The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19


Dark, chilly day.
Are you candidate for collector?
Candidates for city Offices are numer-
Gus.
Corn sold at 81 and 40 cents a bushe
on Market Square to-day.
City council meeting on next Thurs
day evening-to install the new council.
-Holberton & Co. Harper House
Billiards. now set achoice lunch at 10 a.
IN. and from 9 to 10 p. N.
The Mercer county circuit court,
Judge Pleasants) commences at Aledo to-
day.
Annual ball of the st. Patrick
Benevolent Society in Killers Hall this
evening. Supper by Mrs. Aster.
1T is rumored that the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy Railroad company have
about perfected arrangements by which
they will become the absolute owners OF
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad.
The Harper House was very crowded
on Sunday Travellers generally make it
point to spend Sundays there when they
can. The dinners are always very fine.
On Sunday there was profuse supply of
choice. crispy, fresh lettuce, radishes, young
onions, ETC., etc.
According to the newspaper reports of
the lectures OF the little fraud, Edith, she
had too much of the world, the flesh and
the devil in her to live on the plain fare
and wear the plain clothes of Sister of
Charity. She wanted more style and
higher feed. Edith never was intended
for a Sister of Charity.
Prof Richards is lecturing 10 Daven-
port, His lectures here were valuable and
interesting and those of our people who
failed to attend missed rare entertain
ment. 1t was not creditable to Rock Isl
and interest in scientific matters that the
lectures were so thinly attended.
The Ninth Street M. E. church was
crowded last evening, principally by young
men, to hear Rev. Joseph Hart deliYer
his temperance lecture entitled THE
Drunkard's Photograph" 1t was highly
interesting, and it is hoped that it will be a
benefit to every young man who heard it.
We understand that the victims of
the recent surprise party hoax will meet
this evening and compare the handwriting
of their invitations with view of taking
measures to hunt out the rascal who per-
petrated the practical joke, 1t was such
an unwarranted intrusion upon the pri-
vacy of the young ladies that the author
of it deserves exposure and punishment.
Conductor Wright, of the Western
Union road, says when he left Racine
Saturday the mercury was l6 below zero
and the snow % feet deep. At Elkhorn
the mercury was % below and the snow
the same as at Racine. But when he
arrived at Rock Island and saw the water
running down the cutters he was surprised.
He had apparently run out of the arctic
regions and into the tropics.
Daniel McNeal collector for Hampton
township, and Thomas Armstrong. collect.
or for Bowling township, returned Gheir
tax books this morning. The former col
lected 81 1900 49,out of a total levy OF So,
ll5.13-returniDg as delinquent $2,6l4. IS
The latter collected $7,23ll9 out of levy
of S., 627 6O-and returned as delinquent
81. 800. 41-making the best showing OF
collections of any collector who has return
ed his book
Few people understand printers
and therefore many laughable mistakes
sometime occur with those who try to in-
terpret them. On Friday last paid
notice of Edith O'GOrmaE's lecture APP
peared inthis paper marked 'dlt"-which
to a printer, signifies that it is a paid ad
vertisement and is to be published in the
daily one time" A person in this city
attempting to translate this. cabalistic mark
mistOok the figure ~ for the letter II
and interpreted the meaning thus: ID
liar too!'-which q good many people
think was not very inappropriate in thi;
case.
This morning. as two well dressed
ladies were walking along the sidewalk Of
| Second avenue some thOughtess persol
threw a bowl of dirty water from tn
second story of the boarding house in }
NJ. MOOre's building, corner of SecOn
avenue and 10th street, and the filth
stuff came down upon these ladies ruinin
the clothes of both. The person VIII
threw the water out of the window shout
be made to pay all damages and then b
fined besides for violation of city ord
nances People who spit out of window
4 upon people on sidewalks or throw any
thing out upon them, probably forget tia
!, they have left the company of hogs on th
prairie, and ought to be reminded Of it b
an occasional fine.
The fire in Davenport Sunday after
noon started in the saloon of Michat
Flynn, corner of Fifth and LeClaire streets
and was caused from defective fue.
spread to building on the north belong
ing to Paul Deutsch, and damaged it
the amount of about $250-no insurance
Flynn's loss is about $45O-no insu
} ance. Several tenants also sustained SON
damage to furniture, etc. After this fiji
had been extinguished another one brol
out across the street, in a building owne
by Peter Fries. Of this city, and occupie
. by Fred Coppel as saloon and boardir
; house Mr. Fries loss is about $25O-il
sured. Coppeps loss is $l00-also insure,
making the total loss about $I,15O, ar
the insurance only $3.50.
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