The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-17
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Mayor Reynolds is at home.
Election two weeks from Tuesday
next.
IS. 4. Goodiow. of Rural. was 10 town
this morning.
st. Jossph's society ball at Armory
Hall, tonight.
Al parmenter. from Hamlet was 10
the city to day. ..--.s-.-r --
Sharp Silyis was circulating around
Rock Island yesterday.
The special meeting of the council is
again being agitated in the Union.
Work on the new street car track will
probably commence early in November.
The embankment or grade of the new
G. B. & O. track is to be capred with
heavy stone.
The literary society of the NJ. Ii.
church, meets this evening at the resi-
dence of j. D. Taylor.
A. N. Shugert. of Cincinnati. said to
be an experienced hotel mau, is now pro-
prietor Of the Fourth avenue hotel.
Farmer JONES'" alias the Corner
Apostle" lets loose column and half OF
''originalsms'' 10 the Union. to-day.
"A new brick building is beiog erected
on Fred EhleD's lot adjoining bis property
corner Goth street and Fourth Avenue.
a-Mr. aud Mrs. j ohu Harley aud daugh
ter. of Balze. British Honduras, are visit
ing in the city, as the guests ct Mr.. and
Mrs Aid Donaldson.
The reception by Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Lynde at the residence OF Judge Lyndf,
yesterday afternoon, was one of the most
brilliant ever given 10 r ,ck Island.
Mrs. Coroner Morris, who has bee q
suffering with weak eyes for some time
on Wednesday placed herself under the
treatment of DIR. Hazen, the Davenpor,
oculist.
The contract for building the new
foundry of B. D. Buford L Co., has been
let to B Thordenburg for the stone work
and Peter Farrell for the brickwork. Work
will commence at once.
j Ohm Kelly. not the Tammany chief
but hailing from New York. was arrested
by Officer Stombs last evening Tor being
drunk and disorderly, anu was fned So
and costs by Justice Halves.
Jus Chopper has to be bled every
six months, aud yesterday the operation
was performed by DR.. Plummer The
doctor says that the operation hse several
times saved the 'Squre's life,
Officer Metsch went on duty again
last oight. 1t DONE secm natural for this
excellent officer TO be off duty, aud every
body wil' be glad 70 learn that he has re-
covered from bis reeept Ialsrisi attack.
Fred Hass contenplases building d
handsome residence on bis property corner
of First avenue aud Thirteenth streets
The exeavatiug has already commenced.
The uag residence will be a handsome
one.
The improvements Ia the interior Of
the court house are about completed aud
will be appreciated by the legal fraternity.
More room has long been needed and
even with the present improvements there
is none to spare.
Harvey Leonard, who has just been
elected sheriff by the Democrats of Daven-
port. has served in thas capacity nearly
twenty-three years Harvc is an excellent
officer and the people cling TO him no mat
ter who be nominated in opposition.
Last evening about 5 o'clock. eleven
tramps left skiff near the water works,
and then skipped. Richard Colmere and
George Woodruff took possession of the
skiff and reported the matter tosthe proper
authorities. Thus far no owner has ap-
peared.
The Moline Plow Company is now
erecting a frame building on their lot,
corner of Main and Rodman avenue
Other frame structures are going up with
in the old fire limits, which looks as if the
people of Moline are taking advantage of
the suspension of the ordinance to make
improvements.
The Des Moines. Winterset & South
ern, which is the Winterset branch of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. is to be
sold at auction October 23d, under a mort
gage given David T. Bows and L. II. BOWS.
1t will be bid in by the trustees, and go
into possession of the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific, who built it. 1t is valuable
branch.
Last night there was an attempt
made to steal some horses from the street
car stables which was, however, frustrate6s
The thieves gained an entrance from the
rear, and were leading the horses, when
some railroad men on the switch engine
discovered them and started to head them
off. The thieves finding themselves dis
covered. made tracks for the bluffs and
This is the third time that the
barn has been entered in two years.
Rafting operations have now been en-
tirely suspended at Beef Slough, and will
not be resumed this season. Careful esti-
mates place the amount left in the assert
ing works at S 100000, and the amount of
logs owned by the company. hung up. be-
tween their asserting works and above
Little falls dam, at so. 000,0 to 10000
600. the former being probably nearest
correct For the past few weeks logs had
to be braied from the asserting works to
the Mississippi, which proves too tedious
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