The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-18
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road.
Travel on all the roads has been lively
the pastsweek.
There is nothing new in or about the
court house to-day.
The Gazette favors redistricting OF
the city by wards. from the river to the
bluffs.
Officer Hull is working up big case.
He was out last night looking up the evil
dence.
The river business is about closed,
freights being light and boats few and far
between.
The Union still keeps punching away
at those poor unprotected cows in Frank
lin Square.
Clancy and Grogao, it was stated, said
they were very sorry they had got into the
Wittick scrape.
Rip Van Wrinkle. by the Robert Me-
Wade company. is to be given at Timm 8
Hall. Moline, Nov. 81.
Levi Hatson, and W. L. Sweeney are in
attendance at the Grand Lodge of Odd
elbows, at OaIeSDuTg.
The Head trial was still in progress
to-day, with no likelihood of it being CON-
pleted before Thursday.
Two new lamps were placed on 18th
street to- day. They were naptha, and
have the new style of globes.
Capt. Halves goes to Cambridge to-
morrow night to muster 10 the newly Or
ganized military company at that place.
Thus far 1908 water renters have
paid up, leaving III yet to settle. Total
receipts, SIS. O64 IS; amount due, 1928.
| a.
No new developments in the Wlttick
murder case to-day. The funeral of the
| 10 ordered man has been set for Thursday
at 2. p, NJ,
The ties oe the new street Car track
which is to go under the culvert and on the
north side of the railroad on Moline
avenue, were being laid to day.
| "A reward Of $50 is offered for the
capture of Thos. mcfarland. who escaped
from the Aledo Jail on Saturday light
He is about 5 feet 10 inches high, has 9
scar on under lip, talks a good deal, anc
weighs about 100 pounds. He is wanteG
for a grave offence.
They slaughtered seven hundred hog.
at Zoekler & Kohr's packing house Daven
port, last week, and two hundred and fifty
at Ranzew &Haller's. These were opera
lions on the skirmiah line only. The
other packing houses haven't started az
yet
| The Iron Mouder's Union. Moline
will have their annual ball at Timm !:
Hail, Wednesday evening, Nov. Goth, Th'
meutders algays give first class dance
and promise something better thar qsqa
this year Bleuer's band has been epgag
ed TO furnish the music.
! County treasurer elect Robt. f. Reid
fled his bond to day in the penal sum o
$5OO,O 900. His sureties are Thos. j
Robinson, David o. Reid. Corneliu
! Lynde, Phil Mitchell, P. L. Mitchell, j
Nj. Buford. s. S. Guyer, Geo. Mixter
John M. Gould and j. c. Starr. A soli'
showing.
The law firm of Parker &Gabbert ha
been dissolved by mutual consent. Hon
Geo. Fl. Parker, is general .agent OF tn
American Union Telegraph Co., and b
: finds it i'm possible to do justice TO law an
! fulEll his position, hence the change. II
E left for Chicago last evening 10 be abseu
t several weeks.
: The saw mills 10 Davenport will Con
: tinue operations until the 25lh inst, and
e is likely that all will shut down for th
o winter on that day. Lindsay Il Phelr
received their last raft on Friday, Hcrnb
a & Gable Thursday, henwicE, Shaw
y Crossert yesterday, and Shricker Il Mule
d have one on the way, which viii! come
Y on Tuesday. These supplies will la'
d until the date named. The last name
;. firm hope TO eoDtlpue saving until the lot
: of December.
e The Davenport Democrat gets of th
n IfollowiDg:-it was the last stanza of til
n 38th hymn, in the Hymnal, that they wer
s singing in one of our city churches Sunda
evening-the last offering of praise in th
e seryiqe il was, fortunately. The stapz
reads.
The soul that to Jesus has fed for resposs
| will not, 1 will not. desert to his foes
That soul, though all hell SHAH endesvcr to sLak
i I'll ne 7er-no never-no, never forsake.
< And before the word "forsake" wa
0 reached. the gravity of member of th
g choir forsook her entirely, and she had
!. sit down for laughter. and then the res
t broke down in litter, The choir face
D the congregation in that church, an
? about every person present fell into laugh
3 ter. also and almost as much merrimet
! prevailed as though the hymn were hu
: morous song and the place the opera house
j OF course, the mo never, "-"weIl- hardly
r ever" business 10 Pinafore is to blame fo
the whole of it.
Il Don t forget to bring ST. JACOBS Or
, for fathers rheumatism, was the partiD
word we overheard at the station til
other morning.
4 st. Mary's fair opens tonight at Dart