The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-03-01

There were no religious services in
the Jail yesterday.
This is Justice Halves month for
police business.
The City Council will meet az 7:3O
o'clock this evening.
The Board Of Supervisors were in
session this afternoon,
-Eighty-fve tramps were lodged in the
Armory during the month of February.
Capt. @. W. HAYES smiling counte-
nance could be seen at the box delivery in
the post Office to-day.
Justice Hayden paid into the City
Treasury, $l6.lO. fines collected during
the month of February.
The tenth annual ball of ST.. Patrick's
Society occurs on the evening of March
18th, (St. Patrick's Day.
The sudden changes in the weather
during the last three days. has increased
the number of malarial cases.
Jimmie OConor, who has been pri-
soner in the county Jail. was to-day releas-
ed. His ofense was petit larceny.
The first marriage license this month
was issued by County Clerk Donaldson to
J ohm Tod and Miss Mary L. johnson, of
Bowling.
Marshal Halves will not tender his
resignation to-night-at least that was the
generally accepted phase of the matter at
noon, to-day.
| The weather to day is more like what
we have been having, and the ending OF
February was a strong reminder that
winter IS pot yet over.
The Fourth Ward company came
down town last evening as far as 18th
street aud 3rd avenue before the ''out'
signal was sounded after the fire alarm.
w. L Sweeney. overseer of the poor OF
Rock Island. has, dEriug the month of
Feb. 1880. expended $27l SO 10 the relief
of thirty three families, composed of l04
persons.
| There was al alarm OF FIRE last even
ing, shortly afterT O'Clock, caused BY some
| burning material 10 a small paint shop
| near Bufords piog works, which few
| buckets Of water put out.
The transcript of evidence ia the
Grogan and Ganey case. which was being
copied ia the Circuit Clerks Office, was
finished to-day. Gnd is now ready to be
handed over 70 the counsel for the prison
eIs.
This in a party sense" says the
| Union, and then proceeds to crack the
party whip and abuse thoae aldermen who
refuse to wear The party livery TO serve
| the purposes of the Union clique
There is considerable ice in the bepd
of the river near the Grst bridge, which
was brought down from above by the cur
rent, aud gradually got washed back,
| while the cold snap We have had, has
helped the accumulation.
On Saturday the steamer viola.
came down from LeCIaise, E;th number
of passengers. DESTROYS of being present q
the Parnell reception in Davenport. She
also brought ITO barrels of lime for Nc
Gosh & Donahue.
The new we'll at the Fifth ward school
has been completed, and this morning
there was 81 feet OF water in it. 1t was
built by B. NJ Thordenburg, is ISa feet
deep, by q feet wide, aud is eemented tol
within 10 feet of the top. 1t is situated
fully 90 feet from the old well.
The Union is living in hopes of the
election of Republican mayor, and is in
favor of raising the salary oE shat official,
noao, so as to make it bene Gicial 70 the sue
cessor OF ReyuaIds. whom it tondly hopes
will be straight out Republican. The
city is paying the mayer all that 1t can
afford aud any increase at this time would
be ipjudicious and unnecessary
e. FL. Bowman, Jr., deputy ciroul
clerk and recorder, entered on record 1913
documents, during the month Of Febru-
airy. viz: SO deeds, 60 mortgages. and 81
miscellaneous documents. The total num-
Der last month was lie, consisting OF 80
deeds, 65 mortgages and % miscellaneous
drcumen
The Board of Education held "a meet |
Jog on Saturday evening at the rooms Of
the Board. Miss Lucy Higgins was ap |
pointed teacher IN the primary school of
the First Werd. 10 place Of Mrs Jennie
Thurston. resigned. The order of the |
Board, as regards candidates passing an
examination, was suspended in the pre-
sent instance in order to save time.
w. T. Call, Deputy Collector of
Internal Revenue for this district, received
during the month of February $l,966 As |
for revenue SIS fellows: Tobacco stamps.
20 eight-ounce and Is sixteen ounce
S.. go cigar stamps. 826 ff;ies aud l47
hundreds-$336,O0; beer stamps. 900
half barrels. $3.50 quarters and $3.50
eights-$l, 563.25: spirits stamps. 1876
wholesale liquor dealers and 22l rectifers
-$61. 60.
The meetings yesterday at Christian
Chapel were of more than ordinary inter-
est. DR.. Collins spoke in the forenoon for
an hour and quarter, holding the audience
10 wrapt attention to the close. Notwith-
standing the alarm of fire at the opening
service of the evening the church was