The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-09
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eoration day.
The city clock in Dubuque is wound
by water power.
-Leadville has a population of 10000
souls. mostly paupers-
The C.B.& Q. railroad uses 1900 tons
Of coal daily, on it's locomotives.
The State Eclectic Medical society
will meet at Springfield, June 4.
-Chas. Buncher is building an addition
to his place, corner goth street and Second
avenue.
The ferry boat runs to Davenport
after the arrival of the $40 p, N. train on
the c., B. & Q. road.
The Burlington council has ordered
the erection of public drinking fountains in
tina: city for men and beasts.
-Austin Corbin. many years ago q citi-
zen of Davenport, was elected president
of the l., B. & w. railroad, at recent
meeting.
The corner of the Taylor House lot,
where the old Sauerman building stood,
has been fenced in, which improves the
looks of the place.
Cortland Schiek, Of Mount Pulaski,
Logan county, the author of the operetta
of Mother Goose" died Saturday in the
asylum at Jacksonville.
The district convention of the w. G.
T. u. for the 9th congressional district of
this state, will hold its next session in
Amboy sometime 10 June
AN orator declaring that Fortune
knocked at every mans door once, an
Irishman said, When she knocked at
mine | must have been out"
The Slater Fuller bastardy case was
not compromised, and Slater languishes in
jail waiting the result of writ Of habeas
corpus, which Kenworthy & Bcarisley
have applied for in his behalf
"A beautiful steel bridge, said to BE
the Only one in the country. is bu:I' over
the Missouri river at Glasgow, - 'h- fae
of the Chicago aud Alton railroad.
Hester S;hnell was aaIu1sei insane
before the county cogrt this forenoon She
was brought before the court at the in
stance of the ogerseer Of ;he poor Of this
city
Before breaking ranks last evening,
three cheers were given by the Rodmap
Rifles for Bleuer's band, for the excellent
music furnished, oompljmcn; they richly
deserved.
Before marriage man is generally
greeted By his sweetheart with, My dar-
ling is ityou?" But after marriage she gen
orally rushes to the door and shout" Hugh
Henry, wipe your boots!"
The literary society Of the Reform
CLUB performed at Negus Hall last even
ing to a very fair audience. The perform
ance was theatrical in character With songs
recitGtious AMI reading.
The Wide Awake combination, which
opens at Darts Hall, this evening, for two
nights only, consisting Of ten men and FIVE
good looking ladies', are stopping at the
Rock Island House, where most Of the
trQupes travelling this way usually stop.
The County Judge has at last decided
the Charles Gray estate question and
given the money to John Gray, of Cattar-
angus Co, n. Y, and his sisters nephew
and nieces, 10 sccorIance with their petit
tion fled By Kenworthy Il Beardslag.
An employee of the u. S. steamer
General Barnard supplies the Jniion with
political article on TIE Southern situa:
ton. Is it by the order o. the commander
Of the steamer or of this department o.
the river improvement that employees dc
this kind of work?
Mr.. Chas Playter who has been con
neoted with the editorial department oil
the Davenport Democrat for the past ter
years and Miss Helen Morley, daughte l
of Dir. WoTleY of Davenport, have formed
an alliance protective ard defensiVe-a
matrimonial arrangement whereby he vii
60 homo early and in due course of time
graduate into dignifed and bald headed
editor.
The Kewance Independent speaking
of the forthcoming Judicial election say
in elections of this character politics
ought to be ignored, and the selection
}made wholly upon the ground of merit
No man ought to be made to feel that ht
was indebted to the workings Of party
machinery for his elevation to judicia
position. That above all others is an of
fee. the incumbent of which should fee
tina; be has no friends to reward or enc
mics to punish"
1t is like meeting an almost forgotten
acquaintance to see the Union return tt
the water question. 1t now says a Mr.
Boutell has been engaged to make surve,
of the river for the location of filter bed
The council may as we'll understand tina
the water question will never be put a
rest as long as the supply is taken from
below the city, filter or no filter. There
is no law against the city's experimenting
or Of making mistakes as other city coun
ellis have done before.
Among all who made speeches at tht
Moline military reception, it remained fo
| W. r. Moore, defeated candidate for cit
attorney. to make al ass of himself, b.
ringing the changes in political speech
Politics are out of place on any occasion
like that of last evening, and especially