The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-19
s@- Mayor Wheelock has gone to Obi

eG Mayor Wheelock has gone to Ohio.
H0rDr. Reynolds at Reese's Hall, this
evening.
H@What annoys DIR. McKinnie more
than any one thing at this time is the avid.
ity with which the invalid paupers devour
quinine. That drug is way up.
DRDimock, Gould & Co.'s saw mill
will be shut down this week for the season,
The tub and pail factory will continue in
operation.
BGA new sidewalk is being laid on
the north side of Library street, the alley
dignifed with that name at the last coun-
Gil meeting.
DGr The Job printing firm of Kennedy
Bros. has been dissolved, Sam taking the
business and William returning to Chicago,
from whence he came eighteen months
ago.
b9rM Mr.. B, Councilman has been con-
fined to his bed for several days with Sc
we're cold added to his previously delicate
health. He was on the street again to-
day,
RGHA small audience greeted Hon.
Hiram Price at the NJ. E. church last
evening. His lecture on European coun
tries was well delivered and received with
favor.
H0~Oficer Kelsey found fellow in the
calaboose this morning who had been taken
in by some Of the night police. He was
too drunk or too obstinate to give his name
or tell where he lived.
Much to Mrs. Parker's satisfaction
the reform clue room was supplied with an
elegant hard coal base burner this morn
| ing. 1t is beauty, and looks large enough
to heat the entire block
E9rPeter Iodine aid Il. A. Stewart
will shoot at twenty-five birds each, from
a trap on Sylvan Island, tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock, for SO a side aud birda,
Both are good shots and the contest will
be close and exciting.
RFOverseer Soderstrum says the de-
mands upon him for county assistance have
| increased considerably within the past
month. Paupers need fuel and heavier
clothing for cold weather as much as any
other race of people.
HG-An interesting performance was
witnessed 10 the settlement at the east
edge of town one day last week. Mr.
lShrummage, butcher and meat peddlar
; went up there to serve his customers and
r was followed from the thickly-settled por
i top of town by an impecuneous canine
& Dog Killer Young, who is always on the
alert to conhscate these animals, got sigh
of the dog and demanded the tax. The
butcher disclaimed proprietorship anc
= Young threatened to kill it. He wa,
) given permission by Shrummage and a
! once drew a revolver and fired, breaking
the dogs leg, at which the animal set III
" blood. curdling howl and supplemented i
0 with another of greater volume and les
+ regard for musical punctuation. ShrUm
=, mage remarked that if he was doing tn
job he would execute it in a less murder
Gus style or quit the business. This wa
: the signal for an outbreak from the officer
S One might call him ''oId bald-head," liar
galoot; call his children hrats an,
bis wife a SLOUGH, and this even
tempered individual would hardly resen
|. it, but an intimation that he cannot tax
D the life of an offensive cur 10 the fines
n style of the art is q thing he will not broo
for a moment. Stung by-t insult h
rushed wildly at the object of his rage, sue
ceediue in getting in one blow but the mex
.. moment he found himself on his back fee
- ing upward for the earth This act was i
;: three parts with the same result each time
As the curtain fell on the last act Mrs
It Young appeared on the stage, unannount
ed, with formidable war-club which sh
welded with the self possession of a prt
9 fessional She had witnessed the uneqH;
strife between her lord and the butche
and came to the rescue of the former
While the butcher was searching for NJ
20 Ycuug's respiratory organ Mrs. Youn
j was making rapid inroads on the butcher
j head with her club. Finally she attracte
h, the butchers attention and it is said thu
r her strides toward home as the butche
/ took his boot away from her were enoug
b. to excite the envy of the wheelbarro
t. man or strike terror to the heart of II
I. creant school-boy.