The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-25
LOCAL LACONICS.

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LOCAL LAcoNICs.
| Chas Dickinson, of Dubuque, is at the
Kimball.
| Chas. c. Priester and Minnie Koch Sc
cured marriage license yesterday.
E. A. Call, general travelling agent OF
Grand Trunk Railway, is at the Kimball
house
Geo. nj. Christian, proprietor of the
Christian House at Grinnell, was at the
Kimball Yesterday.
| Janauschek and maid, and her fine COM
pany, comprising sixteen people, are at the
Kimball House.
A light docket and short term of the
District Court now in session is the out
look at present
| Agatha Koch yesterday sold to Joseph
Kathriner the west thirty feet of lot four,
block two, of Green's first addition to the
city of Davenport, for s., 500.
Chas Falkner, whose resignation as POI
liceman was sent to the council and accept
ed at its last meeting, will remain mem
Der of the force, Mayor Bills reappointing
him.
A few Of the members of August Wentz
Post. G. A. r., went to the Island. yester
day, to meet their visiting comrades from
Galesburg.
The committee on decoration for Com
memoration Day are out with call, re-
4ba lad 10 of he fu
Hall Monday afternoon next, at one
o'clock. No ladies' committees will be APP
pointed. but all are requested to lend a
helping hand.
Quartermaster Burleigh and Gen. Add
III. Sanders, representing the Decoration
Day committee, called on Capt. T. ]. Rob
inson yesterday, and he agreed to allow
the use of'the new ferry boat to convey the
people from Davenport to the Island
The beat is expected to reach Rock Island
on Saturday.
Janauschek played last night to very
good house, considering the fact that the
weather was far from being favorable.
Her rendering of the title role in the his
torical drama of 'tMaryssStuart" was superb
and faultless, ahd many were the evidences
of the appreciation of the audience. The
support was excellent throughout. To-
night she gives her matchless impersona-
ton of the stern but loving mother in her
own drama, Mother and SON."
Jimmy Howard, residing in the vicinity
of Second and Iowa streets, awaits the
action of the grand jury on charge of
burglary. Tuesday night he entered the
saloon on the corner of Second and Iowa
streets, but was seen by the proprietor,
who notified Officer Garland. James was
arrested near the bridge and stands very
good chance of seeing a second term in
Anamosa. He was before Justice Snyder
yesterday who held him 10 bail in the
amount of $500.
Mexico Bill Rio 'Grande, Mexico" is
the name fonnd in bold. strong penman-
ship on the Kimball House register of
Tuesday, Mexico Bill, paraded the
streets on Tuesday night, and made himself
an object of wonder, with his broad brim-
ucu, Wnl1c SiOuCA Hat, "Iue ocAI eACiICliHS
his waist, wearing no coat or vest. His
fine physique was shown off to
advantage William is fine linquist,
speaking thirteen languages fiuently. He
travels extensively, one man at the Kim
ball house yesterday having met him at
four different places in extreme ends of the
He carries a scrap book in which
he carefully preserves the newspaper no.
tees he has received.
John West is one of those human pests
who are always making themselves obnox-
ious to the rest of humanity. Officer Hass
run across him yesterday on Fourth street,
where he was making Rome howl with
his hideous noises" and hopping around
to the great discomfort of those near at
hand Notwithstanding the fact that he
hobbies about on a wooden limb. He was
taken to the station house, where he pour
ed out of his vile mouth a torrent of Bill
lingsgate on the minions of the law. After
a comfortable sneoze in the hard board
hunks, he faced the pulverizing gaze of
Justice Finger, who administered fine of
e5. 90 and costs. Some of the city's thor
oughfares will be the gamer from
Johns presence in the enclosure on Fifth |
and Main streets during the next seven
lays.