The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-05

sure PUBLICATION the same uhy.
parCity council meeting this evsning.8
BGrYesterday's rain interrupted work
on the streets to-day.
Minnesota winter wheat -four is re-
failing for S. per Dbl. in this city.
Methodist people are preparing for camp
meeting which commences next week
Wednesday.
R8The thermometer stood at SO IN the
shade at Richards 4 Sohrbeck's at l
O'Clock this afternoon.
BEMcKinnie says he will take to the
war-path soon. What will become of the
poor farmers if he opens up his poetlcai
battery on them?
nag Bishop Peck did not preach at the
Nj. Il, church last evening as announced,
having been taken sick during the morning
service at Rock Island.
~Geo. Fl. McKinley's wife presented
him with six and-a-half pound boy last
Friday night and Doc. was setting up"
any amount of cigars Saturday,
DGrIn simple justice to Mr.. Haney as
we'll as to other congressional candidates
we cannot use,Apclyon's communication
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| time TO martyrize the assessor.
aarNow that Haney has ignored Aber-
nathey's challenge, tie latter should try to
get Miller to argue the financial question
with him. He would probably fiDdin the
sewing machine agent metal worthy his
steel" BY all means let the community
have the beneftof what Aberuethy has
had bottled up SO long.
BG~Six members of the Moline gun
club went up on the hill last Saturday and
smashed glass balls. Out of possible Is
balls Will Gault broke IL, w. V. Cooper
l3 and w. Robinson IL, G. Ainsworth IL,
Jerome Magill II aud 6. Cooper IL. VIM.
Robinson aud Geo. Cooper shot at 10
pigeons each. Robinson killing and Coop
er 0.
say yesterday the tables were turned
and the. william was pursued, followed to
Rock Island whittier he had fed, traced
back to Moline aud finally cornered, late
in the day, in Miller's drug store. She
read the riot act to him and, placing the
Index finger of her right hand across the
left arm, just below the elbow, said if he
didn't retract it and give her an article that
long there would be blood He will
!,
rSMrs. Olson, who resided near the
Swedish Lutheran church, died this morn
ing after an illness of two weeks duration.
Swan Hanson has been trying to doctor
her until last Saturday evening, when hel
family saw that she was dying and sent fol
DR.. Vitzthum. He examined her anC
! said he could do nothing, that she was
dying. Indignation runs high agains
Hanson, Who hast not nor cannot obtain {
certificate emitting him to practice, anC
who, it is stated by leading physicians
knows nothing about the science of medi
cine; still he continues to practice 10 de
Gauce of the law whenever he can find ;
victim There was some talk this morn
ing of holding an inquest over the remains
t with a view of establishing charge 0
e malpractice against Hanson. Certainl
the law should be enforced for the protec
= ton OF the public against "quacks.
sg-Mrs. Harold, or ''old aunt Abby.
8 as he is Familiarity called, came very nea
). being severely injured last Saturday eve
J, ming. She was wandering aimlessly aroun
n the street as usual when horse and bugg
ran over her She was carried into Mrs
Sohr beck's house. corner of Illinois stree
> and Rodman avenue, and doctor sun
II moned but before be arrived, on being lei
If alone in the room, she vanished and moth
- ing could be found of her. Last evenin
. it was reported to Officer Mapes that sh
% was lying in shed or barn en- Atkinso
l. street, 10 a wretched condition. The off
N Ger went there and found her lying on th
% floor with piece OF four by four scantlin
= for pillow, He took her to the room owe
Is the caIaboose where she had quite con
10 Portable bed She resisted and plead har
ct not to be sent to Jail or the pooT-hous
If saying that it was all put up job" G
:, her, that they had found out that she wa
j. going to be married next Thursday an
al were locking her up to prevent it, She
ID poor, demented old creature and shoul
n be taken care of.