The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-30
THE DAILY ARGUS.
Tuesday January 80. 1883
BREvTT1ES.

to Milan.
A snowstorm and considerably colder
weather among to- days probabilities.
The electric light burned beautifully
last night atmospheric conditions being in
the highest degree favorable.
Gents 1otest style shoes at Carse & Ret
iekeT's.
Gases of sickness in the city seem to
multiply rapidly but without corresponding
fatality.
Mr.. e. w. Spencer is doing considerable
work in Davenport this season, putting in
Crates etc.
A complimentary banque lis on the tapis
for this evening but the ARGUS has pro
missed to be mum until tomorrow.
Bottom prices at Carse & Reticker's.
Mr., w. I. Scotch has been confined to
his house several days with swollen ton
sils. 1t is to be hoped that his illness will
be but temporary.
Amber Graham, at Hawley & Hills
VIM. O. Krieke passed through the city
last night for Milwaukee. having received
telegram yesterday morning at Iowa
CITY, that his father was not expected to
live many hours.
Some highly interesting correspondence
between well known attorney and a court
official has reached this Office, but is with
held for the present
Hazel Kirke to morrow evening at Har-
per's Theatre by the best of the famous
Madison Square companies.
Chsice sweet potatoes. at Hawley q
Hills.
Coal Valley Lodge, No. 304, l. o. o. F.,
has elected trustees as follows: Messrs.
James Reid, Edwin Twombey, James
thompson, s. L. Stafford and Jerry Lees
The Lucas White fracas in Market
square Yesterday afternoon referred to in
last evenings ARGUS, cost the participants
just S. and costs each.
Fresh eggs, at Hawley 81 Hills.
There will be service in the Twentieth
street Lutheran church to morrow evening
at 7:3O o'clock. The Rev. G. Traub, of
PEORIA ILL.,. will preach.
The Chicago, Milwaukee st. Paul
railroad pay Mr.. LAWYER twenty-five cents
for every coach which he transports across
the Mississippi upon his pontoon bridge
at Prairie du Chen. The company has no
other means of crossing at that place.
Florida oranges, at Hawley & Hills.
Should the weather not be too stormy it
is the intention of the electric light people
to begin at once to remove the troublesome
tree branches from the vicinity of their
wires in Elm, Twentieth and other streets.
Choice fresh herring, at A. Foss'.
The scholars of the German English
school, connected with the Lutheran
church, will have a vacation from Tuesday
afternoon to Friday, as the teachers,
Messrs. I. F. Moeller and E. Lelle, will
attend conference held in the study OF
the Rev c. A. Mennicke.
Pillsburys best. at Hawley s. Hills.
Miss Lucretia A Jackson, of South Rock
Island, will be taken to the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum at Jacksonville this after
noon.
Every lawyer in Rock Island county win
be interested in Judge Smiths communi-
cation in another column.
nice IfeSn Ve01SOny at L OSS COUlulISSIOIlI
house.
Concerning the Hennepin canal i'm |
provement, Major Benyaurd says that the |
surveys have all been completed and the
maps and designs nearly finished and
would soon be sent to the department at
Washington, but that was all the informa |
ton which he felt justified in imparting
until his report went to Washington He
could not say when the department would
publish his report.
Conductor Thomas Fuller and his bag |
gageman, Frank Dopkins, left for Free
port this morning, where they were sum
moned by the officials of the c., MI. Sc St. |
Paul and Northwestern reads, who have a
meeting there to-day to investigate, and
see who was to blame for the collision |
which took place about q week ago at the !
crossing of the two tracks, full account |
of which appeared in the ARGUS at the |
time The North western train was about |
twenty minutes late and had got partly |
over The crossing when it was struck by
the Milwaukee train.
Grand concert at Turner Hall on Sunday |
evening, Feb. a. with Mrs. Richter of
Davenport and Miss Minnie Range of this
CIV as the bright particular stars That