The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-22
Monday January az. 1893
BREvITlEs.

observation-disclosures, is predicting milder
weather after the moon fulls.
Gents lotest style shoes at Carse & Ret
icker's. IL
Louis Ohlweiler, says that at his place,
in Third avenue, the mercury was down to
80 below zero this morning.
City Weighmaster Petit weighed four
loads of Iowa corn to-day. The price re-
ceived was forty-eight cents bushel.
Bottom prices at Carse & Retickers.
Passengers in the street cars this morning
found it decidedly moro comfortable to
stand up than to sit
The coal dealers are literally over
whelmed with orders and are likely to con-
tinue to be as Tonga this ''meteorologically
mean" weather lasts
Marriage licenses issued since our last
report: Angelus De Yaeger and Mrs.
Ottillie Kron, Moline; Halvor Knudsen and
Miss Tnga Void. Moline.
On Saturday, just before adjournment OF
court, Alonzo d. Jacobs was divorced
from Cynthia Jacobs of Milan; cause, deser
ton.
This week will be the last week of my
stay in Rock Island consequently any one
in need of heavy goods in clothing, fur and
other winter caps and gloves can buy OF
me this week at a great sacrifice.
The man, Tor woman who will leave
store door open such weather as this de-
serves to be pelted out of the community
with icicles for showing so little sense.
Owing to the drifts out near Mr.. Bailey
Davenports pasture and the intense cold,
the Milan cars made but one round trip
this forenoon
Thomas Kilkenny, agent of the Sargent
comic opera company and George Irish,
assistant, called at the ARGUS office on
Saturday.
There have already been sent out upward
of two hundred invitations for the Red
Mems grand dance on the night of Feb.
% Those who accept are sure of the best
kind of a time.
Messrs. T. nj. Montgomery and Henry
Carpenter reached Mortified, Mass, last
night with the remains of Timothy Dutton.
OGN0Idl sitACc VI AoOO VIC AhUOS LOO
called attention to the fact that the post
Office air springs were n. G. even while |
other papers were lauding them to the
skies. Another one bursted Saturday.
The services at the Central Presbyterian |
church yesterday morning were very inn
pressive. Thirteen persons, of fifteen ex-
amined, made public profession of their
faith and were received into the church
fellowship The attendance upon the |
services was very large.
Juror Whiteside of Cordova, had such a
hard time getting in to-day that court
had to wait fifteen or twenty minutes for
him. The taking of testimony in the
Whitney case was resumed.
Agent Cook. of the C. r. l. & p. road in
forms the ARGUS that the Cannon BALI
left Chicago on time this morning for st.
Paul, and that the other trains on his road
are making good time notwithstanding the
cold weather.
The resignation of G. FL. Hudson, gen
eral manager of the Minneapolis and st.
Louis road, is accepted as an indication of
the absorption of the line by the Rock ISL
and, as President Cables assistant, Mr. |
Will Truesdale, is hereafter to have charge
of affairs.
On Thursday evening next the Grand
Army boys at Galya will have grand
camp fire which will be attended by sew
eral veterans from this city. Hard tack,
pork and beans fun and salt horse horse
constitute the bill of fare.
All reports agree that last night was the
coolest one thus far this winter. There
was less wind than on the previous night
but the cold found its way even into the T,
best constructed modern houses making
wall and beam crack like an infantry fusil-
ade.
The two Moline thieves in the county
Jail, Strong and another, are anxious to go
before the court to-day and plead guilty
to petit larceny That's strange to want
to jump out of the frying pan into the ,
fire, or out of a comfortable Jail into the
coolest of cold worlds
Owing to the intense cold yesterday
forenoon Rev Mr.. Allen, rector of Trinity
wisely omitted his sermon and by thus !.
the service gave his parishioners
an opportunity to get comfortably warm,