
monkey said when he painted his tail sky
blue. Biily's place is the popular resort
for smokers.
AT the meeting of the various hose
companies on Saturday evening, suitable
resolutions were adopted in memory of
2. I'll. Smith, late member of Wike Awake
Co. The funeral procession on Sunday
afternoon was very largely attended.
The steam ferry boat Rock Island was
towed up from the boat yard Saturday
night and tied up near the ferry landing,
where new chimneys will be put in and the
finishing touches put on her. She will
probably be ready to run by the last of
the week.
The farmers in this county are busy
blowing but the rain of last night and to-
day will put them back considerably with
their work But few have planted any
corn and owing to the cold and wet weather
of late it is thought those few will have to
replant.
A gigantic gong has been put up in a
New York hotel to be sounded only in
case of fire. Its first vibration is guaran-
teed to lift guest out of bed and watt him
out the window, while the second tone will
catch him up where the first left off and
land him 10 the pearest lunatic asylum for
| life.
The many friends of Mr.. John Kroger
will be pleased to learn that he has again
embarked in the grocery business-in the
brick building on the south side of Third
avenue, between 18th and l4th streets
in the store lately occupied by Wagner
butcher shop. THE ARGUS wishes hin
prosperity.
The city council, tonight, should
order the marshal to take nine foot pole
and go around and take the names Ct al
people whose awnings, or signs, or display
| of goods and wares infringe on the or.
dinance regulating such matters, and have
them all fined and continue to fine then
every day until they conform to the law
MIR, E. Wyman, who was hurt a
Keator's mill last week, says he don't con-
slider it any stigma to be called Swede
or an Hishman, or Dutchman, but ht
thinks his relatives down in Maine, where
he was born. will wonder at the transfer
nation. He is a full blooded Yank
las We arel and rather prefers 10 be calico
an American citizen He is right
"A mortgage was fled for record in thu
recorder Office to-day (the 7th) from th,
g. +. |. L ?. road to the United State
Trust Co., Of New York, the amount 0
the mortgage being for ST., 100000, -an(
the fee for recording it is $5.25-ther,
| being $500 words in the instrument TIL,
mortgage is on the road, road bed, rollin!
stock, depots, grounds, etc., on the mail
line and also on all branch lines belongip,
to the company. The instrument will b.
filed in every county through which tn,
road passed or where the company own
property.
The Harper House billiard saloon ha.
been taken by Messrs. H. f. West and A
| l.. knlckerbocker, and is now open to tn
public. Mr.. West is we'll known as gOl,
citizen and a successful caterer for th
public for 20 gears, and member of th
firm of West Il Schocker, manufacturers G
cigars, and wholesale dealers 10 cigars am
tobacco. Mr. Knickerbocker is a son @
the former popular steward Of the oil
Sherman House, Chicago, and an excellen
young man. Some improvements will b
made in the place, and it will be keI
better than ever before.
Some six or eight months ago our cit
council was petitioned by large and re
spectacle number of citizens to extend ga
| nShAc aSIoSS INC oyINdu w dteT DIluRe aD
Fort Armstrong Avenue to the draw of tn
, Rock Island bridge Davenport lights t
the draw. and in view of the fact that W
have free road it is proper that Roc
Island should do the same A committe
r was appointed to consult with Mr.. Harpe
and with Col. Flagler. The committe
, never spoke to Mr.. Harper on the subjet
or made any report-treated the who
matter with contempt. We hope som
/ alderman will have at least enough respec
T for the petitioners to call the matter u
; tonight.