The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27
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H~Molne Guards drill tonight. They
will decide this evening whether or not
they will 60 to Clinton the 4th of July.
EgThe mayor, to-day, commenced
erecting a building on Mud island, near
Heck's ice house, to be used as pest
house"
RgA tramp called at j. s. Gilmore's
residence last evening in Mr.. Gilmore's
absence and insultingly demanded some
thing to eat. The servant girl told him
she had nothing to give whereupon he
emitted a volley of oaths mingled with
ohscenity, kicked the gate down and went
away.
B9HThe council committee appointed at
last nights meeting to frame health
ordinance met to day in Browning &
Entriken's office and drafted an ordinance
creating board of health and defining its
powers. The board is to consist of four
persons, two of whom shall be physicians.
1t is substantially the same as the one re
pealed few months ago, with the excep'
ton of the birth clause. Under this one
births can be had without a permit.
Another special meeting of the council is
called for this evening to pass upon the
ordinance.
HB~Dr. Morey was called upon this
morning to attend tramp at the calaboose
who had been beaten by his brother
tramps. Four cuts were found on his
head, laying it open to the skull and in one
place fraoturing the skull slightly. He
says he is from Indian Territory, has
been harvesting in the south; that he had
s. so 10 his pocket.and three or four of the
| thieves who are following the harvesters
| for the purpose of robbing them, attacked
him last night, striking him over the head
with a coupling pin from a freight car,
taking all he had but so cents and left
him for dead 1t is evident from the
manner 10 which his head is cnt up that
they intended to kill him. Charley Smith.
the barber, shaved his head and DR. Morey
dressed the wounds He will not be able
to travel for two weeks at least,
R9~ Andrew Freeburg sold the carriage
team which ran away and destroyed his
carriage last week, to Eric Munson, a resi-
dent of the bluff, a few days since. inform
ing Mr.. Munson at the time of their run
away tricks. Last evening Munson
hitched one of them into buggy and
started down town. In coming down
Rodman avenue hill the horse became
frightened at some thing and started tc
run. Near Chester's store COW was
standing in the road and the horse proba
oily conceived the scheme OF playing circus
for he made directly for her and attempted
to get on the other side without goinl
around. This. overturned the buggy
spilling Mr.. Munson out aud producing +;
queer mixture of COW, horse and buggy
out of which the horse was extricated will
broken leg. Munson shot the horse auG
said be was glad it occurred as it did, fo
he would probably had his family out with
him the next time.
About so this A. NJ. the old barn OF
! the water power compsnvs land, east o
the Moline wagon works was discovered t.
be on fire. The whistle blew, the fire bel
rang and a crowd assembled, during which
time the barn burned down and with it
valuable horse belonging to gentleman
| from Davenport who works in the Wagon
shop, The barn was of no value.
City Council.
A special session Of the council wa
convened at the call of the mayor las
evening, to devise means of caring for thos
! sick with smallpox and provide against th
contagion spreading. A committee o
three, consisting Of Aldermen Knox, Aims
worth and Hemenway, was appointed t
draft health ordinance, The mayor wa
, authorized to provide a pest house wher
{ smallpox patients should be taken ant
treated; also to issue the following
PROCLAMATION:
In view Of the prevalence in the city o
Moline of well-defued cases of smallpox,
hereby, by virtue of authority vested il
me as mayor of the city, order that al
2 persons shall be, or produce evidence tina
they have been, successfully vaccinatet
within period Of seven years.
All persons unable to bear the expens
can be vaccinated at the city's expense b,
applying to DR.. J. w, Morey, city physi
clan. S. ". WHEELoCK, Mayor.
1t was also decided that the mayor ha(
the authority to appoint special policemen
to enforce compliance with the abov
proclamation aud maintain other sanitar,
measures. and appoint city physician
1t will be seen by the above that he ap
pointed DIR. Morey.
Pest-hcuse Subjects
The following notice was left at tn
; ARGUS headquarters to-day with an accom-
; panying note requesting its publication;
To L. E Fish, City Marshall:
T In accordance with a resolution passet
by the city council for the preservation o
the public health, providing for the estab
! lishment of 'pest-house and the appoint
ing of city physician to take charge 0
same, | hereby notify you that after m
regular visits to-day | will turn over {
your charge. for care and treatment, fou
persons at the house Of W, Il. Oyler. OF
, Lincoln avenue, three of whom are in th
second stage of malignant confuen
smallpox, and enc in the fourth stage an
now convalescing; also three persons in th
family of g. q. Griffin, at the house know
as Deere Il Co. tenement, on Henri
!; street, all or whom ale In the first stage @
what will be, owing to recent vaccination
modified smallpox
p, L, McKINNIE, M. D.
Coroners Inquest.
The body of Charles Swanson, notice @
whose drowning was given in yesterday
ARGUS, was found this morning Tn
circumstances OF the finding were somewha
3 peculiar as related to THE ARGUS repor
. ter. 1t is said that John A. Peterson, on
g OF the men who had been searching for th
body, had dream last night in which b
, saw the remains floating on the water at
: certain place. This morning, togethe
with another man, he went to the plac
! seen IN the dream and there found th
: body as he had dreamed.
f Coroner Morris was notified this morn
0 ing and proceeded to the place. impanele
: a jury and held an inquest with the follow
? ing result: