The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-23

Dorlc Lodge A. L. q A. NJ, Will have
an installation at the lodge room tonight,
Public installation, festival and dance Of
King Solomon l. ,dge (coloredl \. +. u y.
Y, NJ, tonight at Freja Hall
There will be public installation Of the
officers of the three Odd Fellows lodges
at the hall oc Moline Lodge Oh January
7th. After the ceremonies there will be
an Odd Fellows sociable.
Jasper STANCE has sold his 20 by $50
building on Main street, adjoining Book S
shoe store, and the property where Box
man 4 STANCES drug store is situated, to
Charles Tegeler, of Rock Island.
The Moline National Bank presents a
fne appearance inside. since the new i'm
provements have been made, due, prnbab
w. to the energy aud public spirit of ), W.
Wheelock Esq one of Molne's best mer.
The Wallace .roupe appear at Timm s
hall Tomorrow evening. The company IS
a good one and will no doubt be we'll patro-
nized The Wallace sisters are stars in
their line and come we'll spoken Of by the
press of the east.
The members of Doric Lodge who at
tended the installation Of the officers OF
Barrett Chapter in Rock Island on Tues
day evening, are LEASED with the result
of their social visit. The officers Of Doric
lodge will be installed this evening Mem
bers are requested to attend. Visiting
brethren are cordially invited.
Public opinion is ab,u equally divided
relative to tho late action Of The super
| vlSnrS in anneXlng d part of Moline tn
Rock Island. The loudest grumbling
comes from the east end of the city The
residents Of the west end, the portion an-
uexed, with but few exceptions. seem to be
satisfied with the change.
Hon William Parsons, Of England, will
deliver the next lecture of the ), van Boat
Club course on Saturday evening, anuarv
I8. His subject is The Seven Modern
Wonders of the World and their Work
crs." This is the latest and best OF
; Mr.. Parsons lecturers Those who heard
him two years ago on George Stephen-
son" conceded him to be one of the ablest
orators OF the season.
The following persons were elected
Office; of Moiine Encampment NJ. 1873, at
its meeting Wednesday evening:
G. P.-Job Tufley.
H. PA. f. Morey.
S. WI. Young.
J. VI. f. Taylor.
Secretary \ Aigreen.
Treasurer ID, Long.
The installation of the above officers vii.
occur ON January 18th. and will be private,
Yesterday Mrs. L. Patch, wife Of
Charles Patch, was buried at Riverside
cemetery. Rev Thos F. BQrchers
preached tie sermon. The death of Mrs
Patch was sudden and severe blow tc
her husband and friends, She was q
lady very much beloved by all who knew
her and her loss is the more keenly felt or
account of the unexpected manner in
which it happened.
ALWAYS AHEAD-Fred Calkins, the en-
terprising Main street merchant, has just
received, direct from the manufacturers al
Pittsburg, expressly for the holiday trade
the largest, best assorted, and finest stock
of crockery and glassware, ever offered t,
. The public. The stock consists of centen
nial dishes, monogram gohlets, elegant
:. glass cake baskets, fruit dishes, supert
sets, sauce dishes, silver plated ware,-ir
fact everything in the crockery line il
larger variety, and at lower prices, thar
anywhere in the three cities. 22dtf
Chris mas is almost here, and John NJ
Holt alive to the fact has added to hi,
large stock of groceries. ETC., a fine assort
meut of toys, ard holiday goods, which h,
proposes to sell at bedrock figures. Hnl
is one of our most enterprising merchants
!. and seems imhued with unusual competi
tive spirit. He is determined to sci
turkeys, chickens, groceries, toys an;
: fancy holiday goods, at prices so low tha
. consumers cannot fail tn he conyincal n
: the tutility Of going to Davenport, o
Rock Island, when making their pur
chases 23dlt
f The Methodist church will have a cou
cert on Christmas eve and instead of tn
: customary christmas Tree" there will b
Bow of Promise, The exercis wall
: no douot, be very interesting They ar
/ free to all. Thuse having presents to SEN