The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-24
NOTES HI RE AND THERE.

Attend the ward caucuses tonight.
The river is about 2.5 above low water
mark.
Ten prisoners in the county jail at
present
Every ''loil' postmaster now has to be
commissioned by Rebel General"
Now things have changed.
There are now 827 water takers from
the water works in this city. The annual
receipts amount to S ,S79.O2.
-Dnring the year ending March |.
3O5,536, S39 gallons OF water were pumped
into the water mains from the water works.
The secretaries Of tie various ward
meetings tonight airs requested to leave a
copy OF their minutes at this Office by 9 O.
clock Monday morning
The town auditing board will meet In
Killers Hall at 2 o'clock next Tuesday
afternoon. People having claims against
the township should take notice.
james B. Ellis has opened coal
Office in the little building lately occupied
by the Galva coal company near the
Peoria depot and intends to sell Richland
Grove coal.
Emma Abbott had splendid house
in Peoria last evening and will have another
this evening. Couldn't she be induced to
give a concert in Rock Island2 Pity we
hadn't fine opera house.
All money in the hands of County
Treasurer Porter, of heillegal tax of 1873,
not refunded by next Monday night will be
turned into the county treasury. The
amount is about $1,000.
Mrs, Francis WEIGH and Annie Will
son. alias Mary j. Brown, who kept a dis
orderly house in the lower part of the city,
were released from Jail this afternoon, by
order of Justice Hayden. They had four
days more to serve.
"A man named Dolerheid. from Free
port, Iowa, is making arrangements to
build pottery at Andalusia, which will nc
doubt add considerably to the business OF
that little burg. There's plenty Of mat,
rial there for the business.
The fire in Davenport early this morn
ing was in the Newcomb House. The fire
started in the laundry, and spread to the
kitchen, saloon, and billiard room before il
was extinguished. The loss from fire anC
water is said to be about 81 ,00G, probably
insured.
On Thursday, the 22d, the house Of
Dennis Cavanaugh, of Rapids City, wa,
destroyed by fire. 1t was a good one-storN
house, worth probably $40O-partly in.
sured. Contents mostly saved On the
same day Peter Schachter's cooper shop,ir
the same village, was burned. 1t contained
quantity of bacon and some other prop
erty.
Ike Haley was released from Jail tn,
other day, after serving half his sentence
and on Thursday evening he was at tn,
regular prayer meeting at the Nintl
street NJ. E. Church. At the close of tn,
meeting Ike, being a member. was callet
on to rise and explain" his conduct 70
the past two or three weeks. Ike arose
with tears III bis eyes, and said that tn
charges against him were false and b
ought not to have been sent to jail. Nov
Ike was sent to Jail by Justice Pinkley
who was present at the meeting-and, II
use his own words, he said ''the member
would think [ was devil Of fellow t
send Ike to Jail when he was not guilty O
crime and so, after Ike had made hi
explanation, Mr.. Pinkley arose and sal
Ike's story was rather too thin; that h
either told lie at the trial or he told on
then for he had plead guilty to all tn
charges at the trial. i heated discussic
then ensued between Ike and the SOUR,
E and it was thought by some there woul
Z be rev, but the matter was finally Sc
o tied by Ike acknowledging that when h
f was arrested he was drunk, and-her
the curtain drops, for the present.