The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-21

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Third avenue is being macademised
from 18th street east.
Regular uniform drill of the Rodman
Rifles to-morrow evening.
The Moline Guards elect second
lieutenant Tomorrow evening.
The new smoke stack now building
for Deere & Co.. it is stated, will be 200
feet high.
The new Schroeder building on Mo-
line avenue near Elm street, is bearing
completion.
Work on the new building OF Dimock,
Gould & Co.. Moline, is being pushed as
fast as possible.
Mary Anderson. the greatest of
Americas actresses appears here on Tues
day evening next. October 2stb.
Capt. Jones, OF the Commercial, and
Chas. Jarvis, of the Rock Island House.
both speak encouragingly of good busi-
ness.
Bridget Connell. died at Moline.
yesterday at p. M, and will be buried
from the Catholic church to morrow morn
ing.
food judges say that the nationals
| won't poll to exceed 100 votes 10 Moline.
This can be included by the. editor of the
Organ, when summing up "the growth of
the cause"
Mrs. Lottie Lindburg. of Moline, died
last night at 8 O'Clock. She leaves hus-
| band and eight children. She was The
woman who SO persistently sought alias.
and lived near the Halfway House.
The negotiations for the sale of the
Fla, Iron square, Moline. to the G, R. I. &
P. company for a site for the new depot
are about completed This practically
settles the matter of location, now let the
new building go up and Moline will have
an Improvement worthy of and in keep
ing with her commercial prosperity.
There is rumor that the q. B. Il q.
will shortly charge the time OF the Ster-
ling train, so as to enable passengers on
that branch to go north aud return here
the same day. This will also be an i'm
portapt connection for passengers to Chi
cago leaving here on Saturday, as by this
means close connection will be made with
the main line at Mendoza, thus enabling
travellers to get into Chicago four hours
ahead of competing lines.
| There is universal roWling at the
Moline council FOR repeating the fire ordi-
nance, and it is extremely probable that q
new ordinance will be passed at the next
regular meeting, The old one vas repeal
ed to make Chas. Atkinson safe on a
frame structure he had erected without
permit, and as the council refused to give
him permit or withdraw its order to take
the building down and Atkinson re-
fused to comply but wriggled out it, the
ordinance was repealed. This is how the
people of Moline feel about it, at least. 1t
il, however, but fair that Mr.. Atkinson be
given credit for successfully outwitting the
board.
| Major Wilson found bonanza last
evening in the form of small key of beer.
1t was lying in the middle of 10Th street
between SECOND ana InlrQ avenue, ana
the Major carefully hid it away in the city
shed until this morning and then went
home, Illuminating over the grand surprise
10 store for the boys This morning he
sailed forth on his accustomed rounds,
and about o'clock concluded to look for
the keg-but it was gone. Now what
puzzles the Major is to know who to blame
for the purloining of the beverage. At
last accounts he was hunting up some one
to serve a search warrant on Squire
Chopper plicatiug Folsom as a party
to the fact. The idea of looking for any
thing of the sort in that direction, and
expecting to recover his property intact is
what puzzles people,