The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-29
Social hop tonight.

No police business to-day. The cool
weather has evidently put quietus to the
same.
The dust has been effectively laid by the
rain of last night and to-day. Let the
good work go on.
Cordova and Port Byron will be con-
nected with this city by telephone within
short time
The refuse hay was cleaned off of Mar
ket Square to-day by street superintendent
Shallberg.
E. e. Hood our Main street grocer, left
this morning on flying business trip to
Monmouth.
Walter Tails, teller at the first national
bank, leaves tomorrow evening for
short visit to the Garden City.
w. E. Lawrence of the so cent store,
leaves to morrow evening on a trip to Chi
cago. He will visit the Delaware" during
his absence.
The weather permitting, a hack load of
young people will go out to Jake Warmers,
four miles east of here, this evening, to
attend a ''social hep" Doyle's band fur
nishes the music.
Street car driver No. 1 is minus a coat
tail, which was taken off by large New
foundland dog last evening near Hamlins
blacksmith shop. No further damage was
done.
John Lusk, who was formerly flag man
at the Rodman avenue crossing, assumes
! the position of flag man at the Lind street
crossing next week.
DIR. Cook, has "closed up shop" so to
speak, having taken down his sign, and
will devote his time hereafter to inventng
patents.
The st. Louis fair convenes on Monday
next. The c., B. & @. are selling tickets
there and return for one fare, to accommo
cate those wishing to attend. Seven extra
caches and two sleepers will leave this
place for that city on Monday.
Moline is to be inflicted with another
circus The Grand Royal Circus and Eng
lish Menagerie will exhibit on Wednesday,
Oct. 18th, at this place.
VIM. Kerrus and E. G.. Allen returned
from Peoria last evening where they have
been in attendance at the State fair. They
report about 10000 in attendance at the
fair yesterday.
Frank Johnson af the firm of Samuelson
Il Johnson, our popr ar furniture men, is
in Chicago buying goods, among which
will be goods for the upholstering of the
furniture of the Congregational church,
for which they have the contract.
The Grand Temple U. o. A T., of the
state of Illinois, meets on Wednesday next
at Fairbury. Ill. Fred. White. D. M. Noble,
C. w. Phillips and Mrs. Sue. p Pierce,
the delegates from Moline Temple, leave
for that place on Monday next
The Moline Lumber company, with
headquarters at Helena, Arkansas, are
shipping a vast amount of hard wood lum
Der to this place, mostly for the Deere &
Mansur company, and the Barnard s. Lease
Manufacturing Co.
The RED Stockings, "of Coal Valley, and
the ''Sylvans," of this place, will compete
for the medal now in the hands of Ned
Dunn. being the one left over from the
celebration of the 22d. They play .'best
two out of three" games. The first VIII be
played to morrow, the weather permitting.
Oliver Olsen, of Rock Island, counsel
for the prosecution in the Heck attempted
rape case, was in the city this morning
He says the trial will consume the greater
portion of to m orrow.
The local scribe of the Dispatch in COM
menting on an article in the ARGUS of the
day previous, said: THE Argus reporter
should shave his head, let the air and sun
shine in and give his brain a chance to
grow" Well, so yOu say, but the pre-
scription would hardly be of any benefit |
to the writer of the above, as his brain |
was so "stunted" by bad whisky years |
ago that growth is out of the question.
A little daughter of Benton Davis, re-
siding on the bluff, had narrow escape |
from being burned to death, on Thursday,
in the absence of her mother She lighted
a stick, from which in some way,
her clothes caught on fire. They were
burning quite rapidly when the mother
returned and put the fire out.
The child was only slightly burned.
Robert Ellis and C. s. Ellis, the latter of