The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-18
BREVITIES.

| Lutiu Cue6Se, at DdfJ " Ore02 s.
No trace of the Kewanee bank robbers
has yet been discovered.
New honey, at Dart 6 Gregg's.
A meeting of the Board of Education
will be held tomorrow.
Free lunch at r. S. PEBBLES Saturday
night: Fresh oysters
Severing's and Arbuckle coffee Is cents
at Darts & Gregg's.
Prof. Bulbs band played at the s. s
ball last night at Moline
Gents low shoes in hand and machine
sewed at Carse & Reticker's.
The first concert of the season will take
place tomorrow night in Union park.
The Rodman Rifles will parade the
| streets to morrow evening.
Children's shoes. everything new and
neat at Carse & Retticker's.
An excursion from Muscatine to Lin
wood will take place next Tuesday
The moonlight excursion on the ferry
boat will take place on next Tuesday
Another lot of slippers just received at
CarSe q RetIckerS.
Armour's star DO neless bacon. at Hawley
s. Hills.
Our own complexion powder is very
popular, enquire at McCabe & Wheaton's
The date of the First Baptist Sunday
school picnic is August 81.
The Harper House portico has been im-
proved by a new coat of paint.
The district camp meeting is now in SEES
sion at Tindall Grove, near Milan.
The Central Presbyterian Sunday school
will give picnic to Bethel Island next
week.
The Moline Fire Department will hold
its annual picnic at Sylvan Island to-mor-
row.
Call and examine the new stock of
school suits just received, at Simon &
Mosedfielder's
Fritz in Ireland" will be given o-night
at Harper's theatre by J. K Emmett and
company.
Bethel Island was occupied to day by
the Sunday school scholars of the Metho-
CHURCH, OF davenport.
The employees of the c. R. l. & P. shops
will give picnic at Washington Garden,
Davenport. next Thursday
Millersburg has been granted post-of-
fee, and the denizens of that locality are
correspondingly happy.
Akron, Ohio, graham -four. oat meal,
cracked wheat, pearl hominy and hominy
grits, at Hawley s. Hills.
number of different parties are located
on Big Island. enjoying their time in fish
ing. Delegations from this city, Moline
and Davenport are on hand.
Dick South, the man who was injured
by threshing machine at Coal Valley last
Thursday, has had his arm amputated. 1t
is now thought that he will speedily re-
cover
The Alexander Mitchell and Libbie
Conger came up to-day. The D. C.
Fogel passed down. To morrow the
Minneapolis is due up and the Grand
Pacific down.
The last effort to secure the right of
way acToss the government DrlQ8c Tor the |
use of the Herdic coaches. has proved a |
failure, as the secretary of war has refused |
to allow such privilege.
Regular meetings, preceding the quar-
terly communion, will be held tonight |
and tomorrow night at the United Pres
byterian church.
Mary Alison had Mrs. Enfeldt before
Justice Halves yesterday afternoon for an
assault. The court fined the defendant |
$5 and costs. Mrs Enfeldt then took out !
q warrant against Mary Alison charging her
with disturbing the peace. The latter was
also fined. The court suspended judg-
ment to both cases during good behavior.
AS an evidence that the democratic par
ty means business this fall, the county con-
vention held in this city on Thursday is
said to have been the largest ever held in
Rock Island. The proceedings were con-
Quoted in the most sedate and business
ike manner, and reflected great credit on
the chairman. Major Connolly, for the dig
nified and impartial manner in which he
filed the position. The nominees are
credit TO the convention; and are spoken
Of elsewhere in this isstfe.