The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-03

R9The banks will be closed all day to-
morrow.
s@Emory Gunnel reached home from
college yesterday.
E@The city treasurer's report shows a
balance on hand of $643 SO.
R@Richards & Sohrbeck have still on
hand a complete stock of wall paper.
R9~A great many of the business
houses will be closed to- morrow afternoon.
gg@A few special policemen have been
appointed by the mayor to serve tor few
days.
n9@The excitement about smallpox is
subsiding and there will probably be no
more cases.
agEverybody in Moline who goes any
place tomorrow will betake themselves to
Credit island
aSThe livery stable proprietors are
complaining that there are scarcely any
rigs engaged for tomorrow.
B6EH. A. Barnard and family left for
the east to-day. Mrs. Barnard will
spend the summer In New York.
e@Several members of the A. .. U.
w. order will go to Cordova tomorrow to
participate in the celebration at that place.
~Mr. Alfred Williams, of Williams,
White & Co, will start tomorrow for Col
erado, to be gone several weeks on
pleasure trip
E@Overseer Soderstrum paid out du
ring the month of June for the support of
the poor $247.25, of this amount $3.50
was for non-residents or tramps who were
sick
RSrMr. Anderson, Gould & Co.'S. cut
ter received telegram from Altoona, ILL.,,
to-day informing him that his father was
lying at the point OF death. He took the
first train for hole.
B@The highway commissioners met
e this afternoon at 2 o'clock and went to
t inspec; and decide dispute between Brit;
ton aud Jennings, east OF town, IN regard
= to water course which has been changed
!, by the commissioners.
"a rEGeo. Waters, for sever al years pay.
master at Deere & Co.'S pillow works. ha;
Q accepted a cIerkship 10 Maj. Farquhar'
4 office, the officer in charge of the Mlssls-
sippi river improvements from keokuk t.
St. Paul George has benefited himsel
u financially by the change.
l. pgThe Lutheran Sunday school have
10 decided not to hold their pie mic in Akin
sons grove tomorrow as announced OIL
ia account of the close proximity OF the small
pox and are making arrangements to hol(
g it on Sylvan island. The mayor has glveI
/ them permission to use the building re
re Gently erected for pest house"
Of sagThe board of education held a meet
!. ing last Monday evening. 1t was decides
to paint the east aud west ward schoo
- houses and the committee were in
is structed to receive bids for the work. III
or high school course which has heTetOtor
n been three years was extended to tour
:, They concluded to organize norma
- training class for one years training
high school graduates.
=, a6~The revisors of assessments bel
81 another meeting yesterday. Most of th
10 time was consumed 10 hearing j. Z. Starr
arguments and modes of assessing. II
H. objected to the assessment of the Mohn
10 National Bank bank building in additio
NJ. to the assessment of the capital stool
re claiming that said building was part {
the capital stock, but he failed to convinC
the board and it remains unaItered.
aG~Jas. Mckinley, foreman in Deer
4 Co.'S foundry, met with serious acc
ry dent last Saturday which has confined hi
ct to his house until to-day. lie was atten'
ing furnaces when small particle OF h
iron flew into his mouth and almost dow
10, his throat, burning his tonslls badly, so
81 was unable to speak aloud for over twent
four hours Had the spark been lit
:, larger it would have probably killed hin
IN Shootlsts.
The Moline Gun Club received an INK
tation by telegraph frem Cordova yeste
.ne day to attend the celebration there
I'd morrow, proposing to pay all expenses
the trip. They replied accepting the j
vtaton. The following named gentleme
I'd will start with their guns tomorrow
-, VIM. Cooper, Geo. Cooper, Chas, Ain
=" 20 th. Ii. Wood. JAS, Magill, Harry Ste
la' art. Wm. Gault. NJ Salisbury, 7. Robi
nd son, Robt Ellis