The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-30
MOLINE.

sgThe boys we're skating on the slough
this morning.
Bg-Fresh gilt edge butter for sale at
Pierce Bros, 27-29-l
BGKrang Challenge" caramels at
Christy's bakery. 30-3t
@Regular meeting of the city council
next Monday evening.
B%Two tramps reclined upon the
luxurious couches provided by the city last
night.
1@A large consignment of holiday
candies just received at Christy's cor
ner. 3O-3t
D@The restaurants report a good day s
business yesterday, Notwithstanding the
cold weather.
RG Mr.. B. P. Anderson, Gould & Co.'S
cutter. went!to Cambridge to eat Thanks
giving turkey yesterday.
DGrNo turkey was provided at Magis-
trate Swander's hotel. consequently no one
dined there yesterday.
i RG~Small boys, and occasionally large
Jones, are casting about for some means of
blotting out the interval between Thanks
giving and Christmas.
RG-SchooI ceildren were allowed va
cation to-day. on the same principle that
the Irishman took two days IN which to
sober off one days "sphra."
sGrDr. McKinne's case for violation OF
the board of health ordinance was called
at O'Clock this P. NJ, but it was too late
to obtain the result for thississue of Thu
, ARGUS.
B&rThc clothing stores ought to return
, thanks to-day for the business they die
One of Gould & Co.'S clerks says he sold
an even dozen of overcoats, besides wha
the other two sold.
ICoroner Morris received the
coroner's record book this morning from G
: B. Knox, of Rock Island. No records o
, inquests have been made in il since the
: expiration of Mr.. Kuox's term of office, ,th
. book never having been delivered t,
e Coroner Vermillion or Deputy Hayden
0 A garbled account of the last II month
!. business of that Office is preserved in
a book, sandwiched in with Social Temple
d lodge records, and other important mat
O ter.
o B6~A large audience assembled at tn
IS CONGREGATIONAL church yesterday morning
y to observe THANKSGIVING in accordanc
| WIN RoNSIuOI pIOCtdmdItOu AeSN
% Geo. f. Lin6eld delivered an excellen
l. sermon, in which was reviewed man
b things we have to be thankful for both a
nation and individually. AT the close c
the service collection was taken for th
benefit of the poor in the city. The amour
es raised was $2S. which was equally divide
is between the Congregational, Baptist an
t, Methodist churches, and Representative
r from each church was appointed to di;
ID burse the amount among their own poor
e R9-William Young's name appeare
* on the tramp book in Magistrate Swander
ut court Yesterday morning. His age is 5
st and his nativity Ohio. During the summe
he months William was employed by the cit
s. as canine exterminator. and obtained cor
se siderable notoriety in that line; but, bC
I'd holdl How hath the mighty fallen.
al His occupation, for which he was s
admirably fitted. having departed with til
pubEc's angry CANNES, and the peculis
is qualifications for that business having vi
a qualified him for any other, his heart ws
to sad and he got permission from Offic,
ng Olson to retire to the solitude of the Gala
10 boose, there to ponder upon the wretchet
es ness of his lot, and. percdance, strike upc
W a plan for subsistence during the comir
1t winter. He was accorded an interyie
to with Magistrate Swauder ThanIsgiviu
so morning and sent on his way rejoicing