The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-22

-Sociable at the Christian church this
evening.
The COWS are to be impounded. The
Union will now be happy.
Market Square was very dull to-day
farmers being too busy TO come to town.
-Gortfried Muller German was natu-
ralzed an American citizen, before Judge
Adams, this forenoon.
August Herkert, returned last night.
from q snipe shooting ex cursion near
Anawan, where he says he had excellent
sport.
Judge Adams Of the County Court.
to-day tied the matrimonial knot for MIR.
Orion.
The latest account about Willie
Richards who got bis leg broken yester .
day, are that he is doing as we'll as can be
expected.
The little daughter Of Mayor Carse
is getting along nicely with her broken
arm. and seems to experience very little
inconvenience.
W
up the telephone posts on Sixteenth
Street to-day, which will be continued to
complete the line with Milan.
ID. 8, MCDANIEL has rented the store
vacoted by the Domestic Sewing Machine
Co., and has large and varied lot of his
oil paintings on exhibition there.
| DIR. G. B. Kenyon, en- Wednesday af-
ternoon, reduced fracture of the collar
bone, upon boy seven years old, named
Mandel. who fell from hay loft.
Did you see the schooner" was ask
ed good deal this afternoon. and the
number Of men who answered. Z have
had no beer to-day" was not a few.
Now is the time when the master of
the house employees himself in fixing up
the garden, generally enlisting the youth
full male members of the household in the
work.
| The weather for the past two days has
been something more like spring. and
many changes can be observed on the
streets and IN our store windows 10 the way
of spring clothing.
! County Clerk donaldson on Wednesday
issued marriage lisoense to Mitchell Nc
Henry and Miss Maggie! Doyle; and to day
| to NeIs Paulson aud Miss Ida L. Peterson
of Orion.
The sight of a schooner on the river
here. was an unusual one; of course ii will
give the opportunity for endless jokes, and
will be nearly as good as Pinafore to peo-
pie living along the route.
Marshal Miller picked up woman
lying on the sidewalk, near McCabe' s
store, this afternoon She was saved from
going to the Armory by some of her
| friends. She was not intoxicated.
On Friday evening, the ladies of the
First Methodist Episcopal church. will
hold sociab!e at the residence of Mrs. j
W. Spencer. Refreshments will be serv-
ed and a cordial welcome is extended TO
ALL
Last evening the strangers IN town
were very noticeable; they came to see
| Robson and Crane. and naturally made
many little purchases from our stores
The more people who come to town, the
| better.
-Snipe shooting is now in order. also
anecdotes as to the number that were laid
low years ago, before the country was so
much settled. and ere professional sport
men mads a business of supplying the
market.
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been in to free scientific lecture recently,
were coming out as some others we're
going il. Don't go In pard, said one.
"it the driest thing ye ever listened to. F."
So much for soiencei
Prof. Theodore T. Price, of Chicago
will be at the Rock Island House for
some time. Those who desire instruction
in elocuti0n. oratory, acting and dramatic
reading, can ascertain particulars by call
| ing on the professor. AS an instructor as
well as a reader, the professor is accorded
the highest place in the profession.
The Athletic club have started 10
rowing practice for the season, and evil
IDENTIFY mean business. A four oar crew,
as mentioned in THE ARGUS recently.
have been practioing regularly, and
Messrs. Ben. Gable and 7. j. Rodman,
are assiduously practicing. the former in
single and double scull, and the latter in
double scull shells
Julius Mulack says that he was me-
candidate for Street Com missioner in
sense of seeking it: that he did not expect
to get the position; that he wants it dis
tinctly understood that be is a straight
Democrat, It is not necessary for Mr.. Mu-
lack to state his position poltically-every
body knows him to be straight Democrat
He don want to be considered as hunt
ing up Republican Offices. however.
As will be observed in another col
umn, the Rock Island merchants have
made start in the early closing move
ment. The names of those who have al
ready agreed to close at P. NJ, commeno
ing on Monday next are: Fred Hass.
Spencer & Noftsker, w. A. Swiler, 4