The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-22

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This evening, beginning at 7:sO o'clock
the usual Good Friday preparatory ser
vices win be held in the Twentieth stree
Evangelical Lutheran church, sermon By
the pastor, Rev. q. A. Mennicke. Usua
Good Friday services beginning at 1e
o'clock a. m.
The probable results of to-nights re
publican caucuses. so far as they can be
arrived at, win be about as follows; In
the First ward, should a nomination be
made Thomas Smart is likely to be the
winner; in the Third C. G. Knell is most
talked of; in the Sixth William WEIGH and
| in the Seventh Frank Sinnet.
This afternoon Marshal Miller visited
the disreputable rookery in the alley
bounded on the west side of Palace Row,
and arrested Mrs. Flanagan and young
| female named Wilson whom he escorted
tosthe Armory, the former in a decidedly
hilarious condition.
The Parker HARDWOOD alleged embezzle-
ment case was started this afternoon be-
fore Squire Chopper, the prosecution
being represented by Mr.. Peasants and
the defendant by MFR. Hill, of Moline, and
Mr.. Sweeney, of thisicity. Finally, on
affidavit of the prosecution that a mater
ial witness, Captain Parks. was out of
town. the case was continued till Satur-
day morning next, at o'clock.
Quite number of people, including a
newspaper reporter. anxiously watched a
chap late yesterday afternoon who was
shoveling old shingles from the frail.
wooden awning between Hoffmasteras and
Don's stores, where they had been thrown
from the roof above The structure
seemed hardly firm enough to support
him and a few rotten shingles at one and
the same time.
The fire escape balconies for the Har
per House, shipped from Chicago several
days ago, have not yet arrived, but the
workmen are putting in their time max
ing everything ready to put them up as
soon as they get here. Two of the escapes
for the court yard are already in place
and will doubtless be very effective.
From the Fulton journal: Diamond
10 Reynolds was in town on Wednesday,
He said the G. b. & Q. company would
soon commence the work Of building
shutes, etc.. shat coal can be readily trans
ferred from cars to barges He said the
coal trade with the Diamond 10 line of
steamers was increasing rapidly and this
year would be in excess of any previous
year. Last season this line of boats dis
charged about 10. 900 tons of coal at Dubu
que"
OF our sick people we regret to learn
that Dir. 4Glpin Moore has suffered a
partial relapse, which may be partly or
wholly attributable to the recent cold
spell. On the other hand Mr.. o. j.
Dimick has 50 farrecovered from u par
ticularly violent attack of pneumonia as
to be about again. Mr.. G. G. .McIntire
was also at his place of business to day,
none the worse for his sudden and severe
illness of Tuesday night save slight sore
ness across his chest.
The Northwestern Traffic Association
has issued a new tariff on emigrant NOV
ables TO Manitoba and North ives tern Terri
tories. taking effect March 20, 1883, and
expiring May 1, 1888. The new rates
are considerably lower than the old ones.
and win apply to all household goods,
second handed farm machinery and Wag-
ons, and live stock mot to exceed six
h ead,) properly included in the outfit of
settlers, but do not include general mer-
chandise, provisions. or grain, unless in
tended for seed or for feeding animals in
transit. A limited quantity of humber or
wood, in shape for building "claim
shack, not to exceed 1000 feet, viii be
taken in mixed car.