The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
E@Pierce Brothers are laying Ia new
kba;r rnSfanrapf

lager at Geo. Adelman's. Main St. 2dlt
R6ERock river bridge tender reports
$l9O.O3 collected for tolls, during Septem-
Der.
s@The city tressurer's report for Sep,
tember shows a balance OF cash on hand
of $229.l7.
H~E. H. Gleason has made an assign
ment of his grocery stock to w. }. Eli
trikin, for the benefit of his creditors.
E@Binding of every description done
at close figures at The ARGUS bindery.
All kinds of printing cheaper than else.
where in the three cities. First class work
orarsntae1 IF
E@Francis Tinpon made complaint TO
Magistrate Swauder this morning against
B. Van Kiskove for disturbing the peace.
and warrant for his arrest was placed IN
Officer Oison's hands.
HgThis mornings Union, in weak |
effort az witticism, says that the upper
stories of the Elmstedt & Okerberg block |
are decorated with the imported pine win |
dows." This is Il mistake or something
else, as the pine windows are only in
Richards & Sohrbeck's building,
E6FGust Cedarquist, the man who
supplied Chas. Anderson with whiskey
through the calaboose window last Sunday,
was taken before Magistrate Swander
Yesterday, who entered opposite his name
| $40 fine and 80 days in the county jail,
the latter part of which was suspended
during good behavior.
R@Nathan Tyrrell, boy about II
years of age, was arrested this morning by
Officer Olson for jumping on and off moving
! trains. He was taken before Magistrate
3 Swabder who fined him $5, aud in default
r of payment he was sent to the calaboOse.
but subsequently released upon promise OF
good behavior.
J Report of Superintendent of Riverside
s Cemetery for September.
e Receipts, 77.9O; expenditures, Sl62. 80.
g Number of interments :, of which two
= were removals from the Rocke Island
Icemetery. The causes of deaths are
, Registered as follows: Whooping cough
d 2; still born, l; typus fever, |: heart dis
y ease, /; cholera, =; consumption L.
Moline Board of Education.
Regular meeting of the board of Edu
cation occurred Monday evening, Oct. lst
X Present, all the members except Huntoon
II Bills to the amount of s.. .408,40 wer'
q reported from the several committees ant
ordered paid.
The resolution of II. L. Bulleu, to dis
continue Latin and German, laid over a
d, last meeting, was taken up and after dis
cussiou was lost by vote: Nays 4-yeas
A resolution was passed authorizing tn
superintendent to excuse pupils from gym
oo nastic exercises from to $50 A. u.
90 1t was ordered that DO new classes
% Latin be formed this year, and that th
90 training class be discontinued This
40 virtually BulIen's resolution
% After some unimportaut business I'll
90 board adjourned.
g9S S9S Moline City Council.
% Council met Monday evening at 7:30
40 NJ. in regular monthly session. Presen
the mayor and all the aldermen.
9sO CO. Mason appeared before the counc
~ ~ and stated that he wished to call their a
oil tention to the manner of laying the ci
gl8 water pipe, it being layed deeper than t
. Il pipe of the several manufacturers,
= would be impossible for them to come
np o9i and furnish pressure for fire purpose
: On motion, referred to fire committee.
. A communication from l.. L. kerns
hn cliniag the appointment of chief engines
= was read, accepted, and ordered filed.
513 6f7 w. r. Moore made report of cases
doa his hands, which was accepted and order
filed
. 50 City treasurer, police magistrate a
4 90 hric ge tenders reports were read aud
4 50 ferred to the finance committee.
'l2h Alderman Aldays petition for 81
zo,< walk on the north side of Second sire
i from Oakland street to east line of "
7@s ticks addition, was referred to the str
0S''' and alley committee.
The petition for ermlssion to move
c., B, l. Q. freight house, which was
COZ ferred to committee at the last meetl
- 90 was reported favorably upon by the ct
S 90 mittee, and, on motion, the city attor
D4 SO was instructed to draft an ordinance
as so that purpose.
as as 90 90 The following reports OF the street c
mittee were read aud approved:
~ The committee recommend that Al
Alday's plat of his second addition to
line be not accepted-that the pla
Sweeney & Jackson's addition to Molln
= al proved-that the plat of Witt
addition shows second avenue to be
feet wide, whereas the street now ope
,o but 60 feet in width, and recommend
i,0SE Mr.. Wittick De ordered to set his i
1.07A back sufficient TO make the street SO
1'osS o5a that Christ Reese's proposition for
.10z ing a gutter around the corner OF MAO
.1.2oh and Railroad streets be rejected
petition of S. Gault and others be gra
No that petition for sidewalk on the
red. side of Atkinson. between Lynde and 81
streets be not granted.
Bill of Hawley and Moore for the sa
cases, amounting to 5000, was referr'
the city attorney.
The mayor appointed Isaac AndersC
:, chief engineer of the IRE department.
cash proved by the council.
VIM. Kerns' resignation as street 81
intendent was accepted.
Alderman Grantz stated that Wi
Teller was violating the FIRE ordianan'
+; 1895 building a frame addition to his |
IS year stable, and that he had taken the Ii
to order the work discontinued. Aide
ShSllene moved that an ordinanc
!: sales passed allowing Mr.. Teller to com
- DO his building, vote being taken, the ~
to good was defeated. Moved by Aide
h;pperss Grantz; that Mr.. Teller be require
" make the building conform to the
ordinance. Carried.
The special committee on FIRE prote
let. 2. were instructed to confer with DiI
!; / $50 Gould & Co. as to arrangements tor
ishing steady fire pressure at all tim
all the hydrants, and in regard TO fu
ing water to private parties, and rep
next regular meeting.
The committee TO whom was re-
the petition of the military compaBi
15a5 permission to erect an armory bu
}; Phila- upon the city's lot north of the |
| Honse rennrtad In favor of Crantiu