The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-31
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

afternoon and tonight. 1t is first class
tshow
Read change in Geo. w D. Harris ad
vertise neDt. IT
Mr.. ]. F. McKibben is on duty again
after severe attack of malaria.
Quite an audience witnessed the base
ball game this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs F. C. A. Denkman will
arrive home tonight from the north.
Mems working shoes % cents, at Carse
Il Retickers.
VIII H. Rodearmel, Of Racine, was in
the city to-day on his way home from
Kansas
Edmond 4. Leathers, of Ohio, and Miss
| Mary Jane Bell, of Port Byron, procured
a marriage license to day.
For awnings, tents, etc, apply to 6. II.
Young. No 1T Main street Davenport.
mav2d3m
H. Hoffmaster is placing new awning
over his shoe store.
Circuit Court adjourned this afternoon
to week from tomorrow morning at
nine O'Clock
Kate Top was UP before Squire Crop
per on the charge OF malicious mischief,
but the case was continued. until to-
morrow, at O'Clock.
! The Peterson Anderson bastardy case
was postponed from to-day, until June Z.
the complainant being unable to appear at
Magistrate Choppers office
The public schools will close for the
summer vacation one week from to-mor-
row, and the graduating exercises will
take place the following Monday. at the
opera house.
Try Buffalo Mead
This Is the last day of May. Goodbye
thou deceitful jade. Instead of halmy
air. waited from bossoming buds, thou
hast pestered Us with cyclones and rain
storms.
Yesterday was a quiet one for the po-
lice. considering the great number of
people in town. A few were run in for
being too hilarious, from the effects of
frequent draughts.
Buffalo Mead, the great health drink,
at Thomas Drug Store. MEG ct
Yesterday City Clerk Koehler issued
hack licenses to A J. LIE Claire. George |
f. Read, Mass & Burial, T. Davis and |
Harry Smith
DR. and Mrs, Mckee left to-day a |
visit to Des AIoines and Winterset, Iowa, |
on visit to friends. The doctor will |
return in about ten days, and his wife will |
be absent most of the summer.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Young Peoples Working association of
the Central Presbyterian church, will take
place in the lecture room of the church |
tomorrow evening.
G. W. Battles, the grocer. has removed |
from Third to Second avenue, next dO0
to DOellingers furniture store m29-6t
Engineer E. L. Billings started out with
his surveying party this morning and will
survey a line for the chicago, Rock
Island Island! and Kansas City, between here
and Chicago.
The hotel and restaurant keepers had a
good patronage yesterday, and are great
deal Weather since the circus.
Although the Mercer county is a short
road, when it comes to circuses it does a
big business. Wednesday it brought ego
people to see Coles circus-many more
than some of the larger roads carried.
One of the finest stocked livery sta
bles in the West is the popular livery of
John Evans. on the west side of Seven
teenth street, opposite the PostOffice.
Nothing is more pleasant on fine day
than a drive in one of his fine rigs.
26-6t
Miss Margaret Conkling, of Binghamp-
ton, n. Y, who has been visiting at Mr.. -.
Milo Lees for some time. LETT this after
noon for Lake Minnetonka, MINI, where
she intends to spend the summer months
She made many friends while here.
Mr. A. s. Webb, of Clinton, Iowa, has
invented the boss" cigar holder, which is
the best article of the kind
,ver manufactured. 1t securely holds the
;igar in its place until it is all smoked
lp All smokers should own one of
hese excellent holders. For sale at all :
,igar stores.
Henry Clay Dean will lecture at Town i
Hail. Milan. on Thursday evening, May i;
list. Subject the "Old Senate com
,ared with the New" Street cars will !
I'M to and from lecture. 293t II
There was report current on the
treets this morning. that DIR, G. l.. Eyster '
lad opened u second office on Third L
venue, but it was evidently mistake,
IS the doctor denies all knowledge of
anything of the kind.
Mr. G. ID. Crawford. who lives near
Boston, is stopping at the residence of
Mr. j. w Clement in this city The ;,
gentleman went to California on one of
he late excursions. and while out there !,
'prained his ankle quite severely He is
low nursing his lame foot, and at the
ame time visiting Mr. Clement. who is
IN old friend of his.
Mr.. T. w. Lusk, Galatia, Ill, says: Il :,
AVE used Browns Iron Bitters for gen
raj debility with good results.
That match game of base ball which =
vas to have occurred Yesterday afternoon | Il