The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-11
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
pleasant day.

R. I. & P, road. f
Henry Vonach has opened his saloon !.
under Killers Hall.
City Clerk Reid has issued o. ped
1ers licenses since April list.
Travel over the Sylvan Water and
Rock Island bridges yesterday was very
heavy. Ii
Subscribers who do not receive their ,
paper regularly are requested to leave word
at The ARGUS business Office.
The sewerage committee of the city
council will meet at the Glass Cos office
at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Owing to the playfulness of George
Locke's fists Tim Riley now walks the
streets with both eyes in mourning.
Strawberry sociable at the Fifth
Avenue Church tomorrow evening-the
proceeds to go to the Ninth street church.
All are invited
Work at Rock Island Arsenal, in all
departments, has almost entirely been sus-
pended-until July LIST, when the appro- |
priation money will be available.
Mr. Fezler says that the thief who
stole Fred. Heads harnesses and robe |
purchased the box, in which the articles |
were found, from him on the evening be- |
fore the robbery.
-Keator & Co.'S saw mill, having no
logs, has shut down. The company's boat,
the Robert Ross, is expected down
Wednesday with a raft, when the mill will
resume operations again,
This afternoon horse owned by Wn.
E. Chopper died of lockjaw. The animal
was fine one, and but recently purchased
by Mr.. Chopper. who, on Friday last, re-
fused to sell him for $3.50.
DIR. Plummer stated to-day that. if
inflammation did not set in, he thought VIM
Riuck' little boy would recover from the
injuries he received Saturday forenoon by
the runaway of Enoch Wilson's team.
Our crack nine," the Island City
Club, has been cracked" again, by the
Plow City Club of Moline-and now the
Wide Awakes of this city want TO tackle
tho Moline boys, anywhere and at any
time
On Saturday evening Wallace Hum
phrey, clerk at the Scott House, over the
river, while attempting to jump upon the
| ferry boat after 1t had left our dock, slip
ped and fell into the river. He was res,
cued after considerable trouble.
John Frank Fisher, 14.year old son
of John Fisher, has procured certificate
of admission to the State Eye and Ear
Inhrmary at Chicago, from the county
court. His eyesight. has been failing for
some time, and he is now almost blind
Charles Hamilton, of this city, but an
engineer on the D. & N. W. road, over the
river, fell from his engine near Renwick' S
saw mill, Davenport, on Saturday, and re-
ceived severe injury in the back of his
neck he was brought to this city, and is
getting along finely.
Quite a number of our young men
were consoling themselves at the foot of
18th street this afternoon, the occasion
being that of the departure of some OF
their friends for the north by boat, "'Tis
better to have loved and lost, than never
to have loved at all. y
Late Saturday afternoon atyoung man
Bamed Hugh Wade was in a small sail
boat near the middle Of the river. when a
violent gust of wind upset the craft and he
came very near being drowned. He was
rescued by two men named Without and
, Shoerring, of Davenport.
!, On Friday last Dimock, Gould & Co.
, sawed 80 900 feet of lumber. The lum.
, Der was measured after it vas sawed, so
there was no guess work about it.-Mo
line column, Gazette, Weyerhauser
Denkman's MILL in this city, can see
: ID. @. 4 Co., aud go them 100000 feet
:, better any day Of the week, and moi
rush anything very. much, either.
Mr.. L. A. Haak, of Davenport, ha.
so far recovered from the shock of his ter
D rble runaway accident Ct couple of
? weeks ago, an account of which was given
ID THE ARGUS at the time, as to be ablt
to be around his store, though still suffer.
Is ing much pain along his spine Mrs H., il
. still confined by her broken ribs and col
I lar, but will recover without permanent in
jury, and the little girl is all right.
He sat alone in her fathers parlol
waiting for the fair ones appearance thu
Il other evening, when her little brother cam,
9 cautiously into the room, and gliding vi
: to the young mans side. held ont hand
8 full of something, and earnestly inquired
! Il say, mister, what's them?" "Those2
: replied the young man, solemnly, takin,
up one il his fingers, those are beans
G ''There!" shouted the boy, turning to hi
a sister, who was just coming 10, Il kne5
you lied. Youtsaid he did ut know beaus
and be does tool" The young mans sta
. was not what you would call a prolonged
IS one that evening.
: George p Rowell & Co. deserve tn
best thanks of the advertising communit
! for their efforts TO prevent advertising iron
being imposed on by unscrupuloas publish
: ers. Every honest publisher will also thanl
them for the aid they have afforded then
in maintaining their compitition for bust
ness by fair means, against the fraudulen
d practices of dishonest rivals. Messrs
< Rowell u Co., alone of Newspapers Direc
10 tory publisher, have had the courage t,
undertake the task of discriminating amonj
= the statements of newspapers, and t
face the hostility which such course wa
sura to excite among those who profited b,
> misrepresentation. Notwithstanding tn
''crushing" articles that from time to tim
r, have been hurled at them. sometimes b.
parties who ought to have known better
they have persevered in their course, an,
d they have had their reward. Their publ
cation has taken the first place as tn
standard authorizes, among American News
:. paper Directory, end . Preference bool
y for every large advertiser and advertising
agency IN this country. jersey City Jour.
NAL, Nay % 1877.
8 Breakfast and dinner sets, vases, chan
r dslieFs, lamps. chimneys. etc., at ne
t wholesale prices, at retail May Bros.
J. cor. 18th street and ed avenue. lldlt
POLICE MATTERS.
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