The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-25

The schools viii be closed on THURS
day. Thanksgiving day
IA Union services will be held Thanks.
giving day at the M. +. church.
16rFour tramps were gathered into
the calaboose by the police last night.
sGrM Mrs. s. W. Wheelock has gone to
Chicago and wilfbe absent from home I'M
til next week.
aGMr. H. @. Sleight has supplied the
Club room s want mentioned in Saturdays
ARGUS dictionary.
s9F Franklin lodge, A. o. U. W., will
hold an important session this evening at
their lodge room and desire full atten-
dance.
16FMrs. Lindberg, the woman whose
husband maltreated her recently, has
been delirous since Sunday morning and
is dangerously i'll.
9~The board Of education met in
their room In the central building at 4 p.
m. to-day. No business of any particular
importance was transacted.
BI~Bob Moore, of the Revie,o, received
three new Job presses for his office to-day.
They are of the following dimensions:
IS by so, q by 81. and II by %. They
are all improved patents.
E6TMagnus Epp has purchased Geo.
Adelman's saloon and fixtures, taking pos
session this morning. Mr.. Epp is we'll
known and has many friends here, having
been one Of Molines successful merchants
for the last dozen or more years.
6TBen. Middleton, colored, brother of
| n. H. Middleton who had his hand sawed
up at Keator & Sons mill some two weeks
since, met with similar accident at the
same place this morning. Ben. had the
middle finger of the right hand cut neces.
stating amputation at the first joint, and
| the nail torn off of the first finger of the
same hand. DR.. Dunn dressed the wounds
the sufferer grooming the while with 9
vehemence which made people on the
street think that both legs were being
amputated.
City Council--SpeciaI Meeting.
/ A special meeting of the city counci
was held last Saturday evening tor the pur
pose of considering the ordinance passed
at last meeting granting the G. r. |. u 2
r. r. Co., additional side-track room Oh
Main street. The mayor and all the al
dermen, except Barnard. were present.
| Alderman Ellis moved reconsideration
of the ordinance above mentioned, produc
ing communications from the Mohn
Wagon Co. and the Mallable Iron Co. ia
voring such action. Carried.
An ordinance proposing different dis
position of tracks was introduced, but o.
motion of Alderman Hemenway action o
the same was deferred until the next reg
ular meeting by the following vote: Ayes
Hanson. Knox. Hemenway, Peterson
Nays, Ellis, jenkins and Ainsworth.
County S. S. Convention.
The Rock Island county Sunday scho(
convention assembled at the Congrega
3 tional church 10 this city this MONDAY
morning at 10 o'clock, with Rev. /
. Schwartz temporarily in the chait Tn
first half hour was occupied with devotion;
I exercises led by Rev. j. s, McCord, of til
NJ. f. church. Rev. L. G. Barnard d.
livered a short but cordial address OF we
Il come which was responded to by Rev. {
s W. Van Osdal, of Rock Island.
The following committees were appointe
after which adjournment was taken until
: p. N.
}, Finauce:-F. NJ. Sinuett, Fl. o. SleigI
e and E. w. Spencer.
9 Business: Rev. A. Harper, Il. o. SleigI
and Rev. S. T. Davis.
County S. s. work for ensuing year..
Rev. A. Harper, Rev. Geo. F. Linfe
and S. T. johnson.
As Enrcllment:-S. J. Caswell, Fl.
Grover and E. FL. johnson.
al Fire Signals.
By order of the city council the folio
10 ing code of fire signals has been adopt
for the government Of the fire departure
of Moline, H.;
lg Upon the breaking out of fire, Il
signals to be given shall be as follows!
in First Ward, Open hydrant twice, Il
ting it remain open twenty seconds ca
time.
re Second Ward. Open hydraut thr
times.
. Third Ward. Open hydrant TOUR tim,
Fourth Ward. Open hydrant five timr
When fire signal is given the
nd alarm will be sounded from steam whis
n Of Dimock, Gould & Co, as follows:
Ooo prolonged sound, followed by
-, many short. sharp sounds as will designs
la' the number of ward IN which fire occu
Is. same to be repeated after an interval
ill one minute.
Owners of steam whistles are urgen
=, requested not to allow any alarm to
"u made by their engineers or others, exec
IT, when fire occurs in the immediate vicin
ne of their works. and then to sound only t
alarm as designated above, of the ward
which the fire occurs.
'o' Hydrant wrenches will be kept at
following ces:-Dimock, Gould Il G
all Office; Keator & Sons Office: BARNARD
Leas mfg Co.'S Office; Jno Deeres re
, dence; Richard & Sohrbeck's drug sto
- Moline PIow Co.'S Office; Deere & Co.'S
90 fee; Isaac Anderson's residence, Hin
lat street, Rev Setterdahl's residence, Hin
street; Chas Bobbke's bakery, Madi,
~. street: Moline Malleable Iron Works
=, fee; Williams, White Il Co.'S off
d. Union MalleabIe Iron Co.'S office; Mol
es- Wagon Co.'S Office; Thos. jenkins I,
nd dence, First street; Jno PaImquist's RI
deDce, First street; Grocery, cor. Fl
and Oakland streets.
'oI H. A. BARNARD.
bis THos. JENKINS.
he Committee on Fire and Water
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