The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-20
LOCAL LAcoNICs.


Mrs. w. A. lBemis arrived home Wednes-
day evening from the east.
John Stackfiath and Augusta HIM, and
Henry ochs and Title Hnnsfurter, took
out licenses to marry, yesterday.
The anti-prohibitionists meet at the
German Theatre this afternoon. A num-
Der of addresses viii be given.
John SiseI, of Buffalo township, brough,
in three wolf scalps yesterday. and Audi
tor Wrinkles rewarded him with a bounty
of nine dollars for his pains. They We're
young ones.
The suit of Balch VS.. the O. r. L 81 p.
R. r. has been cancelled. The case arose
from the killing of Mr.. Baleh in his coal
yard some time ago by G. r. I. & P.
train, and was for 5000 damages.
The ARGUS of Sunday morning can be
had at McPikes news stand, Brady street.
The ARGUS is the only Sunday morning
paper delivered or sold in Davenport, CIV
ing the complete Geographic reports of the
night previous.
Franz Peter Cordts, sent to Mercy hos
pital on May 10, was released yesterday.
His insanity, for which he was confined,
was of temporary nature, and the inn
provement was so great that it was decid-
ed to set him at liberty.
A freight engine off the track at the
junction of the Southwestern and main
line on Fifth street, caused some fncon-
venience yesterday morning to passenger
trains It was six hours before she was
got ON the rails again. .8
Chas Coyne. an employee of the Daven-
port Pillow Co., viii lose the sight of his
right eye. A punch he was working with
broke in two and one of the-pieces entered
the eye. The piece was extracted, but the
eye is ruined. The accident occurred late
Wednesday evening.
The benefit concert of the United Order
Ancient Templars at Moore's hall last
night was well attended, and gave univer-
sal satisfaction. The singing of Miss
Eldridgc and Messrs. Irwin and Ruggles,
was particularly fine, and heartily applaud
ed. Quite sum was realized.
Mrs. James Thorington and Miss Maggie
Thorington. wife and daughter of Hon.
James Thorington, United States Consul
at Aspinwall, are at the Kimball house.
They are welcomed by host of Daven-
port friends.
Mike Burke, the Wapsie terror, whose
term of Imprisonment for raising row at
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an end yesterday, is held at the request of
Sheriff Desmond, of Clinton counry Sher
if Lonard received a telegram requesting
his detention. Nothing was said in the
telegram giving the reason.
Mrs WILDER DUNLAP was before the com
missioners, and ordered taken to Mercy
hospital. She resided at 1920 West Sec
ond street, and is sixtyone years of age.
She threatened to kill her daughter several
times, and twice attempted to commit sui
eide. She came from Germany recently and
has been pining for her native land, and has
become insane from inconsistencies
The lumbermens' board of trade met yes
terday afternoon at the board of trade
rooms to consider the unjust discrimina-
tons made in freight rates against this To-
cality A committee, with President Gould
of Moline. as chairman. was appointed to go
Chicago and see if some change cannot
be made. Davenport, Rock Island, Moline
and Muscatine were represented at the
meeting.
The sale of seats for the Janauschek
nights, commences this morning at nine
o'clock, at Days Manager Skeels will
choice seats for Rock Island and
Moline parties who viii communicate with
him by telephone at the Kimball house.
Davenport. Janauschek gives Mary
Stuart" Wednesday night, and Mother
and Son" Thursday night. Her support is
exceptionally good.
Capt Ramm, of the hook and ladder
company, gave the ARGUS representative
an idea of how they get into their clothing
when an alarm comes in at night. He
placed a rubber coat on the top of the
ladder with the weather side down, and
the arm holes SD exposed that the hands
could be placed in them at once Then at
one spring he was astride the ladder. light
ing with his hands in the arm holes, and
the coat over his head and hav-
ing it completely on before he was fairly
sitting down. The thing was done so
quickly that the reporter could hardly be-
lieve it possible.