The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-02
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

December is Justice Choppers turn /
for police business. So
The Rock Island NJ. Il. conference is
in session at Cambridge.
-Peams are still busy hauling macadam
for the streets needing repairs.
-To-morrow night occurs the grand
opening of the Harper Opera House.
80, 222, 1874 gallons of water were
pumped by the water works in November.
The Broadway church people will
select their seats on Wednesday evening.
The internal revenue receipts at this
point during November amounted to ST.
1910
Stephen Hutchingson was fined So
and costs before Justice Halves on Satur-
day night a'Ea
j, F. .Ankrum, as deputy. and Phil
Miller as turnkey entered upon their du-
ties to-day.
Quite number of republican papers
are belaboring the political waters in the
vain effort to start the third term wave.
DIR. W. f, Carver not having accepted
the long standing challenge from Captain
Bogardus. the latter, on Nov. IS, withdrew
the 81, 900 he had on deposit.
During the holidays, if any of the
boys should forget themselves, they can
quote Byron: 4
..Nian, being reasonable must get drunk:
The best of life is but intoxication.'
Three things that trouble those
whom Providence for some inscrutable
purpose permits to edit the majority Of our
republican papers," The cipher dispatch
es, Tilden's canvass and Hayes admins
tratiop.
johnny Reticker would probably have
enjoyed his trip better but for continued
toothache. necessitating extraction of one
molar. 1t is a whopper and John has
preserved it as a relic of the adjective"
season,
Justice Halves reports 5000 fines
collected in November This does not in-
clude $25 and costs assessed against Har-
risoD, representing Noel & Co., Dayen-
port; hearing of this case will be had be-
fore the council tonight.
"A team of horses coming in on the
Milan road, with load of straw, became
frightened at two ebony colored females
sitting on the side of the road and plunged
down the ditch, upsetting the straw and
throwing the man against the fence. The
owner of the team was pretty we'll shaken
up but no bones troken, although be
narrowly escaped breaking leg.
There are good many democrats II
different parts Of the state who do not IN
derstand how Chicago, with a clear demo
cratic majority Of 10000, could be carried
by the republicans They should remem.
Der that Judge Tree, who was nominated
for congress in place of Carter Harrison
was supported by the Chicago Times.
What do you think of man VIII
would compel bis clerk to steal dog ant
then trade the animal off for a pair o
"chip wood curtains? And yet that mis-
creant lives in this community, and hi
front name is bill, ;" and his last cognomel
is Synonymous with that of the man who i
long years ago courted Pocahontas.
An ordinance will come before tn
city council this evening making it Lawful
for magistrates to send up delinquent
for the full time allowed by our city charter
Those who now elect to go to Jail at tn
rate of dollar a day until it amounts t
the sum of their fine may wake up an
find themselves in Jail for period o
three months, with reasonable chance c
working out their fines on the streets.
1t is reported that the Union an
Central Pacific railroad companies are I
: be consolidated under the presidency c
Sydney Dillon. The Union Pacific prop
Grty is worth about 100000, 900, and til
= Central Pacific company's property
worth 1886 100000. The Southern Pacifi
company's property, which belongs to tn
Central Pacific, issvalued at about SIG,
100000, The consolidation. therefore
means a combination of $462,0OO,000 G
I capital.
The police made SO arrests duriu
November. We do not give names of off
GERS making arrests as it may cast an ur
just reflection on the ability of good pc
: icemen. 1t does not follow because a DC
+ lice officer figures largely as making al
s rests, that he is a better officer
D there are times when the best o
, the force, owing to unavoidable circum
:, stances. may not make any, and still! he ca
: be doing his whole duty in the locality b
!. patrols.
D An ordinance will be presented befor
t the city council this evening amending tn
0 ordinance concerning peddlers licenses S
a as to enable the principal to have tn
= name of the employee change in th
4 license. As the ordinance now reads,
must state the name OF the peddlar. an
should the owner of the license wish t
, send out another man 10 place of the on
D in whose name the license is taken, he /
D Obliged to take out new license and pa
{ full price. This is as it should be, an
0 then let it be rigidly enforced.
The joists were being placed on th
: armory building to-day; Weyerheuser
Denkman furnish them. 1t is suggeste
r that a tin roof would be preferable to iro
! for the building, costing only $100 to SIS
more than iron, equally safe against fir
and presenting much handsomer ap