The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-17
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
By AReus-ErED REPORTERS FOR TIE AHou,

The farmers are busy with their harvest.
Maj. Allen, of Geneseo, was in the city
to4day.
R. B. Hatch, of st. Louis, is in the
city, for the purpose of buying lumber.
F. @. Gates. of Port Byron, is in the
city to day.
b. F. Woolley has sold his flour and
feed store to John Streckfus,
For awnings, tents. etc.. apply to G. H
Young, No 1T Main street Davenport
may2d3m
H. c. Clesvelend is home from Spring
field
Rapids City. is having its ordinances
revised.
Superintendent Kerr will make new
list of water consumers.
A first-class ironer wanted at the Chi
cago Laundry corner Eighteenth street
and Second avenue. If
The finance and water committees held
q meeting last evening
A teachers certificate was issued to
Hattie A. Moore, of Moline. Monday
John Blakely. this morning, sold a fine
horse to Mott s. Winter.
The Knights of Labor will hold a grand
picnic at Brooks Grove on the Sd of
August.
Mems workingshoes 95 cents, at Carse
& Reticker's
H. B. SudlOw, superintendent of the
R. l. & P, accompanied by his wife.
left, last evening, for Colorado Springs
Fl. Loosely, Peoria, agent of the r. l
Il p, was in the city last evening, on his
way to Colorado Springs
James Council, after resting in the
station house over night, was fined 81,
and not being able to pay, was tenderly
but firmly fired
A P Goddard, Esq, an influential cit
izen of Freeport, passed through Rock
Island last night on his way to Texas
The Moline Plow Company have filed.
in the recorders office, a certificate of its
intention to increase the number of di-
rectlrS from six to seven.
Miss Helen Benedict. of Dubuque who
has been visiting the family of E. H.
Bowman, leaves for home tomorrow.
The new dummy. on the Milan track.
has been found to be of,too wide gauge,
and a change will have to be made
]. H. Drayton and daughter left this
morning for Eedham, Mass, Mr.. Dray-
toms old home 1t has been eighteen
years since he left there
The Knights of Pytbias did not install
officers Monday night as contemplated,
on account of the absence of Arthur
Burial
Mr. Thomas Hart $50 Clark street,
CHICAGO. Ill, says: Having typhoid
fever and becoming convalescent, Il
found strength in using Browns Iron
Bitters.'
Mr.. William Jackson and family de
parted this morning for the Atlantic coast.
They will first stop at Portland and then
Nantucket. They will be gone about two
months
The Onion wants to establish dump
yard" in the lower part pf the city. We
fancy the citizens in that neighborhood
have just as tender smelling organs as
their brethren farther up town
Malaria positively cured with Emory's
Standard Cure Pills,a never failing remed
Y; purely vegetable, contain no quinine,
sugar coated. rs cents.
Sales on Market square to-day were
Three loads of oats, Soc per bushel; two
of corn, 5Gd51c per bushel; two loads of
hay. Ss(9$9 per load; one load of hogs,
IS per hundred
The Young Peoples Working society
of the Central Presbyterian church held
special meeting last evening. They de
cided to give picnic one week from to-
morrow, in honor of their pastor, Rev. s.
S. Cryer, who will shortly leave on his
summer vacation
The pay roll for street work during the
first two weeks of July amounts to 81,
01516. The laborers will be paid this
evening. The total amount expended so
far, including the above, is 81, zoo. 10,
leaving S.. 1885, of the appropriation.
A horse trade occurred on Armory
corner this afternoon. Looking at both
animals, with an unprecedented yet skill
full eye, the reporter was forced to admit
that he would hesitate to give 90 cents
for the two
People living in The vicinity of Fifth
avenue and Fourteenth street, are greatly
annoyed from the stencil which arises
from the sewer, which is in such condi-
ton that refuse and obnoxious matter is
running out into the street The health
officer or some of the city authorities
should abate the nuisance Immediately
or sickness will be the result.
KICKED BY A HORSE.
Oliver Olson was kicked by a playful
horse, Monday, on the right hip. i
makes him limp.