The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-13

Regular drill OF the Isounan FtlneS
tomorrow evening
There are "a soldiers and 10 children
at the Orphans Home, Davenport.
Mr.. Louis Bradford of Omaha, Is in
the city visiting his relatives and friends.
The Taylor House has been doing a
booming business during the courts sitting.
The ferry boat, which came up yes
terday afternoon, continued making trips
to Davenport to-day.
j. A. King. on Market Square, has
had his sign repainted and is having his
windows lettered.
Harry Symmes. Of the Opera House
billiard hall. speaks encouragingly of bust
ness at his popular stand.
The floating ice on the river, which
is going down with the stream, is generally
in small pieces and rather soft.
Clearing away the ice between the
ferry wharf boat and the river was not
such simple thing as it looked.
Five hundred miners are expected
here in few days. to take the places Of the
strikers at Hampton and Rapids City.
"A marriage license was issued to-day
by the county clerk to Charles Larson and
Miss Annie L. Peterson, both of Moline.
j. FL. Kirsch, who occupies G. Pfoh's
old stand on Third Avenue near Sixteenth
street, is building up fine trade. in the
saddlery line.
One hundred car loads oG sawdust
have been shipped to. LaSalle, IlDs., from
Davenport within the past three weeks, to
be used in packing ice.
-Ex-Sheriff Payne. was ia town to-day,
and reports John W. Palmer, when be left
this morning. as progressing favorably,
under the circumstances.
Those who were present at the
Knights Templar services on Sunday. say
| that the ceremony was the most beautiful
and impressive they ever witnessed.
Mr.. Herbert Nourse, the Rock Island
elocutionist, read at Coal Valley last even
ing. He was very well received and in-
vited to return again at an early date.
The date of the special election for
county clerk will be announced as soon as
acting clerk Donaldson Gao get the registry
books, which will probably be in a few
days.
A. f. Swander, of Moline is again
very low. He rallied wibin the past ten
days-so much in fact as to encourage a
belief that he would recover. Now, how
ever, his friends fear the worst,
Wagon makers have plenty of work
on hand at present, more ID fact than they
can we'll overtake There has been con-
siderable amount of sickness among their
hands Of late.
"A new paper vii! be published in
Davenport on Thursday next. The name
gill be the Davenport Weekly Herald. Mr..
Charles II. Eldridge. proprietor. In poll
ties the paper will be independent.
Up to date this month, Mr.. W. L.
Sweeney, overseer of the poor Of Rock
Island township, has issued forty-one or
ders. The cases are what may be called
chronic, that is arising from sickness, age
or other causes, inca pacitating the appli-
Giants from work.
W. F. Ross, was up before Justice
Kaufman, of Davenport, yesterday,
charged with murderous assault on Gus
Aye, whom he stabbed. Aye was unable
to be out and Ross was sent to jail in de-
fault OF $40O bail 10 await examination OF
Thursday next.
The scholars OF the 9Th grade high
school, attended Katie GUSTS funeral in
body. Everybody who knew her vii
miss the sweet dispositioaed child whose
many acts of kindness made her beloved
OF all. There is void in the Quist house
hold which never can be filed.
: Frank Smealon, to-day, before tie
County Court, pleaded guilty to two
charges of stealing money from Fred
iKrel, and vas sentenced on the 6rsi
charge to Imprisonment in the county iai
for 80 days with nomina! fine, and Gu th'
second count to 10 days imprisonment anc
nominal fine. The second sentence Il
. commence on expiration of the FIRST.
"A force of men heye been engaged to
day clearing away the ice In front OF tn,
ferry wharf boat. which was hauled up on
: the river bank some time since, and hel
recently been cauiked and overhauled
The change il the state of the river having
brought out the ferry steamer, it is neces
j sary to have landing stage, SO the boa
, has to be launched IF the work of clear
: ing away the ice is completed before darl
the boat will be once more ahoat
David Fitzgerald, who resides foul
miles on the other side of Milan, came IL
town yesterday on business. He had g
horse with hun, but late in the afternoon
he was unable to guide the animal OF
himself. and Officer Feeley finding him In
that state on the corner of Third avenue
and Fourteenth streets, took him to the
Armory Cor safety. This morning Fitz
gerald was brought before Justice Crop
per, who fined him 81 and costs for being
drunk. The fine was paid an he depart
ed for home, with SOME additional expert
ence.
Personal.
Mr.. A. M. Guild of the Wallace House