The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-12
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

--Quite NUMBER or farmers IN town
to day.
Only one dray license has been issued
SO far, this year,
. The board of supervisors adjourned
and went home this afternoon.
Dark. windy, chilly, disagreeable day,
with slight sprinkling of rain.
"A new gas main is being laid on
goth street, between Second and Third
avenues.
All books should be returned to the
public library by the l5th-and don't
you forget it.
Wooden shutters are being put on the
windows of the old Presbyterian meeting |
house arsenal building at the point OF the
Island
People who like to read the cutting |
irony OF woman's pen should not omit
Grace Greenwood's review of Hayes, in
this paper.
1t would be more creditable to Sheriff
Perkins's administration if he would dis
charge the present swell headed turnkey
and employ more gentlemanly person.
-Mansills Almanac of Planetary Me-
terology says: The principal disturbing
positions of the planets for May appear to
be located about the 4th to 9th, l4th, 23d
to Goth and 29th.'
-Supt. Cramer, by order of the council,
shut off the water from ell takers who
have not paid their rent--and he is now
turning it on again as fast as they pay
up. All but about 10 have paid up.
john" Goodman is now fishing at
Cordova. He came down yesterday with
boat load of fine fish, to supply the
market at the foot of 18th street. He
says fishing is good all along the river.
A few days ago train of 10 ears of
silk and tea passed through this
city over the G. R. |. Il P, r. Il. going
across the continent FROM San Francisco
to New York in nine days, twenty hours
and twenty minutes, making 100 stop
pages. The best yet.
"A good many people think the finding
of that Milly Dillon jury was broad
farce, and an evidence that Rock Island.
course lawyers who are paid for aiding the
defence will claim that the evidence did
not warrant conviction-but people who
heard the evidence think very differently.
The fine professions of reform and a
, better life made by Mon Weir when she
married Velie are proven sham by her
admission in court to day that she keeps a
bawdy house. The fines assessed by our
circuit court are a reminder that the
e business isn't popular here, and will be
, pretty expensive in the future
"A neat two story frame house. in East
Davenport, belonging to James Gazatte,
was destroyed by fire about 2 o'clock this
morning, the family escaping in their night
clothes. Loss about ,500-partially
: insured Cause, a defective fue-as
usual. Mr.. Gazatte was one of the engi
neers at the draw to Rock Island bridge,
and the loss is severe one to him.
The other day, John Stevens, fireman
and +. S. Beardsley, draw tender, at the
draw to Rock Island bridge, got into a
quarrel while on duty, which finally ended
in blows-but they were parted before II
t could be determined who was the ''best
0 man" ''Ez, however, now carries his left
t eye in mourning. We haven't seen Ste
+ vens Supt Fleming reported the affair
: to Col. Elagler, and the matter is being
investigated. Both are good workmen
$ the row was a petty one, and the affair
: will probably be settled by their receiving
It a lecture to be more careful with thei
It tongues-and fists, too-in the future,
{ One of the officers on the polic
!, force, against whom charges of a gross
violation Of one OF the ordinances was pre-
1t ferred, was dismissed this morning D.
le Mayor Dow Wedding out time is com
% ing, and Sub0rdindteS who are given L
!, SneerjHg at present, may be brought u
"a with short turn ere they are aware O
- it. Their talk and actions are k1e0aUn
40 and for their own interests. and the goC
OF the force as whole, it were bette
~ that they try to work harnoni Iusly
u Those on the force who are referred t
will understand the hint The officer dis
10 missed is Henry Martens, son of the e2
=. chief-DdU Democrat, llth.
-. -Orson Lewis, a farmer, who resides d
r. Marseilles, LaSalle county, this state
represented to Policeman Metsch. las
evening, that he had been ''confdenced
out Of what money be had, on the
o'clock G. r. l. 4 p, train going cas-
,r. Metsch inquired OF passengers as to tt
truth of his statement and found it to /
correct. The amount taken from him W;
81 and it was done in this way: Lewis,
conversation with the confidence man,
~ stated that he did not have enoug
" money to pay, his fare
Ia Marseilis. Confidence man sa
ter he lived at Marseilles and would ler
10 Lewis enough to make up his fare {
took Lewis's dollar and left the train
n.y. purchase him ticket and never returne
ng All this occurred at Davenport. and Il
rse confidence man got on and off the ira
no at that city.