The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-15

THE DAILY ARGUS
PREMIUM JOB PRINTING. seas6
Orders for Jos PafsrrsG will meet with. prompt
attention at the ARGUS OrFrcB, and be executed in
the very BEST manner and at reasonable fates 90
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CITY ITEMS So
5. FoRrYs CENrs q line will be charged for
each insertion of all articles under this head
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SEVERAL hundred old newspapers for sale
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SEVERAL valuable French, Germ an and
Spanish books 70. sale ct this Office. sa,,@r
SAUSAGE FAoToRY.--P. r. Helm has htt<d
up sausage factory, at his shop on Eagle
street, opposite the gas works, where he is
now prepared to supply the public with the
the very bes. quality of saussges, Of four
different kinds. Phil. isla good butcher as
as well as painter, and warrants everything
shemskes to be A. No. /. - azs -.a
REALEsrATE SALE-Mr j. S. Smith has
sold his residence, corner OF Rock River and
Adams streets, TO r.Gsorge Schneider, tie
grocerymsn, near the catholic church, for
$1,000. cash Mr.. Smith, with his fa,niiy,
have moved to Memphis. where some of has
children are already established in bus Sc
We also hear that Nj. Schneider has pur-
chased Mr. T. T. Dodge's residence, ON
Broadway. ~
The disunion Newspaper, printed in this
city, calls the post masters ''Andy's purps.''
This is elegant, refined and gentlemanly-
considering the source it came from. s
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The catholic festival takes place Tuesday
evening Nov. q, at Babcock's Hall. It Is
oxpsotsd that there will be a grand turn out
and fine affair. Tickets 81. sd
TIE new express company ia now doing
business The office is, for the present, a,
DIR. Harper's gas Office, but will soon be
moved into Harper's new block, on Buffalo
street. Mr. Guyer is the agent 800
THE WHISKY QUEsrIoN.-Considsrabls ex-
element exists in Davenport among the IL
quor dealers, for fear the grand jury will in
dios them. They are holding public meetings
on The subject.
The sessions of the musical convention to
be held in this city by Prof. Fargo will occur
every afternoon and evening of next week.
Caoristers and other gentlemen interested
in the success of the CON Yention are requested
20 meet tomorrow at P NJ. at the office of
G. W. Peasants ESQ.
DOING CHoREs.-We never knew place
where it was go difficult 10 find q man to do
all sorts of chores, clean windows, do or.
rands, carry packages, "a 3, S., as in Rock
Island. Some good. neat, handy fellow
would do well at this business. A good COL
cred man would find plenty of such work if
the public only knew where taS6nd~ him, and
he would do his work prompt, we'll, and at
reasonable prices.
The CAMDEN RoAD-Some days ago we
promised to call attention to an effort which
is being NJ AIDE TO McAdamize the road from
the city limits to Young's store, in Camden.
it is estimated to cost 81, 900 per mile. 1t ia
a matter of great Importance to the public
to get good solid road to Camden and
across the bottoms beyond, and something
should he done at once. .....
THE new post Office is going ahead as fast
as possible, and our citizens will soon have
the pleasure of light, clean, airy room for
post Office business, fitted up with all the ne
osssary convsnisnose. Capt Copp and his
assistants are very attentive to the wants of
the public and the prospect is that the Office
will be managed in tho best and most careful
manner BY tho ''three soldier boys"
RILEY's Gas FITTING EsTABLIsHMENT.-
Those of our people who have any gas fitting
or repairing to d. ought to call at Mr.. kiley's
establishment, the ievee. meas the ferry
landing. He has large stock of goods, in
his line, and some very elegant gas fixtures,
1t the way of water, steam or gas pipes, he
has u splendid stock, and can fill any order
a. short notice. Mr.. Riley is an exosllsns
citizen and a fair dealing man, and we are
glad to see him prosper. -s
THE DAVENPORT DEBr"-Under the above
heading the Chicago Republican publishes
the following
OFFICE j. W. CLARK & Co., No. 28 MILK ST.,
BosToN Nov. 10, 1866.
To the Editor of the Chicago Republican:
have examined with interest the "comprehens-
and interesting sketch of the city of Davenport,
which fills several columns in your paper of the 29th
of October. From the array of statistics there pre-
sened which prove clearly the thrift, energy and
public spirit of the city, important fact-mpor
tant to Eastern at least--is omitted. Win you
you allow me to supply it?
This thriving and prosperous city of Davenport