The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-21

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He is stopping at the Keator House.
c. III. WOolsey, of the 80 cent store +,
visiting friends at Knoxville.
r. B. Signafooz has returned from an
extended trip on the road in the interest of
Deere & Co.
Hannah Straw of Pittsburg, Pa, is in
the city for a couple of weeks visit will,
her son Richard, our genial dentist.
Dimock, Gould & Co. are HAVING etoor,
pipes laid to connect their new Office with
their saw mill, also their planning mill.
A hack load from this place attended
Mr.. WHISPERS dancing school at Davepnor,
last evening.
The foundation for p l.. McKinncvs
new brick building on Rodman aveppo
was completed to-day.
| There is a surprise party on the tapis
J for tonight. The presumably most inter
ested party lives on Wells street
! Moline, as usual, is giving the marriage
license list a BOOM" about a dozen
couple from this place having been licens-
ed to wed already this month.
David r. Zeigler, of this city, is in at
| tendance at the reunion of the veterans
of the Second Iowa cavalry, of which he is
one, at Davenport.
Ed. Young, who got hurt at Dimock
Gould Il Cos some time ago, is so far re-
| covered as to be able to resume his work
| at that place.
E. j. Dahms, who took an excursion of
land buyers into northern Iowa, has left
! the party to take flying business trip into
northern Dakota. He will be home in
few days.
Station agent CIRCUITS non-arrival home
as yet cannot be accounted for as he wrote
home from Vermont some days ago that
he should start that day. Nothing has
been heard from him since that time.
November the 9th is the 25Oth anniver.
sary of Gustav Adolphus, and some of our
Swedish citizens are in favor of a celebra-
ton on that day. The matter has been
''talked of, although nothing definite has
as yet been done
have prepared a list of about sixty new
books, which has already been sent TO the
publishers. They propose to order a small
number of books each month as long as the
library funds will admit of it.
1t is special request of the committee
in charge that those of our manufactures
having colored men in their employ will
allow them "a day Off on Friday on the
occasion of the Emancipation celebration,
as they wish every colored man in the city
in the procession on that day.
Mr.. G. L. Jenning, who has resided in
this city number of years, being employed
at the Moline Pump company seven years,
left last evening for Tampa Bay, Florida,
where he expects to make his future home.
The best wishes of host of friends accom-
pany him.
The Rev. S. ID. Smith, pastor OF the
Methodist Episcopal church breaches his
farewell sermon next Sunday, and leavef0r
Rev Smiths stay in this city he has won
many friends, being faithful worker, and
has given good satisfaction. A petition is
in circulation and has received this far
some forty signatures asking his return.
There is one factory in this city that has
ten Johnsons in their employ. This
causes poll tax Collector Kelsey no small
amount of trouble, but he has the thing
clown fine" now. He has discovered that
in the office where they are employed they
have them numbered running from one
to ten. In this way he can tell who has
paid and who has not. He finds this
great convenience in making his collec-
lions. The above parties have nearly all
the same ''given" name.
Mrs. H. Phelps, who went from this
place to Faribault, Mimi, on recommends
lion of her attending physician in hopes
Of improving her health, which was then
IN critical condition, and who was taken
worse on her arrival at that
place. it not being thought that she could
i've from one hour to another, is so lar
as to allow of her husbands re-
urn to this place. She will remain at
'airbault several months yet, as the
Innate seems beneficial to her Mrs
Phelps, who is the daughter of /. Cassa'
'ur hardware man, has the best wishes u