The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-01
aGThe frst day of Winter.

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sure publication the same day.
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aThe FIRST day of Winter.
B9Krang Challenge" caramels at
Christy's bakery. 303t
D@Mr. FL. E. Thomas is quite sick at
his home IN Hampton.
BG@J. s. Bucks smoking and reading
room will be open tomorrow. Roll in
R@A large consignment of holiday
candies just received at Christy's cor
ner. 30-3t
eGrBilIs against the city which were
not handed TO the city clerk to day will
have to lay over another month.
pAThose eating apples and that sweet
cider at Pierce Bros, are some of the
causes of the rush at their place.
DGEMr. O'Sullivan has rearranged the
interior of his barber shop, making the
front room larger and the rear one smaller.
gGPreaching at the Baptist church to-
morrow morning and evening by the pas
tor, Morning subject: obedience the
test of love"
E@ Binding of every description done
at close figures at The ARGUS bindery.
All kinds of printing cheaper than else
where in the three cities. First class work
guaranteed. If
R9A repairer of old tinware was
arrested yesterday for throwing some hot
metal in the face OF John Woolsencroft's
little boy, who was playing in the street
near where this artist was at work. Dr.
Davidson attended the boy and says he is
unable to tell as yet what the injury to the
boy may be. 1t is possible that his eyes
may be injured. The fellow is in the
calahoose.
eI~The article in this mornings Union,
stating that Deere & Go. gave each of
their employees turkey for Thanksgiving.
has engendered considerable bad blood
among the hands. Each one knows that
that he got no turkey, but is desperately
certain that every other man did. Just
think a moment. 1t would take nearly a
car load of turkeys to supply every man
in the shop with one.
Business Change.
II. A. Pierce has leased of Nj. B, Hill
the Temperance Billiard Half' and will
continue TO run it in first class style. Mr..
Pierce has peculiar faculty for this bust
ness, and will undoubtedly make that
place the favorite resort of billiardists
Sudden Demise.
At one clock yesterday DR.. McKinnie
appeared before Magistrate Swander in
obedience to a summons issued upon COM
plant of body of men heretofore known
as the board of health - There was no
trouble IN sustaining the charge but when
W. r. Moore, DIR. McKinnie's attorney,
asked to be shown the ordinance under
which the complaint was brought, and
pointed out to the court the fact
that it was not certified to by the clerk,
there was no evidence that it was an
ordinance, and the case was immediately
dismissed. Having had their eyes opened
by this revelation, they determined to
fence up every gap and then tighten up
the screws again. Accordingly the
ordinance was hustled up to the city clerk
; office aud duly signed, sealed, etc, and
! the doctor was again arraigned. w. j
Entrikin, attorney for the people intro
duced his evidence and rested bis cast
!. again. This time, defiance and exultatior
!. cleaned from has eye, which was followed
:. by self satisfied smile which seemed Il
say, this time we are invulnerable" But
alas for the trailty OF human hopes. Th'
e defense merely questioned the members O
s the board OF health as to whether they hat
!, taken the oath of Office and filed bond
d with the clerk, None of them had eve
e thought OF this essential point, and thus i
q became apparent that the board o
: health existed only in imagination, an,
: this case was discharged.
The Union, in commenting upon tn
y trial this morning, says that no one though
to TASK what the state law has to do viii
c board created by the municipal au hor
r ity." How unfortunate that the Uni0
% reporter was not employed TO eugiuee
e this case through. Ii that importau
$ lquestion had rercolated the skull of th
D, prosecuting attorney, he would have bee
!. frefered tothe statute under which the cit
g OF Moline was organized, an extract froI
!. which is here appended. "All officer
of any city or village, whether elected Q
J. appointed, shall. before entering upon th
duties of their respective offices, take an
n subscribe the following oath or afirms
d ton.
J. Which oath or affirmation, so subscribet
shall be fled in the Office OF the clerl
And all such officers, except aldermen an
N trustees, shall before entering upon th
4 duties of their spective Offices, execute
u bond with, security, to be approved by th
Of city council or beard of trustees. etc.,
OF 1t seems that the press, and consequent
IS the public, lave been laboriDg under
ie mistake In regard to this suit being brougl
le tor non-reporting of deaths. 1t was fc
ne failing to report births. The DR.. fee
Is somewhat aggrieved at being arreste
twice within an hour for an offense again
10 the board of health, when in fact there vi
u no such board. The writer asked him
there was any truth in the report that
. would sue the city for damages for tn
prosecution. He informed him that thei
+ was not; that the city was not responsib
8 tor the acts of its private citizens. only
case of riot. No legal proceeding will
instituted against the board. Indee
~ certain parties have taken so much int, re
IS in that body OF gentlemen that their aut
" biography is now being written and "
~ appear in these columns or elsewhere in
is few days.
4 The STYLES Ladies wearing the late
s 'PiDback" and striped silk stockings a
: very liable to contract stubborn coughs
y colds, and should not neglect to procu