The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-15
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7th streets was being raised about one foot
to-day.
Two or three more burglaries in Dav-
export Sunday night, but they were all
petty affairs. No arrests.
king, the shoemaker, is putting up
neat two-story frame house, on 7th street,
between Second aud Third avenues.
President Warner says the street car
company intends to spend about $4,000 on
the line of the road and on the cars this
season, Good enough.
The forests are now a.mass Of green,
the leaves having increased remarkably
within the last few days. The grass is
very luxuriant and of the deepest green
j. Fl. Cleland & Co., have just re-
ceived a handsome 10 foot Italian marble
monument which they intend to put up
for VIM. Y, johnson, living near Rey-
nolds.
One of the sights on Second avenue
to-day was OF well-known citizen at
tempting to paint both sides of his picket
fence at once-and sit in chair all the
time on one side.
Coroner Vermillion's health is very
poor-he has been unable to walk or even
stand up for two or three months, and
now he is losing all use of his arms and
hands. 1t is sad misfortune.
The second trial of Chas, H
Eldridge, in Davenport, for selling mort
gagged property with intent to detraud The
purchaser, has resulted in his acqulttal-
of which all his friends will be very glad.
The guards at Rock Island Arsena
won't have a monopoly OF the FISHING
around the Island, hereafter. They'v
| played that game out, and caused goot
deal of unnecessary censure of the com
mandant and officers when the fault wa
with the guards.
There will be a meeting at tn
Methodist church this evening for re
= hearsal of the Service of Song, prepare
tory to tue fortnightly. meeting in Dart
Hall, next Sunday afternoon. Hor
Hiram Price, of Davenport, will spea
: next Sunday.
VIM. Roeder, ship carpenter, EN-
0 ployed at the boat yard, while at wor
+ with an adze, yesterday afternoon, let
slip and tendon OF one of his big toes va
cut entirely off. DIR. Gait dressed th
: wound, which bled profusely. He WI
+ have a stiff toe.
!. Mrs James Broderick intends to ere
# either a handsome monument over tt
h grave of her late husband, or have me-
chapel built, one-half OF which will
II decided to the church for public ton
d while the other half will be ased for
d private vault for the Broierick family.
c. Billy Wilson has prospect,of open;l
G his railroad ticket Office pretty soon, In b
y cigar store. He is already offered Oh
{ read. and has prospect for another. |
will put in telegraph wire and employ
le clerk in the cigar store who can do t
] telegraphing, SO that he can know whe
T trains are, and whether belated and ii
= when they will arrive. Such an Office
ut much needed in this city.
Ill Street Com'r Boynton is doing
tn work very handsomely, about town.
a the way, the stone crossings (now that t
- street car track has been raised) Shot
ID be raised, and Mr.. Boynton should see
sc done at once, or authorize Mr.. Warner
err do it. They were never high enough.
crossing level or nearly level with t
street Is useless. Put them up. I
no crossing will not only be better but p
as vent fast driving.
a The 10Th annual convention of the L
s., nois Sabbath School Association CO
menced its session at Peoria to-day,
10 A. NJ 1t will be in session three da
, Delegates left here on the 6 A NJ. PEG
De train this morning. We noticed, from t
or Congreg ational Sunday school, of Han
M ton, Miss Ward; from the BaptisUs,
ew Moline, Rev Mr. Lnfeldt, T, NJ. SIM
III IL,
II in Rock Island, Mrs. E, W. Spen
and Miss Emma Philip. There II
have been others, but it so their nan
rd. are not known to Us
OF The police and citizens had a liv
but unsuccessful run to capture W
Easton, in the alley in the rear of S
TX Block. about noon to-day. William il
mn .ailor by trade and formerly worked
,ol, Loebs but lately he has taken to Ga
bling and, some think, stealing. Tod
10 however, he attempted to exort mo
h from couple of women by telling tn
ges that he was a detective, and that if t
,Iso did not come down" he would e
- them away" to the police Instead, {
pS' gave him away" and then Will
Ibe had a lively run-but he finally escap
hey The officers captured his carpet-sack, b
,ck ever, which contains many articles u
49, by gamblers and confidence men,
VINO baggage was afterwards claimed
'ed' another party, but the police still have
7n' The trial of Ambrose Bone, for
ers, murder of Minnie Beunicke, in
by BLACK Hills bagnio, Davenport. C
, Of menced in that city to-day, in the dist
,uo court. 1t will be remembered that W
'n0' the shooting occurred thvre were
Id Swedes in company with Bone, who
was mediately escaped and all efforts to
ling them proved useless until yesterday al
nae noon when Marshal Jennings, of Da'
'''' port, learned that their names were Cha
rive Hoagland alias Nelson, blacksmith
g to the glass factory IN this city, and Cha
,eo- Gustafson, laborer at Weyerhaust
orv Denkman's saw mill. He came over a
them, and induced them to go over
10 river and testify in the case. After get
ests them across the river, they were loc
hey up in Jail for safe keeping.
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