The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-07
Another gloomy day.


81, 1880 is the amount the delinquent
water rents foot up.
Dressed turkeys, at Hawlcy & Hills.
The interior of E. D. Buford & Coz
store has of late improved greatly in APP
pearanee.
Kraut and Bulk oysters, at Lamps cash
grocery.
The Phosa McAllister>company left for
Dixon this morning. where they go to
fulfill two nights engagement.
Dressed chickens, at Hawley & Hills.
The best place to spend your time this
evening is at Turner hall, where the Cen
trail Presbyterian church fair is in session.
The finest line of ladies' and gentle
mems slippers in the three cities can be
found at E. Turner's.
Monthly meeting Of the Tricity Prin-
cipals' association at the Moline high
school building tomorrow morning.
Bulk and canned oysters, at Hawley &
Hills.
The next attraction at Harper's theatre
is ''Esmeralda," by the Madison Square
company of New York, on Wednesday
evening, Dec. 12
Fresh zephyr crackers, at HaWley &
Hills
A local teachers association will be
formed at Port Byron tomorrow, com
posed of the Instructors in the upper end
of the county.
Morgan & McCandless, dentists, Bird ave
and Goth street. Telephone IS. 21.dwtf
All old German citizens, who settled in
this county, prior to the year 1860, are
invited to attend the meeting of the Ger
man Old Settlers society of Rock Island
county at Turner hall tomorrow night.
The wind shifted around 10 the west
this morning, and the weather grew per
cebtibly colder. A few flakes of snow
could he seen huttering through the air,
reminding US that snow storm might
occur.
Mr.. VIM. Fisher. an old and respect
ed citizen of Edgington, pissed away
Thursday morning, after lingering i'll
ness. A wife and three children remain:
C. W. Fisher, of Harlan, Iowa; Miss Hell
ed Fisher and Mrs S. D. Cleand of this
city.
Song Bouquet book containing
two hundred and twenty pages of
vocal music for only rs cents at Bowlby's
music store.
1t is said that the comet of 1912 can be
seen with the naked eye about the 18th of
this month. 1t will be located just with
in the milky way. on a straight line be
tween Alpha Lyrg and Alpha Cingl, half
way from either
"ParlOr Bouquet" a book containing
two hundred and twenty-fOur pages of
late instrumental music for only IS cents,
at Bowlby's music store.
''Fanchon, the Cricket, was cxquisitely
presented at Harper's theatre last night by
the PhOsa McAllister company, although
the audience was distressingly small. Miss
McAllister gave an admirable impersona-
ton of "FanchOn," in fact better than
ever before seen in this city
Closing out sale of second hand pianos
and organs at Bowlby's music store. Now
is the time to buy cheap instrument to
begin on.
Among other inducements to attend the
fair at Turner hall tonight is the an
nouncement that two hundred souvenir
tea cups will be given away. Secure one
of these cups by all means, and get a
drink of the fine tea which will be served.
One year ago today an ice bridge was
formed across the Mississippi at this
point, and there was continual stream
of vehicles and people on foot, passing
over and back on the ice The cold sea
son is somewhat backward this year,
but when once the polar wave strikes us,
its icy grasp will be all the more severe.
A new line of banios and tambourines
for hand painting, at BOwlby's music
store.
w. B. Powell, superintendent of the
Aurora schools, and author of the books
on Language, "How to Talk" and How
| to Write, will address the Tri-city Prin
cipals association on the subject of Ian
guage in the High school room at Moline,
at 10 a. m. tomorrow. All teachers and
others interested are invited to be pres
ent.
amount of property is quite large.
Thos. Conroy, the merchant tailor on
Seventeenth street, under the Rock Island
house, is prepared to make up suits and
overcoats in the most fashionable style.
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For short time this afternoon snow
fell quite rapidly, and it looked as though
we were about to be visited by o regular
snow storm. For the time being the face
of the small boy radiated with joy, as he
thought of the fun of coasting down hill.
The memory of the beautiful poem flashed
over the reporters mind as he saw the
snowy flakes descend, but out of respect
for the feelings of his readers the inspi-
rating lines were suppressed. Those pa
pers who have had the poem in since the
Fourth of July will hail the visitation of
the snow with joy, as it will give
them an opportunity of inficting
a punishment upon their readers.
| A fine line of music boxes just received
at Bowlby's music store.