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

The supervisors acted very foolfshly
yesterday afternoon in The matter Of
| printing the proceedings of the board
Instead of voting sufficient sum of mon
ey to defray the expenses of printing the
records, they laid the matter over unit
the July meeting. Their constituents de
sire to know how they are filling IN theiI
time, and it is their right to know what
is being done by the county board There
is such thing as being too economical
The ARGUS will not be so unkind as tc
give the name of the young man in this
city, who was arrested for vandalism
| by The eastern detective. The joke was
finely executed, and the bows had &
| hearty laugh at the expense of Charles
| Augustus.
! Mr.. F. FL. Adams, representing the
Standard Roof Paint Co, has closed the
contract with the board of supervisors to-
day to paint the new roof on the court
house The roof of the Jail building was
lately painted by him and it gives such
good satisfaction that the board voted
unanimously to have the roof of the
court house covered with the same paint.
Mr.. Irving d. Burgh. the popular ac-
conntant at Wyherhauser & Denkman's
lumber office. will start for Lake City,
Mimi, next Thursday morning. The
trip is of more than ordinary i'm oortance
to him. for, as rumor hath it, on his arri-
l. l,a mil h., in
the holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Carrie
Skinner, well and favorably known in this
city The young. couple are so well
known in Rock Island, it is needless for
the ARGUS to say anything in their favor.
but with many friends extends its
congratulations
The business man of the Union attend
ed the meeting of the board of supervis ors
Friday afternoon, and by his very persua-
sive and oily manner endeavored to induce
them to give his paper privilege to pub
fish the proceedings for the ensuing year
He even went so far as to offer to print
them free gratis, provided each member
of the board would subscribe for the
Union whether they read it or not 1t
would naturally be expected that the
board would jump at this proposition,
but behold the chagrin and discontinue
on the manly ceuntenance of the b. m
when this proposition was also rejected
If he had not made his presence so con
spicuous and necessarily obnoxious.
the supervisors might not have taken the
course they did in regard to the printing
A German about 81 years of age, named
F. H. w Reinhardt was on Friday in
generated in the Keokuk Jail for taking
letters from the Davenport post office
which did not belong to him. On the
36th of April he called at the office and
got letter containing $50. The letter
was addressed to F. W. Reinhardt, which
was intended for a travelling agent of a
Cincinnati scale house. Thursday the
alse Reinhardt was in Rock Island, and |
alled at Sutliff's stable, and asked one of |
he men to bring over box for him |
Which was in the Davenport express office. |
When the man went over for the box the |
company would not let it go until an or
Ter for it was furnished. The express |
package was also for the travelling agent.
nd the other Reinhardt had got a postal
ut of the office, saying that the box
you'd be shipped, The officers gobbled
i'm, however, before he committed any
1ore wrong, and he is now languishing in
be Keokuk jail
The action taken by the board of super
isors Friday afternoon in the matter of
he location of the proposed insane asy-
Inn and medical and surgical hospital,
as been very generally condemned
When the people voted in favor of an
of $50, 1000 for the erection
f hospital, it was generally understood
nat the site selected would be between
Rock Island and Moline. If the building
Tas only to be used for an insane asylum,
would be all very well to build it in Rur-
township at the poor farm, but as it is
roposed to use it also for the accommo-
alton of those who require medical and
lrgical treatment, it should be built in
lie immediate vicinity of the manufact- (
RES and railroads, where injured persons
'uld be quickly cared for. No objec
on3 could be found to the site which |
+. p l.. Cubic offered to donate in case
| insane asylum and hospital was built
I'D by selecting the poor farm in Rural
the board displayed very poor
Idgment