The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-15

prevails great many still cling to wheels
Mr. j. l.. Freeman is out again after g
short but severe illness.
Gents lotest style shoes at Carse 81 Ret
ickefs. tt
Already the girls and boys are 'primping
up in anticipation of Washingtons birth
day balls, Feb %.
The Circuit Court convened again at
O'Clock this afternoon pursuant to adjourn
ment.
The ''oldest inhabitant' considers this
pretty steady spell of as severe wintry
weather as has been in this latitude in
several years
In the Presbyterian churches of this city
and presumably those of other denomina-
tions, services will be held nightly this
week except on Saturday.
Marriage licenses issued at the county
clerks office to-day: Edward D. Flaherty
and Miss Kate L Kelly, Buffalo Prairie;
John B. Hahn and Miss Minnie Mahlstedt,
Coe township.
Captain Koehler says that the fourteen
prisoners in the jail are the homeliest
crowd that he ever saw together; that he
was afraid of his life when in there the
other day. Deputy Bruner says that they
are the most orderly prisoners he ever had
charge of.
In the Brooklyn, N Y, Eagle of the
10th inst, we find the following under the
marriage head: 'At the residence of the
brides mother at 379 Pacific street by Rev
Charles Tibbals, of ST. Peters rectory. on
January 9, 1888, Mr.. Simon B. Paige, of
Davenport Iowa, to Mrs. Mary E. Pagan,
of Brooklyn"
At the annual meeting, on Saturday
afternoon, of the Chippiannock cemetery
association, the old board and officers were
re elected as follows: Holmes Hakes,
P L. Mitchell Secretary; j. M.
Buford, treasurer; S. s. Guyer and E. W.
Spencer.
City Weighmaster Petit has a corner on
summer loafers who were anticipating
quite treat in roosting upon the new
swing bar AS soon as the bar was up Mr..
Petit ornamented the top, its whole
length, with some first class barbed wire
The loafer who squats on that bar won't
require much urging to "move on
Henry Schroeder, a fat Iowa vagabond, |
Who has become a chronic beggar and |
fvag" although able to do the work of two |
men, was before Squire Chopper this /
morning on the old charge and was sent !,
Up for thirty days
1t is stated to-day that Callahan, one of
he coal miners who met with the mishap
his morning, reported elsewhere, lives in
over town in house belonging to Mr.. |
Coleman. The very latest reports. while
till conflicting state that but one man
vas seriously injured by the accident to
he cage, although others were with him.
This forenoon and afternoon Alderman
Henry, assisted by Messrs. Calhoun and
1rell, is appraising the stock of Mr.. A. w.
anderson, under supervision of Sheriff
leticker Mr.. W. F. Johnson is looking
Ip the book accounts.
Last evening two Davenport policemen
tHiS OFCI hCiC " AOOA up q WdICH fODDeFy
nd while in pursuit of light called at the
aloon corner of First avenue and Seven
zenith street, where they found. among
theirs, Kit Atkinson, Jr., and Thomas
Tynn who abused the officers like pick
ockets. For this they were run in by
ff1cer Brennan and this morning Squire
roper gave each dose of So and costs |
A railroad from the earth to the sun with | {
aims running at the rate of forty miles an !
our, without stops, and it would require |
70 hundred and SIXTY flee years, and lit /
g over to make the trip. At the rate of
mt mile the fare would be about $780,
10. The only drawback for the man who
Id his passes is that he can get no more
I'd as tue walking up that way is poor
I'd he is out of nleuey his chances for al
ip are quite slender. II
It is hard to tell which is the most disa-
eeable out-of-doors job when the mercu- :
is down to zero and the wind whistling :
perfect gale through ones branches
mbing the towers to adjust the carbons, !,
perched upon the top of hotel bus to !,
i've two or three miles to a railway de-
1t after passengers. A sight of either
i'll make the man of sense hump up be-
re good fire like a cat on ridge pole
T midnight serenade.