The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-02
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the new Milan line yesterday.
Send in your donations for the German
Catholic fair next week in Turner Hail.
The next annual Methodist Episcopal
conference is to be held in this city.
M Meyer has been appointed assis-
tant manager of the G. M. & st. p, road.
Regular monthly city council meeting
this evening.
Esquire Chopper ought to succeed
Folger. He has paid $116 fine money
for September into the city treasury.
Alderman Henry went out to BILLY"
Davenport's farm to-day to look up the
grarel question.
Our churches were well attended yester-
day, but it's a trifie early to look for the
fall styles.
Rauch, the Moline fratricide, will be
brought to the Rock Island Jail TO day for
safe keeping.
Presumably a smaller quantity of
''budge" was swallowed yesterday than
usual. as no arrests are chronicled.
The Ancient Mariner" of the 81. w.
Spencer amiable and 'andsome, will yet be
captured by some dramatist
Rock Island and Davenport Knights of
Pythias win be interested in Pythian,
article in another page of to-day's paper.
Attention is directed to the new adver-
tisement of A Loeb, one of Rock Islands
clothing princes.
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theatre of the Whitley dramatic company,
the initial performance of week engage
ment.
Mr. P. L. Cables timely gift of 800 in
cash to the afflicted Patterson family
illustrates true nobility of character. Who
will follow his example.
The Whiteley company has arrived from
Peoria and is quartered at the Harper
House.
The wind being down stream this morn
ing created quite current in the Missis-
sippi.
Several important matters are to be
disposed of at thecouncil meeting to night,
including the locating of two of the electric
towers
Rock Islanders viii go to st. Louis this
week three on a horse, to see the yelled
Prophets" They will find that the profits"
are yelled also
The new series of national bank notes,
brown backs, are circulating in Rock ISL
and, but not very generally, as yet. The
five dollar note has handsome vignette of
Garfield.
Mrs John Ebbeson has received through
Island City Lodge No. 4, A. o. U. w, a
check for $4,000 the usual benefit paid
over upon the death of a member in good
standing.
1t is rumored that our townsman P. L.
Gable has purchased the mine out at Coal
graduated on so desirable an acquisition.
On one trip yesterday the Milan street
car line had total passenger list of 1876!
Some of them had seats, but more were
hanging ON by their teeth.
Word reaches Rock Island this morning
of big fire yesterday at Maquoketa, the
list of victims including C. w, Florence,
who will be remembered as the former pop
ular clerk of the Harper House. His loss
mainly resulted from hasty removal.
Davenport ''destitutes" are beginning to
patronize the ferry boat quite numerously,
but unless they ''look leedle oudt" they
will be promptly run in by the Rock Island
police.
J. M. Luthi, worthy member of the
Rock Island Swiss society, died at 5;35 last
evening. Funeral at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon under the direction of the
society.
A young lady from Galesburg, pretty and
pert, who has been visiting in this city for
a fortnight or more, has already captured
the hearts of numerous Rock Islanders.
How viii they feel when the visit is
ended? That's what troubles the ARGUS
man.
If friends come to visit you just drop a
postal card to the city editor of the ARGUS
informing him of the fact and he will
gladly notify your city friends Don't be
backward about it; good newspaper is
necessarily sort of cooperative concern,
anyhow.
The marriage of Mr. Richard G. Lloyd
and Miss Mary Rafferty, at st. Joseph's