The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-30


Mr. Samuel Kennedy of Moline, confessed
judgment in the sum of $729.12 in favor
of the Chicago printers supply house of
Marder, Luse & Co
George W. Henry, Jr., of this city, and
his cousin, Jimmie Mills. of Hillsdale, are
loading up their shells preparatory to
another descent upon 'Dosia ducks.
Our Davenport contemporaries haven't
yet found out that bell boy, name un-
known, fell down the elevator shaft of
the Kimball House in that city yesterday
| afternoon. Although the lad is said to
have fallen height of about four stories
he was not fatally injured.
Nellie Richardson. young girl who,
| though but fifteen years of age, is one of
the toughest to be found in Christendom,
was arrested yesterday as chronic incor-
rigible on complaint of her mother and
step-father. This afternoon she was be-
fore Squire Cropper, who found her
guilty and fined her $500, in default of
which she went to Jail for twelve months
inc extent OF the law.
1t IS rumored, and The rumor has been
| traced to reliable source, that it is the
purpose of Alderman Reimers to trot out
another Aldermanic candidate to night in
| the Sixth ward, hoping thereby to bring
about the defeat of Mr.. Cary. Who the
aspiring individual is, the individual who
desires to be sat down upon at the polls,
is an enigma. Perhaps Alderman Reimers
viii ''move to reconsider" before evening.
Stranger things have happened.
This mornings Union: 1.-THE ARGUS
regards James as lucky name in politics,
and congratulates the democratic nom
inee. 1t forgets the James boys whose
success in local politics has not been
remarkable. No, the ARGUS did not
forget the James boys but 1t ignored them
because they were republican in politics.
at all events Jesse always voted the
straight republican ticket. Next!
The sermon to which most politicians
will pay particular attention next Sunday ),
will have for its text the miracle of the
loaves and fishes.
At their caucus last evening in The
Centre schoolhouse the republicans of
South Rock Island put in nomination the
following ticket: Supervisor, Thomas
Campbell; town clerk, Henry s. Case;
assessor, Henry Fl. Sears; collector, Fred
Brockman; highway commissioner. Henry
Schroeder; cverseer. John Gallagher
AT ter the appointment of the following
named town committeeman the caucus
adjourned Messrs. Henry III. Sears.
George Wood, Jacob Brockman.
A man named Saulpaugh, from out
near Taylor Ridge, who undertook to get
his board for nothing at the Commercial
Hotel and at H. s. Wages restaurant on
Seventeenth street, was arrested by
Marshal Miller upon the charge of an at
tempt to defraud. After having been
locked up for time in the Armory he
came to his senses and squaring up his
hash accounts was released The next
time he comes to Rock Island he will call
for the bill of fare like a little man and the
bill affair afterwards.
1t is high time that the suggestion in
the ARGUS few weeks ago, respecting
an immediate, systematic and thorough
cleaning of streets and alleys before really
warm weather sets in, was beginning
to be acted upon. Filthy highways and
byways invite the approach of disease
and death Even with the most thoro ugh
which can be given them it is not
always among the possibilities to avert a
pestilence but it certainly adds materially
TO the trouble with which the health de-
partment has to grapple if residents, one
and all, do not heartily cooperate with
them in effective hygienic work. A word
to the wise at this time would seem to be
all that is necessary.
The meetings, which have been in pro
gress for several weeks in the First
Methodist church, and which have been
of an exceptional degree of interest
are likely to be brought to a
close at the expiration of the present
week, not because of waning interest but
because of the great strain upon the faith
full workers, which has reached the
point where rest is imperatively demanded.
For the remainder of the week Rev. DR..
McCord will be assisted by Rev. q. q.
GiImer. of Carthage, Ill,
Vice President Gable, General Superin
tendent Kimball and Engineer Brayton
have just returned from an inspecting
trip of eleven hundred miles over the G.
r. 1. s. p. tracks going from Davenport
to Oskaloosa, then to Keokuk, then to
Fairfield, to Kansas City. then to Leaven-
worth and Atchison to Council Bluffs and
home on the main line. Though the
track has been a heavier sufferer the past
winter than at any previous time in its
history. there was no visible sign of any
injury done to the track or road-bed by
the receding frost. The expense of
shoveling was not SO great as two years
ago, but the intense cold cost an immense
consumption of coal, the extra expense of
fuel for trains from Davenport to Coun
Gil Bluffs often reaching $500 daily.
The ARGUS has improved facilities for