Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-20

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Arrangements have been made for q
county temperance convention to BE- held
in Rock Island on June 90. next. the
convention will open at 10 a. m,
and the transaction of routine business
will be taken up. Also Humber OF
speakers from different parts o. the
county will speak, and after dinner there
will be Demorest medal contest which
promises to be very interesting. and in the
evening ex-Goy. John P. st. John will
speak. There will also DE an abun6 ance
of good singing and instrumental music.
Much complaint has been made Of a
practice to which THE ARGUS has in past
years alluded. of young people of both
sexes, using the steps of the High school
building for summer evening meetings,
and in many instances the most indecent
and disgraceful language has been heard
by people residing in the neighborhood.
1t Is also reported the steps of Trinity
church at both the tower aud porch en-.
frances have been used for similar pur.
poses. where the most disgrsceful AN,
guage has been used, to say nothing of
actions.
The stockholders of the newly incor>
porsted Peoples Savings bank. of No
line. held a meeting Monday evening and
elected the following board of directors:
c. H. Deere. Morris Roseuheld, ]. T.
Browning, P. c. Simmon, George Ste oh-
ems, Andrew Friberg, c. R. Ainswor,h,
E B. Keator. P. II. Vessel. T, NJ.
Sechler. The directors then held meet
ing and organized by electing c. II.
De ere presi dent and S. Gilmore cash
Ter. \ committee was appointed on
quarters and will report later. TIE cs p
ital stock of the new Institution is S40O.-
O00.
John Freeberg, a farmer living about a
mile east of Cambridge, met with a seri.
Gus and peculiar accident the other morn
ing. He was narrowing with large
disc harrow, when his horses became
frightened. aud running away, threw him
under the machine, which passed over
him. One of the horses, which caused
the accident, is a fractions young colt.
which ran away with W. B. Perkins in
that vicinity last November, in viii h
Mr.. Perkins was thrown out of his car
risge and died from the effects of his IL
iuries.
Thomas handsome new soda fountain
is now in complete operation and is the
subject Of much admiration, as it indeed
deserves to be. Ii is double wall foun-
tain, and ia maguifcence OF appearance.
IS well as in its design and arrangement
there is nothing that approaches it in the
three cities. In addition to dispensing the
purest sYrups for flavors, Mr.. Thomas
has provided specislties in the way o.
delicious ice cream soda. and the pure
juice Of fruits in season, such as straw,
berries, lemons, oranges. blackberries,
raspberries, etc. Thomas drug store will
be the popular resort for those wishing
soda water this season.
Fred Hass today received dispatch
from Hon. Geo. W. Vinton conveying
the gratifying inform alton that the Rock
Island viaduct bill had passed the
house and senate at Springfield, and
now only requires the governors sigma
ture to become law. The bill, which is
a special act. authorizes and empowers
the city of Rock Island to convey TO the
United States Of America exclusive juris>
d;cuon over the whole of Rock Island
wagon bridge, over that portion of the
Rock Island bridge across the Mississippi!
connecting the island of Rock Island with
Davenport which is south of the main
channel, over the plat of ground occupied
by the abutments and wagon approach
to the Rock Island bridge, and over the
plat of ground which may be acquired by
The United States as site for the Wis.,
duct
The trailmen on the Iowa division of
the Rock Island road who board 81 q well
known hotel at Brooklyn were treated
to rich sensation the other evening. A
society young man of the town was
caught by the landlady in room on ore
/, of the upper floors with her daughter,
and she at once aroused all her guests to
bear witness TO the provocation tor her
eviction of the uninyited guest. The
alarm brought the railroad men out OF
their rooms armed to the teeth, and such
night was not experienced in Brooklyn
before. Many of the firearms went Of
: in the melee and some of the railroad
/ BOYS escaped with their lives by the
merest ccident. They say that all the
dangers of train life are not to be com