The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-04
MOLINE.
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Reporter
FRANK HARDWOOD.
ONCE: Harwood's Livery.


ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Ed. Kent, IF Chicago, and Ed. Merri-
mac, of Cable, spent Sunday in Moline.
Miss Mary Fisher lectured on elocution
last night at the Baptist church.
Major Grout delivers the Fourth of July
| Grafton at Cordoba to-day
Mrs. Martin Kingmore, of Peoria, is
visiting with Mrs. Frank Sinnett
The moulders picnic tomorrow at
Brooks grove,
It is rumored chat wedding in high life
will soon take place.
J. F. Francis is home to spend the
Fourth.
Aid, Hill is quite sick with sciatic rheu-
matism, and was not able to be present at
| the council meeting last evening.
The Plow City band went to Annawan
last night. to participate in a Fourth of
! July celebration at that place.
The Sylvans say that next year they viii
be heard from. They were heard from
this year, but not at St. Louis.
The G. C. Barnard family are com
fortably and pleasantly located at Sandus-
ky Ohio.
The rgmor that Ed Knell was about to
buy out Wallace was premature, as there
has been no bargain made,
r. L. Brown has returned from an ex-
tensive business trip for the Barnard e.
Leas Manufacturing Co.
Biehls band passed through here yes
terday on their way to Joliet where they
play to-day.
Henry Sales owns and operates at the
present time, several extensive silver mines
in Denver Colorado, so rumor says.
Thursday evening occurs the second
hose race between the Minnehahas and the
A O. rs
John Cadv win entertain his young
friends at the Folly farm to day. Fire
works win be one of the attractive fea-
lures in the evening
J. E. Eastman. of this city, was, on yes
tcrday forenoon. united in marriage to Miss
Anna Fitzsimmons The bridal couple
viii make Moline their home
Major Clendenin, J. I'll. Porter and Ed.
Kittleson leave for Muscatine this morn
ing to attend the Iowa state encampment
at that place to-day.
Bridge Tender Oakley collected S77:51
from June first up to June seventeenth, the
date of the disastrous wind storm that let
Moline bridge gently down in the water.
Remember the picnic of the Emerald
Social club. to-day. in Brooks grove.
Good music and all the other attractive
features that go with picnic.
The moulders give their annual picnic
at Brooks grove tomorrow The boys
deserve good crowd aud they probably
will have it.
The Boys in Blue" of this city will
play club from Muscatine match game
of base bali on Wednesday afternoon at
the Gun club park
The Moline pillow shop nine viii play
nine from Davenport match game of base
bah this afternoon at the picnic grounds.
for Il prize of $25.
Dog days are approaching and it is time
that the rabid CANNES were attended to.
either with pistol or muzzlc. Moline
don't want any eases of hydrephobia.
The moulders of the Barnard s.. Leas
Manufacturing Company. and those of the
Moline Pump Company had a friendly
game of ball at the gun club park yester
day forenoon.
A certain Swede man in this city went
to party Saturday night and when col
lection waa taken up for the music he
gave.a twenty dollar gold piece in place of
the dollar that he had intended to give
and now that Swede man wants his twenty
dollars back.
Milt Brown, who is well known 10 all
Moliners, was united in marriage, on Sat
urday afternoon, al the St. James Hotel,
Minnesota. to Miss Lena Eldred, of that
city. Mr.. Brown has many friends in
Moline, who will wish him and his bride
success in their married life.
Jacob Writ, an old and well known
citizen of Moline, but now of Davenport,
died in that city on Saturday night of
consumption The funeral will occur
from his late residence to4morray after
noon He is member of Lodge No. 1913
/. O. O. F. of this city, and they viii at
tend his funeral in a body.
Some urchin pinned five cent fire
cracker to o piece of paper and then at
tached the paper to the Democrat rcpor-
ters coat tail last night. The fire cracker
went off aud so did the reporter He
danced Virginia reel and with smother
ed exclamation that he was not Gods
man, and that he did not want to go TO
his .Iordy, Lordy" he started after cop.
the only damage done was spoiled sum
mer coat and a big scare.
THE COUNCIL.