The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-15
MOLINE.

Something over 500 has been collect
ed so far by Mr., ONeil as poll tax.
NJ. Y. Cady and family occupy their
old rooms at the keator house.
The Schiller lodge A. o. L. W. dance
will not be held before April cath, lis
tenth anniversary.
Twenty two tramps in the culaboGse
last night for lodging. The stone pile is
about to be inaugurated. Good idea.
The L. A, o. d. dance at Armory hall
on Saturday night. was well attended
and the boys had a splendid time.
The Y. NJ. c. A, have formally lhaNl-
ed Mr.. and Mrs Chas Atkinson for thAr
magnificent gift,
There will be a supper in the Congre,
gational church parlors tomorrow even
ing, to which every body is invited
Thomas Hirin and John McGraw were
acquaintances with Mr. Wixon, in Ire
land, so the place of his nativity is at last
decided satisfactorily.
The committee on lights. had a meet
ing with closed doors on Saturday even
ing. To night the regular semi month
iy occurs which will let light on the
light question.
The bones of the horse owned hy Mr..
| CrOunnell, which were broken on Satur-
| day afternoon, were set by veterinary
surgeon Treror, and he says in about six
weeks the horse vii! be about as good as
| ever
Mr.. Hyde, poor master here. has tifty>
| eight families on his books, in which
there are 2l3 persons, receiving help reg
uiarly, From September, 1884, to Sep>
tdmber, 1885. S4,255 90 was expended by
him in this city and 81, G59 g. was gwen in
Rock Island
| We have heard visitors at the city
clerks Office ask why the city fathers do
| not furnish clock, or some other kind of
a time piece for use in that Office. They
have to go to Okerbcrg's. two blocks
away, 10 see what time it is, aud this
wastes much valuable time
Frank II. Hyde is home on visit
while Reynolds Il Co are moving their
machinery from Grand River, Wis. to
Savanna, H., where they have about 175
miles OF railroad to build Frank will
have to be in Savanna about Thursday.
The transfer Of the rink to the Y NJ
G. A. was completed on Saturday even
ening by hlr. ChaS Atkinson transferring
his title to the association, subject now
to only the conditions first named 1t i,
to he put in shape for occupancy by
other parties.
We happened to ovcrhear an insurance
inspector say on Saturday evening lha
the Republican office was the third clear
one lie had come across in the state o
| Illinois. We enquired and found the AR
GUS office in Rock Island was one of tn
other two. Give the devil his due, =" f.
the last named parsonage has to do Thu
cleaning up IN all the offices, so let u
speak good word for him when ne hav
an opportunity.
The Union man wants to find out VIII
we did not have sense enough TO know
that the spirit of an elephant might al
any moment vanish into the air? W
will tell him Just as soon as we see pub
lished in the Union full report of III
conversation he had with the Cambridg
man last FRIDAY in SandSram's drug store
regarding the works of preacher Newma
when u resident of Cambridge, and OF
ministerial duty in that pious burg
The Unitarian meeting held in the Lib
rary hall yesterday evening was well at
tended. Rev. A. d. Juiy's subjec
Christ, though not new one by an
means, was gwen in rather differen
style than in other churches, though no
one which was taken from the naturs
character of the subject nor from tn
credit he should, have for benefits pceV
led by the adoption of the christian re
li9ion
There is nothing more melancholy t
contemplate than the gradual undermin
ing OF what was towering intellect. W
, can view the cutting down of one of th
kings OF the forest which has braved III
storms OF centuries with feelings akin t
, pleasure, for we know that it can b
shaped into the hull of beautiful barb
Wnere canVas Wings may wait It's Twin
flight to isles of verdure, where birds c
gay plumage and sweet song carol all da
long. Far different are our feelings whe
We can see the intellectual faculty of ma
becoming shattered, judgment going an
, the immortal part becoming decrepit an
, broken. These thoughts were generate
: when one of our Oldest and most value
> friends on Saturday evening produced ii
left hind foot of a rabbit and WEI
through several religious motions with
on his person, declaring that all h
troubles were now over, he had found
talisman for all human ills in that rabbit
. foot, which he will have shod with silve
= Poor John, he will, we fear, soon folio
: his victim pet to Jacksonville.