The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-17
THE DAILY ARGUS.
Tuesday. Oct. II. 1882.
BREVITIES

Interesting local on nfst page
A full stock of slippers, at Carse &
Reticker's. f7-d6t
The board of registry did some heavy
sitting to-day.
The Singer sewing machine offices in
this section, were closed to-day owing to
the death of President Edward Clark.
Improvement is the order of the day out
at Mr. Bailey Dayenport's coal mine, at
Black Hawk Watch Tower.
Dennis Cary the fellow arrested yester-
day ON peace warrant en- complaint OF
Louisa ebay, whose examination was pro-
ceedlng before Justice Cooke, as the ARGUS
went to press, was cared for to the extent
of giving bonds in the sum of $500 to keep
the peace.
It's reported that the Milan dummy is
ditched out on the road. but the cause of
he accident has not yet been made known.
The Flying Eagle went up this morning.
ne Josie, bound up, is in port and viii 60
yer the rapids in the msrning.
One of the fullest appointed boot and
hoe parlors in this city IS KruI s. Pfoh's
on Market Square. They are both young
men who fully understand their business.
They have in stock one of the finest lines
of boots and shoes in the city. Mr.. Pfoh
is a son of Charles Pfoh, an old resident of
this city.
Gents latest style shoes. at Carse &
Reticker's. 17-d6t
This is too fine day to abandon wholly
to events of a purely sensational nature.
but it cannot well be helped.
A young man left town very hurriedly
this morning, without leaving his future
address with Major Beardsley so that his
mail might be forwarded The tact that
warrant had been issued for his apprehen-
sion on the charge of seduction, it is
thought might have been an imPelling
force.
Miss Ida May Walters. of Moline, comes
down to Rock Island frequently to seq her
newmade friends. She is apparently in
good health, and has certainly recovered
her spirits.
Room forty five at the Rock Island
House had a great attraction fer the youth
full sports of the city last evening. Tom Col
Inns had diminutive pup" on exhihi-
ton.
The weather was very cold this morning
but that fact did not deter several citizens
from trying to find the comet. All kinds of
glasses were used, however, and ''there
fingers" seemed to be about the size of the
average dose.
Fred Warde tomorrow evening at Har
per's theatre in Damon ind Pythias. Re
served see may be obtained at the Har
per House drug store.
1t seems that Miss Pinneo. the noted
equestrienne vino will be remembered by
many of our readers as having attended a
ball at Turner Hall during her stay in this
city, and who recently attempted suicide
on the cars near Kansas City, is on the
road to recovery, She thinks that she has
ridden the pale horse quite far enough.
The remaining iron for the Milan line
has arrived all right and will be laid inn
mediately.
Accidents, shootings, seductions, etc.
help fill local columns amazingly fast, but
even without these very undesirable sensa-
tons the ARGUS contrives to keep well
stocked with news, and the people of Rock
Island are rapidly finding it out.
A popular young Second avenue business
man received some elegant birthday
souvenirs through the mails yesterday,
consisting of silk ties, handkerchiefs, etc.
He considers the new postoff1ce success.
Drs. Carter and Eyster treated the in
jured man, John Littig. at Wheaton's drug
store last evening after which he was taken
home. 1T is quite likely that he will pull
through all right, although it was narrow
escape. The safe belonged to Justice
Cooke
rrxu poor Dr. srror srorv