The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-05


Vote for Spencer and Simmon.
Vote for Wilcox, Bell, and Tegeler.
Vote for Asser, Mossnfelder and Bur
rail-.
Vote for the candidates on the Fusion
ticket.
Vote the entire Democratic-N ationa
ticket from top to bottom.
Five persons paid delinquent taxes a
the County Treasurer's Office to-day.
On Tuesday night temperance meet
ing will be held at the First Baptist church
! An unusual number of people crossed
the bridge to and from Davenport yesser'
day.
Officer Brennan is out again to-day
and on duty, but he still suffers some pair
from the sprained ankle.
Eleven cars loaded swith bottled
beer passed through the city to-day fol
Austin and other points in Texas.
The Hon. John B. Hawley arrived in
the city on Saturday evening. when he
made an address to the Republican club
County Clerk Dodsldson to day issued
o marriage license to August SCHNEIDER
and Miss Lizzie j. Buckley. of Joslir
station, Rock Island county.
Vote for M, NJ. Corbett for city at
tornsy. He has had experience, has the rur
of the business and will make an efficient
lcity-atrorney. Give him every opposition
vote.
We announce with sincere regret the
death of the infant daughter Of Mr.. anc
Mrs. L. NJ. Buford, aged two months
The funeral will take place on Wednesday
at P. M. from the residence.
County Treasurer Reid is now busy
making out the delinquent tax list for
publication. The list will be published
this year, 10 the Moline ReUieso of the 18th
inst.
Lyman B. Glover the Secretary Of
the Missippi Valley Rowing Association
arrived in the city to-day to see the course
proposed for the next regatta at Moline
and to sign the contract for holding the
regatta at that place.
Dep, Internal Revenue Collector
Beardsley and Revenue GaugerChenoweth'
have moved their Office to the front room
over the drug store of T. Fl. Thomas
opposite the Rock Island House.
David Don, in another column. calls
attention to full line of refrigerators just
received. The time to Purchase refrig-
orator is now, and the assortment at Dir,
Dou's establishment will snit tie taste and
requirements of all.
John Lawn, an IElshman, and Chris
tan Il. Bucks, German, were naturallzed
Americans before Judge Adams. of the
county court, this forenoon. Several
others came up this afternoon 20 be Datur-
allied,
Mr., z, P. Reynolds, received tele-
gram to day informing him that the con.
tract had been awarded to Reynolds &
Saulpaugh for grading. bridging and track
laying Cd SO miles of road on the G. b. d
| Q. line from Spring Valley to Fairburgh,
Nebraska.
Thomas A. Johnston, collector OF
taxes, Rock Island. on Saturday returned
his tax books and made final settlement
with County Treasurer Reid. The total
taxes charged were SOS. 285 "a, of which
SOL ,929. go Yves collected, leaving delin-
quent SAG. 355.32.
On Saturday evening a meeting of the
Board of Education was held at the offices
of the board. The members present were
Messrs. J. NJ. Buford. David Donaldson,
81, G. Cleaveland and M. D. Merrill. A
number of bills were passed and ordered
paid, after the transaction OF some other
business the Board adjourned.
The latest use of the ''l5" puzzle is to
! utilize it as an advertising medium, To
day we received the puzzle from the
Michigan Stove Company" Detroit &c;
| it is called Garland" and is cast By the
company and nickel plated. The letters
composing the Michigan Stove Co., are on
the little blocks as well as are
the numbers. In newspaper adver-
tizing the squares have been made use OF
in numerous ways, but the present is a
new departure. Wonder what they will
do next?
in the proceedings of the county court
on Saturday it will. be seen that William
Shehan one Of the men, who assaulted Mr..
Rolo S, Wood was sentenced to sixty
days in jail and fine of 81 and costs.
There was another concerned IN the as
sault but he has SO far eluded capture.
the defendant Shehan pleaded guilty in
order to avoid lying in jail till the next
session of Circuit Court. The assault was
a most brutal one and the sentence is well
deserved, There is a general tendency
to make light of such matters, but very
little might have turned this into murder
of the most brutal kind, or Jon the other
hand might have cost some Of the attack
ing parties their lives if Mr.. Wood had
been armed at the time.
"A party from Des MoineF, lows,
arrived in our city on Saturday night and
registered at the Harper House. The
party was composed of Mayor w. FL.
Merritt, Messrs. J. j. Williams, N. H. G.
King, j. E, Rollins, c. P. Holmes, j. FL.
Strong, M. D. Wiley. George Carver. j.