The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-28
NOTES HERE,AND THERE.

CITY tV-uoys
Hon. 7. J, Henderson was in the city
yesterday.
j. j. Parks, Esq. is in Iowa City on
legal business.
j. V, Mahoney, ESQ.,, att ended the
Cambridge fair to-day.
Excursion rates to the Cambridge fair
on the r. I. & P. railway.
The alarm of fire about half past one |
o'clock to-day was false one.
There is a rumor of projected strike
among the miners at an early day.
There was a very pleasant serenad-
ing party at Mrs. Ritter's last evening
There was regular bevy of railroad
officials in Rock Island yesterday evening.
The Turner Society will hold pic
mic next Sunday at the foot of the 10th
street bluff.
There was fire near Gilberttown
about 2:S0 o'clock this morning, supposed
to be liGhtnings, work:
Fanny Hill, was hauled in by Marshal
HAYES, taken before Justice Chopper,
fined S. and costs and bounced.
The excursiopists who were in Rock
Island yesterday seemed to enjoy them
selves in thoroughly original way.
-HarveyS. Wells. was robbed in Chi
cago of some money and clothing, and the
detectives have secured the thief who did
the work, so says the Inter Ocean
The recent railroad war between the
B. & NJ. and the Union Pacific roads has
been settled and the rates IN force before
the troubles have been resumed.
The new superintendent of the G., B.
4 O., Mr.. W. R, Crumpton, Games highly
spoken of as railroad man Of large ex.
perience and fine executive ability.
Arthur Gunnell. who has been on visi
to.his parents in. Nebraska for the past few
weeks, returned last evening and resumed
his old position at Wylie & McCune's.
"A large excursion FROM Aurora, Ba
tavia, Sandwich, EIgin and intermediate
towns, visited Rock Island yesterday after
noon. There were thirteen coaches in all
NO one 10 this vicinity has been Wis
tied by burglars as often as f. Black, o
Hampton, and only short time ago b,
was robbed of $50 in money and lot o
goods. On Wednesday night his stort
was again burglarized, it is supposed, /!
tramps.
| 1t was reported this morning that
horse was being kept here 10 the city
which for six days had not been fed
Officer Feeley looked into the case ant
found it was not as bad as represented, bu
the animal seemed to relish food immense
ly all the same.
Room for Sharp Silvisl He's the onl
prominent Greenbacker who hasn't BEEF
killed off, and his turn has come. - Union
Ominous, this, very ominous. Stil,it ma.
r be only one of those harmless ourbusts t
which the 18th street organ is addicted
Next.
= The water is so low that, should
demand be made for an extra supply G
water in case of FIRE, it would be next t
impossible to furnish it. The improve
ments in contemplation by Supt. Cramel
D will in great measure, obviate any scarcit
!. Of water for FIRE purposes, In the NEAR
time we can only hope that no serious fir
will occur until the Improvements are con
pleted.
Milan seems to be the best locatio
for burglars and petty thieving in til
e locality. Petty stealing is almost of night
occurrence, and four burglaries within II
e past month or two, and no one makes al
complaint, but all seem to be perfectly sa
I, is6ed with matters as they are. The dep
of the R. l. 4 2. Ry, was entered on Il
night Of the 10Th inst, through one of Il
windows, the ticket case broken open, son
- OF the tickets destroyed and some takt
g away, together With a small amount
III cash in the drawer. Wouldn't it be w
y to secure watchmen that are not alwa
Dt sick2
- On Thursday evening Miss Mann
i Bue Peasants, the accomplished daugl
n ter Of Hon. Geo. w. Peasants, of t
LEI Appellate Court, was, married at Trini
- church, to Samuel A. Lynde. son
~ Judge Cornelius Lynde, of this city. I
:. ceremony was performed by Rev [
! Barris, Of Davenport, aud was very il
a pressiva. The newly married couple Il
N on the evening train on the G, r. |. &
for Chicago, whence they extend Il
tour through Conada and will visit Il
e. lakes, being absent about month. The
e. was DO regular reception last evenir
> only Immediate friends of the family bel
present, but there were some elegant a
e. costly presents, some of them very rio
- THE ARGUS trusts the future will
= one of unalloyed happiness.
IL DR., w. NJ. Twigg writes long CO..
is munloation to the Union in which he ga
re that Supervisor Kramer misrepreseI
at him utterly in his statement The doc
to gives very full explanation of the itel
Mt in his bill and concludes by saying Il ha
"a sent my bills, accompanied by the swc
Sc statements of the head of the family, Il
nd l made that number Of visits, ETC., a
re he must know it; and yet be convt
ut the idea in the Rock Islander (if he d.
re not directly say that all these bills,
be gregating $62, are dishonest grow
VIC from the Swan johnson bill. aud that j
,rs own and the other affidavits are deliber,