The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-26
NOTES HERE AND THERE,
.Tha roads are improving.

churches yesterday.
Bright weather, but quiet business,
owing to the bad roads.
February Oath occurs the special
election for County Clerk.
The Sunday services to the prisoners
in the Jail seem to have stopped.
These out walking yesterday COM
planned much about the muddy crossings.
The Turner's of Moline give a masked
ball on Tuesday evening next.
The city will have fine lot of maca.
dam ready for street work when spring
opens.
&C. E. Daniels has an elegant new
show case for displaying goods in front Of
his store.
Some ice cutting was done to- day ne ar
the KeCkuk Northern Line Packet Co.'S,
wharf boat.
Some of the Rodman Rifles were out
at the rifle range on Dock street, on Satur.
day, practicing.
The revival meetings at the Baptist
church will be continued this week. The
interest is undated.
Otto Kramer, on Saturday evening,
was fined 81 and costs. by Justice Crop.
per, for being drunk.
Alderman Donaldson, who has been
absent from the city on business. returned
| home on Saturday evening.
Those who heard Rev DR.. McGaw
at Central Presbyterian church yesterday
pronounce favorable criticism.
County Treasurer Reid on Saturday
received $500 paid in by John A. Bosold,
tax collector of Rural township.
Rev. Geo. r. Palmer occupied the
Broadway Presbyterian pulpit last evening
and preached an excellent sermon.
The fine weather of yesterday
brough out many people and the services
in the churches were we'll attended.
The circuit court at Galesburg, ILL.,,
goes into session on Monday next, Judge
Smith is the judge in turn to hold court.
| lit is expected that ice will sell for SIC
per ton at Wholesale. Those dealers who
are fortunate enough to have supply vii
reap a harvest.
-Messrs. Dodge, Don. Collins and
Sargent, who compose the Anphior
Quartstte Club, sang at the First Baptis
church on Sunday evening.
Tho Rev. ]. 4, z. McGsw, D. D,
of Urbana, Ohio. preached morning and
evening at the Central Presbyterian
Church. yesterday.
Mrs. Geuurg, wife OF Geo. Genung,
of Cos .agnship, died on Saturday. having
been aiiing with consumption for some
time The funeral took place to-day.
Judge Adams left for Miffiin Town
Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening, and il
expected to be absent about ten days. Tit
Judge is on visit to his father.
The fne Sesther of yesterday induced
some buggy riding, but the bad roads pre-:
cluded the indulgence of this exercise tc
the extent that the bright day enticed.
Mr.. Herbert Nourse, our Rock Islant
elocutionist, will read at Upton, lows
next Thursday evening under auspices o
the pembers of the CoDgrega tional Church
there.
The Moline Dispatch seems to thini
that there will be lively contest for thu
Rock Island post uesteyship, viii be
don't express it. Sam, there Is. wouIC
be better.
There is no particular necessity 10
reaistricting the city at once, and it il
more than likely tbat tie copocil will no
incur the sextra expense until after TIL
census is taken.
County Clerk Donaldson issued marri-
age licenses to Thomas Finuey and Miss
Susan G. Conner, both of Coal Valley
and Charles P. Bowen ard Miss Nora q
Nevius, both Of Rock Island.
The eight jurors obtained in the Wit
tick case up to Saturday night, stayed a
the Rock Island House. They took out
door exercise yesterday and this morning
under constabulary escort.
Forty jour rejected talesmen were
paid on Saturday by County Treasure
Reid. TIE amount paid was $2T9 40; ant
to-day up till D. N. eight we're paid TIT
total SUN of $50 90, being an average o
$T.li each.
Andrew Erickson, Swede. and {
resident in the neigh borhood of Orion. wa
arrested by Officer Hull on Saturday even
ing, Tor being drunk, and brought befor
Justice Chopper this morning. He wa
fined So and costs
A new lodge of Knights of Pythias is
to be instituted in Davenport on Wednes
day evening Davenport Lodge, No. so
1t starts with twenty-six members. tt
rites will be administered with the Ger
man language. Damon Lodge of tina
city numbers sixty-seven members.
Some persons arc disposed to fac
fault with the counsel for the defence fol
the exacting manner in which the exami
nation of talesmen is conducted, The Law
gives each side an equal chance in the
selection of jurors. and the defendants
counsel are but exercising their right
under the law, to use every means to Sc
cure an impartial jury. While the time
consumed may seem to be unnecessarily
wasted such is not the case and in usinp