The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-13

BREvITIES.

tire for any evening this week.
The dead beat directory, for the guid-
ance of the business men of this section i
having a large sale.
Gents latest style shoes at Carse & Ret
ickers. tt
Tomorrow will be st. Valentines day
the day of days most dreaded by postoffic.
people.
Marriage licenses were issued to-day a
the county clerks office to James FL. Rob
inson, and Miss Hattie VandrLf, of Cor
dova; Robert A. Clarke and Miss Sarah A
Clarke, of Bowling; Richard D. Bergen
and Miss Naomi Hartwell, of Moline.
Letters testamentary were issued to-day
to jeremiah LIE Quatte, guardian of How
ard B. and Chester C. Wallace.
Bottom prices at Carse & Reticker's.
If
Regular monthly meeting this evening at
the city council rooms. of the Rock Island
Business Mems association.
The two fellows who assaulted an old
man in the Armory fortnight ago, fell
low prisoner. were released yesterday from
pired.
The snow blockade cost the Chicago
Milwaukee and ST Paul railroad $214,-
900 during the month of February, as
compared with the earnings for the same
period last year.
The action of the Chicago Lumbermen's
Exchange respecting the expediency. of
having $500 license fee for the sale of
liquors. which may be found in another
column. will be read with interest.
John Barley, the harness maker in the
employ of Messrs. j. & NJ. Rosenfield, re
ports the arrival at his house of another
load of Barley. ten pounds or less. in the
form of lively boy. Good luck, John.
The three hours, detention of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul train last even
ing was due to slight accident near Port
Byron; nobody hurt.
A st. Valentine day surprise party is be-
ing made up of city people for visit to
friend in the country. The procession
will leave the city at 8 o'clock tomorrow
evening
Tillie McCarl little girl ten years old
living on Fourth avenue. between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets is reported
missing. When she left home early last
evening she wore plum colored dress and
a brown hood.
G.. G. Winter. formerly editor of the |
Rock Island Neiu Volke Zeitung, but now |
editor of the Danvile Zettung was elected |
vice president of the Illinois German Press
association, which was organized at Spring |
field on Thursday.
Speaking of Crummy Jim. who drove
into the river Sunday afternoon, it is said
that two years ago, while laboring under a
nit of insanity, he drove a team and hack
into the river at the foot of Brady street |
Davenport, and it was with great difficulty
to put IN charge of hack, saying nothing
Of the lives of human beings.
At least one Davenport man seems to
have more pluck than sense. On Thurs
lay last he hauled load of inferior hay,
about one and half tons worth |
perhaps eight dollars TOM onto Market
square and being unable to sell it that day
lnhitched his horses ana leaving his hay
went back to Davenport. To-day he tele-
phoned over about his hay, having pre-
Viously said that before he would sell it
for less than $12 a ton he would let it
stand there all winter Mr.. Petit SAYS
hat unless he moves the hay somewhere
pretty soon our city authorities will be
after him.
In Milwaukee, so the railroad men re
'oct who arrived here yesterday, there is
rush of business on most of the railroads
fading in and out of the city. On the
northwestern and Chicago Milwaukee and
i. Paul roads the main lines and import
MT branches were cleared of snow all d
through and all the passenger engines
'ere put in service moving accumulated d
reight. In the Northwestern yards at .
hicago there are 600 cars of freight to 90 G
o Milwaukee, with about half as many at
he north in different places to come south
'assenger trains on those two lines were
airly running on time yesterday, there be a
~ no delay of particular consequence in Il
ny instance. a
A few weeks ago G. B. & @. rs.ilroader, 8
ne Thomas Hutchinson. wife and two fl