The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-05
MOLINE.
FRANK HAYWOOD, Report
Office:-Harwood's Stable.
Reporter.
ITEMS IN BRIEF

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Captain Timm left for Chicago yester-
day.
A. P. Fisk has gone to Chicago on bust
ness.
Jehn Kerns new house is nearly finished.
1t is very neat cottage.
The Sunday morning ARGUS viii be on
sale at Clendennin's drug store.
Oliver Ray is the next man who is hap
by over the arrival of a boy.
The funeral of Mrs. Matilda Nelson &C
Cured esterday afternoon.
The 81 s. Keator" has left for the north
to bring down raft of logs.
Miss Sadie Barker is still visiting in Yer
mont. She has been gone nearly year.
j. S. Keator has returned to Moline
from short business trip north.
Newton Adams, of Denver. Colorado,
was visiting friends in this city yesterday.
The town is being extensively billed for
the appearance of the Cotton Combination
next week
Mr.. Everett Wheelock has returned
from Chicago, whittier he went on a bust
ness trip.
Mayor Wheelock is one of the incorpora-
tors of the Moline Electric Light Com
pany.
The police were all sworn in yesterday
and filed their bonds. which are respective
ly i'm the sum of $500.
The Moline Malleable Iron Company is
rushed with orders and the works are run
ming night and day.
DIR. P FL. Vessel is still unable to be
CUT Tho doctors familiar face is missed
by everyone.
HARDWOOD &c Cralle, Fred Fisk and P. A.
Kelso have taken out hack and express
licenses
Fl. A. Ainsworth. of this, city is talked
of among the republicans of this city as a
fit candidate for congress.
Miss Clark is not yet able to take her
place as school teacher. During her illness
Prof Molineaux is filing the vacancy
Aid Hill, who has been under the
weather for few days. was able to he
present at the Council meeting last even
ing.
Company B. had drill last night, in
stead of the night before. as was stated in
the ARGUS yesterday.
Frank Cotton, the star of the Cotton
Combination was formerly the leading
comedian in the Horace Herbert Com
pany.
The city derives a revenue from the
Saloon keepers of about $4,000 per an
mum and still Moline is debt. How is il
thus?
No school was held in the Second Ward
building yesterday on occount of the mud
dy walks approaching it, This matter
should be remedied at once.
A large number of Swedish emigrants
are arriving in town daily, and as there
are no houses to rent, their friends take
them in and give them shelter.
The members of the committee appoint
ed to get up the Library entertainment,
are doing their best. and something novel
is expected at Library han next week.
Stewart Ellis intends to erect fine resi-
dence in West Moline. and by the way, a
good deal of building is going on down in
that part of the city.
The police headquarters are to have 9
renovation throughout. . The walls are to
be calcimined aud the office is to be put in
first class shape.
If the pastors of the different churches
would hand in their texts for Sunday
sermons to the ARGUS representative, they
would confer great farce.
The Bamards & Leas Manufacturing
Company are having an unusual heavy
spring trade. The firm are barely beside
themselves with orders.
The American Express Company will
occupy the building now used by Cassel d
McKeever. as soon as the latter firm
move ont.
II. A Barnard's magnificent new resi-
dence on the bluff is nearly completed.
The ground has been nicely graded, and
now there Is no doubt but what Mr.. Bar
nard has the finest place in the city.
Moline is getting pretty nearly large
enough to have two telegraph operators
at the depot. II . person wants to send 8
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