The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-28


Cigar Store.
Next Saturday is the last day of Sep
TENDER.
j. A. Bullen, the Rock river bridge
builder, arrived in the city this morning
Attorney E. j. Dahms returned from his
trip to Dakota this morning.
Richards s. Schorbeck are having the
sidewalk in front of their place of bust
ness re-tarred and sanded.
Adair Peasants, of Rock Island, is
about to establish a law office in this city.
Our cutters were given a thorough
cleaning by City Engineer Asterlund to-
day.
Dir. II. p Oakley returned yesterday
from his trip to Arkansas.
Dave Pringle left to-day for trip to
Fargo, Dakota.
]. d. Besler, General Superintendent of
the Illinois division of the G. B. s. O. rail-
road, passed through here on his way to
Chicago this morning.
A new store building is being erected on
Rodman avenue, just above N. Chester's
store.
E. G. Allen, of the Moline Plow Com
pany office force, left last evening for
Peoria to attend the state fair. He viii be
gone several days.
This evening at the brides residence in
East Moline, Miss Nellie Patch, for a num-
Der of years teacher in our public schools,
and Mr.. Brown, of Prophetstown, will
be united in marriage.
MFR. c. r. Ellis, who has for over year
been the genial clerk at S. s. Wallaces res
taurant, sewers his connections with that
firm this evening.
Miss Mary Fisher, the elocutionist, is in
the city, and will meet her many friends at
the residence of Joseph Huntoon at 4:30
this afternoon.
Henry Wells, our former postmaster,
who left this place for Florida few years |
ago, finding school privileges bad in that |
state, will soon return to this place. Hen |
rvs many friends will be glad to welcome |
him back.
The Moline Womans Suffrage Associa- |
lion met at 2 o'clock this afternoon at |
Mrs. Knowles, corner of Illinois and Sal |
ter streets. There was a flair" attend |
ance, and the meeting proved to De a very
one.
The John Heck attempted rape case came |
up in the circuit court at $50 this morn |
If the defendent, through the |
Effort of his attorneys, escapes with term |
n the penitentiary, he should consider |
himself lucky, as the evidence is all against |
him and the fact of his being drunk at the |
lime viii hardly save him from the conse-
luences of his rash act
Tomorrow evening occurs the first of |
SINNERS hall, over Wallace's restaurant. |
Strassers orchestra, of Davenport, furnish !
he music. Great preparations have been
made by those in charge to make this the
ocial event of the season. and those secur-
ng invitations will miss a treat by not at
ending Don't forget the social hop"
o-morrow night.
This is Mrs. A. p. Fisk's 33d birthday, |
md her husband, unbeknown to her, has
had enlarged by Mrs. Walker, of Chicago,
he portrait of their little three-year old /
10Y who died some years ago. This was
o day presented to Mrs. Fisk, and was
very pleasant surprise indeed 1t is a
7cry fine piece of workmanship, being lie
ize.
Final arrangements have at last been
made for that game of base ball between
he Boys in Blue and the Stars. In
tead of playing at Geneseo, Davenport or
ny other place. as our contemporaries
ave had it, they will play at the Gun
Tub Shooting Park, . near Brooks grove,
where the last game was played. The
anne win be commenced at two o'clock
o-morrow, the stakes being 500 side.
May the best nine win"