The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-09
16FKnox frames pictures.

16rKnox frames pictures.
IA Mayor Wheelock has gone to Pro-
phets Town.
s@The American House is having
sidewalk in front.
SaCurtain fixtures, and genuine o.
trich feather busters, at Knox's,
s&rChas. Reese has been quite sick for
week past but is improving now.
A@rThe prohibition question will be ag
itated at.the reform club this evening.
B@> The German lodge of Workmen
give ball at Reese's Hall this evening.
DGHOverseer Soderstrum conveyed
Lars Ericsson, blind pauper to the Poor
| House yesterday.
R&-Services at the Baptist church to-
morrow, morning and evening. Morning
subject; How the enemies of the flock
are overcome
D6TThere are about twelve hundred
dollars in the city treasury. The saloon
licenses are payable this month, which
will swell the amount TO near $4,000.
R6The library board at meeting last
Thursday evening, decided to hold social
on the evening of December 18th, at the
library rooms The matter was placed In
the hands of the directors wives.
| B9TStereoscopes and views of Moline
and vicinity at Knox's.
E6FA warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Andrew Erickson for interfering
!, with the nationals procession, tearing
down and destroying their transparency.
, He will have hearing this evening.
B0~The Moline Odd Fellows will hold 9
social party in Odd Fellows Hall neg
Tuesday evening. The Abt quartette, as
sisted by Mrs, E. w. Gould and Miss Min
, ME Stephens. will contribute to the even
ing's entertainment.
s9The tramp who was mentioned il
] yesterdays ARGUS as having been tounC
J in an alley with his head beaten, says b..
4 name Is james Davis, that his home is il
! GAINESVILLE Wis, and that he is printer
: by trade. His injuries are not of a ser
ious nature and he was ordered to pas
along to-day.
RG@The moline Bmldozer" is maxim,
FRANTIC efforts to get back 10 full member
!, ship in its party. 1t is willing to stoop t
t any depth for the sake of recognition b,
: the ringsters. For nearly two years it ha
been stoutly asserting that it was a repub
lican sheet, crawling and fawning at tn
feet of the ring it had the manhood the
to oppose, ready and anxious to perform
the dirty work the journals who MADE an
pretentions to decsncy would not do. TIL
: ring has taken it in on probation end
catching it with a jealous eye, feeling tia
it cannot be safely trusted to the machins
tons of wary politicians and must ever b
n guarded carefully.
EgDuring the coming week will b
10 opened at Knox the largest variety G
photograph frames in the city.
Jacksonville Insane Asylum.
8. Captain Morris returned this mornin
from Jacksonville. The physician thel
, said that Mrs. O'Connel would probabl
regain her reason. though it woul
require soue time. Mr.. Morr
says the insane asylum is undergoiu
y extensive repairs and additions. A win
l43 by 40, three stories, has Just bee
lie completed and another the same size wit
an Il" 60 by 80. is in course of construC
r ton and will be completed within thr,
months, the latter one is for women e,
a. clusively. The buildings are hansome
finished with red pine, implanted, al
m presents magnificent appearance,
Rock Island County has seventeen i
lg sane paupers 10 the asylum, two in exec
Of their quota.
Too Smart.
Some time ago the Water Power G
nd erected frame house and barn on Il
:. site of their old shed which vas burn,
90 last summer, between the Moline wag
ey works aud Deere 4 Co.'S works. Tt
IRE ground is within the FIRE limits and Il
lly building of frame structures thereon is
n, violation of city ordinance but th
- probably thought if they got their bull
d. ings there the council would not conn
Its them to remove or pull them dow
RS Accordingly when the work was complet
N they presented a petition to the coun
=. with all the usual why's and wherefor
SIS and whereases, praying your henorat
lu- body for permission to erect, etc" a
10 begging leave to represent, etc" all d.
We signed, sealed and delivered. The ''bc
:. orable body" received said Communicate
% at its last meeting and very properly
IT. fused to grant the prayer, passing re-
es- luton requiring the Co. to make s;
ne. buildings conform to the ordinance,