The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-10
NOTES HERE AND rHERE.

evening.
"A Rockford man has cherry orchard
containing $500 trees.
-Rodman Rife banquet and ball at
Armory Hall, tomorrow evening.
High school commencement this even
ing at the Central Presbyterian church.
1t costs 10 cents head per day to
keep boarders in the Peoria Work House,
Strawberries were selling to-day for 7
and cents per quart. "Yuml Yuml"
1t is stated that the Humpty Dumpty
troupe will shortly appear at the Opera
House.
The Moline Water Power Co.'s suit
in the circuit court still continues to pro-
gress slowly
The new sidewalk around the Warren
property, corner Is and I'd avenue, is a
much needed improvement.
The celebrated Abt Quartette will be
present at the Armory opening and sing
some of their best selections.
On Easter Sunday the sound of an
organ in public worship in Glasgow Cathe-
dral was heard for the first time 10 300
years.
The 18th, annual commencement OF
Augustana College and Theological Semin-
ary, occurs on Thursday, June 18th, at
1890, a. m,
-Four pieces of land were sold to-day
for taxes, three of which were in township
II, 1 east and one in IS, west; all in Rock
Island and Moline.
The Canadian Government has ex-
tended the order prohibiting the importa-
ton of American cattle into the Dominion
to the 9th Of September next.
The Moline Guards will go to Morri-
son to celebrate The people of Morrison
are proverbial for hospitality and the boys
will no doubt be handsomely treated.
The ladies of the Broadway church
will serve a sumptuous repast at the
Armory opening. The ladies of the Broad
way society are famous for getting up fetes
Of this sort.
| The Russian Arctic expedition cost
only SIS, 1000, and it discovered new kind
of moss and saw a sorreI oolored fox.
| Who says that science does'n pay?-Dc
tri0t Free Press.
No order has yet been entered in tt Q
case Of G. B. & Q. R. R., vs.. Williams,
White & Co., for right of way through the
shops Of the latter. An answer to the
amended answer of W. ". & Co., will
probably be fled to morrow or Thursday.
Stephen Stader, the popular and old
established barber, has leased the Rock
Island House barber shop and will take
possession of it tomorrow. Mr.. Stader is
one of the best bar bers in Rock Island and
will no doubt increase his business at the
new stand.
The valuation of Mclean county prop
erty is between $4,000, 900 and 5000,
loco. The county paid of principal and in
terest annually from $4,000 in 1868 to
$48, 900 in 1878. a surplus was gained
so that no tax levy was required for the
payment Of the $48, 900 in 1868.
The new Registry law passed at the
recent session of the Legislature provides
that hereafter there shall be registry OF
all the legal voters in the incorporated
cities Of this State for every local election,
the same as is now required for the State
and general elections.
The Russian grain crops are suffering
from the ravages of small coleopterous
t insect, which propagates with great rapid
, ity. 10 1877 a reward was offered in some
, localities of 10 copecks for every quart Of
? the insects collected and 10, 100000 rubles
was paid out in accordance with the proc
= lamation. One-third of the entire wheat
8 crop in Southern Russia is threatened,
There is a cypress tree at Soma, il
Ilombardy, Europe which is said to be the
D Oldest on record on the Continent There
is reason to believe this tree was in exis.
, tence at the time of Julius Caesar, forty
\ two gears before Christ, and is gil years
old. 1t is l06 feet high, and measures
twenty feet in circumference at the height
l Of one foot from the ground. When Ma
poeon made the great road over the Sim
pIon he DETECTED the road to avoid ipjur,
Ii ing the tree.
The Pullman Palace Car Company,
. Igays the Times, has just got out for tho
D Chicago and Northwestern railroad some
G thing of novelty, IN the way of a couple
! of cars designed expressly for the use o.
] hunting parties, to which they will be char.
] tered. They are Of the same size as tht
: regular sieepers; have twelve double
berths, accommodating twenty-iour per.
: sons, dinner table for twelve, meat lock.
} err, heater, leo box, gun-racks, kennels for
half dozen dogs. etc. They are finely
, finished throughout, and are for charter.
, with the necessary servants to take care
of them. Several applications have al
ready been received.
The most responsible position in fam