The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-25
NOTES HERr AND THERE.

Monday evening
The old Frysluger mill property has
been sold on foreclosed mortgage.
The Chicago, Rock island Il Pacific is
doing an immense freight business.
The NJ. 4. church festival at Hampton
last evening was success, and largely at
tended.
DIR. Orlando Plummer, brother of DR..
s. G. Piummer, is in the city on visit to
his brother.
The Democraticl ward caucuses have
been called for Monday evening. Let
every Democrat be present.
The Republicans are worried; some
how, things don't run Fas smoothly in the
ring groove$as was expected,
The improvements at Christy's bakery
are progressing and when completed the
building will be one of the best on Third
avenue.
The lamp post at the corner of 10th
and 4th avenue was taken up to-day and
The pipe moved so as to give less opportu-
nifty for freezing up 10 the winter.
The macadamizing of Moline avenue
to the East Rock Island line will be finish
ed in few days and will make that thor
oughfare one of the best in the vicinity.
Quantity not quality is the rule with
the Union. That chicken story spread
over quarter column, to fill space, is
ldished I'D to the readers of the Union as
news.
John Gillespie, last evening, presented
Father Mackin with copy of the Teach
er's Examiner" for the fair soon to be
held under the auspices Of St. Joseph s
church.
There was rumor on the street to-day
, that Ross had been sentenced to one yea
. in the Joliet penetentiary. Major Boards
, ley says he thinks Ross was more sinnet
. against than SHINING,
Officer Bollman has worked hard t.
} ferret out the perpetrators OF the attempt
5 ed outrage on the young woman on Sunda,
evening and is confident that the ma
, Babe is the right party.
There will be special meeting of tn
Rock Island reform club, Friday eveninG
September &c, at 730 p. N. for the pul
pose of electing officers. A full after
:, dance of all members is requested.
Il The Fanny Davenport Dramatic com
pauy is among the best in the country
: aud by the very best dramatic critics
the country, Miss Davenport is pronounc
ed without a peer in the profession,
. The preliminary examination of Wn
:. Babe, for attempted rape on Miss Brigg
on Sunday evening last, which was
have occurred before Justice Halves t.
y day, was postponed until tomorrow morr
; ing at 9 o'clock by agreement of counse
States Attorney Parmenter, for the pei
pie, NJ. NJ. Corbett, Esq, for defendant.
:, "A. R.Stoddard, OF HeaGy & Stoddar(
q who has been at Nation sinking shat
on the coal lands recently leased by th
firm, returned to Rock Island to day. Th
r new shaft has been sunk 6S feet, whel
y water was struck, necessitating the use
n pump before further work can be don
e. Mr.. Stoddard expects to strike the rock
about week. The prospect OF a goc
yield of coal is excellent.
- The tremendous power of an air bral
" machine was we'll illustrated at the PERI
OF street depot, Davenport, yesterday morl
ey ing, as the express from the east came i
80 The engineeriapplied the brakes-and
,is suddenly that the drake bar under Il
rear trucks of the mail car snapped in t1
like pipe stem. and with a report tn
ng sounded like that of an old style muskt
S oI 1t was speedily replaced.
n The alarm of fire at clock yeste
of day morning, in Davenport, was caused
he a blaze in the basement of the c., R. |.
ny P. bridge and road-master's store hous
or near the Perry street depot in that cit
oh And the whistles of three or four LOGON
its tives shrieked as if the end of time we
or at hand. The fire was in a pile of XII
ding wood, and was soon extinguished
ant the use of small hose. When the frem
vin arrived there was no work for them to
ia The damage is trifing. The cause is su
emf posed to have been spontaneous combl
ba tioD 10 lot of pine sticks which were W
soaked in linseed oil.
Burglars entered the residence of h
Leonard A. Rose, 1907 fremont aven,
Davenport, at clock yesterday morni,
At that hour Mrs. r. awakened her b.
band with the remark that there VI
ure men in the room; he thought not, but
In insisted that there was; Mr.. r. got up a
found he had had visitors. sure enoug
. An overcoat, which hung 10 a closet
joining the bedroom, was IN the middle
the floor, and his spantaloons in the b
tri- beyond. The burglars had climbed to
ex- roof Of the porch, and entered through
est window-going out the same way. Tt
ps, got nothing but some loose change; in {
I've of the pockets.
The most responsible position in fam
'eu is that of the nurse, aud good nurse new
MI fails to recommend DR.. Bulls Baby Syr
sts to the parents of fretful or sickly childr
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