The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

MIR. and Mrs. 8. w. Mccullough, OF
Taylor Ridge. celebrated their crystal
wedding on Menday.
The special meeting of the council
will be held. 10 Is thought, on Monday
evening, to consider the water works quea-
ton.
The alarm Of FIRE last evsnisg was q
false one. Steam and smoke from Gill
mors's slaughter house caused the lookout
TO blow the whistle.
The sale Of tiaksts for the Trinity
church organ recital and concert, next
Monday evening, began to-day at the Har-
per House drug store and K. Champions.
The Rodmsu Riff. Cadets will drill on
Saturday evening on account of Armory
Hall being engaged on Friday. Tbs
change of drill night is for this week only.
Ten nsw passenger coaches passed
westward over the c.. r. l. 4 Z. r. E.
yesterday. They are for uss ca the
Southern Pacific r. Il. of Arizona.
-Cramer 4 Yerbury are doing lively
business-have all they can attend to, and
AID seem to be prospecting Mr. Cramer
says they have been working night and
day for the past week.
The Moline PIow Company Broke the
valve rod Of the main engine yesterday.
causing a suspension of 9crk IL all of the
departments. The necessary repairs
were made by Williams. White 4 Co. and
operations resumed to-day.
The Master Mason's degree will be
conferred by the examiners OF the Grand
Lodge, A. T. 4 ! NJ. this evening al
Masonic Temple The examiners hold
sessions in the moruing, afternoon and
evening.
The dead lock 10 the Moline Pillow Co,
has been settled by the puronass of stock
sufficient 10 control, by tbs Wbee lock
interest The transfer vas make en s
basis ol 50 rer cent. above par CO shares,
aud vas on an offer to give or take. Inn
portaut changes in the management vii
occur.
County Clerk Donaldson issued mar
rage licenses. on Wednesday, to Seth
w. Slater, Mercer county. and Miss
Emma Curtis, of Bowling: VIM. II. Grain
and Miss Margaret j. Swim, OF Moline,
and Thos. Lewis and Miss Sarah Jane
Stephens. of Coal Valley.
"A correspondent signing himself
"Qusrist" says in an article in the Union
that. in his opinion. much of the sickness
in Rock Island is caused by impure air.
and impure water: that the air ia made
impure as we'll as the water By filthy
accumulations. The Board of Health will
do we'll to look into this matter.
Moline is moving Tor q joint water
work. Her business nsa have taken
hold and the council has discussed the
matter in special session. The capacity of
the proposed new water works above
Moline. which this is designed to accomp-
lish, Ia to be 1000. 900 gallons daily. Il
will probably snd-in wind.
-JF Curtis, R L Pepper, G Z Drew
Joel Mason. r r Ward, j W Cofman,
VIM Powell. Philip Pence, Geo Smith. FL
L GrsggeIsy, J II Hegenschultz. Jas.
MeGue, Geo Hemp. R Hassell. Carmso,
8 G Barnshatt. and B Heedle. Mon
mouth, are members of party who
chartered car on the G. b. Il Q, and
came to this city to attend the sessions
that are being held at the Masonic Temple
They are all at the Rock Island House.
The ladies of Trinity church will give
an entertainment at Turner Hall. to NOR
row FRIDAY evening, which promises to
be novel and Interesting. The programme
gill include the Fan Brigade" By eight
young girls; "Burlesqus Pantomiue of
Blue Beard; or q new version Of az old
story" There will also be some bsauti-
full tableaux and vocal aud instrumental
music. The ladies of Trinity are famous
for getting up pleasant eutsrtainm cnts,
and there is no donbt bus the one to NOR
row evening will be every way a success.
The Cam bridge Chronicle says the filthy
habit of splitting tobacco juice il the new
court heuse floor, until the air reeks with
the smell therefrom, while great pools OF
filthy juice settles in spots, has caused
Judge Glenn to prohibit splitting in the
court room except it spittoons The
Chronicle says the Judge delivered from
the bench last Friday, q scathing rsbuke
to the men and boys who indulge IN the
filthy and indecent practice Of splitting
great bodies OF tobacco juice upon the
floor. by which the new court room had
bad been already made offensive. II his
Honor had kown that the same uncivilized
practice is carried into our churches, bic
indignation would have besn intensified,
We are glad, says the Chronicle, that
there is one place at least, in Cambridge
where deaoat conduct in that respets will
DO required. With shgp dant author ~ 30
entorcs it's observance.
Sudden changes of temperature are very
productive of Coughs and Colds. which