The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-07
NOTES UERE AND rHERE.

ladder company will have social Gu Fri
day evening, July %.
The police sof Davenport made l24
arrests last month. and gave shelter to %
tramps at the station.
A notice on the door of the City
Clerks Office infooms the public that city
orders are payable at the Peoples Nation
al Bank.
Camping out. and all out door sports
are now in full swing; and stories for free
circulation during the winter are now be-
ing prepared.
MIR. W. W. Eggleston left for La
porte. Ind. last evening in response to q
letter requesting his presence at the
Laporte wooden mills.
Deputy Sheriff Ankrum went down to
Illinois City and returned to-day. The
object of his visit, was TO summon jurors
for the next term of the county court.
Bills are coming in rapidly to the
Office of the County Clerk. 10 anticipation
of the next meeting of the County Super
visors, which convenes next Monday.
The July term Of the county court
will commence next Monday, July II, at 0
o'clock in the morning, at which time
Jurors summoned, will have to be in at
| tendance
| "A man 10 state of drunkenness was
taken to the Armory this morning by
Officer Brennan, and at last accounts was
sieeping off the baneful effects of the per-
nicious drug.
The work of fixing up the streets from
Second avenue to the river which have
been flooded is being proceeded with. to
| the benefit Of health and the appearance
of the street.
A great number of mormon flies were
on places along the Leyee to-day. These
flies seem to come and go with particular
winds. By the way. July is always most
prolific of animal life in this section OF the
country. The heat seems to have thoro
ughly permeated by that time.
The Athletics, of Rock Island, think
|if Davenport does challenge them to a
four Dared race, that they can hold their
own, having already beaten the Daven-
ports two out of three. The opinion of
Moline Notwithstanding.
john Palmgren. from Moline. for two
cases of larceny was to-day sentenced BY
Judge Adams. of the County Court. TO
twenty and sixty days imprisonment the
time to be consecutive. and fine of 81
and costs in zach case.
After long silence the Union has
discovered that a COW has been impound
ed. From this time on, the public may
expect daily summary Of COW statistics,
The Union is authority on oows-that is
when they are impouuded. 10 that res
pect the Union has a clean grip"
The Greenback National congressional
convention of this sixth district, has been
called TO meet at Princeton. July 81. The
number of delegates is 35. divided as fol-
lows:-Rock Island. 10; Henry 9. Bureau
9. Lee 5. Putnam 3 It is hinted that DIR.
P. L. McKi1nie is to be the nominee.
AT meeting Q! the directors of the
Rock Island Mutual Building, Loan and
Savings Association held on Tuesday
evening, the following officers were elect.
ed: Alexander Steel, President; Lothar
Harms. Vioe-Presidens; G. R Chamber
lin. Secretary; J. NJ. Buford. Treasurer,
and Guyer i Kinnaird, Solicitors.
MIR. Dull, mention Of whom was made
some tins ago, as preparing q map of
Rock Island, is in town to-day, correcting
the proof of his map. He is at work in
the Office of the clerk of the Circuit Court.
and expects to finish his correction and
leave TO night. The printing OF .the map
is by George T. Cram of Chicago.
Tom Lsngdoll, the missing witness in
the Colemere case. was brought before
Justice Cooke. 90 Tuesday afternoon and
charged 9Th contempt Of court in absent
ing himself whcG ks was sunnI oned Rs O
witness He was found guilty and fined
S. and costs Collection of the fine was
suspended.
The American Union Telegraph
Company kas opened an ofice in G, p,
HeDgstier's cigar store, The neg COM
pany has come 10 stay, says Genera! SI2n
ager Parker, and will compete for busin
ess with the Western Union. Compel
ton is tho life Of trade and telegraph
cQm par;es ere not exempt from the rale,
Bob Meyers. Ike Dawson, Thomas
Irwin. Chris Russ end Albert Young
started out this afternoon so
camp out at live slough by
Big Islaud. They look boat out with
them and everything else in the way Of al
outfit They intend to stay about a week
and have made up their minds to have q
good cid fa=hiVDed time. awsy ilom care
and turmoil. L Lumber Of their friends
shreaten TO visit them.
People at this particular tune apd
season. should exeFeise great care iu obscr-
wing the quality of the water they drink.
and should only use that which IS free
from impurities. River water at present |
is altogether unwholesome owing TO the
immense amount of vegetable and other |
impure matter. which has been brought in
by the overflow. In places where the
water has risen so as to FRn INTO the wells |
supplying drinking water. they should be
oleansed before the water 10 them ia used.
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