The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13

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very sick.
nszMr. Thomas says he will move to
Hampton the Goth of April.
s@Something new in fringes for dress
trimmings just out at Fisk Bros.
n@Legrands concert troupe gave an
entertainment at Timm's Hall last eve-
ming.
sGRev. Richard Haney, father Of the
pastor, J, W. Haney, will preach at the
M. L, church each evening this week.
The meetings Iare of revival character
and all are invited.
A@Mr. D. Edwards, of Watertown,
was in the city this morning and reports
a very successful religious revival in pro-
gross at that place, eleven additions to the
church having been made.
R@Mr. Edward Young and Miss Anna
Webb had the marriage rite administered
to them by Esquire Mapes at his Office last
Monday. The bride was 16 and the groom
10 years of age. They are determined to
take time by the forelock.
Rg~Wm. Turner, oYerseer of the poor,
and D. 0. Reid paid visit to the county
pool. house, yesterday, to examine into the
number andeondition of Moline's repre-
sentatives there. There are now IA
paupers, inmates of the institution, who
properly belong to Moline and all except
two or three are either blind or insane.
The warden was ordered to discharge two
of them who were sane and able to
take care of themselves.
R1rThe remains of Clara, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. c. E. Hemenway, were
buried to-day in the Riverside cemetery.
Services were held at the house consisting
of few remarks by Rev. +. G. Barnard,
and singing of the beautiful song Safe IN
the arms Of Jesus, by quartet composed
of Prof. Gregory, s. Kennedy and Misses
Nellie Nourse and Minnie Stephens, A
, large number of friends of the family
attended and accompanied the remains to
the grave.
RRIndignation runs high this morning
3 against the owners of cows, who in viola
ton to law persist in allowing them to run
at large. Last night David Snider's door,
D yard and garden were converted into cow
, yard and several large flower beds which
have been jealousy guarded all winter by
Mrs. S. beside some. fruit trees, were de-
stroyed. Of course the city ordinance
5 provides for impoundinG them, but it is
, too much to expect two CT three policemen
to be omnipresent. to guard every bust
ness house and at the same time have an
eye on the lgardens on the bluff. If the
! sufferers by these depredations would
q ascertain who owned the cows and enter
plant to Magistrate Swauder damages
U would be assessed that would soon make
8 the practice of letting them run at large
Improbable. Some people would favor /:
% aw giving person the right to shoot 8
70 COW whenever found on their premises.
y Great Sales of Guiret Silks.
. Having contracted with Messrs Antonio
- Guinet & Co., of Lyons, for seVera
q hundred yards of their celebrate Coche
" mire silk on very remarkable terms, W,
shall offer the goods at prices hitherto
10 unknown in this market. Our aim is t
NJ run off this whole lot at a very small ad
vance on the cost, and thus give on
10 customers the benefit Of the bargains.
DO FISK Bros.
- Highway Robbery.
Yesterday evening between aud o
W clock, as men were at work loading pillow
50 at the east side of the Moline pillow shoy
- they saw man fall to the ground acros
- the street from them, on the corner {
90 Wells street and Rodman avenue, and 6
&c the same time saw man running frol
- him. The guard at the bridge saw tn
90 commotion and arrived at the place mt
On ment after the pillow hands aud recognize
the man as a soldier from the Island. h
90 was lying on his back across the walk an
90 had a cut over the left eye which had Il
appearance of having been made with son
" dull instrument. He was able TO wa
so with assistance although he could give I
~ explanation and was conducted to h
~ quarters on the Island Nothing could |
"a learned about him this morning, but it
10 supposed that he had between $50 and SIS
in his pocket and robbery was the obje
co for which he was knocked down, as son
SC FIVE and ten cent pieces were found b
side him on the ground where be was di
81 covered.