The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
MOLINE.
Reporter
FRANK HARDWOOD,
ofice:-Harwood's Livery.
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

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There is prospect of another telephone
company being started soon in Moline.
| Frank Gould is the latest man to have a
telephone put in his residence.
| Mr. and Mrs Ferris have vacated the
pest house, and that building now remains
vacant.
| Col Clendennin spent yesterday at Nor
rison, visiting friends and relatives.
Harwood s. Cralle received fine new
Landau harness from New Haven, Conn
Street Commissioner shallberg is having
the streets fixed up and cleaned in first
class manner.
The private party at SINNERS Hall on
| Friday evening premises to be one of the
select affairs of the season.
The Rev. Joseph Perkins, of Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, will preach the funeral sermon
of John Capers this afternoon.
Mrs. J. S. Keator left for Chicago yes
terday morning to attend the May festival.
She will be absent this week.
| Mrs. Robert Boyd returned from Oregon
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the funeral of her husbands sister.
| The Mission Band held their regular
fortnight sociable last night, at the resi-
dence of Mrs Andrew Shields.
A great deal of sand is being taken out
of the slough, and Bedar Wood says there
is considerable demand for it.
| Mrs. John Jennings. of Cambridge is in
the city. She is one of the delegates to the
Illinois Woman's Suffrage Convention.
| The republican voters of South Moline
will hold their convention at the Moline
| Narrow Guage railroad depot on. Saturday
evening of this week, at seven o'clock.
| The Illinois Woman's Suffrage Conven-
ton will be held at the Baptist church
ed. The convention will assemble on
| Thursday morning.
| DIR. McKinnie and his wife were the vic
Tins of a surprise party Monday evening.
Biehl's band furnished the music and an
enjoyable time was had by all present.
| The wedding of Jermiah Bunker and
and Miss Lizzie Perry will occur on the
evening of June 1st in the Methodist
church at Hampton. Both of the contract
ing parties are residents of Moline.
/ Joseph spaet, of Marshalltown, Iowa, is
in the city. Mr. Spaet is an employee of the
Ketcham Wagon Company, of Marshall
town.
The banks, post office and public schools
will be closed on Decoration Day. The
shops will all shut down and the business
houses will be closed.
Michael Hartzell, wife and daughter left
yesterday morning to visit the old home
and old friends in Pennsylvania, They
will remain absent until fall
Isaac Epstein, well known in Moline
was in the city to-day on business. Mr.
Epstein represents a wholesale jewelry
house in St. Louis.
There was a large number of W. A
Meeses friends. at the depot yesterday
morning, to bid him goodbye. Mr.
Meese was visibly affected, and keenly felt
his position.
Carpenters are at work overhauling and
remodeling Timm's hall. and it will not be
long before there will be an opera house
that will be credit to Moline.
The Republican Township convention
will be held in PeaPs Hall on Saturday
evening of this week, and the wire pullers
are making strenuous efforts TO get the right
kind of crowd out.
| The street car company transacted a
land office business yesterday as they al
ways do when there is circus in Rock
Island.
The members of the Temperance Lodge
in this city, were to have special meet
ing Monday evening. but the recorder
failed to put in an appearance and as she
had the keys there was no meeting held.
A matrimonial event is to occur Thursday
evening at the residence of J. Bausch that
will cause joy to all parties. The princi-
pals in the affair are Miss Louisa Bausch
and Joseph Spapt, who will be united in
marriage upon the above named evening
by the Rev. c. L. Morgan
The funeral of John Capers will occur
this afternoon from the family residence on
the bluff He will be buried with Masonic
honors, having been member of the Ma
sonic fraternity of this city.
The funeral of Thomas Lewis, the
young man who committed suicide on
Monday, occurred yesterday afternoon
from his late residence. The Rev. c. L.
Morgan conducted the funeral services,
and the remains were inferred in River
side. Lewis was buried at the county's ex-
ipense
| News was received here on Mondey
levening of the death of Mrs Col r. H.
Graham. She expired at Albion. New
York, on the 18th. Col. Graham was
formerly editor of the Rock Island Union
in this city, and both he and his wife were
well and favorably known in Moline years
Iago. Mrs. Graham resided in Moline dur
ing the war, and the Col. raised calvary
regiment while in Moline and lost his life
in the army.
| DECORATION DAY.
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