Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-19
BRIEFLETS.
Wait for the beehive.

Bell ringers tomorrow evening.
Dancing school at Armory hall thi
evening.
Skating at the rink Friday evening
March 2lst.
VIM. Dresser has returned from an ex
tended visit to New Orleans.
Be sure to get the prices on those par.
Tor sets at Holbrook's. Davenport.
Don't fail to see those parlor sets-thel
are beauties. at Holbrook's. Davenport.
The coal banks of the late Bailey
Davenport-to rent. Apply to Henry
Curtis.
l.. V. Eckhart is spoken of as posi-
BILE republican aldermanic candidate in
the Second ward.
Principal Alfred Beck. of the German
English school. is to je congratulated or
the advent of sweet baby daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey Lamb. OF
Clinton, breakfasted at the Harper this
morning. on their way home from Hot
Springs.
A rare chance for some enterprising
man. The proposition made by Henry
coal banks Of the late Bailey Davenport.
The order of Red Men in Moline is
taking stand on the liquor question.
At the meeting of the King Philip tribe,
No. "a. Monday evening an application
for membership from saloon keeper
was rejected after short discussion.
Supervisor Jack" Wilson, of Rural,
was in the city yesterday. By the way.
we have heard Mr.. Wilson favorably
ticket. His friends confidently claim he
could beat any republican SO far men
toned for that Office.
Mr.. David Fitzgerald, the Black Hawk
farmer who had his knee-cap dislocsted
by runaway accident on lower Third
avenue late yesterday afternoon. and
was conveyed to police headquarters by
Officer Kramer. was attended by DR.. G..
L. Eyster, and later taken out to his
home beyond Milan.
Mrs. Sherman W. Searle, who was re-
garded as a gifted soprano at her Iowa
City home, has consented to assist Mrs.
Milton Jones in her forthcoming concert
at Moline Friday evening. Mr.. and Mrs.
E Zeigler and Mrs. G. A. Steel have
also rendered Mrs. Jones their services.
Tickets may be had at Clemanu 6 Saiz
MAINS store.
According to the FL Paso, (Tex
Times. the passenger agents excursion to
Mexico is proving perfect triumph in
the way of pleasurable success. Those
composing it are being Toasted. bsnquetted
and royalty entertained at every town of
Importance along the line. Mr.. and Mrs.
K. Stockbouse. Of this city, are aboard
the elegant speciaf train.
A new ice company has been formed at
WATERFOWL, and has already put up g.
400 tons this season, besides shipping
tlfty>four cars to Peoria and Davenport.
1t has adopted as its name the Watertown
Crystal Ice Co, and the members of the
company-Nels Pierce, Henry Ehrhorn
| and August Schussel--all of Moline, in
tend to incorporate under the state law.
Rev. F. II. York. the Congregational
minister from De Witt, Iowa, has accept
| ed call to the passionate of the Unitarian
church at Moline. Mr.. York's church
members in DE Witt are, for the most
part. willing that he should change the
church from Congregationslism to Uni>
tarianism. but this he declines to do, as
the church was erected as a Cougrega-
tional house of worship, and by the aid
of Congregational funds.
Private letters received iu the city from
Senator Farwell and from Congressman
Henderson, in reply to inquiries relative
TO securing an increase in the amount
| recommended by the house committee
for the Rock Island government build
ing. indicate, as the ARGUS has sugges-
| ted. any Rock Island effort to secure an
increase in the appropriation recommend
ed would be prejudicial to the bill and
would be extremely poor policy. The
lack OF the proper differences at the seat
of war is alone accountable for Rock ISL
and being cut from 5000. 700 to S75, 900
and as long as we are in that predicamenl
| let us be satisfied with what we are prsc>
tically assured of. The old adage Is
quite apropos: A bird in the hand Ii
worth two in the hush.
The school board at Spring Valley ha.
an interesting case on its hands Some
time ago lady teacher employed in the
schools there decided to get married
| Fearing that the board would dismiss hel
if they knew she had entered the holy
bonds of matrlmony, thus dividing hel
time between the duties of a wife anC
teacher. she and her husband decided {,
keep the matter secret 1t leaked out
however. in the course of time. and the
school board discharged her. The lad,
has now brought suit against the board
| for her entire years salary, as she wa
employed by the year. A school bosrt
has the power to remove teacher TO
cause, and the board alleges as tn,
cause" in this case untruthfulness OF
the part of the lady in denying her mar
rage.
A team belonging to j. B. McMichae
got away from Snider's livery on Thir'
avenue. between Nineteenth and TWEEN
tieth street this morning. and cut owe
Third to Ninth avenue, where it turne
north. and barely missed a couple of lit
tie children. The wild team collidet
with Mr.. II. W. Dnsinberre's cart, T.
which was attached his fine bay mare
and which was tied on the Nineteenth
street side of the Harper. Tn
buggy and horse were turned complete
lly over, and the horse left help
less ON its back on the sidewalk. 1t re
quired considerable effort on the part @
the bystanders to get the horse from IL
predicament, as it was held fast by tn
harness, but was finally extricated an
found TO be uninjured. The runaway
broke away from the buggy at the col
lision ard dashed down to Second avenu
and west to Market square, where the
were caught. 1t is enough to make on
shudder TO witness such recklessness. an
while this mornings accident may hav
been unavoidable, there should be steI
taken to compel the safe hitching Of a
teams, no matter where or for how long