LIGHT AND LIVELY.The farmers on Rock fixer botrom have commenced catting their clover hay. L. Brown Mapea, of' Atlantic, Iowa, is here vUlting hia parents and relatives for few days.Bix keepers and eleven Inmates of houses of ill-tame were arrested and fined a total of $:572 before Justice Kaufmann in Dav enport Tutaday Three Davenport burglars were sentence to the Anamoaa penitentiary yesterday, namely Ben Betnbry, Henry Mayers and Eddie Hamilton.The dow road in front of the BoggiBS place in Rock river bottom, is nearing completion, under the able management of the overseer, A. R. Malzen The letter from Mr. Qest, appearing elsewhere, is a disappointment, tnasmui b as it shows that we are not to have the stone for the Arsenal dam cut on the InlandH Schroertir, formerly operator at Bar-slow, has relieved W Walter, who resigned f.-om the y telegraph office in tlrs city to take a better position on the M a souri Pacific railway.The city counoil of Davenport has ap pointed a Miss Annie E Davis, of Chita-go, police matron of the city Her duties are to look after the female portion ot humanity over there and see that do mlt; re of them go to the bad The members of Graham Post and the Woman’s Relief Corps contemplate hol l mg a private picnic lt;o the Fourth It is probable that arrangements tor some sult; h diversion will Ik completed at the meet I ig ui those organizitions this eveningSa\ kiv - A fine family of children wt re all atllictbd with scrofula. Two died early, the rest would soon have followid but lor the timely and persevering use oi Ayer's SarsaparilLa, which built them uji into a healthy and vigorous manhood.Mr Marvin Forber and Miss Minnie M Harrington, both ol Moline, were unre-d in marriage at H p m Tuesday at lblt; Kng’lsh Lutheran parsonage in Dvui port, the Itev G. W Snyder i tllciatnng The couple will make their home at No 1414 Third avenueHenry Schmidt, of Rock Island, son-in-law ot i’tter Fries, who went to Germany with his wile recently, for his heal h, dlid In Bavaria Tuesday He was a mi mber of the firm of Peter Fries it Co , wholesale liquor dealers. The newscamt by cablegram to Rock Island.The Moline police have received notification to be on the alert for horse thievig who robin d a farmer near Saluda, Kielt;x (ounty. Monday night, breaking mlo his barn and making off with a dark brown and bay team atli hed to a sprmg wagon painted black A reward of $50 is of k redAs a number of our ministers witl be nut ot town at intervals during the sum nirr monthB, it has been decided to omit the monthly union temperance meetings till the last Sunday In September or October next. So it is probable that the nt xt one of these meetings will be held Id the new Y M C. A building Clara Sloan and a number ot her litile frnnds from 4 to 11 years of age, boys and girls, gave an entertainment on I)r Sloan’s lawn last Tuesday, for the benefit of Lucy Evans, the little invalid girl The programme included singing, solos, duets, trios, and chlt; ruies, also recitations, dialogues, etc They had sold tickets lor 10 cents each The snug little sum of $5 50 was realizedThe first opportunity in this vicinity to Bee I’rol Thompson make a balloon ascension and parachute descent of 1,000 teet will be at the base ball grounds at .1 on Saturday afternoon, after which there will be a game between the Davenportsand Bpriogflelda. Games also on Friday and Bundy.Mr. J. H. Doxaee, editor of the Monti-cello Express, la bore viaitlng relalitea. W J. Sharp, 01 Warner Station, waa in town yesterday. He reporta cropa looking finely.The ladies oTDaxenport ar* endeavoring to raise $4w) to refurnish the Y. M C. A room* over there.Alexander Grant, oi Gilbert, across the river, has realized over $1,000 from his Blrawberry crop this season.They have a good force oi men down at the corn planter works overhauling and repairing the machinery, otherwise things look quietBilly Goodnow, ot the Barnard Leas force, is the happy father of a bouncing girl of regulation size and weight, born yesterdayThe missionary society of the Congregational Sunday school were being banqueted at the home of Mrs. S M. Hill yesterday aJternoonThe firemen have succeeded in raising $120 among the manufacturers Of this, $100 was raised by J M Bayliss. The boys say they will need at least $400A poor, worn out Btrcet csr mule lell down od upper Fifth avenue yesterday and the car ran on to the prostrate animal injuring It painfully The car had to be lifted off be lore the mule could be oxtri-cated.The next regular meeting of the Trinity Ministerial Association will be held in Novemtxr A special meeting will probably be held at Linwood Springs some time in the latter part of July or m AugustThe Argus Bays “Supt. Schmtger feels more encouraged now than he has for some time, and believes that inside of a month he will have his bridge road and all connecting lints in the tri cities in harmonious operation. Ring the bell1The school In the Bowlis district, in Hampton township, Miss Ntlhe Conner leader, closes today, the 2b h Tin re will be a picnic at the Bowles chapel, the i xercises to be appropriate, especially the dinner Nellie would be glad to welcome a great many of her city friends.Charley Barnaril has been studying into the mysteries oi electricity latily.and it came very mar being too much tor bun, as he received a shock on a short cumnt which pretty nearly finished him. However, he is still at it today, striving to finish his education and gel a diploma as an electricianThere was a big surprise- party at Galesburg Monday on a married couple named Tuveson, at which it is said a presentation speech was made by the “ Rev.” Nybladh, Those present were largely lt;pl Nyladh’S tlouk, and II is said Ihe gills were designed as a token of appreciation of die kindness which ihe twain had shovtu toward Mr. Nybladh.President Holmes, the street car magnate, says that new machinery has been provided to replace that destroyed in the Cambria works at JehnBtown, where the rails used by the syndicate are manufactured, and that several car loadB are al-reaoy on thi track and others will be ready in a few days lor the tri city lines. The extentions will be made here at once while some much needed repairs on the I nion line here and on Third street in Davenport, will be made at the same time. As these rails are to be used on the new Fairmount Park road, in Moline, the early resumption of their manufacture will be of special importance to themThe Moline Plow Go's cornplonter department (an enterprise inaugurated last season, and which premises to become a permanent feature of the institution), is now turning out goods to be introduced at the fairs next tall The planters sent nut