The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-23

s9Mayor Wheelock has gone to Chica-
60 for few days.
sgFred Calkins has the boss" baby |
carriage OF the city.
ngThere's no excuse for people being
unclothed now with coats at 45 cents,
s%Prof. Gregory is going on trip
through Western Iowa the last OF this
week,
h@The G. r. |. & P. mail train from
the East was over two hours behind time
this morning.
nRCapt. Morris leaves this evening for
Amboy, ILL.,, where he will organize an a,
o. U. w. lodge.
a@Huey & Co. are preparing another
kiln of brick for the fiery ordeal. Inls
will be the last kiln for this season.
s8-A match game of base ball is to
lbe rlayed on Sylvan Island tomorrow.
| Ten cents admission will be charged.
ngThe Oylers and GrifAns are out up
on the streets. MIR. Oyler Is making AT.
rangements to go to Kansas 10 snort
time
sgBecause the republicans have split
and put up two tickets. is there any reason
why democrats should support either one
, of them? There is really no choice De-
tween them
aS~ The communists candidate for
!, , senator has not accumulated sufhcient
cheek to preach greenbacks on the stump
but his man Miller is hard at it-whicn
. answers the same purpose.
8 s~When J. T. Browning comes home
u he will have case at once. Some neart
less wretch has adorned "Mista Mas
l. feline with stripes both parallel and horri
r zontal of variegated colorlnga OF paint
n0rThe communistic movementis wan
d ing rapidly in this place. Somehow thu
- democrats don't relish the idea OF being
counted out in the division of spoils an
'e asked to support republicans under aaothe
is name. The probability Is that by election
,e time there will be nothing but the cand
IS dates and their paid henchmen left OF tn
"A party,
=" nNEdward Summers was arrested yei
terday on complaint of Theo. Stenger fe
,g indecent exposure of his person. The oil
er Tense was of the most beastly characte
20 This morning he was taken before Magls
~ trate Grover and fined $6, and, cost
Ut amounting to $500 in all, Having
sy money he was ordered to the work houS
,e- where he will remain until fine and cos
ii are paid either 10 money or work.
al aaGeo. Griffin, the gentleman wi
was SO indignant at being classed vii
lss psupers and charged with asking asslstsp
nd from the authorities, was around yesterd
led to the secretary of the board of heait
ed claiming that the city or county should
imburse him for the loss of clothes occ
=! stoned by his Sickness. 1t will be IN ORD
In for the Organ to get statement ire
TO Griffin and his wife contradicting the abo
by and publish column gpop it this week.
mt REThe practice so much 10 vog1
,.;r among small boys of throwing stones
each other and at passers by has be
ooo preached about, written about and talk
the about but still it is continued, and In
this human probability will continue throui
,ow out all tune. Still the fast chat It eki
AZ" 10 Distance Ut all this opposition makes
fos' none the less deplorable although it de
de- opstrate the futilty of exhortation q
hid suggests the idea of more severe measu
,oon being adopted. On last Saturday lii
'''' son Of w. D. Warner was struck on
forehead by stone thrown by one oft
Iawless street gamins aud his skull fl
ouid tured. He may recover although III
atu- seriously injured, but whether he recoy
rup. or not,the boy Who threw the stone sho
be complained of, o heavy 6ne iufic
and then his parents should refuse to
the fue and let him be sent to the st
after pile for few weeks. Nothing but
IRENE measures will ever check this vic
N~AA prartirp