The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-02

neA-Meeting of the library board this
evening
@+Regular meeting of the city council
Monday evening.
H@Go to Efflund & Young's temper
ance billiard parlor. Only Is cents game
and the best tables in the city.
BeA+J Josiah Grout. the recent purchaser
of the Victor Scale Works, whose home
is in Chicago, is in the city on a business
trip.
B9rMr. Reynolds. of Peoria, Ills, the
noted Sunday school man,is expected here
the 18th of this month. He will lecture
in the Congregational church.
E0Rev. H. G. Bristol, of Rochester N.
Y, is in the city guest of Rev. Geo. +.
Linfeld. Mr.. Bristol is an old class mate
and particular friend of the Baptist pas
tor
B@-The Rev. T. E. Judd, editor of the
"Iosoa Churct Missionary" assisted by
the Rev. Z. H. Gaynor, will conduct,
episcopal services at the U. B. church to-
morning at l0:45 O'Clock.
EA%James and Adam McBurney were
summond, by telegraph, to Peoria yester-
day, to the bedside of their brother Robert,
who, while engaged in painting building,
had fallen and received severe injuries,
DG@The Swedish NJ, E. people are
having new window frames, sash ard glass
put in their church, and the walls re-
papered. This will add materially to the
appearance of their cozy little place OF
worship.
Bs1Charles Johnson was arrested by
Officer Teller, charged with attempting to
to pick an old mans pocket. He was
taken before Magistrate Swauder, where
the evidence showed that he was very
drunk but not regular pick pocket,
| Fined $40 and costs. No money, and
sent to the calaboose.
B@@The turner's will hold picnic on
the Water Power Co.'S island tomorrow,
which, it is expected, will be largely
attended by Turner'S from Moline, Rock
Island and Davenport The society ex-
poets to raise enough money from this pic
nic to defray the expenses of six delegates
to the Buud's Turnfest at Milwaukee,
July Is to %. The delegates selected to
represent Moline are: Fred Vieriech. Paul
Tiessen, Herman Schacht. Henry Reese,
l L
This is an admirable selection, and they
will doubtless bear off a fair share of the
prizes which are to be distributed to those
who excel in athletic sports.
E9@J. B. Hartzell, a farmer, living
three or four miles north of this city
brought into Magistrate Swander's Office
a suit of clothes and new towel, which
he said were found on the river bank neal
his farm Thursday evening at dusk. II
the pockets of the clothes were tounC
letters and papers indicating that they
belonged to John Strosahl, of Hillsdale
The position of the clothes when founC
would imply that the man had gone il
bathing and not returned. The name OIL
the letters is the same as the one who wa
reported to have absconc ed from Hillsdal
several days since in company with a Mrs
Massen, leaving a wife and four children
behind. This looks like concocted plal
to misIead the people 1t would be yer,
easy matter for Strosahl to have those oil
+ worthless rags placed en- the river bank t
make people believe him dead; and thu
avoid being followed by his creditors, @
which he has many.
Ba~Last evening it looked as though
, We were to have first class sensation. /
t lady came down town and told few per
sons that there was man lying dead 10 on
of Mrs. Nourse's houses, which is occupie
, by Theodore Stoddsrd; that she ha
: looked through the window ana saw hir
lying upon the floor. Here were the fact
$ on which rested sensation equal to,if nc
exceeding that one of Heck and Wheeler
and all that remained to be done was I
g develop them; so Messrs. Lobdell, Swa
+ aud Frieberg, of the Moline Plow Co, ,an
e niue or ten others, repaired to the hous
mentioned. and with bated breath an
trembling limbs, approached the window
. where they expected to behold the obje,
a of their search. Nothing resembling
:. hun.an body was visible, however, and a
the windows and doors we're tried with II
IS hope of effectiug an entrance, but the
a proved to be securely fastened and battle
>. every effort 10 free them without destroy
> ing property, which they were 10th to {
= upon sn great uncertainties, aud tht
4 abandoned the search, thus perhaps d
N priving the community of a subject f
n nine days gossip. When Mr.. Stoddart
% who was out hunting, returned and opent
~ the house, everything was as he had left
A. and no traces of death were to be foun
10 The people are hungering and thirsting
a. a sensation. Whv don't some one volu
a teer to furnish it?
a. Monthly Report of the Wheelock Pu
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