The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-30
BREvrTIEs.

Boys will be prohibited from climbing
the electric light towers hereafter.
Heavy wooden business suits, 90, at E.
Zeis'. % st
Mr. August C. Somers, for considera-
BILE time with Hawley & Hill, leaves town
this morning for st. Louis.
The weather this afternoon has been
almost as oppressive as in mid summer.
George w. Henry, Jr.. has gone out to
the Meredosia with three or four com
panions, on duck hunting trip.
The usual committee of safety was ON
hand to-day to see that the telephone pole
was properly taken down.
The Josie went up the river this morn
ing at daylight. The Mary Morton will
come down Tomorrow evening
The old telephone pole at the corner of
second avenue and Seventeenth street, was
taken down to-day.
The sum of $270 was taken in last week
by Collector Carnahan, at his station on
the Milan Bridge.
The Milan street cars were fairly patron
lied yesterday, but the summer rush.
seems to be about over.
Mr. Henry Schnitger is about to remove
from the lower part of the city to the cor
ner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-first
street.
A full stock of slippers, at Carse &
Reticker's 24-d6t
The best thing that can be said of the
Jesse James company is that all bills in
CURED here were paid at sight.
Be sure to attend to- the registry to-
morrow. The last opportunity before cleo
ton.
Commissioner Southwell reports nearly
1900 pupils in attendance at the public
schools.
Before Nov. II the water tax for the
past six months can be paid at headquar
tiers after tomorrow.
Squire Chopper wants genuine sold
folks concert with every thing save an
Gent ''pennyroyal tunes" barred out.
-Bengston's drug store for low prices.
Oct256t.
Bishop Spaulding viii be asked to offici-
ally sanction the preliminary steps taken
yesterday at st. Joseph's church, to organ
ice 1.-THE Catholic Knights of America
Mr. w p Buchanan, who arrived in
town Friday evening from an extended
trip throughout Rock Island county and
the adjacent country reports the most hope
full conditions imaginable for democratic
success next week,
There are still few 1oafers left in Rock
Islard who amtisc themselves by standing
On street corners on Sunday evenings and
making audible comments upon ladies and
their escorts as they pass Shamei
Thunder, lightning and rain early this
morning startled at least one old settler
out of a comfortable morning snooze.
Workwill soon begin on the electric towers
east of Market Square. beginning with the
one at the intersection of Seventeenth
street and Second avenue.
The naptha lighting company now
lnourns with the local gas company over
the expiration of the contract for lighting
Rock Island.
Despite the opinions of many old river
men to the contrary, Captain Cameron,
who is as weather wise ash the best of
them, believes that winter will not set in
at an early date.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Central
Presbyterian church, win meet at the resi-
dence of Mrs. h. G. Connolly next Thursday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock.
The new ferry dock for the Davenport
side was lowed across early yesterday
morning. It is 105 feet long, ten feet
longer than the old one, and the house is
the best IN use on either side of the river.
Capt. Cameron justly feels quite proud of
it.
A Rock Island drug clerk complains
that some people pub the night ben at the
store as if they thought he was hitched to
the other end of it and that if they only
pulled hard enough they could haul him
out of bed by main force.
At least one Rock Island clergyman in
the course of his sermon yesterday had the
manliness to declare that this is IAN age
of political corruption" He's a repu i
can in politics, too.
The Anthony g. Ellis company viii pc
sent Uncle Toms Cabin to night at Har-
per's theatre, with all of the most approx
ed and modern accessories. The enter.
fainment is said to be an excellent one.