The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-14
INCLINE.

Oscar Anderson, long resident of the
Peal house, will leave on Monday for
Sweden.
Mr.. Dimoek, of is no better this morn
ing. He is resting easy. but may drop
off al any time.~
Mr. John Deere is about the same, bu,
Geo. D. Gould is in dangerous con,
dition.
Mrs. J. NJ. Holt, who suffered much
from being poisoned by the puncture of a
rusty nail, is, We are much pleased to
stale, now out of danger
Col Clendenin has vacated the old
postoffice block and opened in the
keator House drug store which has been
finely fixed up to receive his new stock
Tonight is the last but one OF
the Friday Club meetings will be held.
Messrs. ". s. Mack, Sam Kennedy and
L. B, Kuhn will entertain the audience,
Alderman 0ldefest goes in for improv,
ing the city. at the lower end, especially,
and who blames him. He is how putting
~ pu MS Abl tH L buf
avenue and Seventh street.
The rent charged by the city for water
TO supply engines is 81 per horse power
per annum, for ten hours, which is con.
sidered days work-any longer time
must be paid for extra.
Commissioner Morris has cruised into
new waters. and found a new society
there called the Chosen Friends which
he has joined. and ranks highly in il, so
far. Ii was to start a new society of this
kind, not the workingmen, that he voy>
aged TO Sterling lately.
The sidewalk on the east side of FIT
teenth street, past the shop of Alderman
kerns, is in a bad condition 1t is IT
marked by some people that the west sid,
of that street has had two new sidewalk:
since the east one was laid.
Mcfarland & Peals pillow potato dig sel
was tired yesterday, and gave great sat
isfaction. Mr. Mcfarland will start ou
to dispose of the implement some tint
next week, and will no doubt be success
full in selling many rights TO mauufac-
ture the same.
The Minuehaha hose company cleo
| officers this evening. after which
arrangements will be made to attend til,
annual parade of the Geneseo fire de
partment on next Tuesday The othe
companies will also visit Geneseo, and
good time is expected: as that city
famous for entertaining its guests mag
nifcenily.
The Equal Suffrage society bad ,hel
April meeting at the residence of Georg,
Stevens. and Mrs. Candee sat as thei
president for the last time. Letters o
regret at having tc accept her resignation
were read, and several poems made es
pecislly for the occasion were ably reeit
ed. Moline loses in Mrs, Candee and he
husband a pair hard To replace for genial
ty of disposition and watchful care O
those who need succour and sympathy
when in distress.
The Turner Society has commenced t
prepare for its biennial funniest in thi
city on the nineteenth, twentieth AM
twenty first of June. A large crowd o
visitors is expected. Joseph l. Hass, @
Rock Island, will give an address in Ger
man st the Opera House on the evening c
the twentieth, and Col ID. O. Reid, wi
speak on Monday evening. A gran,
torch light procession on Saturday even
ing, Preparations will be made to tax
care of all who come.
The water Commissioner was round We:
ter,lay to see the J! s. keator Lumbe
Co. about to begin work in their me-
mill here, and told the writer that h
would have TO charge them under tn
ordinance at the rate of $500 per yea
or $3.50 per month for water TO run the
300 horse power engine eleven hours pc
day. This IS pretty steep. especially a
there is no allowance made for the waite
fcondensed and run back again into tn
boilers. Ii will pay the company muc
better to put in force pump of the
| own.