The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-16
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

terday.
Battalion drill was held at the gun
club park this afternoon.
Fruit was more plenty to day than at
any time within ten days.
There are a number of hard cases
in town which will bear close watching.
p. O'Mara who has been in the lower
end of the county has returned to the city.
There will be a large attendance of
Rock Islanders at the camp grounds to-
morrow.
The brick work on the addition to the
Second Ward hose house will begin
Monday.
j. P. Taylor, of the Taylor. House, is
soon to make tour of Kansas, Nebraska
and Colorado.
The Henry county fair, the managers
say. will be the best held in that county
since the society was organized,
The will of John McMahon was ad-
mitted to probate to-day. His wife 10.
hanna Mcmahon is made sole executrix.
-Waverly Johnston will return to Sac
ramento next week. he still clings TO
Rock Island as his original home, however.
The new assessors plats of CoalV alley
and Milan, which Deputy Bowman has
been copying for the last two weeks are
about ompleted.
The pay car of the G. B. so. com
pany arrived here to-day and Paymaster
Bartlett made the employees heart glad
with the sinners.
There is every prospect of reduced
rates to Omaha at no distant day unless
the present discrimination against the G.
B. & Q. is discontinued
The Peoria races will attract large
attendance OF Rock Islanders, Rarus,
Hopeful, Bonesetter and other lamoue
horses will be in attendance.
Will W. Rathbun, who has been re-
Cooperating his health 10 the country. has
returned to Rock Island full of vigor and
has settled down to business.
Fishing parties are not so much in
vogue now, as hunting expeditions after
prairie chickens In Iowa the right to
kill under the law is not permissible unit
Sept, l.
The new building Of Pfohs on Market
Square, is fine one and adds very much
to the business looks of the street. 1t viii
be one of the finest stores in the city wheI
completed.
There are few but will be rejoiced Il
learn that Rev, Geo. r. Palmer is up and
around again, and will resume his post o.
usefulness before many weeks, at the FRS
Methodist church,
AID. Lundy's father is lying very i'll a
Napierville, Ills, and Mr.. Lundy is nov
there in answer to telegram summonin!
him to come. At last accounts the OLE
J gentleman was very low and not expected
to live.
%. P. Titcomb, who has been ssriousl!
r i'll with fever, was on the streets to-da!
looking rather the worse for the sever
spell of sickness He says it was toucl
n of yellow fever; that he has Frequently
been among those having that disease, ant
that he is confident that be had Sigh
4 attack Of the dreaded scourge.
-Thos. Bender, boy IL years old wa
q held by Justice Halves for stealing ski
from John r. Stanley. Officer McLaugh
lin made the arrest. This afternoon b
went before Judge Adams and plea
s. guilty, and on Recommendation of State
, Attorney Parmenter, the sentence wa
suspended during good behavior.
Geo. Crawford, of Carbon Cliff, ha
the reputation OF raising good melons o
" bis farm, and to prove that it is no etn pt
boast, Left two fines ones at THE ARGU
Office to-day. George believes that th
proof of the pudding is in the eating gu
. so do we, and we can assure him that b
10 has right to brag about his meIons-fc
they are good ones.
The prize cup was won by Co. A.
| Chicago; scoring 26l to their opponents, th
y Ottawa team, 246. 1t looks very much 9
if there was an effort to keep the cup in th
north part of the state, and it is about a
D. we'll that Rock Island should not ente
n, The Rodman Rifles were really entitled [
the preference after Joliet won the GU
"a and the slobbish manner in which tn
IN company was treated ought to proven
20 any endeavor to enter for the prize.
THE ARGUS composition corps organ
= lied fishing expedition to day and t,
night will start for Rock River to max
Is war on the scaIy Inhabitants of the paci
G. stream. The boys will be on the lookol
\ for STAT takes" aud their lines proper
8 Headed" will eudeavor to make solid
hawl. In proof of this they aver thl
r. they will string" the fish and occasional
revise" the galley" and will try
s avoid throwing the line into empty space
~ The Rock Islander says that Be
- Tillinghagt is candidate or wants to |
one on the republican TICKET for count
treasurer. If this thing continues, II
first ballot in the Republican conventic
y will show about 40 candidates with OF
y vote each-every delegate will be d cal
% didate How laughabe it will be to he.
each endeavoring to pursuade the otht
o' that he is the man for the place. No VOL
- der Dave Reid declines to enter the col
q test.