The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-12
BREvITIEs.

to Iowa City.
Mr.. c. H. Schocker returned home
Saturday evening from an extended bust
ness trip.
Gents latest style shoes at Carse & Ret.
ickeT's. If
The snow settled materially under yester-
days sun and nigh temperature.
Regular meeting this evening of the
Knights of Pythias at their castle hall.
Messrs. Fred Weyerh@user and F. c. A.
Denkman are off to Clinton. Iowa to-day
for business trip.
At its regular monthly meeting this
evening Everts Commandery K. t. will
install its officers elect.
Bottom prices at Carse & Retickers.
Mr. Erhart Fickinger received car load
of slaves yesterday from Minturn. Arkansas,
and Mr.. Frank III, two car loads.
Axel APPEL, the insane pauper, was taken
to jacksonville this afternoon by his
brother.
Hon. p. OMara who was about town
to day calling upon his friends, will return
to Springfield tomorrow.
A marriage license has been issued to
Philip Hoffman and Miss Minnie Bishouff,
of Rock Island
- The two Rapids City riotous Jacks,
Saunders and Nilen, went before Judge
Adams this forenoon and pleading guilty
each was sentenced to ninety days i'm
prisonment
Biehls orchestra will play at the mas
queradc in Geneseo next Thursday night
given under the direction of the Teutonia
society.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. J. S. Gilmore
drove the fastest team in Rock Island and
took dust-or snow, from nobody on the
avenue. He had his own splendid roadster
hooked up with Mr.. John Bengston's
famous ''BiIl.'
The revival meetings will be continued
each evening this week in the First III. E,
church, the pastor. Rev. DIR. McCerd,
being assisted by Rev. N. A. head, of
Galva
Mr.. Ben Harper proposes to keep up
with the proc, ssion, by providing his excel
lent hostelry with complete fire escape
equipment. As soon as pending negotia
lions shall have been completed the AR
GUS will give the whole plan in detail.
This forenoon the sleigh and harness
belonging to Liveryman Read of Daven-
port which started down the river yester
day afternoon, as elsewhere noted at
length were rescued at point not far |
from the Peoria round house and are now /
at the stable in Davenport. The horses |
are dead loss.
The General Freight agents of the Chi
cago Rock Island and Pacific, Illinois |
Central, St.'Paul and Northwestern roads |
who attended the Milwaukee meeting re-
turned Saturday after having agreed to |
restore all rates between Sioux City and |
Chicago and Sioux City and Missouri
river points which have been in de-
moralized condition for some time
A few weeks ago paragraph went the
rounds of the newspapers in this section
to the effect that Dick Conner and another
young man had been drowned at some
point down the river while trying to walk
on the ice from their boat to the shore
The ARGUS learns to-day that the report
was not correct although both men had
narrow escape.
An indignant citizen makes complaint
10 the ARGUS of the fearful uproar on the
Elm street hill last Saturday evening.
Boys and young men, seemingly aided and
Allotted by number of young girls, whose
parents could not have known of their
1oings, used the vilest and most profane
language imaginable while coasting and
heir number was so great that it was next
o impossible for teamster to make his
way up the hill.
The masquerade at Turner Hall last Sat
lrday night under the auspices of the
Turner society. while not as largely attend
"a as it would have been had it been held
before or after the Lenten season, was a |
rery pleasant affair. Should it be repeated
4fter Lent the hall would be scarcely large
enough to accommodate all who would
wish to attend, as the parties given in
he name of the Turner society are
conducted in an orderly manner, and with {
IN eye to oceans of fun" of a substantial {
character. II
The report has gone abroad that the c., |
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