The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-21
BREVITIES.


morrow night.
The Board of Education held meeting
last Saturday night.
A number of Rock Island people visited
Linwood yesterday.
The will of the late Mr.. Nathan Folsom
was admitted to probate last Saturday
A special meeting of the city council
will be held next Thursday evening
The next concert in Union Park will
take place next Wednesday evening.
A number of commercial travellers sun
dayed at the different hotels in this city.
The bids for work on the Fifth avenue
sewer will be opened next Thursday.
w. J. Smith, of Sixth street, is in the
seventh heaven of happiness over the ar
rival of young son.
The Chicago Laundry is open and ready
for business, at 314 18th street IT,
The dummy for the Rock Island & Milan
street car line has not yet arrived, although
shipped from Milwaukee early last week
Work of placing the tile floor in the re-
constructed postoffice will be commenced
this week.
1t is expected that the library rooms
will be opened to the public during the
present week.
The band concert last Saturday night
was grand success, and attracted large
crowd of people.
A new roof is being placed on the new
Catholic school building located on Second
avenue.
The Davenport Turn Verien celebrated
its thirtieth birthday yesterday. The ex-
ercises attracted number from this CITY,
A number of persons from this city at
tended the camp meeting yesterday at
Tenaan's grove.
The Liquor Dealers convention will be
held in this city on Tuesday, the 10Th of
September.
The members of the Fritz Emmett troupe
left this morning by the r. l. & p. for
Peoria
The pavilion on Black Hawk tower has
public within few days.
Fay Templeton will appear at Harper's
theatre Tuesday of next week in The
Mascot"
Next Wednesday the second Presbyter-
ian Sunday school of Davenport will hold |
picnic at Bethel Island.
w. Dyer was fined S. by Justice Cooke
for assaulting Miss Minnie Atkinson with |
a whip.
The Rev. A. B. Allen has written pas
toral letter to the Trinity congregation an
his resumption of the active
duties of Rector of that church.
An excursion to Sterling under the au
spices of the A. O. U. w. of this city, will
take place on the 23d of the present
month.
The funeral of John Epperson occurred
yesterday and was attended by the lodges
of A o. U. W, of which the deceased was
q member.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
electric light company will be held to-mor-
row night at the Office of the Rock Island
baby carriage works on First avenue.
A match game of base ball between
mines composed of residents of Cable and
Coal Valley, was played last Saturday.
The latter nine came out ahead.
A newspaper mailed in Freeport on
Friday afternoon was put into the box
here few minutes before nine this morn
ing. Freeport is a little over four hours
ride from Rock Island.
A row occurred early yesterday morning
1T a Dane dance hall in Davenport The
Dugilistic dancers were waltzed off to
the police station.
The annual review and picnic of the
Moline firemen were held last Saturday on
Sylvan Island, and drew an immense crowd
Of people.
Carl Mayer, former resident of this To-
;ality, killed himself in New York, a few
lays since. He was on his way to Ger
many, and the exact cause of the deed is
not known.
The Flying Eagle, Caffrey, Denkmann
md Josie passed up this morning, and the
Mountain Belle and saltwater passed
lown The War Eagle is due up tonight
md tomorrow the Minneapolis will be
Town.
The assault case of Arthur Mccartney
,ersus Peter Curyn was dismissed by JUS
ice Cropper on Saturday, because the evil !