The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-12
This morning Officer McCabe found

Mrs. Reslar, of lie Glare street, Daven-
port, dead drunk and doubled up in an
Clubhouse connected with the depot of the
Peoria road She was carried to the Ar
mory and at last accounts was slumber-
ing peaceful.
Sometime on Saturday night a water
pipe burst near the drug store of Marshall
& Fisher, completely flooding the Rock
Island and Moline street car track and
freezing solidly so that the street car
authorities had work enough all of yester-
day forenoon in clearing the same. There
was no interruption in the running of cars,
however
St. Louis parties are getting great guam
titles OF ice out of Rock river in Milan
without paying for the privilege. 1t having
been claimed by the owners of property
along the stream that some compensation
was due them, law suit seemed immi
nent but it is reported Today that settle
ment for 500 is likely to be effected.
This afternoon at 2 O'Clock the funeral
services were held of an infant child of Mr.
and Mrs. D. Carlos Woods Many friends
sympathize deeply WITH them in their af-
Fiction. 1t was currently reported today
that Mrs Woods was dead, but the rumor
was tracerble to the above.
Owing to the inability of Judge Glenn
to get here in time it became necessary to
still farther adjourn court till tomorrow
morning at O'Clock
A prominent citizen suggests that it
would be well for the Rock Island street
commissioner to initiate the example of the
Moline official and have the cutters of
Second avenue cleaned out in order that
the water in the spring may have free
course. A practical aud pertinent sugges-
tian.
Yesterday a horse belonging to Weyer
haeuser & Denkman dashed up Third
avenue with a pair of shafts at his heels.
In front of Mr. August Herkerts saloon
he collided with Coal Valley rig with
such force that the hitching strap broke,
but the horse was secured before be could
Join the other in his mad freak The first
ndiiltU dtilIAldl ran IuIO tree at the AfLnOFg
corner and was soon after secured
This forenoon the huge Newfoundland
dog owned by Mr.. Fred Ehleb, of the
Empire market, tackled a somewhat
smaller canine and held on like death to
colored individual for long time, entirely
the pals of cold water
emptied upon him, the blows from iron
bars rained upon his head and the in
Vulnerable applications which usually |
suffice to persuade dog to '.let up" The |
occurrence attracted the usual crowd. In |
fact it would be cold day which wouldn't |
start a crowd toward the scene of a dog
fight.
The House military committee has |
agreed to report in favor of doing away |
with more then half of the arsenals now
maintained by the government. 1t seems,
10 says the dispatch, that out of thirteen
,nly three or four are needed; the latter
If course including the one in this city.
It is probably too late in the session for
lefinite action to be taken upon- this
proposition but the way will be prepared
or action by the next Congress. To-day
Col. d. w. Flagler started for the south
west upon an inspection of arsenals, or |
Iuite likely that his report will influence
he action of Congress materially in the
Arsenal abolition business,