The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-02
NOTES uRRE AND rHERE.

Very heavy rain with thunder and
lightning last night.
The new board of education will hold
meeting tomorrow evening.
-Kett Il Co.'S directory of Rock Island
county, was being delivered to-day.
About a dozen persons attended the
Biehl Band pic mic yesterday afternoon.
Only Is marriage licenses were issued
by the county clerk during the month of
June.
An excursion from Burlington, and |
all intermediate points will arrive here on
the Fourth.
-Four guns. from the Light Artillery |
Co. were taken to Moline this forenoon. |
The Phoenix martial band headed the |
procession,
Forepaughs circus and menagerie drew
large crowd Saturday evening-and all
pronounced the animals as being the best
part of the show.
WIN. Fl. Lundy has been investing In
jewelry again-this to the amount of 81 in
one of j. G. Leonard's gold rings. |
Misery loves company. Next
During the month of June there was
recorded in the recorders Office ninety
nine deeds, ffty-eight mortgages, twenty
two chattel mortgages, and forty miscella-
neous papers POO in all.
The Union of Sunday morning gives a
startling account of highway robbery,
in Davenport, Saturday afternoon, which.
upon investigation. by the proper author
tiles over there, proved to be all farce.
Policeman Feeley aud Philip Drunken
ishue have built substantial sidewalks in
front of their residences on Fourth avenue,
bGtween 18th and l4th streets-an ex-
ample which some of their neighbors would
do we'll to follow.
One of the Light Artillery boys, who
was in Moline this morning, said, on his
return: 1T would have been blamed
thin parade if we hadn't gone up-only
about 80 men in the procession besides our
boys" That's bad, indeed.
Any body who wants to invest their
money in the Moline, Rock Island & Milan
Dummy Street Railroad Co, can do so by
calling on g. H. Stoddard. He now has
the subscription books open-with 600
shares at 800 per share.
One result of last weeks conference
E of G. Il. l. & ?. magDates is a reduction of
G 10 per cent. in the wages OF all employees
4 cal uAbR OhEI SOO per uputu. Ht OTucE
will be promulgated either today OF very
soon and naturally causes profound dis
gust among those affected thereby, though
they will all undoubtedly pass under the
# rod as gracefully as possible.
8 "A patron of certain newspaper once
said to the publisher: Mr., Printer, how
. is it you never call on me for pay for your
e paper?' "Ohl" said the man of types, I'VE
= never ask gentleman for money" In
g deed!' replied the patron. How do yor
manage TO get along when they don't pay !
i Why >, said the editor, after a certain
y time we conclude he is not gentleman
3 and we ask him."
?, 1t is boy aud M. W. Childs, thc
a genial proprietor of the star clothing stor,
: is the father. 1t is bad indication to SCI
10 child dlsoby its parents in so early youth
& yet this boy actually quarrelled with tit
e. PA" because he would not give him
o ticket to the circus. Unless he is checked
- early, the youngster will want night ke
81 before a great while. Cigars tree a
10 Childs' now.
~ Riley Hayford, of Milan, says his sol
le George, who is only 10 years of age, com
1t mitted perjury in order to procure a mar
!. rage license, to marry Lille Mccarthy
1t the reports are true, which of course W
y don vouch for, young man, or anybod
a else, would have done most anything i
re order to get rid of such a man as Haytor
S. is reported to be. The boy don't appes
~ to be any better than the father, and tn
general remark isl pity the girl,
4. ALI the military companies now orgaI
lied il the state will muster in under th
10 new military code early this month an
ce the full complement of 100 companies wi
We probably be organized by the lst of Octt
,o ber 1t is the intention Of the commando
in-chief, so far as practicable, to encourae
~ the organization of companies in countie
so where none are now organized, giving pre-
erence to points where they will receiy
support and be sustained by the citizen
Rock Island could support a good con
pany eff infantry.
On Monday, June 18th, during IL
heavy storm Cd that day, a COW, belongiI
60 to widow woman in Moline, named Mas
- was struck by lightning and killed, on tt
leE bluff, Just back of the street car stable
lar On the following Wednesday, someboc
- skinned the animal and let the carcass r
ts main. Several efforts were made to ha1
- the animal removed. and Health Com
0u McMaster was notified, but he told Polio
IN man Mitsch to have the police look aft
it. Several men were employed to bul
MS it, but they all backed out. saying the
could not endure the stencil. People
the neighborhood, in one or two instance
were obliged to leave their houses. La
night Thomas Burton was employed, al
he succeeded in burying the nuisance
and the people living 10 that neighborhoC
~, :. are again happy.
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