The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-14

Mr.. d. Schmid, the jeweler, is visiting
friends in Iowa.
Nothing at all doing at the county
clerks office today.
]. S. Gilmore has returned home from
Chicago.
Will Eli please rise and explain about
that little matter over the river.
Thirty cases of boots received today, at
T. Turner's.
Tomorrow will be pay day on the Mer-I
Ger county road, and also for the Coal
Valley Mining company.
Where will the county hospital be To-
cated?" is the question that is being agi-
tated on the street corners today.
J.F Gillooley, formerly of this city,
hut now of Grand Forks, Dakota, is in
the city.
For rent-a blacksmith shop, all fur
nshed, on Second avenue, opposite court
house square. 123t
Peter McNulty was considerably wor-
ried over the loss of $50 this morning,
but after some search he found his ''roll, !"
which made him happy again.
Mr.. Warren Sutliff arrived home from
his visit to Terre Haute, Ind, last even
ing. He saw many old friends and &C
quaintances, and had most pleasant
visit.
There was big time at Mount Joy last
night. A dance was in progress. and the
crowd was immense. Davenport was
well represented. and it is said a few from
this city were also present.
Mayor Mott is expected home tonight
from a few days business trip. We
are glad to know that his house is
doing a large amount of business.
Mrs. C. B. Knox, was pleasantly sur
prised last evening, by party of neigh.
bors and friends Itwas her sixty-fourth
birth day, and they did not propose to let
it go by unobserved.
Mr. L. s. McCabe is expected home to
morrow evening. He is now at Ottawa,
looking after his business there, which APP
pears to be growing, as he will move his
goods into new building on October
LIST, that has triple the capacity of the old
one.
E. Turner is receiving large invoices of
boots and shoes every day, and will soon
have much larger stock than any dealer
in the three cities.
Edward M. Sweeney, who is now full
fledged attorney, will hang out his shin
gle in short time. He has carpenters
at work repairing the room next to City
Attorney COrbetrs Office, which will make
him a very pleasant Office.
The criminal docket will be taken up
in the circuit court on Monday. The
Cramer case will be the most interesting
one on the whole docket to the peo-
pie of Rock Island
Henry Reticker is acting as turnkey
at the county jail.
Mr.. B. F. MCGUIRE, formerly resident
of this city, but now of Salida, Col, is in
the city visiting relatives and friends.
He is the proprietor of hotel in Salida,
and from appearances evidently makes a
model landlord
Adams German Compound, cures dys
pepsia Sold Mt Thomas drug store.
14.1m
Geneseo Neacs Every field of corn
along the railroad between Geneseo and
Bureau, got terribly singed by the frost
on Saturday and Sunday nights. We had
hoped that 'hoary headed Jack" would
not make his appearance until late au
tumn, but somehow our fond hopes were
sadly frost bitten.
Since the advent of Seth Morgan as
business manager of the Davenport
Gdzette, it has been reduced one column,
to the page 1t is now a six column
guarto, and the cutting and FASTING fea
ture in vogue some time ago, has been
abandoned. Republican.
If Morgan is allowed to stay there any
length of time the whole paper will col
lapse.
c. B. Marshall, manager of the Western
Union telegraph Office in this city, contem-
plates taking vacation next month il
possible. He has worked hard for the
company during the past fourteen years
and during that time has only been absent
from work three days We should think
it WAS about time he was taking vaca-
ton
Citizens anxious for rain, were in
thusiastic this morning over the pro-
spect of shower, as the sky gave
evidence of coming storm. Only
slight sprinkle prevailed however, ant
the sun soon again shown from clea
sky with considerable warmth. Agail
this afternoon appearances indicated
rain, and it is very likely that befor'
night the dust will be settled, and
grateful people will return thanks t.
the weather clerk.
The question of printing the proceed
ings of their body was not referred to b
the board of supervisors at the session jus
closed. They compel the printer to pull
lish their proceedings without pay, onl
offering the sum of $50 per year for dom
the work Only one paper stopped so lov
as to accept this paltry offer, and it
published in Moline. If the Rock Islam
papers did not exhibit spirit of enter
prise, and furnish the proceedings to thei
readers as matter of news, the people 0
the county would be ignorant of the doing
of their servants. The board of super