The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-17
MOLINE,

"Only one"
Sam Davis. of Davis Bros. left for
Chicago last evening.
Justice Mapes has not yet recovered
from his fall so as to be able to attend to
business steadily.
A. c. Anderson, formerly with Simon
Hirsch, left for Chicago last evening, and
will probably remain there for some time.
Michael Tally will be tried on suspicion
OF having taken money from a drunken
coal miner, tomorrow at 8 a. m.
Mayor Schillenger was on the side of
Oldefest and Peal, when voting on the
light business at the Monday evening
meeting.
A beautiful sterescope picture of the
new post Office building was taken by
Mangola yesterday afternoon flag
hung from the mast head"
Only l..
Fred Fisk, is able to be around again
today with the assistance of cane.
Fred has been suffering lately with an
attack of int1ammatory rheumatism.
The First Babtist church meetings are
to be continued this week on account OF
the intere,t manifested, and the success
attending them so far
The printers of the Western Miller are
anxiously waiting for the return of C. F.
Hall from his wedding trip They were
out of copy this morning
John Swineborn has organized class
in East Moline to whom he will teach
| drafting. Meetings are held in Clancy
shop Monday and Friday evenings of each
| week
D. G. Dimock, of Dimick, Gould & Co.
has been confined to the house by sick
ness for some time, and has not yet re
covered so as to be able to attend to bust
ness.
Mr. P. B. Anderson, cutter for Goult
u CO., has returned to his table, and hi
genial countenance once more enliven
the south end of the store. He reports
good time while gone.
Henry Werlich is putting down new
hard wood floor in his grocery store, anC
raising it about four inches above the OLE
one, This makes a great improvement il
the looks of things there.
Seven tramps are on the stone pile to
day, sentenced for seven DAYS at har,
labor, yesterday by the police magistrate
These lords of creation will soon Civ
Moline the cold shoulder
According to Ezra Eastman, the "Illi
nois Street Gas company" offered TO ligh
the city for 50, 1875, just the exact amour
the Moline Gas and Coke company offere,
to do the lighting for the city for year
Curious coincidence. isn't it?
Hon Frank Harwood, supervise
from this city, received valentine thi
morning printed in goudy colors, repre-
senting temperance hypocrite !
Frank is hypocrite ut all. which w
doubt, we are sure he is not Temperance
one.
The fire and water committee were in
structed to investigate whether or not th
Moline Malleable Iron compsny's smok
stack threw out so MANY cinders as to b
annoying TO the people living in its neigh
borhood at the meeting of the city coun
Gil on Monday evening.
Harry Truxell and Bob CLANCY had
little difficulty in grocery store last ev
ening, which they were settling in thei
own way when the police interfered
Chaney was fined. with costs, $12. so
Truxell was tried this morning and fine
1895. including costs. His father ma
pay the fine again and get Harry off, an
we hope the action taken may benefit tn
boy.
Lighting the streets by gas and gaso
line would have cost for the ensuing yea
had these lights been chosen, $4,68f
Fifty electric lights will cost for mex
year $3.50 with the prospect of havlnl
$500 returned. Not quite so much of al
advance over gas as Alderman Oldfes
had figured. With seventy lights we cal
have our city better lighted than Dsven
port is now at an advance over gas o
Just $2,813 yearly.