The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17

snre notification the same day.
nagAn evening writing school has been
started in town,
sgAn Italian harpist was serenading
the town to-day.
pgD. w. Gould went to Abingdon this
morning on business,
H@Collector Wiekstrum has removed
his books to Mr.. Sickles coal Office.
esMrs. Nye says she is going to have
two more weddings at her place soon.
RI-Timm's Hall is engaged by some
young men for dance next Tuesday |
| night,
HgBiIly Turner says that he feels con-
derably cut up about not being invited to
the wedding at the yellow brick.
Ba%Mrs. Cobb has removed to J. Me-
| Burney' house west of Williams, White q
Cos where she intends to keep boarders.
=s9HThe revival meetings atthe Congre-
gational church have been productive of
some good, few hard cases having been
reformed.
W~The attendance on the union revival
meetings at the Congregational church is
on the increase. The gallery had to be
opened last evening to accommodate the
crowd.
Ba@The optics Of the newly appointed
night police are exceedingly red. They are
not accustomed to sleeping day time and
the tramps are so noisy nights that sleep is
impossible.
, EgHWm. Clendeniu returned from
Springfield last evening, He says that
there were about 200 military men in
attendance and about niue-tenths of them
uniformed. What is the prospect for
uniforming the Moline militia2
nD~Edward Yeo and Jay Teal were
arrested last night by Officer Holt for
being drunk and disturbing the peace.
This morning they were taken before
Magistrate Swander and fined s. and
costs each. Gave security for payment
and were dismissed
rs" McCanley has been luxuriating iu
=, the ample accommodations furnished BY
Il the city, depriving the Poor tramps of al
! the blankets, taking their tobacco away
- from them and ruling the roost generally
- but he is now cast down, having beer
! placed in cell. He threatens to prosecute
! the city.
gOn account Of continued poor healtl
d have decided to dispose Of my stock o
e horses, consisting of ten head of trotters
l. road horses and choice brood mares Wi
a sell cheap for cash or exchange for desir
able real estate. For particulars inquir
n of A p. FISK,
IN Moline, Ill.
of gG-The young girl named Stebbins, VIII
gave birth to an Legitimate child fe'
4 ba5 IaA to ha r
a poor for assistance. He says they ar
e. actually starving. This is only one of
IL like cases in the city. Overseer Turner
ID in conversation with THE ARGUS reporte
ne this morning, stated that something woul
have to be done about this matter sool
in and he thought meeting of the tow
We board and supervisors of this TOWNSHIP
ng should be called to devise means
rs Eg-Rev. w. NJ. Collins writes from
us Sale, III, on Friday, that on Wednesd;
81 " afternoon last, DIR. Peek, of Dayeupo1
iIoo Iowa, performed surgical operation upl
ne his father, Henry Collins. removing fro
90 his bladder stone II inches long, in
loi wide, and inch thick, the operation Ia
0u ting 20 minutes. At noon on Friday Il
- physician and family had hopes for t
'00 patient, although his condition was CO
- sidered still critical He was &C years c
~ az on Thursday last. Mr. Collins will 7
ne- leave La Sale until to-day or tomorrow.
-AIedO Press.
- G1%Overseer of poor, Turner, says IL
~ ~ he has on his list of dependents (
'o va whose relatives are abundantly able to p
J IS vide for them; and one in particular
ats woman with two children, who has t
0"' brothers, either of whom is able to ta
ere of her. What makes this case S
more agravating is thatthese same broth
have been trying to get their father VI
ele- the county. One Of them lives IN
Half way settlement, and is worth betw,
70 three and four thousand dollars and
other has a good farm. clear, a few m
east of town The statutes provides
l1I, compelling the relatives of the helpl
aIeI poor to care for them; the parents
per children, children for parents, and broth
and sisters for each other, IN cases wh
the drunkenness IS not the cause of pove
era and this law the overseer proposes to
tore force in the case cited, ind perhaps
others
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