The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-13

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Ohio and Iowa election Tomorrow.
Gus Stengel says it is the sixth and
boy
-Mrs. S. r.. Porter continues to i'm
prove,
IT. Fl. McNeyio. was 10 the city on
Sunday.
1.-The ball of St. Joseph's society will
occur on Friday evening at Armory Hall.
w ork on the new street car track near
Brooks crossing il expected to begin in
| about month, e
Henry Schiifnger. has returned tol
Rock Island from Chicago. where he has
| been for some time.
Thirty four different sections of side
walks have been laid in Rock Island, dur
| ing the last two months.
The steamer War Eagle" has been
placed at the disposal of the Mississippi
RIVER improvement committee.
| -Knickerbocker, he of the Rock Island
House saloon, has added an imperial bill
lard table to his establishment.
| Officer Feeley, walked a man named
/ buckley 10 The oleodPhsEk ~
break into c., B. & Q, box car,
| Another pile driver has been brought
into service by the contractors who are
| building the tresfle work for the G., b. u
| Q. company.
If Scotch Taylor would only step down
the Republican managers would feel easy
With him on the track. REID knows he
has opposition.
General Weayer's greenback Dleeting
lin Davenport, on Saturday, was failure,
Less than 800 we're present. The National
party is played out.
To morrow the Democrats in Ohio
J will send greeting to their brethren
throughout the country by accomplishing
la glorious, old fashioned victory
Tomorrow registering begins 10 each
ward in this city and Moline. Every one
who is not registered should see that his
t name is placed on the list.
The Union is still alarmed at Taylor S
nomination. ard plainly shows it in an
article yesterday. More brains and less
> Observation-Disclosures is what is sadly
needed at the 18th street sanctum.
/ The loss to Dimock. Gould & Co., by
: the fire On Saturday, will be as stated in
Saturdays ARGUS, $4,000. The insur-
auce is $500. AS stated IN our Saturday
issue. the company will rebuild. at once.
--The U1a7on is still harpiug on the &C
. ton of Mayor Reynolds 10 removing two
officers and re-appointiog one, and not the
other Mr.. Reynolds has a MUD of bis
! own and acts as bis judgment dictates re-
CARELESS of outside opinion. He says he
, investigated the case fully and that his
, action was the outcome of that iuvestiga-
ton This ought to be sufficient.
They are putting in gasoline gas al
paratus at the Davenport glucose works
/ hundred burner machine. The tank,
which holds ten barrels of the fluid, is in a
vault fifty yards from the buildings, and
the pump which supplies the gas is in the
! basement of one of the buildings. The
, light is hardly equal to that of coal gas,
! but i: answers all practical purposes at the
works.
On tho 9th -four was advanced 40
cents per barrel, and to-day the milers
| have announced another advance of DO
cents on -four while Rye -four and Rye
i, meal is advanced 70 cents. This advance
cannot be due to any advance IN the price
of grain, but is in all probability local COM
, biDation which the miliers are able 10 carry
, out on account of Sears mill being closed
for repairs and from the further fact that
Beauties mill in Davenport is not yet ready
for operation.
! The tramps who stopped the train at
: Monmouth few months ago, were SEN
= fenced to terms of Imprisonment varying
from one TO six years, at the last session
OF the Warren county court. These fell
lows it will be remembered. hourished re-
volvers and intinidated the train men be-
} cause they were not allowed to ride, but
who, were fually captured by posse of
+ citizens CT Monmouth and joiled. 1t the
same vigorous punishment inf icted in this
case was to be the rule 10 all such cases.
} the tramp nuisance would soon disappear.
The railroad companies have rights as we'll
as others and are entitled to the same pro-
lection, as private citizens.
The Union is very knowing yest erday
and processes to give az account of meet
ing of the National and Democratic COM
mittees, who had met, says the Union, to
form fusion. 1t then proceeds TO laud
} Bob Reid and points to his many qualifi-
cations for Inc position of county treasurer,
Careful reading of the Union's article,
however, fails to disclose Bob's connection
with the tax sale operations of Guyer-
Starr ct al. The Union, in giving an &C
count OF Bob's qualifications, should be
more general and precise. 1t is always
best TO give all the points. For the ben
eft OF the Unicn, however. The ARGUS
will, in the near future, endeavor &c cor
rect the inaccuracies and supply the omis-
sions.
The Davenport Democrat says the
unfortunate woman Mrs Hansen, who
escaped from the insane department of
Mercy hospital last Tuesday afternoon,
was found on the Locust street road Fri
i day afternoon by Fletcher Leonard. She