The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-08
MILAN MITES.

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correspondent.
Chas Owens will be in town tomorrow.
Geo. NJ. Dickson has returned from
Chicago.
Our Photographic friend of last summer
is with us again.
Frank Kerr leaves for Minneapolis the
first of next week.
A meeting will be held to night, look
ing towards celebrating the Fourth.
A couple of weddings are ON the string;
everybody guess.
j. c: Johnston has sold his stopper to
Kerr, of Rock Island John walks now,
excepting on long-distance occasions
During the day the farmer feels proud
to think it will be pleasant weather, look
at his countenance the next morning after
it has been raining all night.
Business men generally feel very much
flattered at the amount of business there
is for this time of the year, as it is gener-
ally very dull during the busy time among
the farmers.
W A Johnston never forge.s the old
adage that the early birdlgets the worm"
and is doing large business in the way
of making fine grades of flour,
d, B. Sears, who have large reputa-
ton for manufacturing the finest grades
of -four, have been shut down for few
days to replace some new machinery.
The fisherman's boast, nova days, is
the immense size of his catch. To capture
a specimen of the genus siiaridae, ranging
from twenty-five to forty-ive pounds, is
a very common occurrence.
H. L. Framing has kept abreast of the
seasons demands by putting up very
elaborate fountain of the arch style. We
venture to say there is only one hand
somer in the county.
John Framing, successor to L. Martin,
dealer in groceries and queensware, is
reporting business improving very much,
and with his large and neat stock he is
prepared to give his customers the benefit
of the very lowest prices for cash.
VIM. Downs, barber employed by E.
W. Thompson for short time, started
on Wednesday evening for Kansas City,
to take charge of very fine shop.
E. w. Thompson's tonsitorial shop is
to be hereafter run by Mr.. Gardener. of
Rock Island. He has also moved his
family out, which is as much to say he
has come to stay.
c. 81. Dibbern, the genial hardware
merchant, has handsomely remodeled the
Clyde House property for store room
with very large addition for the agricul-
tural department. The hardware de-
partmcnt is splendidly arranged for hand:
mess and neatness, which certainly is a
credit for his business in the future
B. G. Ramsey, who has been foreman
and superintendent of the Milan paper
company for the past four or five years,
has resigned his position and started for
New York on Monday evening. and will
return in about two weeks to take charge
of the Moline paper company at Moline.
James Furst, of the firm of Furst &
Sweeney, has been out west for the past
two weeks in the interest of the wagon
business We Judge from the amount OF
shipping done the last few days, that they
are doing rushing business when Fursi
is out on the road to represent them.
| We think it is about time the citizens
here ought to get up something in the way
of celebration on the Fourth; they GER
tainly have some very desirable locations
here for doings of this kind groves and
lawns without number. with little
necessary effort. 1t would be but little
trouble to have a genuine jolifcation
which have been heretofore
| Mr.. Porter has moved his photograph
gallery from Moline here. He has also
added the latest and finest improvements
10 his shop, and our citizens will be glad
to know that they will get the finest work
that can be done.
Framing, the druggist, has put in d
very handsome soda fountain which is
one of the finest in the way of an arch
fountain. Try glass of his syrups ant
J Buffalo Mead,
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