The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-05
gG~A picnic on Mud Island is on the
boards for next Sunday


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sUA picnic on Mud Island is on the
boards for next Sunday,
RG@Bass street cutters are now re
ceiving the attention of the street superin- |
tendent.
sg Brown Mapes has sold out his
bakery aad confectionery business to
Wallace, of Monmouth.
a9-At the temperance meeting at the
Gustaff Adolph church last evening four
new converts were made.
Eag-Knox is busy this weather framing
those beautiful chromos of which he has
the finest collection in the city.
BIReserved seats for the Holcombe
Testimonial Concert, can be had at W. u.
Morris drug store. Je5t
E9@The Moline Guards are we'll pleased
with their new uniforms, every garment
being perfect fit so far as tried.
sg Mississippi Valley Grove, U. A. o.
d., will hold a basket sociable at their
lodge room next Saturday evening,
Eay~Several couples of young people in
this city are making arrangements to go to
Clinton, Ia, the fourth of July on an ex-
cursion boat
| Bay When the spring time comes, gen
tie Annie, is the time to beautity your
parlors with pictures, pier glasses, brack-
cts and all manner of trappings kept by
Knox.
gag~ The wheelba2row man has walked
over a thousand miles but confesses that
in no place has he seen picture frames,
| IAi,,o br,oIoRo ,Ol1 ao obaop
at Knox's.
Ba>A match game Of base ball between
the crack" nine of Davenport and a
picked nine of Moline players was played
on Sylvan island this afternoon. =. We were
unable to ascertain the result, but the
Moline score can be estimated with con-
siderable accuracy-say 0.
EayRobert Resenquist attempted to re-
pair the roof on little summer kitchen
! yesterday but was ordered to suspend
work as it was violation of the fire ordi-
nance. Robert is of the opinion that the
violation consists less in the nature of the
building than in the party who desires tC
! build.
: EaFPeople with any appreciation of the
, beautiful are warned against going to Ed
Knox S. A man went in there yesterday anC
bought one article after another until his
0 cash was exhausted. One would suppose
the chrome vendor would have been salts
c fed with this, but no, he actually took tn,
! fellows pocket book for a little chrome
: before he let him escape. Judging from
: the looks of the book, however, Ed. mus
q have got swindled in the trade.
i B9>A matinee occurred at the Rees
House last night which occasioned severa
G sore heads to day and bids fair to be quit
expensive to certain of the participants
>, Reese's bar tender, who started for Ger
many this morning, secured three kegs 0
D beer and invited a number of his friend
t in last night to have Publication befOr
separating, Quite a party assembled
. among whom were Ex-Policcman Telle
;" and Louis Shallan, a man whom Tellc
it arrested and calaboosed about eightee
- months ago for some kind OF lawlessuesS
:. 1t seems that ShaIIan entertained
revengeful feeling against Telle
l. since that time, and las
e evening, being pretty full of bee
e and surround by a large number of hi
= friends, thought it an excellent opportuni
;, ty for giving Teller the thrashing be has S
l. long wanted to, but had always been to
2. cowardly to attempt. He followed Telle
z around for some time and tried to provok
, quarrel but failed in that, Teller sayiD
that he did not want row and would nc
" fight So things ran on until about A
d NJ. when Teller. having gone out, came i
n and walked up to the bar and Shallau too
4 hold of him and ordered him to 90 out, a
the same time attempting to shove biz
out. This was too much for Bills goo
T, nature aud Strengthening out one of hi
II arms sent ShalaD securing among the Sal
r dust on the floor. Then the ball was ope
, and Shallan' friends to the number of 2
or 80 made grand rush for Bill, VII
IS stood there and laid them ont as often a
Al one came within reach, piling them u
&c three deep around him. After wearing ou
= 6 or s chairs over him they massed the
," forces and succeeded in showing him outsc
D the door Teller has chair marks, on on hi
h forehead and two on his head Its reporte
n that he knocked II Of his assailants 4 wal
. rant was issued for Shallan's arrest an
= Marshal Fish and Officer Mapes went i
II search of him, with what result We wer
J. unable to learn before going to press.
a City Treasurer's Annual Report
e The annual report made by the treasul
h er at the close of the fiscal year, synops
of which was given insTHE ARGUS 1T tn
time, was erroneous, from the fact that
y was made on the basis of the previor
al year appropriations. 1t has beencorrecte
2: aud makes more favorable showing f,
the street and alley and some other fund
y Following are the Important points in til
8 amended report:
a Amount Oh hands Mch, 3lst II s 1915 !
d Amounts received from the
. various sources during the
year. ...,.......... ,...50, O32..
e $5l, 347 {
al Amount paid out .......... 50,722S
Balance in treasury March 81, '78 S GA