The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-16
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Heavy rain last evening.


There are 10 professors at Augustana
College.
Pay day on the. G. r. |. & P. road
yesterday and to-day.
The total delinquent taxes in this
county is about $l25,000.
-Teamsters and draymen are very
slow about paying their license this year.
People don't appear to pay much at
tention to the marshals notice to clean
up" their dirty back yards and filthy al
legs.
"A large building, costing about S. 900,
and to be used as residences of professors
at AAgustana College, will be erected this
season.
There are now los students at Au-
gustana College, divided into departments
as follows: Theology seminary. Is; col
lege, 81; preparatory. 81.
George Mallory had his nose split by
a piece OF flying slab, in Weyerhauser Il
Denkman's saw mill yesterday afternoon.
DR.. Carter attended him.
The annual parade of the Davenport
fire department came off this afternoon,
and was attended by delegations from the
hose companies in tits city.
Harry BEETLE, relative of Justice
Hayden, has been engaged by the Gas
Company to light and extinguish the city
lamps. He will do it on horseback.
Court Square never looked prettier
than ow-with its green trees and grass,
aud it is great resort for the children o.
Prof. Ressler's German English school.
| Fred Koch, the carpenter, is building
two neat frame residences on Oath street
at cost of $2,400 each. One will bt
occupied by j. Ross Mills. and the other b.
Mr.. Ellensworth.
The heavy rain last evening prevented
the song service rehearsal at the Fifth
Avenue Methodist church. 1t will taxi
place on Friday evening, in the Contra
Presbyterian church, at o'clock.
The literary society at Augustan
College now numbers SO pupils-and the,
hold meetings every Friday evening, an
the exercises are conducted alternately i
the Swedish and English languages,
-Four cars of live stock, belongiu
to Meigs Wait, Of Reynolds, came in owe
the Rock Island and Mercer county road
Tuesday, bound for the eastern markets
| Monday, two cars arrived from TaylC
, Ridge,
Capt. Jones, of the Rock Island an
Andalusia packet Louisa, says the officer
have obtained no clue to the burglars VIII
blew open Thompson u Smiths safe
the latter place, last Sunday night, an
stole $500.
Mr., Robert Stockhouse, the INTEL
gent and very competent and efficien
: Davenport freight and ticket agent of til
t Peoria & Rock Island Railway Compan,
! has his new Office at No. l22 West Secor
3 street, under the Newcomb House.
, "A party of tramps, having been pl
off freight train, attempted to wreck ii
morning passenger train from Chicago, {
the G. Z. |, & z. road, on Tuesday morl
2 ing, by placing two ties on the track, "
t miles east OF Pond Greek. The train W
!, stopped before any damage was done.
The commencement exercises at Al
: gustana College will take place On Thur
/ day, June l4th. The examinations W
u take place on Monday, Tuesday al
r Wednesday, June 18th, sl2th, aud l3t
and will be both 10 the Swedish and En-
: fish languages. The graduating ella
& numbers 1916 from the college and
e from the seminary.
1t The Davenport police evidently a
O not temperance men, as Mr. H. Z. Fulto
= an old resident, writes to the Gazette til
THE police appear to be daily growing 10
y greater disfavor on account Of their i
competency. Indifference to duty. habit
Ioafns and whisky drinking If VIII
20 Mr. Fulton says, is true, there ought to
o. rei0rm over there. Policemen shou
n not lounge and loaf around should /
~ pass their time jim conversation with a
r one, except on business; their whole
i tention should be on their duties-and a
o. man GA the force who takes drink va
20 on duty should be dismissed by the may
William Hillborn, Jr., farmer fro
near Philadelphia, told the police last ME
that he came to Rock Island on a gray
train on the G. r. I. & P. road, arrivi
We about Il o'clock last night; met t
On men At the depot; one told him that I
other was big cattle raiser out west; t
81 other came up to him and offered to h
him to water and feed cattle; asked him
he had any money to pay his board 9
IL, lodging over night; he told him no, y
to had watch; confidence man" offered
pay his board at Ike Nicholas but want
the watch as security that he wol
u accompany him out west; the watch
he Civ up and confidence man" said
to would return in few minutes to Sc
with Ike. He has not been seen sin
wi The watch was silver one, valued at s