The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-16

Phoenix Hose complimentary maseuer-
ade this evening at Turner Hall.
1t is hoped that the Vandepoele electric
light will be in full operation in a day or
two.
Specia communication this evening of
Rock Island lodge, No. 658, A. F. and A.
NJ.
Several of our schools were not very
well attended to-day. The storm was too
much for the little folks.
The John Adams letter in another col
umn, is a curiosity literary and otherwise,
and is worthy of preservation.
Two houses and lots for sale on Third
avenue. Inquire of George Fl. Simmons
on the premises. 14-d1w.
The revival meetings at the Methodist
church will continue every evening next
week.
Street car No. 5,of the Moline line, s.lost
its bearings" this morning on the Fourth
avenue switch and for time it looked as
if It's passengers would have to swim
ashore.
Becoming Disguised, at last, the Daven-
port hay hauler removed his long suffering
hay from Market square. to the gratifca-
ton of marketmen generally
Jurors will bear in mind that they are
expected to appear in court next Monday
afternoon without fail.
The ARGUS contains no late telegraphic
report this afternoon from the fact that
the wires are down between here and Chi
cago, and nothing can be sent.
Bad as the roads were yesterday the
team of Doyle, the maltster, hauled several
loads of malt from the malt house to the
city. scales, thence to the depot-wagon
and malt weighing, each time, upward of
three tons.
Says the Henry County Mems: Frank
Wheaton and his handsome wife were in
Geneseo over Sunday. Frank is the hap
piest man between here and shutdown"
Sociable at Turner Hall Tomorrow even
ing under the direction of the Soloma |
society of the Swedish Lutheran church
Last nights rain did at least one good
thing. 1t completely washed away a
treacherous snowy covering f.on2 the ice
and enabled the pedestrion to see where he
was going.
Some of our venerable weather prophets
insist that thunder lightning and a copi-
Gus rain in February is the inevitable |
forerunner of another freezup. We viii |
see.
If anybody ever before saw more sud |
den change in the weather than that of to- |
day ''trot him out This forenoon the
wind was in the east and the temperature
like that of the average April. Before 8 |
o'clock this afternoon wind in the west and |
freezing hard
The estate of the late Timothy Dutton |
pans out not much below $50, 900, to the |
surprise of great many friends of de
ceased, who thought they knew "what he
was worth"
No mails from the east to-day and it is
said that none will be sent out It is
and points beyond will be sent out to
moro rvia the C. NJ. & ST. P, road round
about way. but Intimately better for our
business men than none at all.
A Milan special late this afternoon
says that before the waters began to
recede one hardware store washed of q two
feet depth of the aqueous element.
And still they are not happy.
On the evening of February 6th, Mr.. Ira
Crawford, of Pleasant Valley, was most
pleasantly surprised by about thirty five
friends, mostly from Hampton.
The appointment of Mr.. Daniel Mosher,
of Hampton, to the presidency of the Old
Settlers society, has given good satisfac-
ton to all members, who are glad that the
honors fell on worthy man.
A week from to morrow night grand
masquerade will be given in Turner Hall
under the direction of the Arion Society.
The receipts of yesterdays sale of live
stock ETC., on the farm of Mrs. Jane M.
Weatherhead in Barstow, aggregated not
far from $1,000. The farm is to be leased
to some responsible person.
One of the largest of the kind in the
West is the establishment of Martin
N. Nixon, No. 119 Brady street,
Iowa, dealer in all kinds of
wrapping paper and cotton flour sacks,