The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-30

meeting last night. Thirty or thirty five
singers will lend their voices. Professor
Braemlich, of Davenport, will lead.
A big line of gents low shoes at E.
Turner's, cheaper than any other firm in
the city.
A letter received from c. Fl. Schocker,
to-day, from Minnesota, says that he is
enjoying better health.
Davenport is excited over the finding
of dead baby in vault at No. 726 West
Third street. Maggie Rane, living on
Scott street below Turner hall, is accused
of being the mother.
For awnings, tents, etc., apply to G. H.
Young, No. III Main street Davenport
may2d3m
Geneseo Republican,: Cambridge now
has glory enough. The recent selsation-
al whipping scrape has been illustrated
and described in the Police Gazette.
A large number contemplate coming
from Cambridge to see the great Thomas
orchestra, A train will be held till II
o'clock for the excursionists.
Wanted-A middle aged lady as cook,
good wages paid. Inquire at the Taylor
house % 2t
The contemplated picnic of the Omega
society will occur few days after the
Fourth.
Magistrate Chopper turned in $136, rs
to the city treasurer to-2ay for the
month of June Good for the Squirrel
BeihPs band will give free open air
concert at Union square to night Take
your wife, or best girl, if you have no
wife, and go
Mrs Ada M. Corollo, of Worcester,
Mass, wife of the Rock Island sculptor
has arrived in Rock Island to reside.
And still they come-we mean subscri.
bers for the ARGUS. Every day brings
an additional number of subscribers who
wish to read paper that publishes all
| the news.
Miss Pearson has opened dry goods
and notion store on Fourth avenue, neal
the Fourth avenue hotel, and would re-
spectfully ask for a share of the public
patronage
Miss Josephine and Annie Fuller OF
Muscatine, are In the city visiting theiI
brother, Mr. Edward B. Fuller, book.
keeper for Mott & Winter. They leave
for Freeport, where they will visit a few
days with friends.
The steamer Josephine will take an ex-
cursion to Clinton, Iowa. tomorrow
The boat will leave at a. m. prompt
Tickets for the round trip, 81. Coco
music
In our article yesterday, in regard tC
the Fourth of July celebration, by mis-
take, we omitted to mention the firemen
who will take an active part in the exer
| SA9CS" OhoiCC oCiOCtiouo WILL NC given ny
chorus of thirty voices before and afte,
the speaking.
Uncle John Warner gave the mayo
and aldermen an excursion over the Rocl
Island and Moline line in one of his nev
cars, yesterday. The excursionists are al
loud in praise of Uncle John, and woul
be willing to take an excursion once
week
Assessor Donahue, of Yuma. made hi
return Friday The assessment: rea,
$149, 297; personal, $35. OF; total, 1884,
314. This is areduction of $50, 705 fror
1882. The assessment that year wa.
Real, $150,644 personal, S37, 375; tota
$1s8,O1S.
, Messrs. W. B. Steenberg and W. ,
+. Hunter, of Detroit, Mich, were in th
city Thursday and Friday. These gent,
men are the agents of the "Gale Sulk
Harrow" aid are travelling and shown
the invention to farmers. They left fc
e Louisiana last night
Fred Appelquist has one of the fine
inventions of the age, in the shape of
d plow. 1t came out victorious IN q trial
= Taylor Rilge, and Scott county, low
J recently. The farmers all say that it bea
3 anything ever made. Mr.. Appelquist HI
e it on exhibition in front of his place
Commercial Hotel block
Balm & Co., dealer in teas and coffee
" have leased the store room No II.
Second avenue, and are fixing it up
grand style with appropriate emblem
q representing figures prominent in t.
8" culture. They have thirty stores
in different parts of the country AMI W
r. open this store in few days.
John Houston, assessor of Andalus
township, has handed in his books. TIL
+ show: Total assessment. $1OO,383
i'll which $40, 800 are real and $23, 523 pc
sonal. This is reduction of SIT,
liz over last year, when the assessment W,
of Real, $84,579; personal, 800, 1856; tot
ne $117,745.
4, The races at Monmouth on the I'd,
or and 4th of July promise to be very 81
cessfuL The Monmouth ReDieD sa,
Ten noted running horses from Co
;of anche, Iowa, Geneseo. ILL.,; Maquon,
ON Burlington, Iowa; Mt. Pleasant, Toy
Bus hnen, H., and other points, ARR,
:, st the far ground in this city on Mono
.sn and Tuesday. Others have written
m. stalls and in all there will be twefty-t
or thirty horses here to enter the races