The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
MOLINE,

r. P. Thompson, Jr., of the Home Jour
nal, Lafayette. Ind, was at the keator
house last evening.
The Turner'S theatrical company will
perform at the opera house on Saturday
evening There will be comedy, farce
and dancing, all in the German language.
Frank Harwood, assistant supervisor,
has returned to the city after several
months sojourn in the sunny south. We
welcome the Hornet man with clean
hands to a hospitable Immortality.
s. S Wallace has returned to this city
and intends to remain here for an indeti-
mite period. He thinks Moline is about
as good place to stay as any other place
| in this state.
l.. b. Mapes, of Atlantic, Iowa, sent
his brother hne golc headed cane which
was presented to him yesterday on the
anniversary of his fiflieth birthday
Henry will remain about this age for the
next fifteen years at least
There were married this morning by
Rev r. F. Sweet, of Rock Island Mr.
| Clifford F. Hail. editor of the Modern
Miller, and Miss Jennie r. Dunn, daugh>
| ter of the late Thomas Dunn The young
people left at 10 o'clock for the east.
Speak of the emperor OF the plutonian
realms of darkness. and his majesty Will
Immediately become visible, was proven
so that the dullest intellect might cons
prthend, when the assistant" returned
SO soon after Mayor Schilinger's inqui-
ries about him on Monday evening.
The name of the thief noticed in these
columns yesterday as stealing a coat
from the l. S. Clothing Co, is given rs
James McCulney. He entered plea of
guilty before Squire Mapes and vas bound
in 800 to appear at the next term of the
lcircnit court. Sent to jail in default
The library is rather short of funds Just
now, and shows falling off IN attend
ance. This can be accounted for purity.
because the Y NJ. c. A. rooms are run
ming, and many who used to pass Their
time in the library come to these rooms
because visitors feel more at home there
and can converse above "A whisper, if 81
inclined, which they are not allowed tC
do at the library We would like to see
how the S99S,l5 received of the 81 ,50
appropriated was expended.
The alarm of FIRE after midnight las
night was caused by a blaze on the bach
porch Of the rooms above the store oc'
cupied by MIR. Joseph Rank There is
hole for stove pipe up stairs in thu
chimney, in which pipe is put when tn
porch is used for Il summer kitchen. Thi
hole was stopped BY gunnY sack, ant
the fire from the stove below ignited th'
sack and it fell out on the porch anon.
a lot of rubbish, and made quite smoke
1t was put out before any of the Hos
companies were needed This occurre'
| between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
E Streets and if it had not been noticed il
time it might have proved a very disas
trous fire.
Under the heading of Charitable Ap
peals, in the London Times of Dec. 3lsi
We find asking for aid three missions
three reformstories. five Children's Aid so
cieties, one Society of st. Vincent de Paul
three orphan ssylums, wanting each fror
five to ten thousand dollars, six hospitals
q one seamcn's hospital, one working girls
hospital, one church of Ireland in Dub
q lin, wants $4,000, four friendless homes
three ophthalmic hospitals, two benefi
cient societies, one temperance society
: one preacher solicits aid for two hundre
I families in Brethnal Green thirty>five i
;: all. These Advertisements appear strang
to one who does not often see tn
"Tbunderer," but in London they are s
common in ali the papers as to be passe
over without notice or comment.
4 "ALDERMEN'S EXCUSES
1 We hardly ever look at the Union bU
this morning our attention was called t
an article headed as above, and We wer
requested to ''straighten the matter on
= if we could. Alderman Wilson said ex
+ actly what was reported in the ARGu
yesterday, so did Alderman War;, an
we did not hear a single insinuation thS
Alderman kerns had INDUCED in any
e thing to excess bat oysters. until we rea,
the article referred to in the Union of thi
a, morning We are aware that Davenpol
is a temperance city, and that it shout
Dt luipossloIe W get any suohS urn
c there. We also feel like believing ths
Y the Hon Mayor Claussen wouldnot be
party to violation of law, and that to
on the Sabbath. Nor would we for
u moment suppose that our mayor, tn
e Hon. Martin SChilinger, could be il
" duced to be one of crowd of jewellers @
n the Lords day. We therefore pronounc
the insinuation in todays Union tha
} our aldermen partook of anything bu
u a few oysters base fabrication.
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