The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-30
LocAL LAcoNIcs.

registered at the Kimball yesterday.
s. G. Harding. registered from London,
England, was at the st. James Sunday.
j. B. Flagg, the tireless excursion man
4 ager of the c., Nj. & st. p, was at the st.
James yesterday.
| Geo. F. Walker, superintendent of the
southwestern division. c., r. /. & p. was
in the city yesterday.
James o'Day. plain drunk, and Ernst
Ubor, for disturbing the peace, found rest
at the station house yesterday.
No session of the District Court was held
yesterday. The grand jury adjourned yes
terdat until Wednesday morning
/ The banks, city and county offices, and
number of manufacturing and business
houses, will close to-day.
/ DIR r. f. Baker went to Council Bluffs
last night to attend the meeting of the
Hahnman State Medical association, which
meets in that city to-day.
Jos. j. Levy, business agent for Law
renee Barrett, reached town yesterday, and
spread che paper announcing the great
tradgedians coming
eRev. P. w. Sprague, ofs Trinity, Rev.
Harry Thompson, of the Cathedral, w. f..
Ross, J. III. Henry and ID. B. Nash. are in
Council Bluffs, attending the Episcopal
diocesan convention.
The members of August Wentz Post are
requested to meet at their hall at one
O'Clock to day to attend the cere monies on
the island
With the overland mail train Sunday on
the G., r. /. 81 P, was coach full of
Cinnamon, apparently possessed of wealth,
bound for their native land.
| Sunday night thieves broke into the sa
loon of VIM Glassman, 730 West Third
street, stealing two dollars and lot of
beer tickets from the till. Officer Hass
brought in two youngsters last night on
suspicion of the crime.
Two new cases of small-po were report
ed yesterday to the health authorities
VIM. Behrns, who lives at GA West Sixth
street. and Victor Mans, residing at 224
West Sixth street. Both are mild cases.
The board of health is erecting frame
building close to the pest house for the ac-
commodation of those who have not con
| trscted the small pox, but who have been
exposed. This will obviate combining those
| who have the disease and those exposed
together.
VIM. Mcdaniel and e. A. Kehoc, James
Stapleton and Hanora O'Donnell, John
Brady and Mary Bapigan, Thomas Tom
sen and Augusta Molter secured marriage
licenses from the County Clerk yesterday.
James Brown, plain drunk, paid 81, 90 and
costs to Justice Finger yesterday. W. L..
Jansen, another drunk, was assessed $500
and costs, and sent to the stone pile, in
default of payment.
Rev. III. Cosgrove and John D. Miles
were selected Sunday afternoon, as dele
gates to represent ST. Margurites Total
Abstinence Society, at the meeting of the
national association of Catholic temper
snce associations, converting atSt. Paul the
latter part of August.
The sporting papers record the fact that
Mike Monaghan, formerly of the Daven-
port nine, and now with the Philadelphia
league team, had the fore-finger of his left
hand amputated last week A hot ball
from the bat, which Mike stopped broke
the member so badly.that amputation was
necessary
The Land League Sunday listened to
addresses by P. j. Haggerty and NJ. Y.
Cannon. The executive committee were
instructed to report a plan, if advisable,
for picnic under the auspices of the
League, on the Fourth of July. An ad-
dress from the national officer was read
and referred to the executive committee.
The Forester Gun Club viii Lave anoth-
err shoot for the club medal at the Fair
Grounds Friday afternoon next A. O'Clock
1t will be the regular monthly contest, set
a week ahead of the regular time, to per-
nit number of the local good shots to
attend the State tournament. occurring in
Cedar Rapids next week.
j. I'll. G. Jensen, Davenport attorney
was before United States Commissioner
White yesterday, charged with procuring
fraudulent pension for Mrs. Harmon,
of Rockingham township. The sum Sc
cured through his efforts as her attorney,
is 81, 800. The case looks bad for him.
The examination will be resumed Wednes-
day morning at o'clock.
Some youngsters, who are paving the way
for an early term in some of our criminal
institutions, robbed milk vender of 81. 90
in money, and the same value in tickets
at the corner of Sixth and LIE Claire streets
yesterday forenoon. The man left his
wagon to enter the house of customer |
when the young thieves stepped up in his
absence and appropriated the contents. Of
his money box. They are known to the |
police.
With Sunday nights Minneapolis ex-
press were five coaches of emigrants, |
bound for Dakota and Manitoba. Some
were Danes, some Swedes. and the great |
part Laplanders The Laplanders, men, |
women and children, were dressed in the |
fashion of their native country. The men |
wear little caps, set on the top of the |
head, no coats. white shirts. and panta-
looms of ths most ridieuIouS cilt The I