The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-02
Ben Scott. gathered in for fghting, was

in Insurance Office of Snider d Miles.
Ben Scott. gathered in for lighting, was
discharged.
The Democratic club meets at Lair
mann's Hall tonight.
John NoIing. plain drunk, furnished %
and costs to The Justice, and departed
|. Come to our opening. Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday. s1s Brady st.
The Perry street school is being improv
ed by the erection of new steps on the
Seventh street entrance.
The members of the Scott county bar
will meet at the Office of Cook 81 Dodge
Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
O. r. Lippitt Deputy Clerk of Court.
goes to Dakota and Winnipeg to day. He
will return in two weeks.
Frank Richardson has too much to de-.
vote to doing nothing He was requested
to come down with So and costs; he failed
to come down, but went up.
Michael Burke, for disturbing the quiet
ude of the Sabbath day, was asked to pay
so and costs for his fun he will help inn
prove the streets by pulverizing stone.
Ten thousand dollars worth of millinery
goods on display this week at our new cash
store. All grades from best to the cheap
est. Forward & Gleason, 218 Brady st.
Michael Dillon, plain drunk. had no
money, and went up for five days. Alex.
Smith for the same indiscretion received
the same punishment.
Pat Demprey left his corn planting to
| come to town to have some. 1t cost him
So and costs. He will amuse himself at
the city worlz-house in the interest of the
municipality.
Chas. Warren, for being an inmate of
Mrs Young's vile den, pulled on Friday
night,-was fined $40 and costs. He was
sent up.
Mrs. H. H. Hills leaves to-day for Bos-
ton; a telegram. yesterday. informing her
of the serious illness of her father, Mr..
Constantine Heshman, who resides in that
! city.
| L. Smith lndulged in the same foolish
indiscretion, for which he was requested
| to pay 81 and costs, and went up for want
| of the luere.
| Mr. r. F. Hull, former Davenporter,
has returned, about to engage. He will be
one of firm Fetch & Howe-who will
handle spruce ladders, manufactured in
New Hampshire Mr.. Felch also becomes
a resident of Davenport.
| Some curmudgen asks the Democrat of
Sunday why the street sprinkler will per-
| sist i'm dousing Brady street with an eternal
| flow of water. We think he does it for
about twenty five cents a week, from those
who viii give.
| West of Chicago and east of San Fran
cisco, there is no place where finer line
/ of the best quality carriages, buggies,
phaetons, etc., can be seen than at the
repository of Woeber Bros, 216, 218, 220,
222 and 2a4 West Third street, Davenport.
They make speciality of fine work, of
which fact you will be convinced by
short visit to their establishment.
The return shooting match between
Emel Berg, of this city, and Mr.. Gran, will
take place at the Schutzen Park, June Sd
and 4th next. The shoot will be for 800
SIDE 100 shots for each marksman, con-
| fined each to fifty shots day. The range
will be $50 yards. Gran won the first
match, which occurred in Dubuque in
March last. Both are superior marksmen,
and the affair is attracting considerable at
| tention.
at the annual meeting of the directors of
/ the Davenport Public Library, held Satur-
day evening, the following officers were
elected: President, S. T. Smith; Vice Pres
ident, j. B. Young; Treasurer Mrs. Thos.
Mccullough; Recording Secretary, j. How
ard Henry; corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
w. f. Peck; Library Committee. E. E.
Cook, Mrs. George II. French and E. p.
Lynch; Lecture Committee, Mrs w. F.
Peck, Mrs. w. c. Wadswerth and F. III.
Griggs.
The alarm Of fire turned in last night
was caused by the burning of a shed con-
nected with The First Methodist church, on
Brady street. The damage win probably
not exceed 800. 1t made bright blaze
for a short time, but was quickly extin-
guished. The paid department again
the fire in seven minutes, and No. 2 and
the Hook and Ladder Company in eight
inmates. Remarkably good time, consid
ering the hill they had to ascend.