The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-05

Thursday April 5, 1888.
gREvrT1Es.

me DUH county - 100
robins, the mild April weather having
drawn them out
Mayor elect Mott left town TINS Hoi"
ing on business trip and will not return
before Saturday evening
Regular monthly communicate OF
Trio Lodge, A. F. & A M. this evening
PLENTY of thunder, lightning aud ram
last night.
Mr. Hank Stoddard was in town to day
talking over old times with Sheriff Ret OK
er and other gray haired friends
Notwithstanding the rain last evening
the popular enthusiasm over the election
could rot be suppressed
Mr.. C. H. Ritter will be the repu bllcan
candidate at the special election to sue.
coed Alderman Mott.
A marriage license was issued TINS
,nornino to David D. Clark and Miss
Hannah NJ. Mills
The usual dead quiet Immediately fol
lowing an election. is experienced IN kock
Island to day in all of its force.
The new c., B. & Q. bridge over Rock
river at Sterling will be looked after by
Mr.. E. p Rey nolds, Jr.
What can the Union mean by the fol
lowing: Citizen Bennett is even prouder
man than Mayor elect Mott. And before
the next two years we shouldn't be sur.
prised if he had more reason for it.
Three young men named Gray, Jones
and Mclaughlin, INDUCED in a little spar
ring business yesterday. and each paid
Squire Chopper IS and costs for the priv
ilege.
The biggest bargains in shoes ever
offered in Rock Island are now given at
Olsen & Co.'S great closing out sale.
Apr2 st
Eggs have declined in price to seven
teen and half cents a dozen-a clever
inducement to the buyer to get two dozen
and thus save the odd half cent.
Several railroaders are being laid off
temporarily at present, there being but
little business going on, especially from
the west toward the east One of the
boys, instead of resting on his oars, pro-
cured paint pot and brush this morning
and hired out as painter. He will get
to the front without doubt.
WANTED travellers and
local agents everywhere in the United
States, to sell "Warrens Entire Wheat
Patent Flour" the only true food flour;
covered by patents; business exclusively.
Franklin Mills Co., SO Clark street, Chi
cago Ill. mch17ms-5t
George Bowers, colored, is a white
washer by occupation. Requiring some
lime in his business. he opened freight
car and took out several humps, the prop
erty of E. F. Frazer. This morning he
was taken before Justice Cooke and fined
$40 and costs on a misdemeanor.
Mayor-elect Mott would fam escape the
opportunities of hungry Office seekers.
His is out another illustration of the old
saying: Uneasy lies the head which
wears a crown"
Peoria Freeman: H B. Sudlow, sup
erintendent of the R. I. & P. was in the
city yesterday viewing the ruins of the
burned shops of the road, The rebuilding
of the shops will be commenced immcdi- |
ately."
Mayor elect Mott said to an ARGUS re
porter on Tuesday thai whether elected |
or defeated this would be the last of his
running for office, Since election and
the announcement of his splendid in
dorsement by the people he adhcres to |
his determination. He thinks he has had |
enough of it.
Maj. Phipps, of the ordnance depart
ment, stationed at the Rock Island Arse
nal for the last year or more, yesterday |
afternoon received telegraphic order
transferring him to Kennebec Arsenal in |
Maine. Some three months ago the
Major passed a highly satisfactory ex-
animation in New York and was pro
NOTED.
The ARGUS has improved facilities for |
doing job work of all kinds 1t employs |
none but the best of workmen, while its |
AAaIcIioi - VI Ghc idteSt SIyle anu IS DeinS |
constantly added to. It's stock of fancy |
stationery is large and varied; its supply |
of all kinds of commercial stock is prac-
tically unlimited, and its prices are rea-
sonable. The best of work guaranteed. |
If
The following from the Burlington |
Gazette will proved equally true of Rock |
Island beyond doubt In striking |
comparison with the preceding republican |
council, the newly elected democratic |
officers did not WELD the official scythe |
with partisan hand last night, but re-
tanned some of last years officers, because |
OF their efficiency and with no reference |
to their political predictions"
The Well-known steamboat INSPECTOR.
Capt. George W. Girdon, met with a |
painful accident last Saturday morning |
while inspecting the steamer Mary Nor
ton, which was lying at the Eagle Point
ways, Dubuque. Together with Capt. |
John G. Scott, the other government in
spector, he was engaged in looking over
the steamer, and, while passing through
the cabin, accidentally stepped into an open
hatchway, falling ten feet. He struck