The Rock Island Argus., 1878-11-20
NOTES HERE ANp rHrRE.

&C. H. Ritter has bought the j. B,
Cargill property, paying therefor $4,000. |
A new sidewalk has been laid in front
Of Wagner's brewery leading to the street
car track.
The business portion of Second ave.
nue. is now as good street as there is in
the city.
"A hack now runs between Cleveland
and Colona connecting with the G. X. |. q
P. morning train,
The city of Davenport has Is miles
of street railway and it takes the Gazette
just half column of words to tell of it.
The Wide Awake Hose Go. and the
Hook and Ladder Go. No. 2. propose to
give the opening ball of the season at Hill
lier's Hall Noy. 81,
Sheriff Perkins has filed with the
county clerk $4,000 bond with Judge
Lynde and Geo. Mixter of this city, Judge
Gould and G. HDeere of Moline as signers
of the document.
Supervisor Donaldson was in the city
to-day aud just missed the W, U. train for
the north end Of the county, whittier he
was going to look after a complicated
road case.
-McCabe Bros. built sort of passage
way from the gutter to the street car
track. but the street commissioner sent
his men and had it shovelled away. 1t
was ever thus.
The Masonic festival on St. Johns
Day, NOV. 27) in Davenport will be held
at the Newcomb House. The Masons of
this city will be invited. The tickets will
cost So per couple.
The hay-stack case Is still before the
county court 1t would be cheaper for the
county to pay for the hay and pen
sion off the attorneys The recent Buford-
Downing garnishee case cost the county
over SO when the original claim was only
about $50 and the jury did not reach the
bottom of the case at that.
The Black Hawk Club have leased
the second story of the building occupied
by the Gas company. The rooms are
being elegantly fitted up. In addition tt
the reading rooms there will be billiard
room for those who practice that game, al
oyster and reireshment room for the ust
of members, and card and chess room.
H, G. Short faVors US with copy o
the WEEKLY ARGUS of May Is, 1866. Il
it are many items which to-day are i'm
portant as reference. The original prop
osition of F. L. Gable in relation to tn
Peoria railroad. A full account is give
of the donation to the city of $25, 200 b
Mr. Gable, and the vote OF thanks ten
+ dered him The entire correspondence
between DIR. Truesdale, then mayor, an
: Mr. Cable is given in fpll. AS matter {
of reference it is valuable paper.
3. 1t is with no little pride, as a citize
9 of Rock Island, that we refer to the fa'
that the young ladies of this city are Of
/ literary character. Instead of devotln
t all their bright talents.to balls, parties dres
L and fashion they spend much of their tim
# in the study Of literary, scientific and biz
v torical subjects. They have their a
g societies their Shakespearian and Histor
cal Clubs--Now young ladies isn't tn
true2 Ofcourse it is.
The Union allows its Cambridge CT
5 respondent to tell in complaining wa
how the local editor of the Chronicle a
r four quarts of mush and milk and then e
SC corted Moline girl all over the town ar
IL when tired ont got horse and buggy ar
IN took her four miles out in the country
/ where she was visiting. The Union on
10 amount of mush and walk home with Il
\ girl. The editorial staff of the Union b.
in degenerated, in this respect, since tn
y time,
n 1t would be serving those smart your
, men who disturbed the congregation at Il
lie Baptist church, last Sunday night, ju
ly right to publish their names in full. The
heads are altogether too large for Il
II amount of brains they contain. Their e
A perience in the show business develop
al their mouths to such an extent as to eau
Is them to talk in church. However this d
velopment enabled them to beg off, al
the church authorities accordingly wit
r drew the prosecution. The complaint "
:; made before Squire Hayden. who has t
reputation of being just in his decisions,
Some malicious lunatic or ''smar
party placed torpedo on the street c
iOi track, on Sunday night, and when car \
g., came along it exploded, causing pal
among the passengers, among whom We
w several ladies. At first it was not knor
what caused the alarm, the driver q
,oo passengers thinking it was pistol sh
Officer Metsch was on the spot promp
and caused man on the front platfoi
AZ and negro on the rear end to show
,9c their pockets, but they established th
innocence. About half an hour after t
remnants of the torpedo we're found ne
13 the car rails and the mystery solve
123 Whoever placed the missile there,
n caught should be vigorously dealt with
a. This afternoon man Of rather az
look, iu company with a young woman
fair features could be seen driving do,
Second avenue in a good turnout.
re intervals the couple would haul up
to front of saloon. get out, go in and takt
b. drink, waltz into the buggy again a
r. swing around the circle. Who they vel