The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
Sunday tomorrow.

Whit Sunday tomorrow.
Decoration Day was success.
Judicial election on Monday next.
-Beattie's mill in Davenport is to be
rebuilt.
The balcony in Armory Hall will be a
fine improvement.
Bridge travel begins tomorrow and
the Ferry company is sorry.
Justice Hayden reports oil quiet = DOT
even plain drunk to record.
Capt. Pingree is soon to sever his con-
nection with the Moline Dispatch
Everybody is receiving invitations to
the Armory opening on June 18th
Tho city clerks office, 10 the new
building, has been handsomely fitted up.
Several suits of clothes worn by citi-
zens last night are hung up to dry to-day.
"A very heavy storm visited this sec
ton last night-no more dust IN the corn
fields.
Things look deserted about the court
house since the close of the Rosenhe!d
trial
The entertainment to be given by the
Athletic club in Harper's new and mag
nificeut theatre is the coming event.
1t is now learned that the son Of
Lawyer Putnam committed suicide at
Hoboken, n. Y. and that the body has
| heen recovered.
A mammoth arm chair is now on ex-
hibition at G. A. Doellinger's, Second
avenue, which was made for Capt. Bates
the giant with Coles circus.
The river is still creeping up towards
the Diamond 10 warehouse. The water
now almost covers the railroad track be
tween the house and the river.
-Kavauaugh says he can see very lit
tie difference between hanging aud i'm
prisonment for life. The people of this sec
ton all, with the exception o! two jurymen,
agree with him.
The passenger train west on the G. 4.
l & p. main line last night contained
eleven passenger coaches filed with peo-
pie, while the Southwestern train just
ahead vas unusually large.
Reduced raias on frcights is an
nounccd on the line of United States Elk
press Co, as follows: Rock Island to
Chicago 81 so per 100 lbs., and to New
York $3.50 per 100 pounds.
Rev. Il. e. Westwood will preach to-
morrow evening On the subject; THE
lessons of the recent trials to young men.
1t will be an interesting lecture which, it is
unnecessary to say vii! be ably delivered.
The Very Rev. Father Cook, Of St.
Louis, noted Missionary preacher will
lecture 10 St. Joseph's Church on Wednes-
day evening June 4th, at 7:30 -Subject:-
why an I a Catholic" Admission SO
cents
There is very good chance that w.
A. Foster, the sick lawyer of Davenport,
will be q great Deal sicker when he comes
to hear the evidence presented on the mo,
ton to set aside the continuance granted il
the Ross murder trial
Bernard Heeney, when he heard o.
the verdict against his partners in thu
murder of Rosenfeld, said, ut is abou
right" This is his first iotimation agains
any of the party, while all the other COW
ardy desperadoes have from the begin
ming sworn the whole blame upon him.
-Kavanaugh was very restless las
night, he did not uudreaa bat lay dow,
With his clothes on, and sleeping scarcely
two hours 10 the night For the first tim
since the trial began he seemed to rea.iz
his position Paddy, however was as III
concerned as ever.
The singing Of the Rodman Rife Gle
; club was an interesting feature Of tn
decoration exercises. The club san
splendidly and in a manner that prove,
each member q vocalist Of more thai
j ordinary talent The Rifos certain
have reason to feel proud of TIC glec club
The prisoners Kavanaugh and Pa
, Heeuey. each thanked Sheriff Perkins fo
, his kind treatment of them during tn
trial. The sheriff has been as indulgen
as he we'll could under the law, but in u
case has an opportunity been afordet
either of the prisoners to converse wit
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