The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-27
BREVITIES.

The public schools open next week.
Circuit court will convene next week
The city council will meet in regular SEES
sion next week
The grand jury is called for Monday of
next week.
The Rodman rifles depart for Springfield
Wednesday morning
Fay Templeten will give "Alivette' in
this city morrow evening
The Board of supervisors will meet on
the 1ath of September.
. The open air concert on last Saturday
night attracted the usual large crowd
The speech of Capt Travelecks last
night at Turner Hall was well attended.
Yesterday was the Twelfth Sunday after
Trinity.
The First Baptist Sunday School picnic
will be held this week at Bethel Island
A marriage license was issued on Satur-
day to A. F. Jensen and Miss Annie Hill
The Stars viii visit Geneseo to morrow
when they will play the club at that place
a game of base ball.
The Street and Alley committee of the
City Council held meeting last Saturday
night
Mrs. J. Hanson was placed under 5000
bonds by Justice Cooke to keep the peace
for one year. The complaining witnesses
were w Fargeson and wife.
r.. III. Whitsitt, of Presumption, has Just
sold in Chicago forty five hogs that aver
aged 1923 pounds, which sold at 9.
Another batch of forty three sold for SO Is
The fire alarm yesterday was caused by
the burning of the frame house on Eleventh
street owned by James Hart The loss
was $500 and was covered by insurance.
The Teachers Institute at Charles CITY
closed its first weeks session last Satur-
day. About 40 teachers were in attend
ance. including several from this county
The tented attractions that were to be
seen last Saturday opposite Harrer's thea
tire on Second avenue have taken unto
themselves wings and hied away.
Johnson & Co., who did not ship any ice
last week, on account of the high rate on
freight, resumed work ills morning, the
charges for shipment having fallen back to
the old figure.
The greenbackers OF the seventh con
gressional district have nominated w. b.
Lloyd, of Orion, for that position The
republicans will nominate Geo. Henderson.
the present incumbent.
Henry Case. OF this city, lost horse
last Saturday that conveyed its rider from
Denver Colorado, to Rock Island i'm TWEEN
ty days, or about fifty @siles per day. The
trip occurred in 1860.
The suit of the estate of the late Amos
Sailor against the Moline Wagon Company
has been compromised by the payment of
$4,000 for the original investment of
80 600 The case has been on the chan
Gerry docket for a number of years
Larry Ryan, the young desperate from
Milan, has been taken to the Poor Farm.
where he will be held for some time He
VAS under bonds to keep the peace, and |
failed to prove himself capable of presery-
ng peace and good order
At one of the leading hotels in the city |
10 day the bill of fare was headed Monday, |
May 28th. The large variety of vegetables |
md fruits which were served, would lead |
one to suppose that it was later in the |
season. We have not "Hurd" who made |
he mistake and wouldn't be mean enough |
o tell if we did
The directors of the Rock Island 81 Mo- |
inc street car line. held a meeting last
evening, and decided to con :
'trnct a double tram rail track between the