The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-15
The hand organ fiend wrs around again

to day
Mr. H. H. Williams and wife, of Car
ney, Ark, are in the city visiting with Mr.
and Mrs Geo. Stevens.
The Keator House will again be sup
piled with steam on Thursday. The re
| pairs on the boilers in the basement being
nearly completed.
G. w. johnson has taken the pool table
| out of his saloon and substituted a large
stock of choice liquors.
On the evening of January the Goth the
Turner's will have their annual masque-
rade.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of health was not held last evening
on account of no quorum being present
Sale of seats for the ''Madrigal club
concert on Monday evening will commence
on Friday morning.
The Dispatch says ''the new bath house
is two story building, which shows that
as an architect the writer of the above
would not be a success. 1t is only one
story.
The ladies' mission circle of the Congre-
gational church will give sociable to-mor-
row evening
Joe Miller had whip stolen out of his
buggy recently He now wishes the thief
to return the same. or come and oct the
buggy also.
A little boy only year and a half DID,
of Mrs. Graham. who was visiting with
her father. John Wells, at Hampton, fell
into barrel filled with wafer Yesterday
and was drowned
The Z. O. A. I. society will give neck
tie sociable and supper at Odd Fellows
hall over Richards & Sohrbeck's drug store
on Thursday evening next Admission
10 cents, and supper including necktie.
Do cents All are invited. Nov13-2td.
The household of Mr.. Albert Dick are
indeed unfortunate of late. Mrs. Dick has
for several days been quite i'll and yester,
day Mr.. Dick was SO injured at the Corn
Planter Works by a timber falling upon
HIM as to lay him up for several days.
The Grand Lodge, l. O. o. F., of Iii
nois meets at Chicago, on Monday next.
II. III. Grover, Henry Veiriech, and Andrew
Anderson will attend as representatives
of the several subordinate lodges of this
city.
The cows have only one day more in
which they are allowed the privilege of our
sidewalks, etc. After that the COW ordi-
nance goes into effect, and owners will |
nave to see to it that their COWS are kept in |
confinement. Our officers have awak- |
ened() and girded on their armor. Be
ware.
A good and substantial 10 foot plank |
sidewalk has just been laid nearly the
'ntire length of the block on Henry street |
acing the Swedish Lutheran church. |
similar walks are needed all over the city. |
A young man, whose name is withheld, |
vas arrested and taken before Squire Mapes
his morning on the charge of larceny, but |
S the prosecutor failed to appear he was /
discharged The whole thing evidently arts
ng out of little spite.
Another one Of those powerful blasts |
Fas discharged at o'clock yesterday; one
the stones was again taken as far as
the machine shop went clear through
and the plaster below, falling to the
DOR. The shock was SO great as to lar
inner pals off of the shelves in the room.
mother one went through the foundry
'indow and one was carried as tar from
he canal as Woodworth's coal office. 1t
also stated on good authority that horse
as killed at the same time, by a stone
llling upon it while at work in the slough.
Bedar Woods brother returned last even
g from Fargo, Dakota, and was not a
tile surprised upon arriving in this city
find the grass still green, while they
ere enjoying when he left Fargo
enuine blizzard with 8 inches of snow
q the ground.