The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09
BREvITIEs.
"Patience" this eyenino.

| cast on the " II. L. N I yesterday
, The Chicago Laundry is open and ready
for business at 314 18th street. If.
Davenport has had seventy cases Of
small pox since last April, and of this
number seven have resulted fatally.
A marriage license was issued yesterday
by the County Clerk to johnson Brown
and Miss Julia Hanna.
The sales of the recently plated lots in
South Rock Island have aggregated 81, 4OO
within the past week.
The city clerk man was engaged yes
terday and this morning in paying city
orders.
The topic at the Broadway Presbyterian
church prayer meeting this evening, will
be The Prayer of an Honorable Man. .
d. B.<Sears has commenced the erection
of frame residence on his property on
Black Hawk tower.
The campmeeting of this district will
commence next Thursday at Tindall's
grove.
The funeral of the late Mr.. N Folsom
occurred this afternoon from the family
| residence, and was largely attended.
The revenue men of this city are engaged
in the Gunishon case at Moline. They are
working up the evidence.
| The poll tax has been ordered to be col
| lectel. and the street commissioner will
soon have his hands full.
Work on the streets for the present year
are about exhausted.
The contractors are rushing the work on
the old post Office quarters, so as to COM
plete the same by the first of September
A number OF RockIsland people attended
the performances of Coles's circus yester-
day at Davenport
The Sylvan crews and both Che Daven-
port and Rock Island crews have all aban-
doned practice.
Judge Glenn has allowed the plaintiffs
in the case of Perkins and Mccormick YER
sus Ralph Sage, to appeal to the supreme
court.
The street Car barn on the Moline line |
has been repaired. The offices of the |
company at the same place have also been |
improved in appearance.
The railroad bridge at Milan has been re-
paired, by the Introduction of bents, and |
trains on the r, l. P were sent out as
usual this morning.
The lightning, last Monday evening,
struck the wheel or power house, of the
wagon factory at Milan. The structure
was destroyed, while the machinery re-
manned uninjured.
The pavilion on Black Hawk tower is
rapidly approaching completion, and will be
ready for use the latter part of the present
month.
The Viola conveyed the Baptist Sunday
school children of Davenport to Bethel
Island yesterday morning The party
over 100 persons.
H. Swingler at work at the lower saw
min had his leg broken yesterday after
noon, BY the rolling of log again that
member. He was attended by Dr. Craig
The rafters find business very dull the
present season. Log driving in the Wis
consn streams has been suspended, on
account of the low condition of the defer
ent rivers.
Peaches have made their appearance in
this market. They are received from the
south in large quantities, and the local ex-
press offices find their shipment an impor
tant item. at the present time.
Frank Webb, who was arrested in Dav /
nport on bench warrant for embezzling
funds belonging to II. J. Lowry, of this
city, has given $500 bail, and is once more Il
at liberty.
The c., r. /. & P. and the c. & N. w.
roads have abolished the wine list from l
their dining cars while in the state of Iowa,
in obedience to the constitutional amend
nent of that state.
An itinerant phrenologist was about the 1
streets yesterday offering to tell a mans
disposition by the contour of his Uranium.
Business in that line appeared to be very e
poor, and the head feeler is supposed to 1
nave left town.
Shermon, the leader of holiness band u
s at Princeton, where he has been holding L
services on the public park. The holiness n
people and the worldly minded citizens had 4
quarrel, because the latter were using :
portion of the public park during the a