The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-07
sSRegular meeting of the city council

s@-Regular meeting of the city council
tonight.
BGThe board of school trustees were
in session this afternoon.
sGrR. L. Brown is having new walk
laid in front of bis feed store.
DG-Invitations are out for a double
wedding. to take place on Park street,
Oct. 18th.
6rMoline lodge No. 1873, l. 0. o. F..
will give social party at their lodge
rooms Tuesday evening. Oct Sth.
B@rThe streets were flooded with post
ers to day announcing that Gen. Hender-
son will speak at Reese's Hall this evening.
H@Albert Vinton. of Davenport, was
in the city yesterday looking for horse
and buggy which were stolen from him
Saturday.
B6- Mrs. Frank Parker's son, Eddie.
will leave tomorrow morning for Chelsea.
| Mass, where he will attend school for the
| next three or four years. His mother and
numerous friends and playmates will
greatly miss him.
16Coroner Morris received telegram
to~day from +. Ruthenburg, of New York
brother of the man found in the river and
inquested yesterday at Rock Island. re-
questing him to forward the body to New
York at his (Ruthenburg expense. 1t
will cost $3.50 TO forward it.
A@@ Coroner Morris is having the watch
found on the dead body inquested at Rock
Island yesterday, cleaned aud repaired by
Geo. Louth. The jeweler says il it had
lain four days without cleaning. il would
have been rusted out and worthless. 1t is
a valuable gold case, Swiss works watch.
Berthe Rock river bridge-tender re-
ports travel for September as follows:
double teams, $685. single, 1874; horses and
riders, SO; horses led, ll9, cattle, %, from
which $40 65 were realized, besides SIC
from the sale of tickets This is large
increase over any proceeding month ioI
nearly two years.
/ a9rTbe question of opening Division
street from the railroad to Main street vii
come up at the council meeting this even.
ing. The only reason that the street was
not opened long ago is that Chas. Akin
son or the Water Power Co. owns thu
land which must be used, and the counci
has feared to offend them by condemn
ing it.
s&HAtI the reform club meeting las
, Saturday evening resolution was adopt
ed after considerable discussion, alIowin,
card playing in the club room. The meas
ure was bitterly opposed by the religious
elemeDt and they how predict the early
) downfall of the CLUB, Il will depend in
great measure upon the SUPERINTENDENT
and she will be required 20 exercise gooc
a Judgment in the maintenance Of order ant
= expulsion of disreputabie characters VIII,
= may attempt to monopolize that feature 0
the room and divert it to illegitimste pur
:, poses.
3 Work Commenced on the Re asor House
/; This is no humbug, an..actuaI fact, sur
: prising as it may seem the carpenters ar
{ actually at work on the interior of tn
e house and MIR. Keator assured the write
: this morning that it would be flushed OF
J. ready Tor occupancy by the LIST of Januar
o next. The house is to be completes
i throughout with the exception of the uppe
b story, which will be all flushed excep
it hanging the dQors and whenever theroom
II are needed that will be done. AS yet
e has been leased to no one but when it be
! comes known that it will be finished Their
b will doubtless be score Of applicants,