The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

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LOCAL LAcoNIcs.
J. B. Plaakenton and b s. Bundicks OF
San Francisco, are ct the Kimball.
J sBsn. Evans. Montreal eaaala, il regis
tered at the Kimban.
Hon. G. n. Waterman and George e.
Gould, Esq, aresin Chicago Il 1913
No rnarFiage licences have been issued
Tor two days. ssaaes5AT aasa ss7sa els
! The First. Presbyserian.ch arcia isszneceivs
ing anew coat, Of apainhs and the CUTTERS
and cofnices are beng repaired
Justice Finger Is securing q resi- He.
had no police cases to attend to the last two
days. -. - -. 100
5 samael Clemens Marx Twain was on
the. steamer Minneapolis lasf night on his
way to st. Paul. .sx .-.Szss A.zs..
Contractor Keleher is experiencing. con-
siderable trouble with the construction of
the Main street sewer. He has reached the
monument. :, s-..s,.zm -. 49, .5.,s..so !,
Ak iAxertrom, whose hilarious inelinaa
tfons attracted the attention Of Chief Kessr
Ter, is booked on q charge of disturbing the
peace at the station house. 81
@. w. verder and bride, nee Miss Sallie
Fl. Chiffon, reached the city yesterday.
They were married in Chicago. the homeof
the bride. Wednesday. Axss'r
The sewing society of the First Presbyr,
terrain church meets at the residence of Mr.
A. Burdick this ,afternsen, and the church
sociable will be held at the same place in
the evening,
The Foresters Gun Club send o team to
the tournament of 1.-The Iowa association
fer the profession of game and fish, 70 obe
held at Cedar Rapids June 6-9.Hs Ten
men viii compose the team.
The United Order of Ancient Templars
have benefit concert to night at sMoore's
hall. j. w Ruggles viii have direction
of the affair, and the programme coma
prises seventeen numbers. 6..ssss w~vsvvs,
The request of Clerk Mcsteen, that fees
due him for licenses, was granted by the
council Wednesday night ! The request
was referred to the city attorney two
weeks ago, who reported against it. but a
reconsideration was held Wednesday night.
and the very reasonable and just request
granted. The amount was $57. so. :. -.
Seven of the smallpox unfortunates
were removed to the pest house by The au
thorities, yesterday afternoon. Some de-
velopments have been made in connection
with the spread of the disease. which
show en- outrageous lack of discretion on
the part of some of the people residing in
the vicinity.
Joe Wheeler and Nettie Ledgewood were
married in Wilton, yesterday, and are now
at home. in the cozy home Joe has prepar--
cd for his bride Joe is one of the best
and most popular commercial travellers out
of Davenport. He will need more cigar
samples, for a while. to make. it square
with the boys on The road.
At the Jaunaschek performances next
week. the departure. of the 10:45. train for
the east win be announced from the stage
in sufficient time to permit Rock Island
and Moline attendants to reach it for
home. A nice convenience this, for Mo
lineites, who win avail themselves of this
opportunity to see the great tragic actress.
A firm doing a general merchandising
business has gone to the wall at Wheatland.
Clinton county, leaving several Davenport
jobbers out, the sum aggregating about
q. 5O0 One jobbing house is out $500.
Attorneys for the firms have been out to
Wheatland hooking over the ground, but
ere convinced the Davenport creditors have
poor chance of securing cent of their
claims.
Trinity chimes called forth a complaint
from some Of the. near residents at the
council meeting Wednesday night, and The.
police committee and city attorney were
instructed to confer with the trustees in
regard to the matter. Trinity does insist
on ringing the chimes ON every mnight of
the week, much to the annoyance of the
people living near by etM -,
{ Robert Porter lost. valuable horse
Wednesday night. The animal was let to
some parties and hitched outside of an up
hin residence. By some means he got
loose, and wandered down Iowa street to,
Fifth, and in crossing the track the buggy
masssmashed between two freight cars
which were meeting at that moment and
the horse received injuries from which he
died. The animal was quite valuable. Mr..
Porter having refused $500 for him.
! Anumber Of gentlemen interested in the
proposed Davenport. Iowa q Dakota Rail
way met at the Office OF Martin. Murphy
8 Lynch yesterday afternoon. III. W.
Bailey, prominent merchant, and M. r.
jackson, editor of The Gaaseruatiae pub
lished at that place, weressi attendance.
A generalconversation in regard to- the
enterprise was sinduleed in The pros
poets are very encouraging, the Upton
people being very enthusiastic - Messrs.
Bailey and jackson came here OF their are-i
quest - So 1ss
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PINE PTLFERERs. - = -.
- VIM Carroll ard Robt Weise were
brought down and lodged in jail yesterday
by lie Claire constable to await The ac-
xio,. If the GRO nd iurxs zsf1ksrs xxe,p arrast