The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-19
BREVITIEs.

kkEtlTlES.
Supervisors meet to-day.
Clocks at Kings Fair"
All new stock at Joseph Bakers.
Next Sunday will be Christmas.
Edam cheese at Dart s. Greggs.'
Childrens suits at Loewenstein's.
Mallard ducks at Dart s. Greggs.'
Choice fresh candies at Kings Fair. -
Call for the box candies at Fred Krells.
Everything at bottom prices at Loewen
STEMS
Yesterday was the fourth Sunday in Ad-
vent.
Gents furnishing goods at Loewen-
STEMS.
Armour's breakfast bacon at Dart &
Greggs.'
Choice box candies, 25 cents at Fred
Krells
A rich stock of silver plated ware at
Joseph Bakers.
You can always find suit TO fit you at
Loewensteins.
Fine, imported Key West cigars at Hartz
s. Bahnsens.
Solid silver ware at Joseph Bakers. Do
not fail to see it.
A large assortment Of Christmas tree or
nanents at Russ.
The smallpox hospital has not been per
manently located.
The c., r. l. & p employees were paid
of last Saturday.
Relied plated jewelry at Kings Fair. :"
Ladies' and gents silk handkerchiefs
and muffiers at NJ G. Mills.
Beautiful clocks. suitable for Christm as
presents, at Kings Fair"
The best place to buy your Christmas
presents is at Hartz & Bahnsens.
There were two deaths last week, an In
crease over the preceding seven days.
The billiard tournament at Davenport
will certainly occur early in January.
The Waite and Ray Dramatic combina-
ton play in Moline early in January.
There was an excursion from LeClaire
this morning on the steamer Evansville.
Two hundred clocks at Kings Fair
The f&r at Turner hall is still in pro-
gress, and attracts it's share of patronage.
The handsomest Christmas present you
can buy is black silk dress from M. G..
Mills.
The lecture by Hon. T. P. O'Connor win
take place this evening at Harper theatre.
The Sylvan boat club will give dancing
party next Friday evening at Christy's
hall.
You can be fitted with spectacles with
ease, and with the best of glasses, at Joseph
Bakers.
Christmas cakes, plain and ornamental
and pastry of all kinds made to order at
John Astors City Bakery.
The performance of Brown, the mind
reader, at Harper's theatre last evening, at
tracted good sized audience
The river is falling, and local weather
prophets predict that it will not be closed
to navigation until late in January.
The Sabbath schools now increase in in
terest for the average scholar, as they see
the attraction of Christmas present.
Ada Gray and company win appear next
Friday and Saturday evenings and Sat
urday afternoon matinee at Harper's
theatre.
The Rodman Rifles will assist Co. 3D.
of the Iowa State Militia, at Davenport to-
morrow night, when there will be an ex
hibition drill.
A warrant was issued late last Saturday
night for the arrest of Mrs. Maggie Nusler.
who was charged with using abusive Ian
guage to w. Ohrt
Several Rock Island young men invested
fourteen dollars in q southern lottery.
They drew prizes aggregating twelve dol
lars, consequently they are out of pocket.
ton, appointed at recent meeting to act
at the O'Connor meeting tonight, are re-
quested to meet at the Harper house
promptly at O'Clock.
D. r. ZeigIer. an employe of the Moline
Plow company, and his wife celebrated the
fifteenth anniversary of their wedding
last Friday. Their friends presented them
with q lamp and some silver ware.
Those holiday Slippers at Carse & Retic-
ker's are very attractive, their patterns are
new and of the latest designs, and are
made to wear. Bear in mind that they
have no old voters in their stock, but they
are up to the time on everything in their
line.
Rock Island Encampment No. IL, I. o
o. f. elected, to hold Office for one year,
w. FL. Cook, @. P; Il. o. bunker, FL. P;
Herbert Scott, S. W; James Johnston. S.;
C, B. Knox. T.; J. p Stroeble, J. W., and
8. B. Stoddsrd Henry Bargower. Cyrus
Churchill, J. F.. Van Horn and ]. L.
Adams, Trustees.
Headquarters for Christmas slippers il
at Olsen 81 Cos. They have the neatest
and handsomest slippers in this section.
The designs are beautiful the patterns
being selected by themselves, and made to
their special order, they are all fresh and