The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-27

Friday April "a, 1883.
CAUGHT on THE FLY.

Read change in Geo. W. d. Harris ad
vextisenent.
wv Simpson. of the PortByron Globe
was in me city to-day.
TIL rv.r,s rising quite rapidly. and
the wafer is not far from the Diamond
Joe boat house.
The sun was quite warm to-day, and
the young men have commenced 10 'sneo
their winter clothing.
Laiies kid button boots, e1.75, at Carse
& Reticker's.
Tomorrow will be "bock" beer day,
and those who are fond of the foaming
LIQUID will be in their glory.
The Rock Island Turner society will
give an exhibition in turning, and dance
afterwards, at Turner hall tomorrow
night.
Furnished rooms for rent. Inquire
at John Russ restaurant. lTot
Edmund Kerkhove and Miss Jennie NC
Intosh. and Thomas Howard and Miss
Molly Maxey. all of Moline, have procured
licenses to wed.
Hampton, received bounty for six young
wolf. scalps. which he took to the county
clerks office.
Mems working shoes 80 cents; at Carse
s. Retickers.
Mr.. W. F. johnson returned from
Springfield last night. No matter If 1t is
only special election for alderman, the
republican bosses can't get along without
Williams presence.
The household goods of Mr. F. w.
Kellerstraus are to-day being removed
from over Davidson's cigar store TO the
old Johnson house, corner of Third avenue
and Eighteenth street.
DR. Reiter, while passing Milan this
morning. said he saw not less than seven
teen women with fishing rods in their
hands. waiting for "a bite
Will r. johnson has just received from
the east all the latest designs in ladies'
breastpins. such as squirrels, crocodiles,
grasshoppers, etc, 1856
Wanted-A good dining room girl at
the Commercial Hotel 27d2t
Samuel Heagy was one of the visitors
10 town to day. He reported the Missis-
sippi to have risen eight inches at Hamp
ton during tina last twenty four hours
Messrs L. Harms, NJ NJ Sturgeon and
George Wagner were out on a snipe hunt
Wednesday. and succeeded in bagging
III birds. The gentleman are evidently
good shots, and not many could have got
ten away.
1t is said that Chas. Schellberg, of Dav-
export. has purchased L. Schander's sa-
loon, opposite the Rock Island house
Two finely furnished rooms for rent
on the northwest corner of First avenue
and Twelfth street % ct
MIR. 5. Stoddard departed for Minneap-
oils Thursday night, and will return with
his wife, who has been visiting there for
several weeks.
The Chicago. Burlington, and Quincy
people have rented pew in Methodist
church at Des Moines, for the use of en-
ployes when in that city over Sunday.
The Burlington road will run an excur
sion train from Bloomington and Peoria
to San Francisco. via Omaha. Tuesday,
May Is. Tickets will be good for ninety |
days, with privileges of stopping over
both going and returning.
The fifth social of the Young Peoples |
Association of the Broadway church, |
will meet this evening, at the |
residence of J. W. Stewart, corner Nine
teenth street and Eight avenue. Friends |
of the society are invited to attend.
Patrick Ferron will open q barber shop
on the corner of Third avenue and |
Tweny-first street in few days.
George Bailey, the commission mer-
chant on Eighteenth street, has on exhi- |
bition in a tumbler. the yolk and white of |
an egg 375 days old. 1t is in good |
state of preservation, and looks as fresh |
asa new laid egg.
Mr.. B. F. TiTinghast, has resigned his
position as city editor of the Davenport
Gazette, on account of ill-health His
successor will be Harry E. Downer, who
will take charge of the city department
next week
1t is not a young Odd Fellow that has
arrived at the home of Mr. Jonas Bear
1t is baby girl. and entered this world
at five minutes before twelve o'clock
Thursday night. Jonas is receiving the |
congratulation of his friends to day.
Susan Langdell, who was taken to the
armory last night in a drunken condition,
was up before Squire Chopper this morn
ing, and fined So and cost She was UNI
able to pay it. and was sent TO the armory. |
The democrats of the Third ward pro-
pose to See to it, that Henry ladders car
ries off the laurels in the aldermanic race |
next Wednesday. The Third is strongly |
democratic, and coupled with the fact /
that MIR. Lidders is one of the most popu-
lar men in the ward, it will roll up hand |
some majority for him.
All the money the republicans can pour
into the Third ward. will not have the eff |
feet to elect Schroeder He is as a lamb |
being led to the slaughter His goose is
cooked. and he will be neatly shelved
The Dixon Sun says: A number of
gentlemen at Moline are building a fine