The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-04
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
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Cal. Wagner's Ministries will be in
Darts Hail next Saturday evening. |,
The first class of the Chicago Female /,
College at Morgan Park graduates June
7th.
-Henry Ward Beecher is building a
new house at Peekskill. His bushes seems
to pay.
The hotel cars onsthe Chicago, Rock
Island Il Pacific road. are proving sue
cessful.
The Methodist excursion from Ke-
vance and vicinity will arrive here on
Wednesday.
City Marshal Kinney, of Geneseo,
has been appointed deputy to Sheriff Van
nice, of Henry county.
Another fifty boat race is to be
arranged at Chicago between VIM, b.
Curtis and G. A. Barnard.
The splendid hotel cars which Mr.,
road will be ready in few days.
Prof, Piper, Of Chicago, will deliver |
free lecture in the High school hall this |
evening, to which all are invited.
The base ball fever has struck the
small towns in this vicinity "bad," this
year-and each town now has half dozen
mines,
The sidewalk case" in the county
court, was, on Saturday afternoon, again
postponed, until the 2lst-being the third
and last call.
During the month of May U. s. eau
ger j. M. Beardsley I'd, gagged 23,l00
gallons of liquor in the wholesale liquor
houses in this city.
The Burlington Iowa. boat club has
just received fine six-oared barge, cost
ing $500. 1t is named bob Burdette.
after the Haa0keye humorist.
The graduating class of the High
school in Geneseo, this year, numbers Is
10 girls and boys. The class in this
city numbers l5-l2 girls and 3 boys.
From reports, from all parts of this
ties, the prospects for large crops of all
present.
The delinquent tax sale in Henry
county commenced to-day at the court
house in Cambridge The sale in this
county will commence just one week from
to-day-on the llth.
THE Bench Berth s ciety, of Daven-
port, composed of the most prominent He
brew citizens, had a delightful pic mic on
lOfferman's island yesterday, which was
largely attended from this side of the
river.
The boys at Weyerhauser & Denk-
mann's saw mill have novel way Of catch
ling fish. The other day two large cat fish
were found in hollow log which had been
pulled up into the mill to be sawed. They
J say this is no unusual occurrence.
Social circles at Sterling, His, are on
the qua vtue over the approaching marriage
of Miss Alice r, Harvey and Mr.. Edgar
II. Gait, to occur Thursday evening, June
It'll, at nine clock. at the residence of the
, brides mother, Mrs. Rachel Harvey.
Yesterday, the river at this point was
we'll dotted with sail boats Late in the
afternoon about dozen of these pretty
crafts could be seen sailing up and down
the river, showing considerable skill in
handling on the part OF occupants of some
r of them.
The season at Island Wild" com
mences July end This is a private resort
where none only members of Gidion' S
Band and their invited guests are allowed.
This band is composed Of sevcnty-iive
members from Chicago, Racine, Mil
waukee, Belot. Rock Island and Daven
port,
"A good story is told of a Boston lawyer
{ whose procllvities are High Church, and
e who thinks it needful to SOW seed by al
{ waters and so has his note paper branded
q with Scripture texts. The other day he
had occasion to write for favor from the
chief justice, and he unluckily used shee
y headed, I'VE are all bought with price.
He didn't get it.
The season opened at Geneva Lake
r on the first A sailing regatta and horse
trotting occupied the day. In the even
= ing dramatic company performed "Th,
:. Game of Life" and Peace at Any Price,
at For6's Opera House. After the play
b pleasant hop at the Whiting House was il
It order Geneva Lake is delightful re
= sort.
e The anniversary exercises at tn
E many institutions in jacksonville, Ills.
q occur as follows: Illinois Conservatory o
Music, Monday, June 4; Young Ladies
Atheneum, Tuesday, june 5; JacksonVili
n Female Academy, Wednesday, June 6
is Illinois College and Illinois Femal
e College, Thursday, June 7. There ar
oyer sixty graduates from these school
this year.
Herman Kruschke, a workman 70
"a the Lowe Bros. has just completed
handsome job of carving for a wine cas-
le for the Tivoli in Star Block. The cas-
was placed in position this morning. 1t
,e made of walnut, aDd the eagle and head G
'. a lion is one solid piece. The work was a
J. done by hand. required five weeks labor, an
ia cost about 800. Mr.. K has shown i'm
self to be good workman.
y On Saturday night Mr.. Miller. pro
70 prietor of the Union House, reported t
Policeman Metsch that man took lodgin
= at his house about 10 o'clock that evening
5 and retired to his room. Shortly after
wards Mr.. Miller saw him open windoy
in his room and crawl out upon the pore
and then attempt to enter another room
'e through window. Mr.. Miller foolishl
1t ordered the fellow out of his house, insteat
y Of having him arrested. He answers tn
Is description of wellknown Peoria thief
Is who has been in the city for the past weel
D, but who has not been seen since Satur
10 day evening.
% Mr.. Friedrich Obermier, relative o
: the Petersons. the well known Secon,
= street merchants. in Davenport, wa
'e drowned Sunday, while bathing 10 th,
II Green river, at Geneseo, where he wa
managing Messrs P.'s branch store. HI
was good swimmer, but was seized witt
a cramp in very dangerous rapid. H
was aged 25 years. and had lived for tire
years in Davenport. where, as at Geneseo