The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-05

mere VIII soon De TWO new telephone
subscribers at Cordoya.
Mr.. r. C. McWilliams and wife departed
for Chicago this morning.
DIR. Vessels year old boy is sick with
pneumonia.
Ezra Smith our popular hardware man is
taking an invoice of stock.
The weather has moderated considerably
since yesterday.
Marshal Henderson Is to collect the spec
ial sewer tax.
Mrs. Kittie Rodgers, nee Miss Kittie
Delancit. is visiting relatives in this city.
A new switch board for the Moline tele-
phone office will be put in place in few
days.
If sieighing gets good farmers will com
mence to bring their hogs to market in
large numbers.
Since yesterdays snow the street car
company are compelled to pse two horses
on each car
Considerable sleighing was INDUCED in
last evening, although the snow as yet is
little light.
The Moline Pipe Organ Company will
manufacture So. 500 organ for Kansas
City church.
Protracted meeting at the NJ. E. church
is now in full blast the interest increasing
nightly.
Mr. Samuel Haley, of Wilson, Ross s.
Co. road cast manufacturers, is in ST. Louis
on business.
The supplementary catalogue of our
soon be issued.
After passing through the hands of three
car drivers yesterday, my report finally
reached the office SO late that part was
necessarily omitted.
The snow was removed from the top of
the Keator House to-day. much to the an
noyance of people passing by on the streets
below.
DR.. Cook will be ready to meet the Rev.
C. C. Burdette in joint debate any time
after this week, and that gentleman has
been written to that effect.
The grand jury found an indictment for
simple assault and battery" against Gus
Griffith of this place, who was held for an
indecent assault some time ago and thus he
will escape the penitentiary.
The report is in circulation here that
DR.. Cook as grand juror did not make
success of his gambling house prosecutions.
II SO he will probably confine himself here
after to delivering temperance lectures.
~
gether with Miss Belle Daggett of Kansas
City. and Miss Nellie Mansur of St. Louis,
started to-day for the east, where they will
resume their studies.
Jack Mccain, who for several DAYS has
been in critical condition, his complaint
being pneumonia, is about the same to-
day, only he is considerably weaker. The
doctor in attendance says his chance for
recovery liz slim. His father, who has
been watching with him. is now sick with
the same disease
At meeting of the library board last
evening Mrs. Kate Holt, the librarian, was
allowed $40 additional pay for work done
in preparing manuscript copy of the sup
plement to the present catalogue, and Ned
Dunn, the janitor. had his salary raised to
$e per month, spot cash"
There was very pleasant party at the
residence of John NJ. Holt last evening,
when Mrs. Holt and her sister from Oak
Park, Illinois, entertained their former
schoolmates to the number of about 25
couple; all enjoyed themselves thorough
ly.
Quite q number of our young people
who were out sleighing last evening, AID
who came back by way of the avenue, were
quite swrathy' when they discovered that
the street car company had scraped the
entire street from Williams & Whites to
the barn, and that they were compelled to
ride On bare ground. The next time they
go to the lower cities they will return by
some back street.
At the meeting of the Electric Light
Company at Dunn's Hall last evening, 1866
out of 200 of the shares now taken was
represented. The proposition to increase
the stock from $4,000 to $4,000 was
carried The books TO be opened i'm