The Rock Island Argus., 1883-12-14

Go to May Brothers and buy fine
decorated English chamber set at 1915.
1t is the coal dealers turn to feel happy
now.
Come and see our 146 pieces English
decorated dinner sci at only $1S at May
Brothers.
Holiday slippers. at Carse & Reticker's.
II st
The sunset phenomena will take rest
now.
Morgan & McCandless, dentists, 3rd ave
and Goth street. Telephone SO. 81 dwtf
The biggest surplus and largest assort-
ment of Holiday slippers at E, Turner's.
Supervisor Wray was overwhelmed with
congratulations today.
Finest line of holiday slippers in the
three cities, at Carse & Reticker's.
Ask Deputy Sheriff Silvis about water
pipe iron rust, but settle up your earthly
affairs before you do so.
Call and examine the immense stock of
slippers for the holidays, at Carse & Ret
icker's.
H. L. Kiner has resumed editorial con-
troll of the Henry County Meas, and the
paper appears this week with its old time
brightness.
Vases, toilet sets, fancy China cups and
saucers in great variety at 25 per cent less
than any other house in the three cities,
at May Brothers.
Remember the Burmese lecture at the
First Baptist church on Monday evening
next. 1t will be well worth hearing
Admission only 25 and 10 cents.
Redmond Donahue is now at home at
his place of business on Third avenue, and
would invite his many friends to call and
see him.
Henry PeetZ has an immense stock of
jewelry goods, which have been pur
chased expressly for the holidays You
can find everything usually kept in a-tirst
class jewelry store at his place.
The Chickering Quartette of Chicago,
will give an Entertainment at the Burtis
Opera house, on Wednesday evening,
December 10Th The ferry will RUIZ after
the performance.
The sale of tickets to the Chickering
Quartette entertainment commences next
Monday morning, at "a. m. at W. H.
Fluke's book store, in Davenport.
When you want reliable insurance at
low rates, call on W. L. Coyne, corner of
Seventeenth street and Third avenue, up
stairs, Rock Island, III. d3m
Already our society young ladies are
discussing the question whether or not
they shall go out calling on their gentle
men friends on New Years day, the be
ginning of leap year There is no doubt
but that the gentlemen would be pleased
to have them do so.
McIntire & Co. are Offering gents
heavy merinO underwear for Scots.
The newest thing in the way of desk
tool is that sent out by Lord & Thomas,
newspaper advertising agents of Chicago.
The Superior Owls } Inter- Ocean of last
week is mammoth paper, containing
twenty pages, the greater part of which
however, are display advertisements
On the front page of the paper is birds
eye view of the town, and lengthy
descrip ption of the business and industries
of the place.
Pop com, at Henry Lamps.
For wooIen hosiery, call at McIntire &
Co.'S.
S4vahbrah, an educated native of Bur
nah, India. is to deliver an illustrated
lecture in the First Baptist church on
next Monday evening. He will also give
songs of childhood home and impersonate
numerous Oriental characters Admission
% cents for adults and Is cents for
children.
For flannels blankets, yarns and bed
cOmforters, 90 to McIntire & Co.'S large
assortment.
The Harper house drug store has a
magnificent line of fancy goods suitable
for holiday presents.
The phenomenon of a genuine, health
looking dandelion growing beside a Day
export side walk on the 18th day of De
Cember, is almost unheard of, but Just
such one was actually plucked by H. H,
Smith, Esq, yesterday, and the fact is
| indeed worthy of record, among the at
mospherical and meteorological curiosities
of this year of grace. 1888, A. D. Gazette.
Dandy ly'in for this time of the year,
| sure.
What rush, Everybody and their
friends are fully appreciative. the grand
cut on the price of books at McCabt
Bros.
The Rev. r. F. Sweet, of Frecpor:,
who has been called to the rectorship OF
Trinity, will preach in the parish chur eli
on Sunday. All interested should be pres
ent. Although Mr.. Sweet has made ac-
| quaintance with the members of the
| church, he has not yet preached before
| them.
McCabe Bros. are having decided sue
| cess in the book business. They have
| only to announce their lists and prices
through the daily papers and their store
is actually thronged with buyers
Down at Peoria the other day, woman
| was found dead in the Illinois river, and
an inquest was held over the remains
1t was decided that she was Belle John
son, that she had given birth to an lille
gitimate child and had been murdered.
Several people who knew Miss Johnson
well, identified the remains as hers Belle,
however, after reading several five col.
umn articles about herself, with eight
story head lines over them, got mad and
waltzed up from her home in Lacon and
stopped it. Queer people in Peoria.
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