Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-10

fed two bushels of corn meal per day.
At the time of selling they averaged L.
43l pounds aud brought 81 "a.
There was fight on Moline avenue
and Twenty-seventh street about 10
o'clock Saturday night in which consider
able blood was spilled, it being visible on
the sidewalk about there. Some of the
parties drove away in buggy when the
fight was finished. but it is not known
who lost the blood.
An important special meeting OF the
Y. w. G. T. U. will be held tomorrow
afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock in the Y. NJ. c.
A. psrlor. Miss Mary Mahon. assistant
superintendent Of young woman's work
for Illinois, will be present and desires to
meet all members and friends of the go.
ciety.
Jim Hurley, better known as "Psrnell, "
went to sleep in an alley today and some
mischieyous boys arranged his wearing
apparel in such a manner that when he
awoke from his lethsrgy and came out on
the street he created vast amount of
amusement for large crowd of specta-
tors.
Mike Burke, the we'll known baggage
man on the c., B. & O., who has not been
seen in Rock Island for many a long
weary day. is grazing the city by his pres
ence today. Burke is now running on
the lower end of the Rock Island & St.
Louis division and only gets up here on
particular occasions. He came up today
on the special which is to take the mill
itary companies south tonight.
R. j. Rowland, passenger brakeman
on the c., NJ. & St. P, was in town last
nisht--and went to church. While there
someone exchanged hats with him so
that when he made his appearance on
the street when church was out, he had
two handkerchiefs under the sweat band
OF the hat he wore, and his ears were out
of sight then. When see this morning
he was making his way to the depot with
only natures covering for his head.
An important change took place in the
c., r. l. & P. round house st Davenport
this morning. J. E. Merrill, for years
master mechanic at Davenport, being
promoted to the position of superinteu-
dent of motive power and equipment on
the east Iowa division, including Rock
Island, his headquarters remaining at
Davenport, thus increas ing his duties and
responsi bilities.
Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Ed. and
and John Van Patten were out in their
sailboat accompanied by two gentlemen
friends, and at about o'clock they met
with quite an exciting accident, and one
which might have resulted much more
seriously. Their boat ran the ferry down
and IN some way got caught in the wheel
and was almost overturned. Curiously
enough the ssllboat was not damaged,
while the ferry came near beiag disabled.
The ferry is such a frsil little thing that
it will not stand many hard knocks
Davenport Tribune.
A. j. Wildes, advance manager of
Eugene Robinson's floating palace at
fractions was in the city Saturday ar
ranging for the visit of tie novel shows
to Rock Island on Saturday next. The
Eugene Robinson shows were here
couple of years ago, and attracted much
attention and gave great satisfaction to
sill who attended them. They are COM
ing down the river and will be well re-
received at Rock Island.
Phil Mitchell attended the annual meet
ing Of the stockholders of the United
Glass company at Syracuse, N. Y, last
week, a. which 10 dire ctors were elected
as follows: T. D. Catlin, Ottawa. W.
T. Gray. GAINESVILLE, Ohio, NJ. B. De
Long, q. ]. Cookinghsm and A. G.
Brewer, Utica, N. Y. Phil Mitchell,
Rock Island, q. Young and j. w. Bailey
Wellsboro, Pa, 8. Z. Bemiss, NJ. De-
lsno and o. E. Frszee. of Canastota, N.
Y. E, W. Merry, Bowling Green, Ohio,
D. G. Goodman, Rsvenna. Ohio. The
old officers were reelected as follows: T.
D. Cstln, president; W. T. Gray, vice
president; o. E. Frszee, secretary; NJ. B.
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