The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-04
MOLINE.

sgThe public schools close in four
weeks.
a@The officers elect of the Good Tenn
plars lodge will be installed this evening.
nSEA farmer was in town to-day and |
said there was slight frost at his place
last night.
H6~ Teller's livery stable is about to
change hands, Mr.. Chris Kuehl being the
purchaser.
sGPThree aldermen will step down and
cessors will take the oath of Office.
RG~Mr, A. L. Carson. formerly of the
Moline Plow Co., is expected here from |
Kansas City on visit this evening.
RG@The most nonsensical performance |
in this city at present is that Of throwing
ball at mark, three throwsfor five cents. |
@All who attended the high school
yesterday were we'll entertained and are
loud in their praise of the graduating class
of '7S.
BgThe red ribbon" mania is about to
strike Moline. DR.. Reynolds will be here
the last of next week and start the ball to
rolling.
1@The Rscioac, in whose Office the
tSkIndia is printed, says there is little or no
prospect of another copy ofthe latter being
issued.
RgDimock, Gould & Co. expect raft
of logs in Sunday. Ii they arrive both
saw mills will open out in full blast next
Monday morning.
g9Salisbury, the contractor and
builder, will go west in search of place
where more building is being done than in
Moline. He will hardly find it.
R9rDr. Franklin, of ST. Louis, arrived
here this morning, in compliance to a
telegram requesting him to come and ex-
anime Mr.. R. X. Swans condition,
ganMrs. Kennedy declares that she is
going to prosecute the city for false i'm
prlsonment for her arrest yesterday while
her house was being serched by the officers.
D9~Ed, Kittleson has tired of the tenn
perance billiard hall and will close it up
there is very little use Of any one else
trying it.
E9HA Typographical survey was being
made this afternoon of the second ward
school grounds, with view to grading and
preparing for buildings at some indefinite
time in the future.
G9nRock Island policemen and con-
stables were thick upon the streets here
| this morning, and occasioned considerable
curiosity from the fact that the grand
| jurysset next week.
D1-The Reese House barber shop has
been closed for the past week but will be
opened again next week by Thomas Oaks,
first class barber who carried on a shop
on Wells street four years ago.
s9~Capt. Pingree of the Reuieao. is the
happy dad of nine and half pound boy
which arrived last night Look out for a
lengthy article in this weeks ReUieau
headed, What shall we do with our
boys? 1t has not yet been reported.
R9rPohce Magistrate Swander will turn
over his Office to his successor, II, Ii.
Grover, next Monday morning. Magis
trate Grover will occupy the Office room
with Mr.. SwanGer next week, or until he
can get suitable place in which to estab~
lish-his Office.
Bg~ He has abandoned poetry, nor does
he sail any longer under the name OF
Clevercuss; still that name has such q
musical sound to his ear that he has
adopted another similar in sound. This
time it is Cleofas and the particular matter
which exercises his poetical mind is the
town paupers. He cannot imagine how a
family OF sick paupers can use up $40 in a
month. When he has been at his present
occupation longer and become more
familiar with the care of invalids this
matter will be plain to him and be will not
so eXultantly find it out as a conundrum
for the public,
The matter of difference between the
expense of the Rock Island and Moline
overseers of the poor is not so surprising
when it is taken into consideration that az
aid society was formed there, q public
supper given at the Harper House for the
benefit of the fund and subscriptions raised
from the wealthy, and a committee oil
energetic ladies personally attended the
distribution of the funds. thus relieving
the oVerseer Of large number of his most
burdensome charges. At least $500 has
been spent upon the poor of Rock Island
within the past three months Independent
of the county funds. On the other hand
| "udb udS Deeu QODe LOT the MOLINE p00l
outside ,of the overseer? Comparatively
speaking, nothing At the same time q
large proportion of the Moline pauper;
have been sick, requiring more or less care
lin some instances a Durse-and better
: and more expensive food A good healthy
pauper can exist on fat side pork and corr
meal but when they are ip delicate health
it Is sometimes necessary to give then
better and more expensive nourishment.
News Paper Enterprise.
The young man who writes cute stories fol
the Union is intensely exercised about the
publication Of Jennie Kennedy's exposur,
of her mother in last Thursdays ARGUS
He is probably not aware that the mission
of a newspaper is to furnish to the public
news. at the earliest possible moment
Because he had not the enterprise to OBJ
tain The facts and give to his readers, il
fact was deluded into contradicting Eth,
statement. he seeks to divert attention from
the omission by censuring THE ARGUS fo
publishing something not agreeable to The
wishes of the police. THE ARGUS cal
stand any amount of such censure.
L. MORSE g. SONS.