The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-10
NOTES HERB AND THERE.
Dixon has a female boat club


Tuesday evening, April 18th.
Services in the. Catholic and Episcopal
churches tomorrow. Good Friday.
The Chicago Morning Herald can be
had at Wylie & McCune's book store.
Ben Butler was raised Baptist, but
must have been changed in his cradle.
-Armory Hall, it is expected. will be
ready for occupancy on or about May Is.
The Democrat wants the Rock Island
boat club to challenge che Davenport
club.
The. Illinois Medical Association met
in regular quarterly session, at the Rock
Island House, to-day.
The City of Des Moines will hold a
special election May LIST, on the single pro-
position of prohibition or license.
The assessor of Joliet found nearly
$2,OOO,O0 worth of property last year
that had never been assessed before.
-Aleck Lamont. Burt Rodman, Thos.
McNevin and Herman Siedel were elected
members of the Rodman Rihes.last even
ing.
Dubuque, Iowa. democrats made a
clean sweepin the recent charter election.
The bloody rag was not worth cent in
that market,
The stalwarts of Moline. nominated. q
straight ticket last evening. The Nation
ais and democrats will nominate fusion
ticket tonight.
Judge Richman has decided that the
city of Davenport has the right to prohibit
the use of the steam motor on the Brady
Street-car line.
Seth Buffum, brother of the Judge,
the enterprising cheese factory man f
Andalusia, will run two teams 10 gather
ing in the milk this season.
-Spoford, the Congressional Librarian,
is reported to have said that Senator Thur
man reads more foreign books than any
other Senator 10 Washington.
The Interstate oratorical contest is to
be held this year at Iowa City on the 7th of
May. The judges are William T. Harris
of st. Louis, William Cumbac of Indiana
and W. FL. Gibson of Ohio.
perhaps the biggest fool in Illinois
don't live III Peoria, after all.-PeOria De
naocrat. Oh, yes he does. There is not
the least doubt of it since Dowdsll employ
ed his present editor, unless perhaps he
boards out of town.
The Moline Guards have got the Free
port fever. Why.not have battalion en-
campment here, say in September? Per
haps if an effort was made Rock Island OF
Moline could secure the regimental camp
next summer.
On Saturday the people of Moline will
be called on to elect school trustee, in
place Of J. s. Richards. whose term has
expired. The interests of all parties car
be best subserved by electing Mr.. Richards
his own successor. He has made an eff
cient and conscientious, member of tht
board.
Rock Island should now be happy in
addition to their many and varied opinions
, on water supply and COW ordinances, tn,
two editors of the Union (both English
have an opinion on garden sass" Fo
t once they appreciate themselves and heat
D their article, "a Feeble Attempt Etc" l
| there is doubt 10 the mind of anyon
5 upon this point, all they have to do is L
S read the article.
"A dispatch from Detroit Mich. in re-
s gard to the coalition of Democrats an,
J, Greebackers says. "the reports make
f quite evident that many Of the National
who left the Republican party have rejoin
ed it on account OF their unwiilingness t
help the Democratic party. just so, de
. mocrats are requested to make note c
; this fact
. - Washington Post: For every dolla
: paid to deputy marshals 10 the south a
y the last election more than 50 were PAL
i for the same purpose in the north. Thi
g clearly shows why the republicans are 6
reluctant to part with that important fea
ture of their election machinery. TIL
o appointment of few hundred special de
puties in large northern cities enable
Q them to carry close States that, with fai
O election, would go democratic
o There is nothing like being on time
The Dixon Sun says 'Freeport is max
d ing extensive preparations for the cele
brations of the Fourth of July in purel
1 military maner. 1t partakes something c
the nature of soldiers reunion, and be
gins on the Cd and closes on the 5th c
July. The third regiment, the first an
:. second regiments, the 9th battalion G
s Chicago, the Joliet battery, company c
! the first regiment of Iowa and companie
from Moline, Rock Island, LaSalIe an
Bloomington have expressed their inten
ton to participate"
3 A dead gar seven feet long hoate
r ashore at Cairo the other day, and tn
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