The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-08
Dimock, Lester & Co. are preparing
to. remove their wholesale cigar and
tobacco establishment to Rock Island,

E2 D1mocks Lester o. 20. are preparing
to remove their wholesale cigar and |
tobacco establishment to Rock Island.
s6M MSS is being, prepared by the |
quire for the discussion of the prohibition |
question tomorrow evening at the reform
CLUB reom as
GGWallace, the confectioner at Chris |
tvs corner. erected a gasoline lamp post
in front of his store to day, with neatly let |
tered glass announcing his wares.
Settle Echo claims all the credit for
last Tuesdays republican victory. How
do you fellows who have been supporting
that sheet upon its claims of non partizan-
ship like this dose?
Dg Thos. VIM and JAS Marker were
arrested and taken before Magistrate
Grover yesterday on suspicion of being
the assaulters Of Andrew Erickson last
Monday evening, but the evidence ives not
sufficient to convict them.
sGrOne thing is evident, and that is
that thinking men cannot be led to the
poIls:- Gazette Not humiliating con-
fession when it is so well known that the
majority of the republican voters we're
driven up ike slaves by their masters.
DG~Oficer Holt found a man 10 the
east end of town last night, lying in an al
| icy, badly beaten about the head. He is
stranger and can give no intelligent account
of who he is. where he came from or how
he got hurt. He was taken to Overseer
Soderstroul and is now under Town Physi-
Ician Mckinnie's care at the American
House.
Adjourned Regular Meeting Moline
/ City Council,
The city council met last evening in ad-
Ijourned regular session, the mayor and all
the aldermen being present.
The committee on gas reported recon-
mending the location of additional street
lamp posts on Main street at the crossings
of Bass, Lynde, Pitts, State, Division,
Taylor and Rodmau avenue, and at the
corners of Lyndc and Library and Bass
and Park streets. On motion report was
placed on file.
On motion the bills against s. H. Viele
and C.H.Dee for filing cisterns, amount
ing to $71, 80, were abated in consideration
of the city having used Deere d Co.'S, FIRE
pump and hose upon several occasions.
A petition from VIM. Nourse, HI. W.
CaDdee and FL. Harwood, asking that
Lynde street hill be cut down somewhat,
was received and the street superintendent
ordered to expend $50. on said bill,
j. Theodore Robinson's claim for $50
? so for damages sustained by being thrown
a from buggy August 18th, 1878. caused
: by piles OF dirt 10 the street, unprotected
by light, was referred to the street super
3 intendent and city marshal.
e A petition of II. H. Hill and 33 others
! asking for the opening of Division street,
was referred to the street and ally com
mittee
Petition of Water Power Co. to be
e allowed to erect frame building on their
ground between the Moline wagon shor
i and Deere's q Co., was refused.
= On motion of Alderman Barnard a com
mlttee was appointed to investigate the
: claim of DIR. MckinDie against the CITY, tc
e report at next meeting. The committee
: consists of Barnard, Ellis and Hemenway
On motion OF Alderman Ellis the fire auG
water committee was instructed to procure
8 100 copies OF fire alarm signals as adopted
r 6y the city council, and distribute them tC
II dlnerent manufactures and bushes!
\ houses IN the vicinity of hydrants
An ordinance permitting the c., r, /.
8 L, II. h. 20, to lay a side or switch track
r to connect with the main track, from ,
r point in the north line of their depo
grounds in the city, across Main street Il
the north line of said street; thence ives
J along Main to the centre of Broad, pro
) ceeding northerly to the north line o
n Main street, was passed by the followin,
: vote: Aye-Ainsworth, Knox, Ellis. Jen
y kins and Peterson. Nay-Barnard, Han
d son and Hemenway.
e The committee on the revision Of cit,
,f ordinances reported the following bids
VIM. Il. Moore, 50 per page; VIM. A
Meese 50 per page and Henry E. Levi
g $l.25 per page. On motion the repor
le was received and committee instructed t
re let the work to Henry Z. Lewis.
= The following petition was referred t
% the street and alley committee: OfAdau
le Alday regarding damage to his propert
a. from overflow of water from Hawk Holloy
d and Brooks Hollow; also asking that tn
city grade and lay sidewalk along th
~ south side of second avenue.