The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-09
MOLINE DEPARTMENT
z. L. EASTMAN, b
Headquarters, one door West of Reimers
Cigar Store.

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at Cambridge this morning.
The T. Q. T. club give dance ., -
new opera house on the evening Of a..
Goth.
BiehPs band, of Rock Island, has ho..
engaged to furnish music for the A O p
Hose company fair.
The Rev. I'll. ID. Clark preached IN.
| excellent sermons at the NJ f. church 70.
| terday.
| Once more the electric light subiec, F.
being discussed. Gentlemen, less ,.p
| and more action is what is now needed
The Minnehaha and A o. T. hose oo,,
panies will try another game of base hall
some time next week
The Baptist Mission band will bere.f,o-
meet only once month instead of ovor.
| two weeks, as heretofore
Gustav Rauch is so far recovered &c B.,
be able to walk around the room vos,o,
| day. DR.. Dunn says that he is ont d,
danger.
p. K. McKinney's new block on Rodm.D
avenue is progressing finely. The brick
work for the first story is nearly compq
ted.
The final game of base ball between the
Sylvans and Red Stockings for the medal
occurs next Thursday afternoon.
The hose race between the Minpebab.
and NJ. P. hose companies has been de-.
clared off, on account of the muddy con.
dition of our streets. They will probably
try their hand at base ball
Grandpap White says that as soon IS
the old U. B church reaches lis point Of
distinction, they are going to have pray
er meeting in it for the benefit of CIV.
Lowdell, to which all are invited
The Rev. c. L. Morgan occupied the
pulpit of the Baptist church YESTERDAY.
He will occupy the pulpit of his own. The
Congregational church next Sunday when
the improvements now being made Willie
finished.
There will be a meeting of those inter
ested in the proposed soldiers monument
at the city council chambers next Thurs.
day evening. Let there be a full attend
ance.
Only four weeks until election, and vet
very little political work is being done out.
side of that done by the candidates them.
selves. This evidently is to be ver
quiet campaign.
AtkinsOn's Jollities booked for this place
will hardly materialize, as they had bust
up at Erie, Penn, the other day. They
may reOrganize in time to appear here,
but it is hardly probable.
Quite number of the workmen en-
ployed on the canal have been taken down
with malaria already, and the prospects are
that large amount of sickness will be
caused among the men employed on the
government work by the mud and water
Levi Cralle and a party of gentlemen
left at five O'Clock this morning for the
Meridosia on hunting expedition. MAY
success attend their footsteps"
w. E. Lawrence has returned from Chi
cago. He says that there is a large crowd
in that city already, of people who have
come to attend the prize drill of the knights
Templar, which commences to-day. Indi
annapolis and Chicago are among those
participating.
The next teachers institute will be held
at Reynolds. Superintendent Mack OF
our public schools, is booked for an art
Gle on Common Schools, p" and ]. d. Huh
bard, one of our teachers, is to read an 81
ticle on History. The meeting promises
to be vely interesting one.
Station agent Groat has in his possession
a large oyster shell, which he brought
home with him from his trip to the eastern
coast. He says he devoured the entire
contents. One would suppose from the
size of the shell that it would contain
about six good meals for an ordinary man
Louis Meese and w. II. Gest, will star
for Springfield with the petition for the
pardon of VIM. A. Meese, one week from
,o-day. The time required by law for N
publication of such petitions will have IL
oired at that time. Our citizens are awaiting
he results of the petition which was quite
signed
The steamboat landing project is no"
,eing agitated We thought our citizens
veuld at last wake up to the necessity Oh
having some better facilities for those nav
ng freight to ship by way of boat as wen
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