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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
In Jail.

Henry Taylor is bad man, not oals
bad. but very bad. Henry has been away
from home some time, working for the
Diamond 10 line When he returned home
yesterday, he announced his intention tc
the wife of his bosom of selling all theil
household furniture. His wife, who was
sick in bed, got up and demonstrated with
him, whereupon he kicked her. He was
arrested by Chief Miller and taken before
a justice, who sent him to jail until his
wife gets well. This is right. If Henry
intends to kick and beat his wife, he
ought to be kept there all the time
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Racing.


Mr.. Phil Crockett, of Coal Valley, was
in the city today with his celebrated
horse, Richmont. He told us about some
racing that had been going on at his
home, Long View farm, a fine piece OF
land short distance from Coal Valley.
A week ago Saturday, s. FL. Velie's horse
Birdie" and Mr.. Merrimans horse
Dan" ran quarter mile race, which
was to have been best 3 IN heats. The
first was a dead heat and was a fine exhi-
bitien of speed. The .horses were pretty
well tagged out, and it was decided that
whichever won the next heat, would be
declared the winner of the race. :1twas
very even run, but Dan came out about
nose ahead. Considerable; talk was
INDUCED in by the respective owners. and
the result is that another race will take
place tomorrow betweea the same parties
A purse has been arranged, and the best
horse win win. Mr. Croeket, although
o good judge Of horse flesh. says be is al
q loss to knew which horse viii win, as
they are SO closely matched.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
TRANSFERS.


Ben Dyer. Tom FRAZIER and his brother
Abraham, of Muscatine, came to the con
clusion Saturday, to see something Of this
round world. They got together, and
came to the conclusion to go west They
struck Rock Island yesterday. Dyer's
father is in the stationery business in
Muscstine, and young Dyer made sneak
on a lot Of his fathers stock, intending to
dispose of it as he could. When the
boys reached here, Dyer went to work
peddling, but was collared by Chief
Miller and run in. His other partners
were served likewise. Word was tele
graphed to their parents who requested
that they be sent home. Accordingly the
boys were put on the train this morning
and sent back to their mammas.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Hill.

Hill, the man who tried to make a seive
out of Bailey on Decoration day, had his
preliminary examination before justice
yesterday. There was large attendance
of spectators present, who thought they
would hear something spicy. but in this
they were very mach disappointed. Mrs
Hill and her two" daughters were present,
and their protestations of grief were very
touching, though Hill remained as unmov.
able as On iron statute, After hearing all
the evidence, which was about the same
as given in the Argus when the shooting
took place, the Justice bound Hill over &c
court in the sum Of $500. There are
many of our citizens who are under the
opinion that Hill is insane. To order to
determine that fact a number of gentle
men went ON his bond. so the county
court could act in the matter A jury
was empanneled yesterday, and Hill
brought before them for trial, but owing
to the lateness of the hour the trial was
put off until this morning. -,
Hilswas brough before jury consist
ing of the following gentlemen this morn
ing: DR.. s. C. Plummer, J. W. McCabe
W. G. WEIGH, w. e. White and Arthur
Burial. States Attorney Parmenter and
Attorney jackson appeared for the state
while Mr.. James Beardsley appeared fol
Hill. Mrs. Hill testified that her husband
had been acting in very queer manner
for the past six weeks. In her opinion he
was crazy. Nina Hill testified, substan
TALLY reiterating what her mother had ties
tilted to- Drs Eyster and Craig testified
that they had examined Hill, and it wa.
their opinion that he was not now of /
sound mind. s,ra a.. s4sa..,s d
The examination of number Of othel
witnesses took place this afternoon. Mis-
Alice Hill testified that her father hat
been acting in very queer manner for |
long time, He was very restless. DR.
Gait was called to testify in regard tt
Hills insanity. He said he had examine,
Hill in jail. He had known Hill TO
twenty years He had attended on tn
| family. He could not say whether Hill
was insane or not. In the course of hi
remarks DR.. Calf paid very high tribut,
to Mrs. Hill and the Hill young ladies
One Of the cracker factory men was testify
ing as we left the court room at 8 40 thi
evening There is one thing that is par.
ticularly noticeable in this trial and tina
is the manner In which Hills family sticl
| to him. Mrs. Hill is in court accom-
panied BIZ her two daughters. who CT
| almost continuallys The community
deeply sympathize with the afflicted fam
| lily In their trouble, and we, with man.
other friends, hope their trouble will 500
be at an end.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10


Old Lou ,Evers, Of Davenport. was in
town again the other night, full, as usual.
She was inquiriHg of everybody she met
II they knew where the ARGUS reporter
was. She was going to shoot the reporter
full of holes on sight. This is cheering
news, indeed. But Lou, for the love Of
God. don't shoot US. We are too young
to say nothing of being too wicked to die
just yet. We want to live while in this
beautiful world before handing in oul
checks. Hence these tears and these
protestations. If this appeal don,i
fetch" Lou. then there is nothing left
for us to do but order Knox to make us q
coffin.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
A Dentist.

The boys tell a good one on one of oul
BARRIERS. The barber took in the side show
the other day and got stuck on one of the
Circassian girls. The Cireassian girl had
tooth which was decaying and she
wanted the molor plugged. She in
quired of the barber If he was a dentist
and the barber told her he was. She
would put her finger in her dainty little
mouth and show the dentist barber hel
TOOTH, Some of the boys got on, but they
said nothing and sawed wood" Blu
now, when they want to get his barber
nils mad, they stick their front finger il
their mouth. He tumbles. & S
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
The Fire.

The alarm of fire at II 30 this morning
was caused by two story brick house,
owned by Capt. Cameron, and occupied
by exPoliceman Meenan, being on fire.
The fire companies promptly responded,
but the Rescue boys were the only COM
pany who put stream on. The Rescue
boys attached their hose to the fire plug
on Sixth avenue and Twentysecond street,
but it didn't do much good, as the hose
was in bad working order. The fire was
soon extinguished, and the loss will be
small. But for while the four hundred
people present thought the house was
gone. 1t is not known how the house
caught Ere, if it didn't catch from flue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Tia Convention.


The opening Of the musical convention.
which is being held at the First Methodist
Episcopal church. took place. last night.
There was sSfair audience. but not $50
large as It would have been had the
weather been more propitioas. The con-
vention organized. and listened to several
short addresses. intersperced with singing,
and then adjourned till morning.
The convention assembled again this
morning. The attendance was larger
The morning was taken up with instruc
tons in musical notations, and choru;
practice. This evening there win be some
fine chorus singing. sa
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
A Love Sick Couple.

Yesterday afternoon love sick couple
attracted no little attention on the ferry
boat. To cap the climax, both of the
parties were old people. The man was
about so years, old and the woman was
about 40. He would put his arms around
the old lady, and she would try to get
away, but he wouldn't let her go. About
every other minute he would grab hel
around the neck and kiss her on the lips
1t was holy picnic for the bystanders to
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Cheer up.

1t will be seen by our telegraphie col
umns that the Hennepin canal received
quite boost in the house yesterday, and
its friends created favorable impression
to the project. This is certainly encour-
aging, and it now looks as though we will
surely have the canal. Hurrah for the
canal and its supporters! r.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Excursion.

There is every prospect that there
will be large number of people 60 on
the Turner's excursion on the Rock
Island & Peoria road next Sunday. Over
three hundred and ten tickets have been
sold already. Pekin, the destination of
the excursion, is fly town On the Illinois
river They manufacture good deal of
poor whisky there. -.--..
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
ANOTHER MEETING
OF THE BASE BALL ASSOCIATION The
QUESTION OF CONTINUING OR DIsBAND-
ING THE CLUB FULLY DIscussED-A
WEEKS TRIAL AGREED ON.

The Rock Island Base ball association
met in adjourned session at the council
room last evening. The question of dis
banding the club was seriously enter
tanned, but finally continuance of
another week was agreed upon. Mr.. r.
A. Donaldson, of the soliciting committee,
reported the entire amount of new sub
scriptions as $3.50. President Yore
though that amount was not sufficient to
continue the club successfully. Mr..
T. II. Thomas said that each of the re
firing directors would subscribe $50 in
order to help the club along. Mr. August
Herkert warmly urged the continuance of
the club, and desired that they play on
Sunday. .-{
Alderman Stengel made motion that
the club disband, but that at the same time
stated that he hoped the stockholders would
vote TO continue. He simply made the
motion to discover the sense of the meet
ing This brought on a general discus
sion, and the motion was finally with
drawn, in order to see if new board of
directors could be selected Several
gentlemen were mentioned, but only two
accepted. Elk Mayor Carse then sug-
gested that the management of the club
might be turned over to two or three men,
provided that they were responsible par
ties. Albert Warren was greatly in favor
of continuing the club under the present
management until June IS, as there were
three games booked for the Omaha club,
namely, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
1t could be then ascertained how Sunday
games would be patronized. As the
directors had resigned, Mr.. Yore thought
it could not be done without the election
of new board, Or turning the club over
to some responsible gentleman to handle.
In reply to the legality of the resigna'
ton of the directors, Mr. Sturgeon said
that if the association was regularly in
corporated, they would be in duty boand
to serve until their successors were APP
pointed. If such organization had not
been perfected, and the directors were
merely acting as agents, they could resign
at any time More talk was INDUCED in
on the subject, when Mr.. Fleming made
another motion to disband. This was
amended by Albert Warren so that action
would be deferred for one week, and the
games played with the Omaha club A
| substitute was offered by DR. Craig &C
cepting the resignation of the directors,
and instrueting Capt. Hagan and Albert
| Warren to take charge of the club unit
the time specified The substitute pre-
vailed, and the meeting then adjourned,
The further life of the club depends
upon the patronage received at the mex
three games to be played. If it is fount
that good attendance can be secured a
Sunday games. in all probability a new
board of directors will be appointed ant
the club maintained throughout the sea
son. If on the other hand, the same lacl
of attendance prevails as heretofore,
disbandment will take place next Monda,
evening, and Rock Ialand will no longe
have base ball club.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10

Mr.. W E. Roche, of the Rock Island
s. Peoria railroad offices. left for Chicago
this morning where, tomorrow, he will be
united in bonds.ot holy wedlock to-
young lady of that city, The young
couple will take'a short wedding tour, and
then take up their residence in this city !.
Mr. Roche has many friends in this city,
and all of them wish him great success
and happiness.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Market Rauort.

Following were the quotations in Chi.
cago today: July wheat, 90s; August
%; Sept. s24. July, corn, 561i Aug. 574
June oats, 534; July. 334. July pork,
$le.40; July s1S.5os Aug, $3.50. July
lard, $3.50; Aug. $40; Sept. $3.50
July ribs, 1856; August, IS. 774. Hog
IA, 500; light, $5. 90 to $3.50; mixed, $3.50
$3.50 dark. $3.50 to $500.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Ardnnus Wnrk

Last week was convention week and
the telegraph operators were made to
suffer all over the country. The operators
in this city were kept very busy. One
night last week MIR. James O'Connor, the
night operator sat down at his instru-
ment at 8 p. m. and didn't get up until
5 a. m.--put in eleven haurs straight
yunrL- -ff
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Bad Colds.

Nearly everybody you meet today com
plains of bad eold.s Saturday, and Sum
day was very warm. and almost every
body shed their linen, that is to say,
changed their heavy underclothing for
lighter. Yesterday being cold, as well
as dismal day, they felt the effects of it
in many cases catching very severe cold.
This is a vain world at best, and we had
not better be too sure of anything that Is
not present. ss
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
The River.

The Denkman went up the river after
raft yesterday
The Pittsburg will be at this landing
going north tomorrow.
There will be another Sunday excur
sion on the Josephine. s
The river has risen over four inches in
the past twentyfour hours. -.-
The excursion on the Josephine yester.
day noon was not well patronised, from
Che fact that the weather was 80 bad.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Sidewalks.

There are several bad pieces of sidewalk
in the city that had better be fixed, at
once. There is very bad piece of walk
on Third avenue between Twentieth and
Twenty first street, on which somebody is
going to break their neck ifit is not re-
paired. There are also several other side
walks which should be repaired.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Masonic.

Hon. Fl. cleveland and City Attorney
Corbett will go out to Coal Valley st.
Johns day-June 24-snd deliver ad-
dresses to the Masons and friends. The
Masonic brethren of that part of that
place are going to have grand time on
that day, and at night they will have a
BANQUET.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10

Capt J. J. Parks received a telegram
this afternoon from Governor Hamilton,
announcing that he had pardoned Ell
Fitzpatrick from the penitentiary Mr.
Joseph Fitzpatrick, the pardoned mans
brother, leaves for Joliet tonight to bring
him home. .4ai .f s4.a 5-ss
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
The 81. Mill.

All is activity and hustle at the "B'
mill now. A full force of hands is EN-
ployed and the amount of lumber they
turn out daily is astonishing In fact
not only is this mill kept busy, but all the
rest of the saw mills in the city are busy
The B" mill now gives employment tt
eightvfive men. r+-l
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Iun,nad in the Rivar

This morning as the steamboat Mary
Morton, was making her way out in the
middle Of the river, horse, which was
on board, jumped off into the river. The
horse was race horse and very yalua-
BILE animal. Some men who were in
q boat, succeeded in capturing it,
and the Mary Morton went over to the
Iowa shore and got the horse aboard
again.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Fire Crackers.

If heather had struck town Sunday
night he would have thought that some
of our people were observing the Fourth
of July A gang of kids were out in
force near the post Office, firing off fire
crackers, although it was Sunday. Here
is reform for Stand Up to undertake.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Ranar

VIM. Doyle the man who was hurt last
Friday by fooling around the water main
on Second avenue, where he had no bust
ness, is getting better. His wound.
although peculiar one and dangerous as
well, is not 80 serious as was at first
thought. He will be able to be up and
around in a week or so.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Stone Quarry.

The stone quarry on Twenty second
street and Fourth avenue has ceased to be
worked. Nearly all the stone which was
used on our streetscame from this quarry.
1t was, however tedious JOB to procure
the stone. The workmen have ceased
getting out stone, and gone to work fixing
up the streets. 1t may be possible that
that in few days they will work there
again
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10

AS the weather becomes warmer the ice
men become happier. There is plenty Of
ice ia the city this year, and some To
spare. The ice men retail ice at rs cents
a hundred and deliver it anywhere in the
city. There is no use for anybody to dc
without ice at this price.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
A Surprise.

Tomorrow night number of our
young people wifi assemble together and
go out towards Milan aud surprise very
popular young lady. A Milan car Will
be chartered for the occasion. We would
tell the name Of the young lady but that
would be giving the whole thing away.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
A New SON..

Henry Eheny, the genial young foreman
of the sash factory, is as happy as clam
in high tide, over the fact that brand
new boy has put in an appearance at his
home. This is his first arrival. He is
setting up the cigars to the boys over the
fact. MI v.. f.f..
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
An Indictment Day.

@ Sunday was just such day as to suit
everybody, but yesterday, Monday, was a
shorter. 1t tried its best to rain, but at
no time succeeded in attaining success.
But it Gid drizzle, steadily. This, coupled
with the high, cold wind, made it most
disaereeable day for everybody.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
A Missing Valise.

DR.. Gait is minus valise He had it
in his hands yesterday when at the jail
building, but after be left there he does
not recollect what became of it. He
thinks some one walked off with it. If
you find stray valise, it probably belongs
to DIR. Gait.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Corn.

The grain merchants in the city say
that the farmers are now disposing OF
their corn at rapid rate. As they find
time they bring it in to the city and dis
pose of it. The prices paid for corn is
good, much better than they were two
months AGO.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
An Addition.

Mr. Henry Whitman is having an addi-
ton built TO his saloon on Fourth avenue
and Twentieth street. Besides this add
ton he is having some repairs made to
the building. After the addition is COM
pleted it is his intention to have the whole
building painted.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
The Eayt Excursion.

The next excursion from this city will
be to Pekin, I'll. 1t will be given by the
Turner society of this city, who will attend
the biennial funniest to be held at Pekin,
ILL., June IA, Is and 16. The train will
leave here Saturday. Fare for the round
trip will be only $2.35.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
A Fall,

While going along Fourth avenue last
evening, wheeling d baby. the baby car
rage turned over spilling the baby out on
the ground, bruising it up badly about the
face and neck. The lady's name was Mrs.
Wildman. and she lives on Eighth street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Eitigens' League.

The members of, he Citizens League
held then monthly meeting at the rooms
of the Y. NJ. C. A. last night. There was
a full attendance present. The usual
amount of business was transacted. The
membership ofthe league is increasing
riOht alamo wye. -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
THE PgETrIEsT LADY in ROCK IsLaNI

Remarked to friend thee osher day
that she knew Kemp's Balm for the
Throat and Lungs was superior remedy.
as it stopped her cough Instantly when
others had no effect whatever. So to
prove this O.. GroIan will guarnss
tee it to ALL Price 80 cents and 81
Trial size Jree -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Tor Rant.

Two story brick house of seven rooms,
with large yard and barn. rent $l8 per
month; on Gath street between Moline
avenue and 9th avenue. Enquire of P
Fries 81 Co. 6n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
The coanty Building.
PROBATE


Estate OF Stephen Brayton, deceas-
ed. Sale bill filedand approved. Claim
of W. NJ Twigg, % allowed in fifth class.
Administrators report filed and approx
ed. st
+. 1-sr 80 TRANSFERS. ~
= Polly A stearns, to Clifford o.
Lynn, pit lots s.and 4, r. W. sspcncer's
third addition to Rock Island $3.50.
E. D, Sweeney, ct al, to Maria E sher
beck, nj lot IS, Sweeney & Jaekson's
addition to Moline. SIPS. tYs$fs
W. A. Spencer to Leopold Simon, lot
4 Nv. Spencer's third addition to Rock
Island, $3.50. -
l.. VIM. r. Williamson to Oiof Anderson,
lot 8, block 4, Moline On the bluff 81 $50
LICENSED TO WE'D. ...
10-James FL. Marker and Miss Emms
Post. ..-.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
The DAILY ARGUS.
TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1884.
Educational.

To-day is examination day in Augustana
college. The examination will last two
days, if not longer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10

John Saeurman, the harness maker,
who, some time ago. had the misfortune
to fall down and break one7of his legs, is
slowly recovering. q
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-10
Send Money by American Express Co. Money

Receipts gwen. Money refanded i
Orders are lost. Sold 1t al Offices Of the
Go. Payable at 6,500 places. Rates: t.
s5-5c.: $1O-8c.: $20-10c.: $30-12c
s4O. 15c. $50-20c. Apr2sd3m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-28

Te1as-Nine counties heard from, report about t~St
per cent increase in wheat acreage; prOspec Ihuc
than last year; mills obtaining wheat Jron ,hs
and will require all that can be raised In inc S'o ~
year. =, -. -o. y, ~row-
Georgia-Increase in slight prospect OF slo"
ing crop excelent old wheat left In farmers haas
Calfonia-Reports from every county In tno ota.o
show OF wheat acreage In all couhtss encoP
two; present condition fine, except In rev ICcauues'
which report much wet, and two counties when 70
port some injury fIom Hessan y with present Outlook
the crop will be the largest ever raised IN tue e na
ing about SO 600 600 bushels OF which about 45OooOOO
bushels will be a surplus over the requirements OF the
tatn