The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-04
MOLINE lEPARlNlII
Council meeting tonight.

- - OCNP~As AAopNNbOi IOI the
ment, is iii this city
Ross B. Lock, of Newark N. :
the city "
JEFF Harson is in the cooler once mo-. d.
Drunk again.
McKinn is pushing work on his Dou
block on Rodman avenue
Miss Mammie Sewell, of Oregon :.
visiting the family of W F, Grain.
Katie Bedding, who has been vsi,;n.
friends in the city, took here departure e.
Galesburg this morning.
The steamer ]. S. Kentor has mt -
new machine, and now the electric liobt i,
just boss.
Quarterly pension day, and ESQ. Maocs
does not try tc deal out law but Justice to
the soldiers.
A. F. Fisk has the lumber on the ground
and is going to erect carriage house nev,
to. Ed McGraus livery stable on Lvp3
street.
There were numerous picnics around
town yesterday, and many Discourage
and sunstruck individuals were to be sea.
on the streets in the evening.
Building in bluff Moline is lust boom
ing. One would hardly recognize thatps
of the city now
j. S. Gilmore, cashier of the Fir.,
National bank, is having just a CAV time
down to Sag harbor. He win soon r.
turn.
Porter Skinner told your reporter that
in one month more he would be - years
old, and amt he lively. gay one for HI
time of life?
Rumors OF private and peculiar drunk
out on the wing dam that took place YES
terday. Three of our citizens took OFT
keg of beer and got fuller nor geese anhr
themselves.
B. p. Oakley, the bridge tender cut 10
Rock river, was in this morning and re-
ports that the work of repairing the pier
was completed and now nothing hindeB
the contractors from pushing the work.
E. FL. Dahms goes to Geneseo to-mor
row to arrange for parties who wish 10
accompany the excursion that Dahms &
Holland take out to northern Iowa and
southern Minnesota on Friday next.
The colored folks have gotten through
E. A. Okerberg, fine badge to present 10
the winning base ball club of this CITY
with the following inscribed thereon:
Champion B. B. Club won at emancipation eels
bration, September 2ad. 1882, Moline. Illinois
The design is a pretty one, and consists
of two base ball clubs on top, and bali at
tached, and hanging pendant from the
ball is shield shaped badge-''What cu5
will win it,"
Work has commenced at the lower emil
of the Gort, water power, and many hands
are wanted. Good place to put tramp
and let them work out their fines improy
ing our water power.
Father Williams says he is in his 9Th
year, and still healthy. One ought to see
him skip and fly ABOUND at camp meeting
when he gets the power; why, one would
take him for kid at camp meeting, he
is so spry.
Stephen Walker returned from his tnp
to Colorado looking as fresh as a daisy
He says the Moline Tunnel Co., are push
ing their way into the mountains at the
rate of four feet per day, and that the
prospect is splendid for their interest.
The frescoe painters begun their work
on the new;Wagner opera house this
morning. The reflectols arrived this a. m.
Senic artists commence their work later in
the week. The work is being pushed as
fast as possible.
The regular hoo doc took place at Bow
mans garden, at Gilberttown, yesterday.
Those recruited into the service of King
Gambrinus were allowed furlough and
came home to convalescent camp to re-
main until another call is made.
Josiah Grout, Molines supervisor, hay
ing rendered his resignation, tonight the
matter will be acted upon. Whether Mo
line needs new one. or whether the coun-
Gil will refuse to accept the resignation OF
Grout, remains to be seen. So far he has
rendered good service, but his private bus
mess demands his personal attention, and
he thinks he could not do the position Jus
tice, therefore he proposes to resign.
Stoves of all kinds are being received
by our dealers-hard coal, soft coal, base
burner, top burner, ranges, coal oil stoves
gasoline stoves and common cook stoves
but the price of fuel remains away up