Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-05
MOLINE
Greeks Out for a Time. - Four

Greeks Out for. Time. - Four
Greeks. driving in pairs in two single
rigs, raised a cloud of dust as they |
drove through East Moline Thursday
afternoon at a rate OF speed that set
at defiance the laws of the town rela-
tive to fast driving. p. G. STANCE, the
alderman, ran out of his place of bust
ness and tried to halt them. They
laughed and shouted as they whirled
by, leaving the alderman choked with
rage and dust. Louis Barnhoeft, the
marshal, and Louis Tyler, constable,
saw the men approaching and also at
, tempted to stop them. The two Off
GERS. filled with righteous wrath, We're
joined by Alderman STANCE and Off
Ger Jordan. The four men boarded an
interurban car and pursued the Greeks
overtaking and arresting them at
1 Twenty-third street in this city. The
horses were sent. on to Blackwelfs
livery and the four men We're taken
! back to East Moline and locked up for
1.-THE night Nick Coin was summoned
1
when the men were arraigned before
! Justice of the Peace Howard. They
gave the names of George Birgins,
George Christopulas, William Pulas
and Peter Pills. None of them had
the money to pay the fines of $40
each, but King Coin promised them
all their freedom before evening. Then
hn -, II n
Returning to City.-The Greeks are
coming back into East Moline at the
rate of 10 day. Two or three houses
have been rented to them during the
week and the Elias grocery store on
Second avenue in East Moline closed
for some months past, has been re
opened, The building on Ninth street
between Second and Third avenue
formerly occupied by Stasenopoules
has been rented and will be reopened.
1t will be used as a billiard hall and
cigar stand
Accepts Silvis Caii.-Rev. J. w
; Paterson, after preaching at the Sill
; Wis Baptist church last Sunday, has
: decided to accept the call extended
him by the congregation of that
church. Mr. Paterson comes to Silvis
; from Fairfield ILL.,, where he occupied
the pulpit of the Baptist church for
three years He fills the vacancy ere
ated by the resignation of Rev. C. d
Mayhem, who went to Tampico last
April.
Drop Part of mprovement.-Al
ments had planned to pave Fourteenth
and-one-half and Fourteenth streets
from a point 212 feet north of Seven
teenth avenue to Twenty-sixth avenue
lit has now been decided to pave III,
lstreet only to Twentythird avenue
i A hearing was held yesterday for sew
eral contemplated improvements ant
about so residents and property own
ers living along the above nance
street appeared, objecting TO the i'm
provement on the grounds that the.
u could not afford it. On account o
/ changes which will be made. the hear
u ing on the paving of Eighteenth AM
Nineteenth streets from Third avenu
to Sylvan park was postponed unit
e next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clocl
o
To Build Three Bridges.-Work wi
u be begun at once on the constructio
- of three new reinforced concret
d bridges in Hampton township whic
ii will cost altogether $1,577.50 TIL
contract for all the work was let la!
81 week to the Missouri Bridge & Iro
works. The three bridges to be r
III built are the Cox bridge, which
'e about two miles below Rapids City @
the river road. the Bowles bridg
ea which is on the Coaltown road nei
~ the Arp farm and the bridge on IL
III Watertown road near Mrs. Warner
price. The contract price for the CO
bridge is $500. and for the latter tw
, together $S97,5O
40 Archery Match Even. Thursds
a. afternoon the clash between Maurit
, Bockaert, king of the William TIE
~ Archery club of this city and Adolf
e Wander Beke king of the East Molil
Indian Bow and Arrow club, toe
place on the local archery ground
. and the two men quit shooting wi
honors even. The match took pla'
from 2 to 8 O'Clock, and when Il
hours shoot had been concluded eat
II =. 4 g.