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

Fiuegel. The case was taken IRON jus
tice Halves on change of cnue.
Wanted-At the Rock Island House q
first class vegetable cook Immediately
Next Monday the May term of the cir
cut court commences, with Judge Pleas
ants presiding.
Regular meeting of the city council next
Monday evening. Is will be interesting.
August Horstmann and Miss Lena Har-
der, of Moline, haveprocurred marriage
license.
Meas working shoes 95 cents, at Carse
& Retickers.
The literary society of the First nj. b.
church meets at the residence of Mr.. j.
D. Taylor.
Liverymen are not anxious to have
teams go out when the roads are in such
bad condition as they are to-day.
The board of supervisors will adjourn
tomorrow morning The members are
all jolly, good fellows, and have behaved
themselves very we'll during their stay in
the city.
The worthy supervisors from Cordova,
Canoe Creek and Coe. paid visit to
Davenport last night
was opened this morning at the Harper
-honse drug store. Don't fail to secure
seats to this excellent entertainment.
'"The only reliable Pillsbury's Best, at
Hawley & Hills.
The festival under the auspicies of the
Central Presbyterian church win take
place tonight at the church parlors
Ice cream, coffee and lunch will be serv-
ed. A pleasant evening is guaranteed TO
all that attend.
The little daughter of George r. Ken
nison, of this city, was adopted in the
county court before Judge Adams on
Thursday, by Mr. and Mrs. George Rob
werdder, residing near Moline.
Wall has eastern buggies from 500 to
800.
This kind of weather getting monoto-
nous, and the pattering of the rain makes
a dismal sound. The almanac alone says
that May is here.
A party of nine ladies and gentlemen
from Glenwood, H., were mt the Rock
Island thouse over night, on their way
home from California. where they have !
been on visit.
W. Fl. Decker, of Davenport, one of |
the directors of the Rock Island & Peoria
road passed through the city on his way
home from Peoria last night
Have your buggies put in first class
order, at ii. NJ Walls, or Seventeenth
street. NAV A. ct |
Mr., John BlakeleY, Jr., disposed of his
five year old dapple brown gelding to-day
to Lorton Bros, of Davenport. The ami
NAL will be shipped east to night, and was
sold for round figure
W. j. Van Ice, postmaster at Galva,
passed through Rock Island last night for
lie Mars, Iowa, having received message
that his father was dangerously i'll.
During the storm early Thursday morn
ing, large tree in B. Davenport's pas
ture, and near school house No. 6. was
struck by lightning and knocked into
kindling wood.
The rain will interfere some rwSth the
trotting matinee at Davenport to morrow
afternoon. The celebrated stallions are
not likely to lower their record to 2:s0.
The different lodges of A. o. Il. w
have received double assessment. No
~ and rs for the month of May. Con
side able sickness is prevalent through out
the state; which is the cause of the extra
assessment.
Messrs. b. d. Buford and ]. s Drake
arc in Chicago on business, in connection
with the new patent coupling pin owned
by Mr.. Buford
MIR and Mrs Sanford Mott arrived from
New Orleans last night, and will remain
in the city few days before returning to |
their home in Taylor Falls, Mimi. MIR.
Mott says he experiences a great chance
IN the weather from what it was down |
south.
5. K sharpless, the sheriff of Cheyenne, |
Wy, and b. DIETRICH, deputy. were in
town yesterday. They had been taking
prisoner to Joliet, and were on their wav
home. Mr.. Sharpless visited his sister-in.
law here, Miss Josie Gillette. Wyoming
Territory has contract with the Joliet
penllentlary to keep their prisoners.
MIR. |. r. Pitney and wife, for long
time residents of this city, departed to day
Tor keithsburg, which town they will
make their future home. For the past
ten years Mr.. Pitney has had charge of a
train on the Rock Island & Mercer coun-
ty road He will now run on the Iowa
Central road between Keithsburg and
Peoria
The Rock Island House bus while on
its way to. the Rock Island depot this
morning, stuck fast in mud hole on
Second avenue, east of the Harper House
the place where the sewer had been re-
fixed lately, and the passengers, number
ngsixteen, were transferred to the Har-
per House bus. 1t was with difficulty
that the empty bus was extricated Th'
street at that particular place is in bat
condition and should be attended to a
once The street cars had to transfe
Their own passengers in mud hole. il
consequence.