The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-23

publication the same day.
sE'Lady Audley's Secret at Timm's
Hall tonight.
S9S. I. Walker was we'll enough to be
down town yesterday.
EIFarmers and dealers took advantage
of the bad roads and charged so cents for
potatoes yesterday.
s9~The window and door frames for
Okerberg, Elmstedt and Wickstrom 8
new store rooms we're being put in and the
rooms plastered up to-day.
EEThe young mems social club give
one of their excellent dances 10 Timm' s
Hail. this week Friday evening, OF course
it will be strictly first class affair.
RgThe Good Templars lodge will give
a public installation of officers and an
oyster supper on the 9Th of November, for
the purpose of enriching their treasury.
B9 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. tt
BJim Suiter notice of whose arrest
was in yesterdays ARGUS, was taken be
fore Magistrate Swander this morning and
fned $5 and costs, the collection of which
was susL ended during good behavior.
E1~JOhn Barry was arrested last night
by Special Policeman Ray mond, for being
drunk and disturbing the peace. This
morning Magistrate Swander fined him $5
and costs, and having no money he was re-
turned to the calaboCse.
~H. Schmidt, j J.Ekermann and Peter
Ploog were before Magistrate Swander
yesterday for failing to pay their poll
tax A judgement of SIS and costs was
entered up against each of them, There
are oyer forty more of these cases which
will be attended to fast as possible.
Hg@The library books are to be called in
by next Thursday, when j. q. Salisbury
will commence tearing up and remodeling
the rooms This will occupy about two
weeks and fully one week will be consumed
in arranging the books, SO that it will be
about month before any more books will
| be issued.
EGaThey had little fight on the bluff
YESTERDAY to relieve 'the monotoDy OF that
usually quiet portion of the city. George
Wiber, an old gentlemen, got into dis
pute with a German from the country
about a matter of % cents, which be
claimed the German owed him. They
called each other pet names for while
aud all of a sudden Mr. WiIber's proboscis
began to ernit quaulities of cardinal red
fluid They both claimed that the other
fellow struck the first blow. The German
went before Magistrate Swander and made
complaint, and a warrant for Wilber's
arrest vas issued, out this morning before
the papers were served, it vas settled by
paying 81 and costs.
Ea@A A few days since a party of eight
gentlemen, who have been active members
of the republican party for several years
were assembled on Morris corner, when
some one proposed taking vote of the
county ticket. The vote was taken. anC
resulted in but one out Of the eight voting
the republican ticket, and upon investiga
tion it was found that he was candidate
on the ticket-for coroner or something o.
that kind. Notice of this election was
given to one of the republican papers will
the request to publish it as straw, in
dicating the direction of the political mind
but he declined. stating that it more nearl,
resent bled club than . straw. 1t is, per
haps, needless to say that his remark wa
the result Of an accumulation of thes
straws, which daily come under his obser
, vation.