The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-24
BREVITIES.

The Rock Island Turner's will give pic
mic next Sunday at Turner's pasture
The public schools will open the first
Monday in September.
Next Sunday will be train day on the G..
M & st. p read
The excursion on the ferry boat last night
was well attended.
The city was visited this afternoon by a
shower, which was generally appreciated
The Camp meeting at Tyndall's Grove
will close this evening
The Chicago Laundry is open and ready
for business, at 314 18th street IT,
The competitive drill of the Rodman
Rifles was witnessed last evening bya large
number of spectators.
A marriage license was issued yesterday
to J. ]. Alberry and Miss Augusta Han
son.
John King, night yard master of the
&. Il. |. & p. at Davenport. had his fingers
mashed yesterday while coupling cars.
Work on the street car track at the
Milan bridges was progressing satisfactor-
lily this morning.
The Finance committee of the Board of
Supervisors is in session at the Court
House
Tomorrow will be the last day of serv-
ice for the September term of the Circuit
Court.
The picnic of the Central Presbyterian
Sunday school will he held tomorrow at
Bethel Island
The Liquor dealers state convention
will be held in this city on the 10Th of
September.
The docket for the coming year of the
circuit court will be make out during the
present week.
There is complaint at the present time
of renters that there no vacant dwellings
in Rock Island.
The police failed to make any arrests
last night, and the police court this morn
ing was duh and uninviting
The band concert in Union Park by |
Strasser'S band, proved a most delightful |
affair last evening and attracted an i'm |
mense audience.
Only forty seven men have applied at the |
L. 5. recruiting station located at Daven- |
port, of this number four have been ac
cepted.
A meeting of the stockholders of the |
Tri-City Trotting Association has been
called for this evening at the office of |
Hayes & Cleveland
A battalion drill in which the Rodman
Rifles and the Moline company will take
part, will occur tomorrow evening at
the Armory in this city.
The Mary Morton passed up to-day,
and Issue Staples and Penn Right came
down. The Grand Pacific will be up tonight
and the Minneapolis down.
A man whose name is unknown was
overcome 10y the heat this morning while
working on the roof of Alex Steel's new
residence. The workman was taken home.
A game was announced to be played
this afternoon between the BOYS in Blue,
of Moline, and the Stars of this CITY, The
rain prevented the contest
No bids have been received by the CITY
clerk, for the construction of the Fifth
avenue sewer, and the day for opening the
same has been postponed.
Frank III. John adjudged insane yester-
day, was taken to the insane asylum at .
Jacksonville, last evening, by officer
of Moline
A large number of Rock Islanders are !
to attend the closing exercises
Of the camp meeting at Tyndalls grove, J
this evening.
The ARGUS job office has just laid in !
large quantity of all kinds of stock, and is
prepared to fill the largest orders on short |
notice and at reasonable rates Give us
4 call.
A fire occurred at the brick yard of John !
Graham yesterday afternoon. In cooling
off kiln, the fire was communicated to a I
she'd, which was entirely destroyed, en-
.ailing loss of some $500.
The store room next to Case & Reti-
cker's boot and shoe establishment on Sec
md avenue, is being repaired, prepare
.ory to its occupancy by Davenport sa- .
Don keeper, who is about to remove to
his city J.
The following divorce cases win come l
up at the next term of the circuit court: