The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24
MOLINE DEPARTMENT.
Republican primaries this evening.

| udtC 1OI city Clc1k
Mr. and Mrs Albert Dick have returned
from Galesburg.
Eugene Lewis is home from his trip to
Iowa.
A large number of seats have been re-
served for the coupling contest.
Fred Savage of Deere & Cos travelling
| force is at home
Interesting Easter services will he held
| in all the churches tomorrow morning.
A colored gentleman from Br4idwood
will on Monday open up barber shop
| in j. T. Browning's new building.
The Turner's of this city have their last
kranzchen this evening at the opera
house.
Fun tonight at the republican primar-
les. Go and see it.
Fred Astcrland has been opening the
fire plugs. getting them ready for an
emergency.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Youngrecn will be buried at clock to-
morrow afternoon.
Col Clendenin. Ed Knox and Stewart
Els are each having boom for the may
orally.
1t is the opinion of most every body that
there will be an independent ticket in the
field that will sweep everything.
Deere & Co. are very busy shipping.
They recently received large order for
their goods from the Sandwich Islands.
The Geneseo boys have secured section
in the opera house for the coming coup
ling contest
The grocery men had all they could do
to day supplying their customers with
eggs.
visit to Missouri last evening II is prob
able that he viii be nominated for mayor
during his absence.
Anthony Mapes leaves Monday for a
few days hunting. He has made arrange
ments with the c., r. I. & P r. R. TO
ship his spoils.
1t is reported that the Moline Tunnel
company has thirty thousand dollars
worth of ore ready to be crushed and
worked.
The arbitratols in the Moline Shoe
Co. g case have agreed to disagree, so
the matter will have to be settled in the
conrts.
Theehorses advertised to be sold at
ehattel mortgage sale yesterday were
bought by W. H. Gaylord
Dimock, Gould 81 Co.'S raft boat. the
Moline is all ready for the coming sea-
sons work and will start for the pineries
as soon as the weather viii permit.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Fred Gould is reported as being much
better. and strong hopes are entertained
of a speedy recovery.
Fred A. Bergsten leaves this evening
for Chicago. where he will purchase a
stock of spring goods
Candidates for the various offices seem
to be "chock full" of business, if we can
Judge from the way they are hopping
around.
A mighty Nimrod, Thomas Cralle.
went up to Barstow yesterday and after
skfrmishing around all day returned with
two splendid specimens known as mud
hens.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Kirby now Sup
erntendent of the Clinton iron works will
soon take up his residence in Moline he
having been rendered position in one of
our factories.
Charles Peal has taken charge of the
saloon on Wells street, made vacant by
the death of Otto johnson. and a gectle-
man who has been bartender for Robert
Rosenquist has taken charge of Peal's
old stand
There does not seem to be any stir as
to the assessorship, yet judging from the
grumhling that many gave vent to on &C
count of their assessment we should think
they would he looking up good men for
the place.
Mrs. Colson, the woman who was SO |
badly hurt yesterday by the cars. is still
and the chances for her re
covery are very slim indeed.
Frank Barnard will remain in Moline !
having accepted position with the Bar
nard & Lees manufacturing company.
We were in error yesterday in stating
that the engineer of the train that strack |
Mrs. Colson did not stop his train but
went right on to Rock Island. The en-
gineer was Ed. Croprer. who came to a
stop as quickly as possible. and was one
of the first to render the injured woman
assistance.
We should advise that anxious
mother" who gave vent TO her opinion
upon school matters to engage herself to
the school board and try teaching. |
We think one weeks work would demon
strate to her that she is not exactly right
on educational matters. especially as far
as it concerns our city schoGl