The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
sew R. Moore is still quite sick.

ns~The street and alley fund is indebted
TO the CITY over $4,000, according to the
city treasurer's report.
r@Miss Alta Pierce. who has been
very ill for the past two months. is getting
better. DR.. Piper is attending her.
sS-C. Fl. Deere returned from Chicago
Yesterday. Mrs. Deere, who has been
there sometime, is improving in health.
sgSome Of the handsomest patterns OF
wall paper ever broughtsto the city are to
be found in Richards & Sohrbeck's stock.
n~The G. B. & Q. railroad company
are planking up the space between their
tracks so that teames can drive all through
the yard.
s-J. G. Hamilton. who has been in
the city clerks Office the past winter Eas
accepted position 10 the Union Mallsable
Iron Works.
ngThe Odd Fellows have concluded
not to hold the anniversary sociable which
was announced and for which partial
arrangements were made.
s@The Moline Guards will have their
uniforms before May 30th next. 1t will
not be from the profits of the Mendelssohn
Quintette performance however.
| s~The Dutch Recruit at Timm's Hal
tonight, Friday and Saturday evenings, fol
the benefit of the Moline Rifles and Cullom
| Zoaaves. Give them full house.
DSThe room formerly occupied by II
f. Thomas is being lastly arranged fol
MIR. l.. L. Moore's bakery, and will b.
ready for occupancy in about a week.
sgGustaff Swensson will open hi
Justice Office, soon, in the room with Magis
trate Swander. Mr.. Swander will continu'
in the collecting business, of which he ha
all he can attend to,
4 D9rFour young men ran foot race il
the street 10 front of Mayor ,Wheelock'
residence yesterday, each putting 81 int
the pool. Hiram Wood took $3.50 out
John Henderson $3.50, and the other
took theirs out in running.
sa~The alley between the railroa,
tracks and the rear end of the Main stree
stores, between Rodman avenue aud Lynd
street, is to be made 40 feet wide, whe
sidewalks will be laid row of bushes
{ houses fronting the alley will be erected
This will be a great advantage to sho
keepers in that block, giving them goo
front on both streets.
HH-Mike Cauley was arrested thi
morning at his house, by Marshal Fist
f notwithstanding the Unson's story abor
his being in Des Moines this morning. II
was taken before Magistrate Swander an
fined $40 and costs for the liberty be too
10 laying open Jerry Corney's forehead
His wife has made no complaint about b
beating her,
sgThe city clerk says he has no NEAR
of knowing what amount of money his
been expended upon any particular stree
: and cannot furnish it to the council, on
0 as the street commissioner shall give it
, him. VIM. Kerns says that he kel
- account for the time he was commission
= so that he can tell what was done on eaC
d street. Beyond this it is probable tn
nothing can be ascertained.
\ E~Ed, Seikman feels aggrleved at Il
. part his name played in the article
: yesterdays ARGUS about the slippers. t
u says he knew nothing about the matt
d until Horne came running into his sto
a and said he had put up job on the boy
and told him to say that he sold slippe
for So cents. He requested the writer
say that he was not on speaking term
nor would he have anything to do with L
d merchant referred to.