The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-12


Jane Coombs tonight at Timm's Hall.
Sandy stromberg left yesterday morning
on four months trip to Europe.
Elder Chandler will preach at the o. B.
church next Sunday. sf
Abe Smith purchased two new buggies
from Mason's carriage factory. yesterday
Street Commissioner Shallberg is having
the alleys cleaned up in good shape.
Several Moline Masons went to Rock Is
land Thursday night, and were in confer
ence with the Evarts Commandery.
John Kerns win superintend the over
hauling of the Sylvan boat club house.
SCassel & McKeever have got the roof on
their new hardware store ON Rodman ave-
nue..
A delegation of the U. o. A. T. Ledge
visited their Hampton bretheren last
night.
The Government inspectoror win ex-
anime the J. 8. Keator some time next
week.
An excursion train will be run from Full
ton to Rock Island on the day of Sells
Bros circus.
The republican ward committee meet
ings were postponed last night, on account
of the bad weather. :
The Cotton troupe will reurn to Moline
on Monday night and play Ten Nights in
Bar room"
The butchers have commenced to close
their meat markets, between the hours of
one and four. every afternoon.
The late Timothy Woods estate is valu-
ed at $4,000 He left wife and one
child.
The flames from the fire at the Taylor
house in Rock Island Wednesday night,
could be plainly seen in Moline.
tits rumored that Ell. L. Bullen will be
a candidate for the state legislature on the
temperance ticket.
VIM. Northup, former Moliner, was in
town yesterday. He is on his way to the
Pacific coast, where he intends to locate
Huey & Co. have sent force of men to
Linden, this state, to put up smoke stack
for P. Johnson's Paper Go.
Mrs. r. P. Chapman left Thursday
morning for Clinton, on visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Emma Hosford.
The aged mother of Col. Clendennin,
who has been on visit to her son for
some time, left for her home in Morrison,
yesterday morning.
The clergymen of this city are requested
to hand in their texts on Saturday of each
week, to insure publication in Sundays
ARGUS.
1t is probable that the Moline firemen
will charter boat to take them to Musca-
tine next month, at the time of the FIRE
mems tournament in that city.
Ed McGraw, the Lynde street livery
terday to John Evans, of Rock Island
The price paid was in the neighborhood of
$500.
Deere & Co., the Moline Pillow Company
and other manufacturers of Moline have
donated literally to the Western Seaman's
Society, and the poor sailors will undoubt
edly remember it.
A cigar dealer, doing business on Plain
street, changed $40 bill for young man
Wednesday night. and forgot to take the
$40. He discovered his error about 2
o'clock in the morning. and routed up the
young man and got his money.
There is trouble brewing between doc
tor and wagon maker. The doctors
name is Cook, and the wagon makers is
Haley. Mr. Haley claims that he invent
ed a certain kind of a gig. and Cook claims
that he was the inventor. Haley has the
lead at present, as he has secured patent
on the gig.
+ The Alumni Association met at the resi-
dence of Mary Knowles, Thursday evening
The president, George Champion, being
absent, the vice president took the chair
It was decided to hold the annual Alumni
reception at the High school room on the
evening of the 9Th. A literary programme
win be composed and carried out by thu
members of the association.
The broom drill" entertainment thai
has been talked of SO much viii Gene OF
at the Congregational church next Tues
day evening. There win be brooms fol
guns and dust-pans for knapsacks, etc
Miss Olive Mason is captain of the com
pany, Miss May Biddison first lieutenant,
Miss Plum& McKeever corporal, and Miss
May Bullan sergeant The affair viii be
decidedly interesting. After the drill.
strawberries and cream viii be served in
the lecture room of the church.