Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-19
RAPIDS CITY
RAPIDS CITY. March M.

RAPIDS O1Tf, March IL.
Mrs. r. M. Mitchell went to Moline to
visit friends for a few days last week.
Mrs. A. B. G.. Adams Is out again.
after quite a severe attsck k ofrheumstism.
Rev. Father Thiebes who has been
suffering from an attack. is better again
and able 10 resume his duties.
Rev Harper OF Port Byron, still
breaches in tine brick church every Sun
day at IL, a. m.
Thos. Newton has bought the d. w.
Thompson place. and is now u full fledged
citizen. The price paid we learn was $500
pretty good for dead" town. eh.
Spring election will soon be on hand
again in the village A police magis.
trate, village clerk and three trustees.
besides a village president are TO be cleo
ted.
ID j. Webb. who has been away for
the past few weeks. returned TO his du-
ties here again on Saturday. He had
been working in the agents Office at Sa-
wanna, and does not know but he will go
back again soon.
Sidney Cox. little son of }. L Cox.
Is reported very i'll with consumption.
Sidney has had more than his share of this
worlds troubles. as he has bunch back.
caused by a full. and short time ago was
kicked in the face by a vicious horse and
nearly killed, and now is suffering from
consumption so tits said, caused by the
La Grippe.
John Mulhollen. one of the legal lights
of Port Byron. and VIM. Meese, city
attorney of Moline, crossed swords in
our courts last week. before Police Magis.
trate Adams. No gore was shed, how>
ever. but great deal of ''cross firing
was INDUCED in. and several good hits
were made. Come again Brother Nj.
Quite lot of law business iu our law
courts the past week. A. d. Cox had q
German named Holling arrested for TAX
ing. as alleged, some fence board:
and other property of from a
farm he had rented from Mr.. Cox Pc
lice Magistrate Adams heard the case
and after three days trial it was decided
in Cox's favor. Magistrate Adams ther
heard the case or the village of Rapids
| City by j. Schulz against j. G. Vogel
Change of venue taken to Justice Shurt
left, and taken under advisement. Our
streets had once more II busy appearance
but, alas only for brief time.
| We learn that the Farmers Mutual
Benefit association. which by the way Il
growing very fast in the county and stat
as well. have appointed Mr.. Brewster. o
Joslin, AS their farmer implement agen
for the ensuing season. Ii remains TO b.
seen IL this will be of any help TO them
We think the best way is TO appoint som,
one from their own ranks to be purcha
ing agent and let him arrange for sucl
machinery as is needed. We wish then
success in their new venture. No clssi
of people in this country are more deserv
ing of success than our farmers. for upol
them rests the corner stones of our coun
try, which is an agricultural one. an,
without good crops and good farmer
every one Is dull and times hard
Our sister city of Port Byron has nov
started out TO try and wake up the repre-
hensible practice of loafing around tn
depot. There is probably not counir
depot in the United States where Their
are not more or less OF the class. tina
while there are not loafers in the gener
ally accepted term, yet sit around da
after day through the winter and earl
spring. and while no one wants TO sa'
anything to them for fear of giving of
Tense, still would he very glad to hav
them 60 hence We do not know nov
much harm it does, bat it certainly doe
10 good. and very often leads our younl
men into a bad habit of doing nothing
when they should be studying or doini
something TO improve each hour.