The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-18
TIMM'S HALL,
Friday Evening, May 1s, "out of Bond.
age"

Colorad musical drama, by the Hyers
Sisters and nine other talented artists.
Admission so cents. Reserved seats IS
cents, one days in advance, at Morris's
drug store. l6d3t
Ea@ The sale of groceries at Whipple's
store continues to day, and perhaps to-
morrow.
sg- Henry Sohrbeck is getting along
nicely, and will be around attending to bus
mess in few days.
sag The ARGUS had it Wednesday
evening and the Union Thursday morning.
Who did the clipping?
Bar The first strawberries of the season
were displayed in Epp's window to-day.
Thirty five cents per box.
1aH The highway commissioners will
meet to- morrow, at | p. NJ, in front Of
Sdlisbury's house to examine the road
along the foot of the bluff. and consider the
petition of the Edwards heirs to have a
township road opened there.
B9AA man went into Geo. Wagner s
| brewery this morning and offered to sell a
watch, description of which agrees with
that of the one picked from the pocket of
c. Lovequist yesterday. He said he was
out of money and wanted to sell the watch
for 81 to pay his board. The bar tender
told him to skip out, and the first officer
that came along was given description of
the man and started to find him. Up to
this writing he had not been found.
ga~The semiannual meeting of the
Rock River association has been held
during the past week in the Congregation
al church in Geneseo. and only adjourned
on Thursday evening. The Republic, in
giving an account of the meeting says
Rock Island county was represented bv
Rev. 4. Z. Barnard, A. NJ. Hubbard, II,
L. Bullen. OF Moline, and Rev. A. Har
per. Mrs. ]. L. Swisher and j. S, johnson
of Port Byron-and then says:
by request Rev E. C. Barnard, of Moline. read
very able article Science and Religion, pre-
vious to which Rev. II. l. Bullen. of Moline, read
in the Recent Presidential Election" which left
favorable impression on his listeners.
"Rev. L. c. Barnard chosen delegate to tn
National Congregational Council to be held q
Detroit; and Rev. A. Harper alternate,
The next meeting of the association was voted
to be held at Hampton next autumn"
B9 Everybody should hear the Hyer,
Sisters Comedy Company at Timm's Hal
tonight, The troupe sustains good rep
, utatioD, and being somewhat of novelt,
r in the theatrical line will undoubtedl,
draw good house. The following frou
the Evening Standard, New Bedford
Conn. speaks for itself
OUT OF BONDAGE Notwithstandin
e the stormy weather, thousand people o
S more gathered in Liberty Hall last even
' ing, comfortably filling the hall iu ever
part, to see the always welcome Hyer
. Sisters Company in their new departure
t Those who went with the intention of mere
e ly being sights seers and taking no interes
= in the programme were in error, for the
It were overcome with laughter from begir
:. ming to end. The drama, the acting, til
o singing, were indeed far beyond expect;
a tious Miss Anna Hyers sang in her usu
l. sweet voice, and the whole company adde
t. aures to their former reputation ber,
e Sam Lucas was an entertainment in hin
e SELF
q Ea~The following notice was posted U
le this morning:
The people of Moline are hereby not
: fed that all manure, ashes, wood, stol
~ filth, vegetable matter, or other article
thing thrown. placed, or being on al
street, alley or gutter in this city, mu
20 be removed by those who are responsib
" for the obstruction. within ten days fro
ID this date, and that if not so done, the ei
&c will do it at their expense. All perso
AZ whose daty it is, under the ordinances
es the city to remove such nuisances. VI
D9 fail to do so within the time fxedfby I'll
~ notice, will be liable to fue, and will
70 so be liable to the city for the amount
=. l.s expense incurred in removing the same.
y, The ordinances 10 relation to the
VI matters will be rigidly enforced at lie,
70 to the end that the city is reimbursed
= the expense of removing such nuisanc
US By order of the Committee on Stret
up Alleys. VIM. KERNs, Street Com r.
p pe Moline, ILL.,, May l7th, 1877.
- Pocket Picking.
Last evening. at the auction sale of
0. Whipple's groceries. Mr.. C. Loveqr
nd was relieved of his watch, the chain be
cut close to the watch and left hangi
,lls He made his loss known to few. and
ties stranger who had aroused the suspicion
sa- some parties by his close scrutiny
ags watch chains and undue familiarity "
y a the possessors thereof was closely wat
,rs. ed for time. After awhile he bou
ett two cans of baking powder, when, see
ain that bis movements were being noted.
me started down the street. At Fisk i
ion he was seen by Capt, morris to pick !