The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-24

sure puDllCeJlOH Tue hhLne Gay.
rgThe Odd Fellows sociable at Odd
Fellows Hall next Friday evening prom
ises to be grand affair,
n0rDan Gould erected an octagon per-
pendisular sign on the corner in front Of
his store this morning.
SMarshal Fish was around to day
serving notices upon parties having fences,
buildings or other distractions in the streets
or alleys to remove them at once.
HD~Dr. Morey removed his Office furni-
ture. yesterday, to the room east of the
ReUieU Office on the same floor and will
hereafter make that his headquarters.
p@There is generally prevailing belief
that the council has asked an impossibility
of the city clerk by the resolution in re-
gard to detailed account of street expen-
ditures.
s6~A calico ball is on the tapis for
March 4th, at Timm's Hall. under the
auspices of the Moline Light Guard Band.
The invitations are printed upon calico.
R9-Clarence Mason has put up new
sign. 1t reads, European Hotel" If
there is any money in the hotel or restau-
rant business, Clarence is determined to
find it out.
gGkeator & Sons boat, the Robert
Ross, will start for the logging regions the
last of this week and will be down next
week with raft of logs, when the saw mill
will again commence operations.
S6gThe morning slumbers of the board
ers at Main street boarding house have
been disturbed of late by a young lady in
search of one of the gentlemen boarders,
who by some means gets possession of her
front door key. The other boarders are
going to demand an explanation.
gG~A rumor was ahoat on the
streets yesterday that Fred Head had
bought the quilt factory building and a
stock company had been formed for the
purpose of manufacturing wagons. One
of the proprietors of the building informed
the ARGUS reporter this morning that nc
| such sale has been made, although nego
tiations of such nature were in progress
E3-Oficer Mapes arrested two peddlar.
this morning, for selling without license
aud took them before Magistrate Swander
They had writing signed by j. G. Ham
iton, who was working for City Clerl
Walker at the time. stating that they hsC
secured the payment for Sc license. Th,
security proved to be shawl, which the,
we're allowed to redeem and go their way
Mercantile Enterprise.
Last Monday evening Fred Calkins, sol
of G. +, Calkins, went into Schrede
Bros. Il Co.'S. store in Deere's block, an
bought pair of cloth slippers, paying 70
them 45 cents. AS he came out of tn
store the enterprising merchant on tn
corner, next door to Schreder's, who ha
probably seen the boy when he entered th
store. and was watching for him. accoste
him and inquired what he had 10 hi
bundle and what he had paid for is. Upo
receiving the reply, cloth slippers
torty-f five cents, the man who uses u
the alphabet so completely with cap initial
to his cognomen, but who for the sake of
handle we will call Horne. ridiculed til
boy, telling him he had been swindled an
that he could get the same shoe at SeiE
man for 35 cents. There were s or
other boys with young Calkins and
/ order to convince them that be was telliu
the truth, the man We said we would ca
Horne, offered TO treat the crowd to lemon
sde if they could not get the slippers
: Seikman's for 35 cents This was rigl
to the boys hands and they made a graz
rush for Seikman's, but Horne had deIaye
: them long enough to give his brother tin
to get to Seikman's ahead of them ar
post him as to his part in the game. tt
youngsters marched into Seikman's vii
young Calkins at their head and. su
{ enough, he would sell them the sau
slipper for 35 cents Now the boys we
9 base balists and wanted the slippers
play in, and finding that they were
cheap and fearing there would be ri
in the market, each one concluded to tai
pair and SO informed the shoe vendo
This was variation 10 the programme
'' was unprepared for, as Horne had agreed
= make up the difference only on one pair, so
told the boys.th he had just got them
d and did not want to open them for
% small sale. They were naturally som
. what dissatisfied with this result, for VIII
a boy wants anything, that desire is just
large as a grown persons, and they we
!. on tour of inspection of the new sh
q store. discovering and admiring the curiC
tiles, the most notable of which W
: Horne's brother ensconced behind a lar
suUc UOAb sNu6T0 u6 uau Ue0u IOTCEQ 10 "a
refuge by the too early arrival of the DO,
A By this time the truth began to dawn up
them and they evacuated the shoe ste
- and retained to Horne's at rapid pa,
3, The disinterested and accommodating N,
20 chant stood out in front of his store to
ceive their expressions of gratitude
: his kindness. but he was not long in
y terpreting the expressions of their coun
(. nances and once more had recourse to (
e persuasive powers of money, giving the
m rs cents and telling them to go around t
corner and cry, Slippers, as cents
Schreder's and 35 cents at Seikman'
le The boys took the quarter and We
10 around the corner, but in repeating t
,e cry transposed the names. The Heath
Chinee pales into insigni6cance best
u some Moline merchants for ways that
dark and tricks that are vain
IN A great many remedies are advertised
Of bring them before the public, but I
= latter decides whether the article is &c