The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-26
MOLINE.
Free exhibition of art at Kuox's

n@Free exhibition of art at Knox's.
b@Vaccination is getting quite popular.
s&~ Market Square was overrun with
hay to day.
ggBen. Keator arrived home from the
pineries this morning.
B6~Fresh bread, rolls, cakes, pies,
crackers, etc., at Wallace's.
s@Thos. Damn is having the root of his
Wells street block painted.
s1-The Tilleman boys were before
Justice Mapes again to-day.
DG-Go to Knox's for picture frames.
RarDan. McEnery is raising and putting
a new foundation under his house on Ann
street.
E@ Excavations for coal vaults beneath
the sidewalk are being made in front OF
Deere's block, Main street.
HgFor the most palatable ice-cream 60
to Wallace's in the Christy corner.
nGr Henry Blundel. farmer living
north of Port Byron. will start in few
days for Liverpool with 800 head of fat
cattle.
Berthe G. b. & Q. train which arrived
from the south at o'clock last evening
had over 100 tramps on board. The con-
ductor said he set off two car loads down
the road.
s@H The Golfers of Rapids City and the
Moline Stars played game of ball on
Sylvan island yesterday, The score at the
close of the game stood Golfers ii, Moline
Stars 10.
Egr Large invoice Of fresh candies just
received at Wallace's.
RgThe largest and finest display of
statuary photographs, large and small, at
Knoxs.
sd~Dwight Benham will start for Colo
RADIO this evening, where he will spend the
summer Cor the benefit Of his health.
Charley Effland has charge of the grocery
store and will dispose of the stock.
GSs@A 4. p. Fisk came down from Gene,
SEQ last evening and returned to day. He
says the Driving Park meeting. will be
we'll attended aud a success financially to
the association, There will be races there
on the 4th of July also, $500 in purses
having been made up for that occasion.
Bay Tickets are on sale at Morris drug
store for the temperance Dramatic and
Musical entertainment at Rock Island to-
morrow evening and Mr.. Porter Skinner has
proposed TO give free transportation to and
from to those who purchase tickets here
RsSrTo be hung, tomorrow: fresh
supply of fine pictures at kuoxs.
s@-Rev. Geo, T. Linfeld, pastor of the
Baptist church, and a delegation from the
, church. went to New Boston to-day tc
organize a Baptist church at that place
Quite Furnishing society has grown up
there within the past two years and they
propose now to connect themselves witt
the general organization and engage th'
services OF u preacher.
DSEFresh fruits in their season at W al
lace 5.
BOY Drowned.
John Swanson, Jr., u thirtee0 years Oh
son Of John Swanson, farmer living OF
2 Rock river, about a mile above the Molin
p bridge, was out on the river IN a boa
, yesterday morning setting fishing lin
, aud, it is supposed, accidentally tell int
l the water and drowned. He was seen in tn
boat and a short time afterwards the boa
was seen empty and the boys hat lying Oh
< the water near by. A seinc was street.-The
y across the river some distance below an
i the river dragged, but at last reports til
body had not been found, though the
were confident Of recovering it to Gay
The river is very high, being FROM II
20 feet deep where the body is suppose
to be lying.
EEW. W. Wallace, successor to l. [
l. Mapes at the Christy corner. has fitted u
Y elegant ice~cream parors in the room
recently occu pied by Gilmore 4 Keed;wit
an entrance on LYude street
Indian Troubles.
= There is Just cause for alarm aud imm,
d diate preparations TO guard against q
e Indian massacre 10 the Mississippi valley
near the mouth of Sugar Hollow. Tt
IS ''varmints" are armiog aud preparing f
the war-path. Only this morning lars
e shipped here and it is believed that an GU
hold meeting and pass resolutions Will
,s out delay. ''Clendenin's Nc" got hold {
one of the bows this morning ard, with b
t hair standing la Modoc. wild and hur
e grv look in his eye and a blood curdlin
d whoop issued from his throat, made das
for scalps; issued from the store the ictuI
Of Forepaugh's animals and performer
= displayed on the Plow Cos, warehous
n opposite attracted his attention. Wit
s the rapidly of lightning he adjusted Il
arrow and fred. None of the picture
fell aud after vigorous search the arro'
" was found few feet behind him. Nothin
e dauuted and thirsting for gore he mad
il another onset, taking more deliberat
q aim. The arrow grazsd the side of th
building and sped on and on, out of sigh
. Just at this critical moment, when Nc
|. was debating seriously whether or nc
he had better beat precipitous retreat
/, the lieutenant came to the rescue an
j.. retreated him in good order In the sol
tude of the prescription room the lieutenaI
l. explained to him the harmless nature
II the aforesaid pictures and the danger t
= himself of handling arms with which b
, was unacquainted, promising to provide
' larger mark for him to practice on.
Smallpox.
At the request of the mayor the follow
ing physicians met yesterday to conside
= aud devise means to prevent the sprea
n of smallpax: j w. Morey. L. D. Dunr
/. G. Piper, j B. Davidson, e. Vitzthum,
q II. Vessel, King burg and Cook.
;. A number of suggestive resolutions wer
passed to be presented to the city council
e the substance of which are as follows
+ That every precaution should be taken t
disiDfect the habitatioB of those attacke
with the disease, isoating them as niue
as possible; that immediate vaccination b
made compulsory; and that. IN order to d
so etfectually, a special policeman b
appointed TO take census of the peopl
and see that those who have not bee
: vaccinated for term of years and tbos