The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-09

s@ Barnabee.
H6 The Slough is frozen over.

E9F The Slough is frozen over.
SAN. Chester returned from Chicago
Saturday evening and will be followed
soon by large display OF holiday goods
b6~The Barnabee troupe will be here
but one night.
S&@ Mary Ann Lewis stopped over Sun
day at the City Hotel.
RGE> The board of health meet this
evening at the Office Of Dr.. Morey.
RGrA lovely night for the Barnabee
concert.
S9~ VIM. Kerns is confined to his home
with large and painful abcess in his
nose.
H2HGo and hear the irrepressible Bar
nabee at the Congregational church next
Monday evening. Dec .. otf
SG~Rodman avenue bids fair to sur
pass Main street as a business centre IN
the near future. No more enterprising |
business men can be found in the city than
Knox, LindvalI, Chester and others.
sa~ Hose Co. "a" held an election for
captain Saturday night and reelected
Theodore Wheelock.
R9Hlt will pay any of you to price goods
at LindvaIls before purchasing holiday
presents. No trouble to show goods.
GG~The street brigade cleared off the
snow and commenced work on Deeres hill
this morning.
RGYoung man, make yourself solid
with some young lady for the coming pro-
tracted meetings by taking her to hear
Barnabee tonight.
H0~R Reserved seats for the Barnabee
concert at the Congregational church next
Monday evening. for sale ut Clendenln q
Martins; dtt
R6s~ Solid silver and plated spoons,
knives, forks, castors, water pitchers-in
fact everything imaginable, for sale at
Lindyall's, at prices to suit the times.
EgrAt the reform club meeting Satur-
day evening the ladies were rendered the
use of the club room Thursday evening.
A committee was appointed to arrange
for lecture by Rev. j, G. Merrill OF
Davenport.
RarJ. G, Ferris has opened a produce
store in the room formerly occupied by
Peer wager, on Rodman avenue, opposite
the German school house, where butter,
eggs, apples and poultry can be bought at
the lowest cash price. Call and see him.
7-dtf
R9The Ladies' aid society lis arrang-
ing for an oyster supper and social Thurs
dav evening of this week. The supper to
be eaten at Mason restaurant and the So
cial held at the club room, two doors west.
They hold meeting this evening to per
feet their plans,
ggg~M Much noise is being made by the
vendors of cheap silver plated ware OF
Main street and near the post Office. Any
honest dealer will tell you that Roger
Bros. goods are the standard-always
what they are represented to be. Thes'
goods, in endless variety; also Simpson
Hall, Miller Il Cos, goods are kept bl
Lindvall. corner Rodman avenue an'
Henry street, and are for sale at bed -rocl
prices.
Eey~The Union and Dispatch are quar-
reling over few marbles. If the you'll
of the Union wants to play keeps" VIII.
don't you let him2 Some li;h-minde
, urchn with haIfdoZen. commons WI
entice him into an alley and skin hll
l one of these days, after which the publ
will cease to be afflicted with .half-colum
+ dissertations on the moral and elevatin
II influence of marble playing,
r EIMoline talent is beginning to b
! known abroad. Mr.. Fred. Corns has eT
'' tered into an engagement to sing tenor
y a Chicago choir, for which place be takt
'e bis departure from Moline before the hol
q days. This is a permanent engagemeI
70 in one of the best choirs IN Chicago at
10 haudsome salary. Mr.. Corns is said I
possess remarkably strong, clear musc'
a tenor voice, which will assign him to
e position among the first rank of vocalist
le Passed Away.
i MIR. II. L Abbott whose lie has bee
hanging by slender thread for sever
days, expired Sunday night, at 10 o'cloc
/ Mr.. A abbott has been identified with Il
d. interests of Moline for the past twenty
90 FIVE years and has many friends her
! Deceased was member lii good standiI
D of Moline Lodge, No 1873, /. o. D. +. al
J. will be buried with the hOnors OF tt
Order. y special meeting Of the LODI
al has BEEN called for this evening to arranG
p tor the funeral, which it is now believ,
u wilsstakc place from the residence of Ro
4 ert Nye, Ann street, on w Wednesday,
Ig Up II. Should other arrangements
. made at the meeting tonight they will
"a announced tom Z on,
EI~At the close of the meeting he W
= standing near the pulpit She scrutiniz
d. him closely for a time and remark
a Where have | seen you? Your count
q nance looks so familiar, | must have N
II you somewhere" He blushed and star
~ mered something about not remember
Nv her, during which time she appeared to
SO raklDg over the old rubbish in the attic
no her memory. She was evidently pleas
with what bhe discovered there and exu
anty interrupted him with, Yes, kn,
4e | had behold those features before. / s;
u you at Jacksonville" This confused t
sc modest young man still more Betwe
>, being addressed by good-looking WON
>. In a crowd, and looked upon as an escap
Ill lunatic, he was about to break through t
crowd at any hazard and run, when sor
ty kindly disposed person remarked that
=, belonged ty the city fire department.
VI look of indescribable pity overspread b
he counteDance and with voice full of cha
ut, ty and mercy she replied, Fireman! P6
r.. fellowsl they have great deal OF ha
work to do" but she looked volumes me-
and her prayers probably followed Fred
40 his room where he sat half the night st;
N. ing into the glass wondering if he look
zee like an escaped lunatic.
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: A good fit, No, goods, low prices a
" 6rst-class trimmings, at thinner
Everything marked down to lowest livi
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