The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-23
I.acAL LAGaNIGa.

House.
Ephriane g. Lane, an old Scott county
citizen, died suddenly at his home, LOIS
West Second street, Sunday morning.
Mayor Bills is home from Des Moines,
where he has been on legal business for
week past
Sells Brothers people were quartered
Sunday and Monday at the Kimball
and ST. James.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
to Elmer E. Wilmarth and Jennie E. Keith
and Theodore Auerochs and Mary E. Cul-
Ivan a ~
w. H. Holman, former Brady street
druggist, and now on the road for Chi
cago house. is quartered at the Kimball
House. f4fH Tt1 ya
Fred Wilsey dropped down from st.
Paul and spent Sunday and Monday with
express back last night.
August Wentz Post, @. A. r., will 60 to
the Island Tomorrow, TO inset their COM
rades of Galesburg, who viii be there on
an excursion trip.
Vim. Graham of Princeton township
brought in nine young wolf scalps yester-
day. He received bounty of twenty sew
en- dollars from Auditor Winkless,-three
dollars for each.
The C. r. /. 81 p. is selling round trip
tickets to-day to- Chicago, good TO return
until the 9th, for $3.50 Many viii take
this opportunity to attend the great mu
steal festival commencing in Chicago to-
day. G8
Franz Peter Cordts again shows signs of
desperate insanity, Some time ago he
was sent to Mercy Hospital, but was re
leased on Thursday last, his condition be-
ing considered such as not to- require care.
He has grown worse since his release, and
will be taken to Mt. Pleasant hospital for
the insane to-day.
VIM. Herman was at dance in the vi
entity of Ainsworth and Second streets
last Saturday night, and grow rather pu-
gilistic, selecting the proprietor as the
target for his blows. He was arrested,
but Justice Finger gave him an honorable
A very complimentary thing can here be
said of Messrs Sells Bros circus,-if they
can be given the credit of it. Usually the
custodians of the city's peace are kept busy
on circus days, gathering in the following
horde OF suspicious characters. Yester-
day not an occasion presented itself to
make an arrest that could be charged to
the presence of a circus in the city.
Peter Peterson met with an accident
yesterday forenoon that will render him
engaged in chopping at tree in front of
the house of the hook and ladder company,
of which he is member. and the axe he
was welding glanced aud inflicted IA Sc
we're wound in the left leg. The wound
was dressed bat Peter will be unahle to
respond to fire alarms for some time
A merry dance was INDUCED in yesterday
afternoon and night at the German Thea
tire by the children of the German Free
School and their parents the children in
the afternoon, and the old folks at night
The picnic and bird shooting of the child
rem al Schutzen Park Sunday was attend
ed by grand crowd. Paul Gruenwald
was chosen King, and Anna Wendt was
chosen Queen of the Fest.
John McCloskey, the victim of the rail
road accident at VanMeter, an account of
which was given in Sundays ARGUS, died
as was anticipated. The remains were
brought to Davenport for burial, the funer
al occurring yesterday from St. Marguer-
ties church. large concourse of friends
attending His death occurred late on
Saturday night
Seats are selling rapidly for the jan
auschek nights, and so they should. Man.
ager Skeels deserves great deal of credit
for bringing the famous actress here, and
giving two such performances as Jan
auschek and her excellent support will
give in Mary Stuart and Mother and Son.
Mr.. Skeels will attend TO reserving good
seats for Rock Island und Moline parties
phone at the Kimball House. The 10:45
train will convey the Moineites home at
the conclusion of each performance
A man, named O'Niel who with his
wife resides in the row of buildings di
rectly opposite the opera house on Perry
street, was the means of deal of ex-
citement and no little amusement at about
SIX O'Clock last night. He has been on
prolonged spree. and was decidedly drunk
His wife asked Officer Witte to take him
in charge. The. officer proceeded to arrest
him. but before he was on u his way to the
station with O'Neil. he required the as
sistance of an express wago TO carry him
O'Neil was booked on a
charge of being drunk and
disorderly, and in his pocket was found
half drank bottle of whisky The affair
gathered quite an audience, the trains just
coming in, and the platforms well crowded
with passengers who watched the affair
with no little amusement.
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