The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-25

Band concert tonight
Trade is picking up some.
The weather still continues to be fine.
The gamblers got "downed" at Geneseo.
Watermelons are gorging the markets.
Frey & Sargent have just received a
car load of Muscatine island melons.
Thomas Corns, of Coal Valley, was in
the city to-day.
Read new bargains in Geo. W. ID.
Harris real estate advertisement
Clam chowder lunch at O. F. Soper's at
8 o'clock tonight.
Alderman John J. Reimers left for
Chicago last night on business.
Notice the change in the time card of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road.
The horsemen will meet next at Daven-
port at the Scott county fair.
Mr.. G. Fisher, of the Harper House
drug store, is absent in Chicago, on bust
ness.
The Stars have issued a challenge to
the Gable nine to play match game of
ball at the fair grounds on next Friday
Uncle" John Warner, and few of his
chosen friends, went on little fishing
trip to Milan this afternoon.
George Alter accompanied the Stars to
Clinton to-day, and will pee that they
have fair play.
l. Liberman, DR.. Eyster5 Louis Stengel
and several other Rock Islanders were at
the Geneseo races yesterday.
Oysters, CLAIMS aud Pilsener beer, at
Soper's.
Mr.. r. T. McNeal and daughter are
visiting in Eureka Springs at present.
William H Atwood, Esq; was in Gen
eseo yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs William Jackson, Mrs. R.
H. Dart and Mrs H. c. Whitridge have
arrived home from the sea coast.
The Henry county fair commences in
Cambridge September Sd, and continues
until the eth.
Remember the open air concert in
Franklin square tonight. All who attend
are assured good time, and Bleuers band
will do its best to please.
Clam chowder lunch at 0. F. Soper's at
s o'clock tonight.
The Diamond 80 Packet line an
nornces that it is positively the only
line running through to st. Paul without
transfer"
Ida SiddOn's female mastodons and
burlesque opera company. at Harper's
theatre next Wednesday evening. Don't
fail to see them.
The first through freight in bulk ship
ped over the Northern Pacific road, was
u car load of beer shipped from Milwau-
kee yesterday for Portland, Oregon.
Edward Mcclure was too full for
utterance" and was yanked into the
armory last night He paid Squire Crop
per 90 duu CUSJS bulS IuOluIUS-
Miss Ida Willoughby, a charming young
lady of St. Louis, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs Robt Keith, left for
home last evening.
Mr. Lou West, son of Mr.. H. E West,
of the Occidental hotel, arrived in the city
last night on visit to his father.
Oysters, clans and Pilsiner beer, at
Soper's.
The temperance mass meeting at Har-
per's theatre tomorrow evening, will be
addressed by Mrs. Mary B. Willard.
MIR. A. Loeb will leave in the morning
on the cannon ball for New York city,
on purchasing trip.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
road sold twenty-four excursion tickets
TO Clinton this morning to the Star base
ball club and their friends
Ex-Mayor Carse, County Treasurer
Fleming and ]. W Simpson accompanied
the Stars to Clinton this morning on the
Plying Dutchman,"
Clam chowder lunch at O. F. Soper's at
8 O'Clock tonight.
Mr.. W D. White, an old Rock Island
boy, but now of St. Louis, was visiting
his many friends here last night.
A Bruner is home from the races,
and gives graphic description of the
many exciting incidents that transpired
during the meeting.
Mr.. August Herkert returned last night
from La Porte, Iowa, where he has been
for the past week combining pleasure
with business.
Supt S. E, GRANGE. and A. Forsyth
master mechanic of the Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy road, were in the city last
night on railroad business
Sheriff Reticker hied himself away tC
Marengo, Iowa, last evening, having beer
requested to be present at at the trial o.
the three jewelry thieves, who were cap
tured IN Moline recently.
Oysters, clans and Pilsener beer, a
Sopers.
President r. R. Cable, of the Rocl
Island & Peoria road, accompanied by
his family, arrived last night from Den
yer in his special car Columbia" HI
will remain in the city over Sunday
Mr.. Bernard Schmid, of Pittsburgh
and brother to Mr. Dionis Schmid, tn
jeweler, arrived in the city last night Oh
visit.
The election for mayor, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of the lat
Mayor Thompson, occurs in Dayanpor
to day Mr.. Ernst Claussen is the demo
cratic candidate. and John Hoyt the re
publican.
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