The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-14
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NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Saloon licenses in Moline are $500
each.
Rev, Father j. j. Grogan is the new
Catholic priest at Geneseo.
Gas pipes are being laid on 23d street |
between Fifth and Seventh avenues.
The closing proceedings of ithe board |
of supervisors will be found in this paper. |
Its week old-but Tommy Corcoran
wants it understood that its girl. Weight,
IL pounds.
On Sunday the 7th, 70 new members
were admitted to the Congr egational
church in Geneseo.
Pic mic parties are becoming quite
numerous-to the pretty islands near
South Rock Island.
"A large number of young men and
boys were playing ball 10 Davenport's pas
ture yesterday afternoon.
Arrangements are being made by our
Methodist friends for an excursion to Rock
Island on the 30th. Cambridge Chief.
Saturday was payday OF the Mercer
County road, the Coal Valley road and at
the Coal Valley Mining Co. S mines at Coal
Valley
| Some sneak-thief broke pane of
glass in the front window of Sargent Il
Webber's store last evening and stole lot
Of maple sugar.
Davenport ladies are subject to all
manner of insults by a gang of roughs,
over there, whenever they venture on the
streets at night, alone.
= -" Mansil's Almanac of Planetary Me-
| teorology says the moon is in conjunc-
ton with Mercury to-day-and, of course,
that's what's the matter with the weather.
"A barn belonging to Oliver Bros.
florists, in North Davenport, was burned,
l together with its contents, on last Satur
day morning. Loss about 81, 800. Mostly
insured,
-Rey. r. j. Langrldge is the settled
pastor of the Baptist church in Geneseo.
l Eleven new members were added to the
church on Sunday the 9th, and the Neaos
r says more are to follow,
The Geneseo Nesos says little son
of VIM. Weimer's, who resides at the
coal works north of that place, was
/ caught 10 the knuckle of tumbling-rod on
Tuesday of last week and one OF his
= ankles badly crushed.
Saturday morning Officer Clinton
arrested two meu, over the river, who gave
: their names as Grant and Doe, having il
e their possession two new suits of clothes
:, 1t is possible that these are the fellows
who burglarized Heagy & Stoddard's store
in Hampton, Thursday evening.
> On Saturday night two clumsy bur.
: glarles were committed by sneak thieves
e in Davenport, by breaking windows. The!
1nEarol Mar;tp1e
n took some shirts, and Kircher & Sons, OIL
Second street, ond got small amount OF
. money.
: The engineers and guards at Rocl
g Island bridge have subscribed for the
n relief of their fellow employee, Jas.
Gazatte. who was 50 completely burned
out, in Davenport, on the night of tn
IS 18th, having raised for him purse 1
n over $50.
er w. II. Becker, the new teacher in tn,
a German-English school in place of Mr.
Nissenson, 10 this city, died last Frida
y night, at Mercy Hospital, Davenport, c
n pulmonary disease. He was 80 years c
Id age, and leaves wife and one daughter
d He was buried in the City Cemetery. i
a that city, Sunday afternoon, and tn
~ funeral was attended by delegation c
at Turner's from this city.
It The Rock Island editor of th
ns Gazette says 'the supervisors resolved
.;r that the Gazette is the paper the
u prefer to read. This is not correc
III They voted thanks to Mr. Tiliiughast f
e writing up their biograT HES, and fC
ey making dead heads of them in regard
by the paper, They didn't say they eve
read the paper all, or cared TO read
Va | 4 that hos 70 ha, IN NJ
va a circulation is never read much by an
y body.
Il The rolling stock, and live stock, an
- all other personal property OF the Centr
Il" Street Railway Company. in Davenport
% was formally turned over TO j. Meredi
En- Davies, lessee, on Saturday atternoo
lid Davis has adopted for the road the caste
- name of the St Louis road under the 70
~ ten, rascally O5terberg management, and
Is will hereafter be known as the People
lat Line" Davis is trying to raise funds
nd extend the road from Brady street. at
rs near the property of w. G. Brewster, v
Oak Dale Cemetery to the Soldiers q
lm phans' Home
nat Geo Mordaunt Bowen, was broug
elf into the district court in Davenport,
Saturday, the 18th. and by advice of /
&c attorney, A j. Hirschl, plead guilty
each of the ten indictments
lue forgery and one for 'uttering, Jud
his Hayes sentenced him to two years at ha
ons lab,r in the Anamosa Penitentiary on t
nod first indictment, and one day in penite
tiary on each of the others-making
~ nle term Of CONTINENT years and nine day
Tue Bowen was the nobby book keeper 10 o.
Roberts & Co.'S sash and blind tacto
nm over the river. A full account of
lis transactions was published in THE ARGT
re. He got off easy
Stealing Coal from Cars.
of Coal dealers in this city, (but more
pecially Mr. Cable) haye been annoyed
Z. sneak thieves and have probably X
hundreds of bushels of coal by the crt
the lures who make it a practice to steal G.
ne. from cars standing OF the railroad ira,
lily, Saturday morning man namedsWillial
dIn' was caught in the act and only escap
% being sent to jail for larceny because \
on Cable declined to prosecute, This mo-
no ing old man Burton was caught steal
~ coal, but he also escaped punishment
M promising not to repeat his raids. Sho,