The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-21
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

from the rifles,
-220 entries on the common law docke
for the September term. Tomorrow is
the last day of entry.
"A wagon load of hay broke down to-
day on Second Avenue blocking travel for
few hours. A broken axle was the
cause of the accident.
AT the target shooting yesterday the
rife teams made full score of 274, or Is
more than the score of Co. A., of Chicago,
who won the state cup the other day.
: "A fine cactus, one of the prettiest in |
this vicinity, is now in bloom at Pete
Munger's. This plant was brought from
the east nine years ago and is fine one.
The Troubadours first class COM
pany, have been engaged to give one per-
Torrance at the Opera House, the last Ct
this month, for the benefit of the Rodman
Rifles.
-"Chub" Saulpaugh, our Club" of
the big Four" is in Rock Island on tenn
porary leave of absence from his business
at Knoxville. He looks as fresh as ever
and is as eloquent as formerly on the boss"
walkist
Deputy County Clerk Reid is buslly
engaged In getting up voluminous re-
port of births IN this county and expects
to have it completed soon. Bob says there
is one baby missing and what bothers him
is to find that missing youDgster.
Some thirty citizens of Moline will
visit this city tomorrow evening Friday
for the purpose of being instituted as a
Hodge of Improved Order of Red Men.
The officers of tho new order will be elect
ed this evening at Odd Fellows hall in
Moline.
To morrow evening the Father Mat
thew abstinence society give ball at
Armory Hall. This ball is for the pur-
pose of raising funds to buy a new flag and
should be literally patronized. The one
formerly owned by the socisty was burned
in the Linehan fire.
There was fair attendance at the
Opera Hall on Friday.to witness the match
between Findley and McNeal. The frs
named did the distance so miles in Oh. 81
: minutes, and McNeal in Oh. 52min. They
J expect to make hundred mile walk il
f this town in a few weeks CharttOl
(L010a) Patriot.
Two men named Mccarthy an(
Welsh, got into dispute about load O.
hay on Market square, and one of then
went before Justice Chopper and swore on
warrant to keep the peace. Office
Brennan started after Welsh but he ha'
gone. 1t was nothing serious and wa
more var of words than anything else.
: This afternoon Postmaster Murdoch
t and his son Bob. took boat ride, an
/. when 10 the middle OF the stream tn
e boat capsized throwing both occupants i
q the water. The accident was seen froI
d the ferry boat and Leroy Lawhead wen
i to the rescue in skif and succeeded
Is getting the men safely ashore. Both wer
thoroughly ducked and came very nea
drowning. The dog Carlo, a large New
\ foundland was with them and when Law
of head came up with his skif was the frs
1r to get aboard,
The man T. l. Balentinc who wa
seized with an epileptic fit yesterday, an
cared for at the arwory, proved to be a
L. that he claimed, and last evening wer
g oyer to Griswold college, where he wa
well known. It appears that he is insane
I'd however, and he was taken to the DaveI
W port Jail until the commissioners coul
I'D enquire into his sanity, There is a stol
in the case, and as usual there is womaI
TT Yesterday he had with him the plot
ed graph of beautiful lady and inquiry t
day by Overseer Sweeney, discloses tt
o. fact that he is the victim of unrequIte
affection; that instead of brooding over
he took to hard study; that he was PEI
Pa sionately fond of the lady, and that h.
Ill refusal to marry him has turned his min
as The strain on the mental faculties by hal
IT, study, together with the disappointme
of his life was too much for the poor f
low and now he is a lunatic, He is WI
of connected and has relatives in the east al
ed Council Bluffs who have been notified.