The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-05-19
NOTES HTRE AND rHrRE.
Very pleasant day,

Very pleasant day.
California train tomorrow over the
G. B. & @. R. R.
Base ball in Bailey Davenport's pas
ture tomorrow afternoon.
is there Republican party? If so
what does it believe in and what is it going
to do about it2
The Cook county tax sale advertise
ment occupies 1850 columns of the Inter
Ocean, making 204 pages of that paper.
&c. S. Goodwin and August Littig have
been granted diplomas as veterans, for
ten years service in the Davenport fire
department.
For cool spot, after hot day s work,
none can equal the last trip of the ferry
boat A clean, cool breeze can always be
found there.
Herman McClurg, of Lyndon. swal
lowed a dose of poison, and then his re-
mains were covered forever from the gaze
of mortal eyes.
There's some interesting reading
about Bob Ingersoll in this paper, from
The World, of New York, giving, to our
notion. his correct status.
Robert Nealy, for the past twenty
years carrier and collector for the Demo
crat and the Gazette, in Davenport, has
thrown up his position and will move to
Chicago.
Somebody asked Moody, in one OF the
Boston Tabernacle services, Can man
use tobacco and be Chrlstian2'' His re-
ply, Yes, filthy one, made the people
laugh,
"A carpenter named Hunter, while en-
ployed at Rock Island Arsenal. yesterday
afternoon, fell a distance of twenty-five feet
and broke two ribs in his right side. He
lives in Davenport.
j, McTague, of West Davenport, has
been appointed on the regular police
force oyer there, vice Henry Martens,
dismissed for cause, Herman Meyer was
appointed a special policeman.
Cincinnati Commercials
| Put away his little ulster;
| Lay his fannels IL the drawer;
| Bring him forth bis linen duster;
| Lead him from the city's roar.
Gone to get sherry cobbler.
Street Commissioner Boynton says he
will raise the crossings. Right. They
were never high enough, They should be
we'll above the level of the streets, with
approaches of stone set like one side of a
gutter This will save the Joliet stone
from wearing at the edge
The post ofice-and the store belong
ing to NJ. S. Hosford, 10 Rock Falls
Whiteside county, was entered by burg
lars recently and goods to the amount Of
about $25 taken, Long & Laird grocery
store was also entered. Loss about SIS
No arrests.
Miss Maggie rumbaugh, of Rock Is
land, died at Mercy Hospital in tits city
on Thursday, May II, after severe suffer
ing from cancer. The remains were taker
to Rock Island last evening, and the funer
al took place this afternoon. Democrat
18th.
The collection of the fine against Johr
Conway, OF this city, for thrashiDg Joe Me
, han. of Milan, has been suspended by Jus
t tice Dickson, but he must pay the cost
within thirty days. John says that JOE
wa very insulting and struck him first
: fia also denies that he was drunk.
This is only straw Thos. Mansill
, the commission man in the old wooden mil
building this morning received 500 doze
! of eggs from Martin Schoonmaker o.
= EdgingtOn, over the Rock Island l. Merce
! County r. r. Last week be shipped owe
8 two tons butter to St, Louis.
. Friday afternoon, the 18TH Mrs. Wm
: Hall, of Coal Valley, while attempting t,
0 build fire used can Of kerosene-and
! Of course, there was an explosion. he
q clothes caught fire, but she threw buckle
i of water over herself, extipguishing til
5 flames, and then tainted. Neighbor
who heard the explosion rushed in ard III
r out the fire, which had commenced to gal
!, Roadway among the things about the room
e Damage slight.
. "A fine Improvement in the 'wate
u works has been made at West 4 Knicb
: erbockcr's Harper House Billiard Hal
There Is no better managed house in tow
{ than the billiard rooms and saloon OF We.
Z; & Knckerbocker. No boys, or beats,
u disagreeabie characters are permitte
u there The quiet way Mr.. Kickerbockt
y has of sending loaier boys away is muc
u liked. Minors. of respectable behavio
d are invited to play billiards, but the la
29 forbIdding the sale of intoxicating drinl
Ii to them is rigidly enforced.
v The Moody and Sankey Service
Y Song" will be held to morrow afternoon
re Darts Hall, beginning at 4 o'clock. II
bit following songs Will be sung: Gulde nj
re Oh, Thou Great Jehovah, Jesus OF Ma
0; areth Passeth By" solo and chorus;
er Love to Tell the Story" chorus; ''Ho
as Fast till Come, solo and chorus; Ca
ing US Away" quartet of male voice
Grown of Rejoicing, chorus; "All f
at Jesus" a quartet with chorus of ma
in voices. Hon. Hiram Price, of Davenpol
es will deliver the address. The public al
persons not in the habit of attending churC
services are especially invited to atten
The managers inform US that the object
e. these meetings is to furnish pleasa
i'll hours recreation of religious mot sect
No rianl character, and draw people who a
- not church goers away from frivolous
Is and uselessly spending the holy Saba
ID day; also to increase among our people
he taste for music, in the hope that a dew
opmeDt Of higher musical character III
take place here.