The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-13
THE DAILY ARGUS.
Friday. Oct. -. 1882,
BREvITIES


The Mendoza excursionists got off safely
shortly before Z o'clock last evening.
To-day opened bright and beautiful.
That the sun may continue to shine few
hours is the general wish.
No political or other excitement on the
docket for to-day.
Read the Rock Island and Milan street
railway time table in another column.
Conclusion of the temperance conven
ton report in to-day's ARGUS.
Two horses were turned out to pasture
last night in the public square.
A good boy is wanted at Thomas drug
store.
Mrs. Mary M. Patterson, in card re-
turns her sincere thanks to the people of
Rock Island for their kindness to her and
hers in their terrible affection.
Fred Warde at Harper's theatre next
Wednesday and Thursday evenings. See
advertisement.
The Rock Island Liquor Dealers AS
sociation will hold meeting this after
noon.
The funeral services of Mrs. Nancy
Smith were held this afternoon at Trinity
Church.
Supt. Edward O'Beirne, of the Elgin
Tubular Tower Company,is in town for the
purpose of experimenting the erection of
the electric towers.
Bethany Baptist Society, Wooster, o.,
of which Rev. Mr.. Patterson was pastor
before coming to Rock Island, has passed
resolutions of coincidence and forwarded
them to the First Baptist church of this
city.
The church committee, appointedfor that
purpose, has selected the Patterson burial
lot in Chippiannock. 1t adjoins that of
Mr. III. D. Merrill, north of the vault.
Ultimately the Milan street railroad will
be one of the best paying institutions in
Rock Island.
Nocke and Rosene are said to be the
big two" of the Rodman Rifles so far as
excellence in general drill is concerned.
Several farmers in from Presumption
to-day, report the roads too horrible for
anything.
Damon and Pythias at Harpers theatre
next Wednesday evening. The fact that
Fred Warde is an Ohio Knight of Pythias
enables him to ''catch onto" the order eve
rywhere.
Since our last, report County Clerk
Donaldson has issued marriage licenses to
Edward F. Byerrum and Miss Anna E.
Caspari, of Henry county; and to Andrew
Carlson of Carbon Cliff and Miss Mary
G. Larson, of Moline.
At Seighartner's may be seen the seine
which the Third ward Sportsmen's Club
proposes to use again on Tuesday or We'd
nesday next The boys are also preparing
for grand peigon shoot on Tuesday next,
tin pals barred out.
A G. M. 6 st. p engine drawing G.
b. q Q. passenger train, was one of the
curiosities seen by an ARGUS reporter at an
early hour this morning.
James Suffer, of Moline, a man of in
different reputation, with a highly re-
spectacle family, was hauled in by Officer
Etzel last evening charged with drunken
ness. Squire Chopper thought that fifteen
days labor on the stone pile would be
beneficial to him and thither he went
That the ARGUS is beginning to be ap
pre- ciated by the people for whose benefit,
in a great measure, it is published. is best
seen in the fact of steadily increasing cir
cula ton. No better time than the present,
on the eve of the most exciting state cleo
tions known in American history, could
possibly exist for putting ones name on
its subscription list.
Last July the escape of three girls from
the Mitchellville ILL.,, reform school, and
the subsequent capture of two of them by
Marshal Miller at Milan, was chronicled
in the ARGUS. On Tuesday the third fugi-
tive was found by the Davenport police in
a house on Ripley street, in that city, but
she gave the officers a long chase before
she could be secured. To-day she will be
started back to the reform school.
The Iowa and Illinois Central District
Medical society met in the Board of Educa-
ton room yesterday afternoon. There
were in attendance Drs. A. W Cantwell,
M. B. Cochran. W. D. Middleton and j.
w. Ell. Baker, of Davenport; J. Cozad, of
Andalusia, Warren Hunter, of Hampton;
J. B. Davidson, of Moline, and G.. G. Craig
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