The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-01
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
June is the month of roses.

hat store, Davenport.
The Rock Island Glass Works shut
down to-day, for three months.
g-Justice Cooke paid into the City
Treasury $5, fines collected in May.
Justice Hayden, paid into the City
Treasury So. fines collected in May.
The dispatches indicate lively times
In the Chicago convention, tomorrow.
The total fines collected for the city
in May amounted to $74.95, out Of $l3S. 95
imposed.
"A new gutter of drain pipes is being
laid at the intersection of Eighth street
and Second avenue.
! BY rotation. the criminal cases of the
city for the month of June will be tried
before Justice Hayden.
The Democratic county convention
will meet at the Court House Tomorrow
wv ednesday. at 1870 Pm.
An extra train left this point for
Chicago this morning ut 9 O'Clock. filled
with men hurrahing for Grant.
The Great Council of the Independ-
ent Order of Red Men are in session to-
day at the Wigwam of the o -Sau-K ee
tribe.
William Shehan, the man who as
saulted MIR. Roilo Woods was liberated
from the County Jail to-day having served
his sixty days.
Professor Ruggles and Mr.. Phillips of
Monmouth. addressed the temperance
meeting as the Ninth Street M. E. Church,
on Monday evening.
Somebody will have to eat billed
crow" and not few will have to ehaw on
the bird, feathers and all. Indignation
meetings will be in order.
1t pays to go to Ryan the halter. Dav-
export. for hats. &c,
The Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton, which has SO commercially been
holding religious services 10 our county
ljail belongs to Davenport.
MIR. OMara was the counsel who
defended the men Bennett and Murphy,
and established the line of defence that
the whole affair was drunken row.
The seventh annual graduating class
of the Rock Island High School will hold
their exercises in the Central Presbyterian
Church at 7:30 o'clock on Monday evening
of June 7.
! The boys, girls aud pages of the
Queen Esther performance who wish to 60
on the excursion to Moline Thursday even
ing are requested to meet at Hitler s
Hall tomorrow ct close of school.
| Queen Esther, will be performed at
Timm's Hall. Moline, on Thursday next
the 9th inst. The sale Of tickets has been
SO satisfactory aud thesdemand so urgent,
that the matter was decided to-day.
William Bennett and Charles Muir
ply were set free last evening, the jury in
the case having returned verdict Of not
guilty, but Bennett remained in Jail all
night. as he had nowhere TO go. He left
| this morning however
MIR. w. T. Call. ia consequence of
extra business requiring his time exclu-
sively, has resigned the position of Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue. and nomi-
mated City Treasurer Sehll who has been
appointed to the post.
| One hundred and ssvepty-eight
documents were Gled 10 the oG3ee Of
Recorder IN May, and were ali copied and
entered on record by DIR. E. Fl. Bowman.
There were eighty-three deeds, seventy
mort cages, foaF tEaDscripts and twenty one
miscellaneous papers.
| fxao~uo ~ al
mittee OF ten to prepare plan of organ
| ization of the Democrats of Rock island
requests the other members Of the com
mittee to meet w;.i; him 10 the Occidental
Hoto! par!ors, to morrow " ednes3ay)
evening at o'clock. This msoting is foF
| N en- oess 81 the con olittee only,
William R,siseh Gned by Justice
Hayden yesterday was saved tro:u going
to jail by his having property On which bis
fines aud costs could be collected. His
rents have been garnisheed and the ex-
peusea of the present proceedings .will
amount to about S75 The general regret,
among those who know him, is. that he
cannot De shut up.
- liz report Oi N aiSu1t p4lleT IOE IU0
month of May as to police cases apd arrests
| is as follows: Drunk and disturbing the
peace twelve each, drunk ana disorderly
nine. larceny six, burglary three, carrying
concealed weapons two. and vagranoy.
| nuisance and EN- beZzlement one each.
Those elegant manila hats all came
from Ryan's bat store. Davenport
The trial of Ezra HuntIey for tiae
maasiaughter of VIM. Henry Friebele
commenced in the Circuit Court, this
morning, and lev aeopie were in the
Court room at the time, DeiGg unaware
th&t the case would come ups The father
of the deceased was present at the COM
mencement, and later Mrs. Friebele the
mother came In.
This evening at Killers Hail,
meeting will be held to promote the organ
izing of musical society for Rock Island.
Il is to be hoped that all who feel an in
terest in this project whether singers or
not, will be present and help the measures
forward. There is plenty of talent in our
midst aud little help from great many,
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