The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-16

Broom drill tonight, don't forget it.
| DIR, VESSEL is still confined to his house.
Charles Jackson spent Sunday at home,
and left on his trip yesterday.
Mrs. NJ Y. Cady's health has been much
improved during her trip to Europe
| F. w. Dunn contemplates the erection
of residence upon his lot on Park street.
| The Rev John Kerr is still in the city
working for the interest of the oppressed
| in Ireland.
| Mrs. Kate Holt has so far recovered as
| to be able to attend to her duties as librari-
an.
The Revere house thief, Louis Elkins,
| was captured Sunday, which fact makes
happy those he has victimized.
"Ten nights in barroom" was played
last night to a full house at Timm's Hall
by the Cotton Troupe.
Cassel & MeKeevers' new store on Rod
man avenue is about completed and they
will move into it the first of June
pocket edition of some circus has ar
rived in Moline, and located on the COM
mons, opposite the G. B. & @. depot.
The overhauling of Timms hall will
commence this week. 1t will be in the
eighborhood of three months before the
alterations will be completed
Col. Clendennin and other members of
the Moline military companies will leave
for Galesburg to morrow to attend the mi
litia election
One hundred and thirty-iv dollars was
raised yesterday, at the Congregational
church, for the benefit of the Irish people
Tomorrow evening at the Congregation
al church, occurs the broom-drill, and the
friends of the forty -maidens are requested
to be present.
Mr.. Arthur Stillwell and wife, who have
been in Moline for the past few months,
left yesterday morning for Genesee, where
they will remain for some time
Fl. II. Grover is busy settling up the es-
tate of Edwards, Perkins & Co. The in
debtness amounts to considerable, and the
creditors are numerous
Fish and Olney are shipping away large
quantities of wood every day. Their en-
terprise is new one in Moline, but. it
would seem that it was paying one.
E. B. Knox has been solicited to run for
county treasurer, by Rock Island parties |
Mr.. Knox saw through the game and posi-
lively declined to run under any circum-
stances.
The Swede band played some very ac-
nfah To-,
The band is newly organized and they are
doing very well indeed.
Business has been lively in the justice
court for the past week. Yesterday after
noon the attention of the court was taken
up by the hearing of a civil suit in which
R. III. Wilson figures as the plaintiff and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Calkins as defendants;
Indebtedness is the cause of the suit.
Frank Howard, an employee of the NJ.
S. r. Q. S. r., met with painful accident
yesterday noon. He attempted to board
his car while moving, and losing his bal
ance he fell, while the wheels of the car
passed over his right ankle. The young
man will be confined to his house for some
time. He was not regular driver, but
barn man, and was driving for one of the
men who was at dinner.
The bay horse that pulls street car No
1, is good one, yesterday forenoon as the
band was playing in front of the First
National bank, the horse took fright,
pulled the car off the track, took run up
the road with the car and pulled it back on
the track again, the feat was quite an
one to the spectators. The same
band frightened John Conwell's horse the
rag man from Rock Island, and he bolted
down the street like lightning, the horse
looked like skeleton, and the wagon like
a wheel barrow, the rig was smashed up
badly.