The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-14

SnsiDess ia transacted BY o. J. Beardslee BUSH |
ness notices should be handed in by noon TO en- |
sure publication the same day.
B@J. q. Salisbury has returned from
Kansas.
nara party of Good Templars from
Myrtle lodge are making arrangements to
visit the Rapids City lodge next Saturday
evening
n~Porter, the photographer, is pre-
pairing for trip up the river to Hampton,
Rapids City and other small towns and
will return here in the fall.
RG~Several carriage loads of people
passed through here this morning going
east. They had the appearance OF pic
nickers and we're probably from Rock ISL
and.
R@The picnic on Sylvan Island last
Sunday was not under the auspices OF the
Druid lodge, as their pic-n closed Satur'
day evening. The Sunday entertainment
was a private enterprise run by two or
three individuals.
b0- And now some of the hard cases
want to take pledge to abstain from
swearing, but have encountered difficulty
already in the selection of a ribbon to wear.
as the temperance Ieople have monopolizcd
all the beautiful colors.
S@Andrew Peterson was arrested last
night by Officer Holt in state of drunken
Inconsistencies. He was taken before
Magistrate Grover this morning, plead
guilty and was fined ST and costs; nc
money and was calaboosed.
sG-The Union is frantic this morning
| a. n 6
ARGUS relative to the water power; calls
it Our water power, our manufactures
! and our people" and says the prosperity
Of all these possessions of the Onaon ART
dependent upon the water power, Sucf
extravagant nonsense IS not surprising
+, considering the source and knowing tina
: facts are not requisite in the arrange
ment Of matter for that sheet ! but tina
words and words only is the great desider
alum. 1t is we'll known fact to ever.
3 business man in Moline that the waite
power is only a great clap-trap, an adver
! tisement, a, deluson. No manutactor
can DEFEND upon il as they are liable, ye
: certain, to be left without power 10
months at time every year. They mus
year round. The only institution whie
y
Q steam-W Waters & First's mill-has bee
- remedied and a good power furnishe
. every wellwisher of the city will be elaC
because OF the sbeneft to the city; sti
= that does not mitigate the crimes perp'
q trated by the water power company upo
= individuals and the government, the spoi
e of which they eagerly rake into the
already overlooking Golfers.
The Red and White Ribbon.
The ladies' meeting at the Bapti
church, yesterday afternoon. was we
& attended. One hundred and forty ladiG
q put on the white ribbon and organized
:. society, electing the following officers:
y President w. FL. Hyde.
70 Vice Presidents-Mrs. w. II. Tayl'
= and Miss Mary Gunnell.
n Recording Secretary-Mrs. VIM, hours
Cor. Secretary-Mrs. Butler.
10 Treasurer-Miss Julia Way.
'e The society is to be auxiliary to Il
in mems reform club, The next meetir
re will be held in the basement of the Nj.
- church to morrow afternoon. DR.. Reynol
positively forbade them to hold the
y meeting twice successfully in the san
Te church, as he said 1T was not to
IS a sectarian or unconditional affair,
&c The meeting last evening at Reese
!, Hall was fairly attended, although Il
~ room was not filled. DIR. Reynolds spo
~ for about half an hour then called up
Y. DR.. Morey. who had signed the pledg
i put on the ribbon and taken a seat up
the stage before the lecture commence
Ut He said that he had told DR.. Reynolds th
p he (Morey) was no speaker but had alwa
" been able to say yes when asked to take
h. drink. He had no astounding confessio
- to make. did not propose to crimina
We himself nor any body else; had been thir
mt ing seriously on the matter for seveI
re weeks and by a course of sober reasoni
in arrived at the conclusion that it did not 2
~ to indulge in the use Of liquor He ask
~ for the sympathy and assistance of eve
OF one for himself and the others who We
ey struggling to subdue the APPETITE formed
, a stimulating beverages. Jas. McCol
ia president of the club, Mr., Hamilton q
W Merritt Starr were called upon and ms
10 brief speeches. The pledges were bel
signed throughout the evening and abe
$50 additional members to the club ",
obtained. DR.. Reynolds will hold his |
I'd meeting here this evening. The organi
8. ton of the club will be perfected and oil
u preliminary business matters attended