The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-01

aG@Tle street car company's horses are
nearly all sick.
BTCity clerk Walker returned from
Chicago this morning.
WMagistrate Swander reports 5000
collected in foes during the month of Sep
| tember.
R@Painters are at work distributing
lead and oil over the front of Smith
! Cassel's hardware rooms.
H9~It is probable that Street Superin-
tendent Kerns' successor will be appointed
this evening by the mayor.
R1NA church sociable will be held in
| the lecture room of the Baptist church,
this week Thursday evening.
RaFThe following order was entered in
the supreme court at Ottawa On Saturday:
/ "454 City of Moline vs. Yager; motion
by the plaintiff to dismiss the writ of error
sustained
Bg- Binding IF 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. tt
| 19-Prof Richards, Of Chicago, will de-
liver three scientific lectures here on the
18th, l4th and 18th inst, under the
auspices of the Moline Guards. Tickets
for the course 81.
E1rAndrew Toopp fell from his wagon
Saturday afternoon and one wheel passed
over his hip; Dr. Kingberg attended him
Unless he has received internal injuries.
nothing serious will result.
Barney Gamble took uniustifabe
liberty with the person OF an inebriated
farmer last Saturday, for which Magistrate
Swander charged him 81. John Weaver
became security for the payment, and Bar
ney was released.
EaTW. Fl. Pratt advertises in last week S
ReUiea0 a rolling cutter attachment to a
, plow, which he says he found. Vanlou-
vance, of this place, says the cutter is his,
that he has evidence that Pratt saw him
when he lost it, that be tried TO sell it,
, and was told whose it was before taking il
home.
D RtASome unprincipled vagabond sup
:, piled Charles Anderson, who is boarding
: out fine in the calaboose, with whiskey
yesterday, and Charles got gloriously druub
= all by himself The name Of the party is
q known to the authorities and he will bt
e arrested under the state law, which leaves
r it in the discretion Of the court to assess
i fine of $50, or to commit to the county
e Jail 80 days, or both
e notwithstanding the oft repeated
d saying that figures will not lie" Henry
Van Hombeck says he has demonstrated
to his satisfaction that they will Ont
E. day last week he bought four boxes O
3 peaches for $3.50, and figured out 40 cent;
Il, profit to the box. by retailing them at II
It cents dozen, but imagine his chagrii
e when the peaches were all gone to tint
d that he had realized but $40, % cent
al less than cost. Alas for the veracity o
- figuresi
p. The Wheelock Library Building.
At the last meeting of the library boar
the question Of internal improvements t
sr the building came up and quite spirited
r. discussion between the members occurred
"a There are three plans. upon which sthe,
are about equally divided. One is to max
few temporary changes, with but,a trifn
expenditure. Another is to overhaul th
10 whole interior and to do at once all tha
gs they ever expect to do; while the thir
tn and most sensible proposition is to kee
within their means, but do thoroughly an
Iernanently what is done, so that whe
they have the means to carry out th
3, whole plan what is done now will not be
loss. The latter is the true policy The
have so much allowed each year for librar
purposes, and they have no right to go be
NJ youd this, but by doing permanently eac
90 year what their means will allow, theI
90 will be no lost work, and the expense wi
~ scarcely be felt.