The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
LOCAL LAcoNIcs.

night on legal business
i. Hon. Geo. II. Parker and wife went 10
Chicago yesterday.
Tomorrow win be the last day of SER
vice for the hast term OF the District court.
r. Alex Mcmillan and Mike Burke were
gathered in yesterday fer drunkenness.
Jehn Ellis iszhome from Chicago, where
he has beenfor five days on business. {
- The TfalCity Trotsing Associations is out
with the posters announcing their first
meeting. e-s a@ssF7a 4. 80 ~
Rivertraffie is very light, but little
freight movingg and passenger Business
dullaf sfaIsilE IT Tsffseisd 8sa sa9sGsoT1l s..
August Wentz Post, @. A. r. are requess7
ted to turn out at the meeting at City Hail.
Monday night next, al $50 o'cloclss II h9v1
b The arsenal land League e4feFs a. $a51
contribution to the fund for the captures
the Irish assassins. as9s as9f sna
A new side walk is being laid on the
south side of Seventh street, between Bra..I
ildy and Main sssasssk i seg RS bFf Isl
= Ansensertainment sto be given tonight
at Library Hall by the yotfng folks Of Trim
ity church - 4FN .sNsei sse
II Charley Banks, sothor, poet, ana gen
itlemanly salesman for Wells a. Co. Chi /
eago, was around town yesterday. a.
The Telegraph states that Hon. Hiram
Price. Indian Commissioner, win soon start
for Davenport and other points west. = st
Building, for business purposes, is rather
dull. Harrison street is enjoying a mono
poly eof that class ofstructnresg c 8
The Southwestern passenger train was
two hours late yesterday morning. "a dis
abled engine being the cause. AN extra
engine was attached TO help her through.
T. Mayer Sanborn and Alderman Dortal, of
Maquoketa,- are in the.eity They are here
TO look over certain points in connection
with the management of municipal af-.
fairs - sEsaFszs Asa z - ssvssl ssass o.
b. The Minneapolis express ON the g. NJ
| & St. p is the best patronized train sent
l,out of Chicago. Last nights train was "a
heavy one. composed mainly of ~emigrantsl
bound for the north 500 sez s94of az
The committees appointedto solicit subs
tscriptions for the preliminary survey of the
new railroad VIII soon call on our citizens
| They should meet with prompt response
from every one.
+ No packets put in' an appearance yester-
day. w The War Eagle and Libbie sCongcr
are promised up to-day, and the Josie and
Grand Pacific down. The rafters Still
water, ]. c. Denizman and Ben Hershey
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+ The Pfesbyserianssef following the exam
Eple of their Methodist friends, will have.
| their church made grateful on the tnside.'
The scsffolding is being placedin position
for the fFeseeesL Some needed repairs
are being attended to on the outside ofsthe
fedifcesI - @ssgozsF s. ~ s@aE .0asv-a .
T Animposing funeral procession eseoffeds
| the remains 5mef Miss Catherine O'Brien to
fSt. Anthonyls Church yesterday morning.
The deceased was. a member of the young
ladies' sccietyF connected with St. Antho-l
| ny's, and that organization marched in
processio n before the heaFse. Miss 0Brien
was stwentysene years of age and resided
| at God West North street. 81 ~ssaet R9S
James, Whitley is what might be termed,
| lucky young mau.qiA He is continually
| finding something His last strike was at
his boarding house, where his eyes
fell on his landlady's breast pin. Of
course he made a sdilligent search for
the owner, but Justice Finger thought diff
ferently and gave him S22.50 and costs
for his sharpsightedness. He had no money,
and viii slImber in the county jail for the
next fifteen days. saxasa ss.t s. # -
A party of thirteen Knights Templars
from Mafttok eta came down on the G. NJ |
&7St, P. train yesterday morning and were
met at the depot by a committee of Sir
Knights from Eyart's Commanders, Rock
Island. and escorted across the river Al
delegation of Sir Knights of Simon of Cy-
rene's Commandery, of Davenport, went to
Rock Island last night, and were also the
guests Of Eyarts sCommandery. - Z aoT
Two coaches of exeursionists, one humid
red and Fifty persons, came inen the G.. II.
/. d T. from West Liberty yesterday. The
forenoon was spent in viewing the govern
ment baildingsen the island, and the after
AOSiu Ia sstIodld tltG Be
party was composed Of the children of the
West Liberty public schools with some
citizens. They left on the Minneapolis ex-
press AT night Cor home.a well pleased with
their visit. as Aass - a4
"A point made by Judge Stacey at the |
railroad meeting Tuesday should be con- /
sidefed by Davenport'ss business men. A
city cannot grow beyond certain limits |
which depends upon local trade. To bring
manufacturing establishments here
and with them eoaseeuent
increase in population, it is necessary to
hold seut some inducements % them,
and the universal equestien asked by capi- /
talists and manufacturers, when seeking |
locations, isaas towhatshippings facilities
ferded for trans porting there was. If |
Davenport expects To assume the proper /
portions of line manufacturing and lmer.
camille center she must lend sIelpinga
hand TO every enterprise that promises toI
Increase her transportation routes, anal
tend to give competing lines. ssss