The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-12
NOTES HlRE And THERE.
The arms for the Rodman rifles hav
arrived.

The arms for the Rodman rifles have
arrived.
First day of the November term of
county court.
is this ''IDjun SUMMER Oh, long
may it-last.
Gov CuIlom spent Sunday in the
Joliet state visiting.
Fred Hass is putting up a new frame
barn-24 by 4S feet in size.
MIR. Davenport's cow pasture was
closed for the season last Saturday,
Barney McQuade got drunk again to-
day, went nome, raised row. drew knife,
threatened to stab his mother, and was
jailed by Policeman Metseh.
The managers of the Soldiers Or
phans' Home. at Bloomington, report that
there are but BOG children in that institu-
ton while they have room for $50
Somebody set fire to the dry leaves
near the magazine at Rock Island Arsenal
yesterday afternoon and the soldiers had a
lively time before it was extinguished.
Hale Bowman, John Reticker, Jim
Parks and Elmer Hurst left, this forenoon,
for the lower part of the county. where
they will spend week hunting and fishing.
Mrs. Jane Kennedy, alias Welch. ana
| her daughter were sentenced to 20 days
imprisonment in the Scott county Jail, on
Saturday, for the larceny of stockings and
fancy articles from Briggs store, 10 Day-
EXPORT
The governor has offered reward Of
5000 tor the apprehension OF Charles
Husky, who shot and killed a farmer
named Albert Angler. two miles north OF
| Towanda, Mclean county, on the Sd inst
HUSKY is supposed to be tramp,
"A desperate character, known as the
"Deadner," is one of the Orion burglars,
arrested at Colona by Marshal Valen tine
The latter showed considerable grit il
arrestng the four desperadoes, single hand
ed, especially as all were armed with re-
volvers and dirk knives.
John Brown, Geo. Smith, Chas
White and Geo Brown, four Orion burg
lars, were captured 10 Colona Saturday, by
Marshal Valentino, of Orion, and were
brought to this city and locked up in jan
until this afternoon, when they were taker
to Cambridge.
Saturday night Policeman Murray, o
Davenport, after desperate fight with
rough named VIM. Burke. in which tn
latter attempted to strike him Oh the heaC
with rock, shot him in the calf of thu
the left leg, the ball glancing up and enter
ing the knee joint. The rough will proba
bly, have a stiff leg for the remainder of hi
wandering on earth.
"A musical genius on Eleventh stree
went to country dance. short tim
since, and was so cnthralled with the deli
ciOus melody of a clarionet, that he Dough
one and began to practice of evenings
He has ceased practiciUg and now devote
his evenings to removing the odor OF rOtte
eggs from the premises, buryiDg dead cats
and trying to find out why so many of hi
Deighbors stand around his back yard witt
shot guns 10 their hands.
One of the most disgusting sights tina
ever disgraced the streets of Geneseo wa
forced upon the vision of people in tn
residence portion of the north side. OIL
last Saturday. A young boy named MOI
row. he is probably fifteen years of age
aud Eva Bowers "a child of fourteen VIII
has previously figured in these columns
were beastly drunk, and went whoopin
and singing, arm in arm, through tn
streets. and performing all manner of OBJ
sceuities, in broad daylight. -Nesos.
Attorney General EdsaIl has given
| legal opinion on the application for incorpC
ration of the Central Hah company,
Chicago, and the Euglewood Masonic an
Public Hall company, of Englewood. H
4 adheres to the decision Of the supreu
court, given 10 81 Ill, SIT, and thinks
the object of these companies is to cree
maintain and manage public halls, etc,
real estate owned by others, they may
4 lawfully Incorporated But if the real o
! iect is to acquire and hold the title to re
estate by purchase or loan, and TO ere
q halls, stores. etc. thereon, and to derive
10 profit therefrom by leasing to tenants,th
Ell he is OF the opinion that it is not authorlz
by the law of the state regarding corpor
tons,