The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-17

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--Wittick' g funeral will occur tomorrow
morning.
Rip Van Wrinkle tonight at Harper's
Theatre.
The improvement in the court house
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The O., B, & Q. train from St. Louis
was one hour late this morning.
Coco. Wittick. son of the murdered
man, arrived home this morning.
Al Bowen, at his Bijou, has large
postal card on exhibition l4x10 inches,
New gutter crossings at the corner of
10Th street and 4th avenue are among the
improvements.
Holidays in 1880 on Sunday
ington's birthday. Decoration day, July 4
and Christmas,
There we're hundreds visited Wit
ticks house in Moline, yesterday and
viewed the remains.
There is but one sentiment in regard
to the Wittick murderers and that is,
they ought to be hung.
In the county court to-day the Head
case was still pending and not likely to be
concluded before Wednesday.
-Swiler Bros, have received the con
tract for putting on the tin roof of b. ID.
Buford 6 Co s new foundry.
"A prominent physician OF Moline, re-
marked on Saturday evening that it was
distressingly healthy in that town.
Magistrate Grover, of Moline, has
gone to Galesburg to attend the meeting
of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows.
The. locomotive fremen of the O., r,
| ]. & P, will have their fifth annual bal
on Friday, Dec. 10Th. at Armory Hall.
There should besa rousing house to-
nightiat Harper's Theatre. to see. Rip Van
Wrinkle. Popular prices. rs aud so cents.
There was a report on the street thi
morning that Grogan had gone crazy, but
an investigation proved the report untrue
The stone abutment' at Gordon 5
cuivert was being built on the west side
to-day. The work is being rapidly pushed
The Sage property Is improving IL
looks. The coat Of paint and carpenter
work makes the row lock almost as good
as new.
The coroner's jury were not long IL
making up their verdict. The evidence
was So strong there was no occasion to
deliberate very long.
The pay car Of the R)ckIsland & Peoria
Railroad in charge Of Paymaster Joe Gas
kell. started on its GRAND OF welcome to
the employees of the road this morning.
This morning, two Dew eugines passed
through on the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific for the Kansas City. Lincoln &
Southern r. r. They we're Nos. 20 and
81, and Were staunch built.
George Hodg enan, the travelling man
who was SO beaten about the head by the
gang who murdered poor Wittiek, still suf'
ters considerable pain about the head, al
though able to be around.
The telephone did good service in
preventing the escape Of the murderers OF
Wittick, 1t stopped them at the bridge,
made them get out of Davenport, kept them
away from Moline, stopped them on the
railroads, in fact effecgualy blocked their
escape.
The teachers of the Fourth Ward
school took their scholars out 90 the bluff
at recess on Frida5 afternoon for little
pleasure and exercise. The young ideas
were uearig wild With delight and when
they reached the highest hill top, gave
three cheers for their teachers.
1t is stated by friend of Senator
| Chandler that during the last presidential
campaign. he spent $1,000 out of bis owu
pocket, and would probably have seen
| this, and gone" several thousand better,
if he had lived till next year. This is what
adds d peculiar poignancy to the general
grief of the Republican party at his de-
ease.-ISt. Louis Republican. =
The Miller Comedy Co, which gave
some performances in Moline. at Tint s
| Hail, were poorly patronizad, although the
acting was fne Capt. Timm receive.
very little encouragement to secure good
com panies for Moline This is the second
company-within short time that has
been very cody received in Moline. The
people ought not to complain, if show
people give Moline the go-by.
The following is from the Hartford
Times just and generous sentiment that
all true Democrat" will approve: Meth
er Mr.. Tilden nor his friends claim that be
owns the Democratic party, nor that the
party must nominate him. They are rea-
dy to support any other good Democra,
who may be fairly nominated. But they
do claim that Samual j. Tilden is entitled
toscourteous and friendly treatment at the
hands of true Democrats; and this we be-
ieve all true Democrats will accord to
him"