The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-02
a@-City council meeting this evening.

s9City council meeting this evening,
D6rGet your tickets for the charity
concert,
S@The public schools open one week
from to-day.
BSWestern Starr left this morning for
Oberlin college.
s@The library board will meet to-
morrow evening.
D9rFred. Keator ereturns to Yale col
lege next Thursday.
n%Emory GuDnel returned this motn-
ing to Amherst college after vacation OF
ten weeks spent at home with bis friends.
b@AFhe lecture which was announced
last evening to be given at Reese's Hall
tonight will be at the Congregational
church instead, Mr.. Reese declining TO rent
his hall.
SNotwithstandinR the unkind allusion
to his maternity the Dubuque goose egg,
when 1T is fully feathered out, may be
able to distinguish such we'll known re-
sidents as Samuel Bowles and Daniel
Haines from strangers in Moline,
H1rThe programme now in the hands
of the printer for the charity concert is
most admirably arranged, embracing the
| choicest musical selections, and there is no
doubt OF their being rendered in the most
pleasing manner.
HGr Isn't is strange that some enterpris-
| ing artist doesn't get McKinnie's picture
and start for the broom corn fields in the
southern portion of Henry county, where
they are so clsmorous for sight of him
There's millions In it.
HL-A petition will be presented to the
council, this evening for the laying OF a
water main up Rodmau avenue to Ches-
ter's corner, 1t should be granted and as
soon as practicable extended to the central
school building. As the water works now
are they afford no protection in case of FIRE
to any of the churches or school houses in
the city.
a9rT Tickets for the Abt Quartette con-
cert for the benefit of the yellow fever suf-
ferers are selling rapidly. Mayor Whee-
lock bought $25 worth to-day and other
men of means are doing likewise. Re-
member you will get your moneys worth
at the concert besides aiding the good
cause. Don't wait to be button holed and
asked, but go to the club room, Morris OF
Clendenin Il Martins and buy our tickets.
HIHJ Julius Warlla, farm hand, came
into town yesterday to recreate. He was
well provided with liquid refreshments, oi
which he partook so freely that he mistook
the school yard fence for bunk, hanging
himself by the coat collar to a picket and
dreamed of his childhood days in Belgium.
The marshal happened along and kindly
provided him with couch of more mod
ern pattern in the calaboose. He was
subsequently taken before Magistrate
Grover and fined 81 and costs.
c1-Dr. Perry. a lecturer of some note il
the temperance work, delivered an inter
esting lecture at the Congregational church
last evening. The reform club was SO wei
pleased with him that they invited him Il
!; remain and lecture at the same place agar
this evening. He proposes to maDufac
tuTe the best whisky in three moments, a
a cost of ten cents per gallon. This will b,
an excellent opportunity for the dealers il
that article to lay iu a supply.
Marshal's Report.
, Marshal Fish reports arrests for th,
month of August as follows:
Inmates of house of ll-fame. ...
Keeper .....
Refusing to pay dog tax.
J Burglary. ..-............. ...
Receiver ofEstolen goods. .....
Resisting an officer.
Furnishing liquor to prisoners. ........
? Total. ....
/ City eases 6, peoples 8; males 6, fe
males g. Tramrs 10 the number of /