The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-10
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nGrGo and hear i'll
sEThe ferry boat Lily will take an ex-
cursion to Hampton next Friday.
saFThe reform club are getting out a
poster announcing a musical concert COM
posed of home talent.
pGrGo and hear it!
sEBarnard & Leas Manufacturing Go.
received an order from London by cable
yesterday for three of their mill machines.
B6FGo and hear il
sgHenry Calentzky has been confined
to his room for several days with an ex-
ceedingly sore foot, caused by running a
nail into it.
EsE@Apples, peaches, grapes, blackber-
ries and almost every kind OF fruit are
received here daily in large quantities by
the fruit dealers.
RG@The board of health will meet this
evening and adopt rules for their govern
ment, after which a smelling committee
will be appointed,
B6F The militia companies will COM
mence rifle practice next week, when peo
| pie who have no insurance on their life
had best take trip into the country.
g9rGo and hear it!
s9 John Daley, the tramp arrested
Monday night for pounding smother tramp,
had a trial last evening before Magistrate
Grover and was sentenced to seven days at
the stone pile. He finds fault with the
cracker and water diet furnished by the
city and gives expression to his dissatlsfac-
ton by continual yelling like wild
| Tp5;an ooI ohof bio call 1aan until tho
occupants of the second floor think the
building is being tore down.
| BgFour tramps, followers of Daley s
who have been waiting for his release SO
he could accompany them on their tour
were arrested for quarrelsome and bois.
trous conduct. One of them objected to
entering the calaboose and made a break
to get out but came in sudden contract
with officer Carlin's fist and concluded tC
remain quiet They begged this morning
for their own and Daiey's release prommis
ing to leave the city, but failed to convince
the court of their sincerity.
nGgM Moline has no occasion to be dis
satisfied with the result of yesterday,
communistic convention. The Methods
congregation, what there is left of it-i'
| particularly pleased. for they now hav,
some hopes of getting rid of Haney. Thu
conference sent him here unsolicited b.
the church two years ago and returned
: him Year ago under the same circum
stances. According to their rules minis
ter can remain three years in a place, ant
as the congregation have 40 voice in tn
matter much tear has been expressed les
he would be returned for the third year
but now they hope that he will abandon
{ the ministry and being the whole force o
$ his mighty intellect n to bear upo
t politics. ln fact few of his congregation
say they will encourage him to work 70
the election for the sake of the church an
the cause of Christianity.
Il E9%The nationals hereabouts feel yer
: grateful to the Organ for SO promptly an
:, efficiently coming to Haney's rescue yes
q terday, at the convention, when some of tn
: Henry county misunderstanding, no doub
heard of Haney's weakness called on hiI
o for some remarks and an account of hi
?. previous party affiliations, before form:
vote was taken. The organ saw tn
: peril, and, before Haney could reach th
- stage, arose and threw dust IN the agita
Is tors eyes by few smooth remarks an
rs the assertion that the convention could nc
IS afford TO ignore the 1000 votes cast in thi
m county last spring, and thus Haney wa
saved from talking himself to death b.
fore the nomination. After he was nomi
: mated neither the Organ nor Haney
friends cared what he said, as they kne
every communist was bound to vote fc
him, and. as Shew said, they could not pr
IF up pill too strong for them to take.
,e E~Overseer Soderstrom was notife
d yesterday that Geo. Grifin's family We,
suffering for the necessaries of life an
that they were all sick, Mr.. Griffin inclut
re ed, and unable to procure anything. II
Ig replied very decidedly, not to say insul
e. ingly. that he would do nothing for then
that the city could take care of them. tt
overseer's effort to lessen the county Blu
~ den in the matter of support of paupers
h commendable if good judgment is used an
a. proper discrimination made, but to refus
pr nourishment or even subsistence for Fl
!, mily who are sick, unable to work and hay
- been ostraclzed from the community b.
he cause OF the existence Of the smallpox
o. the family for the past two weeks, and a
8 for the purpose of building up lit
o political capital for the greenback con
n munistic Dationalistic-so cialistic- sore hea,
- ed renegades, hungering for grab in IL
,S public crib. is going step too tar and vi
~ receive the condemnation of all hone
n people regardless Of social, financial
~ political positions.