The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-24
REEVITIES.

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Street cleaning is now the order of the
day,
Special meeting of the city council to-
night. 50H as[
| There were nine tramps at the Armory
last night.
The coming Sunday will be train day on
the G. B. & Q.
A special meeting of Trio lodge will be
held this evening.
A dull day on the Market Square only
few loads of corn to day,
John T. Barnett, for u long time sick
With consumption, died yesterday.
Michael Morton was assessed $3.50 for
plain drunk, by Justice HAYES.
The Rodman Rifles will enter the list
Tor the $50 prize at the Henry county
Fair, in August.
| John Jones. Moline. was nned $3.50.
for being drunk and idisorderly. before
Justice HAYES, to-day.
The different hotels in this city. since
the isnow blockade has been raised. are
dong good business.
wv. Keeue and his troups were billed
to appear in Quincy last night He will
visit Rock Island at an early day.
The river is now open as far north az
Warsaw. The water will not be clear at
this point. before the LIST of April,
George F. Hsigh and Miss Harriet Reed,
both of Gable, Mercer county. were mar
ried by Justice Chopper last evening.
Men are still engaged in clearing the
snow that has accumulated on the 6 de
tracks of the railroad yards in this city.
John Peters aud Miss Anna M Schmidt,
and Herbert Thomas and Miss. Ruth
Sadler, are the names of applicants for
matrimony at the county clerks office.
Street Commissioner Warren is busy
with gang of meniopening up the street
cutters SO as to alIowit the water to end an
outlet.
No new telephones can be erected with
the present switch board as it IS now
worked up to its limit A new board has
been ordered.
The row in the Republican ranks over
the nomination for city attorney makes
the election of Mr.. Corbett. the Democratic
nominee for that position, moral certain
ty.
The city council at its Special meeting
tonight will discuss the piopristy Of
investing in dynamite to break the Toe in
the river. A citizen of socialistic tenden-
cies is in favor of sending for Roussakoff.
the Russian assassin. to perform the
work.
Geo. w. Bowles, collector of Hampton
township, has made final settlement with
Treasurer Reid. The whole amount collect
ed was over $7.090-the largest ever turn
ed in by any other collector.
An experiment was tried in Moline to-
day to blow up the ice, but was not very
successful. Another one will be made to-
morrow. with more success. it is hoped
A rumor prevailed this afternoon that
Weyerhaeuser & Denkman had success
fully experimental with explosives to
remove the lee. and that the firm intended
to continue the work as soop IS Rock
river opened. Inquiry failed to authenti-
cate the rumor.
The manufacturers sof Moline held q
meeting last might to devise ways and
means for using explosive to get rid of the
ice. SO that when the breakup comes the
danger from overflow will be avoided.
: The production of The Pirates o.
Penzance" by prominent smatuers of this |
city. has not been fully decided on. 1t is |
quiet difficult to secure the "The Pirates"
If literary pirates or plagiartists would |
only fill the bill. the crew might make |
up from members of the Davenport press.