The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-20
Town Talk.
Damp this morning.


Haverly's Minstrels tonight One Of
the best minstrel organizations on the
road.
A fair, under the auspices of the Baptist
church. will be held on Tuesday evening.
December 4th.
A Young son has arrived at the resi-
deuce of G. j. NJ Colburn, OF No 1907
Second avenue.
Dressed. chickens plum p and tender at
Beans
Mr.. j. NJ Christy makes the pleasing
announcement to his patrons that here
after no charge will be made for barrels,
boxes and half boxes.
What has become of one of the mem
bers of the water committee of the city
council2 His constituents would like to
have him report for duty once in while.
Mr.. Johu Blakely, Jr., has moved into
the residence lately occupied by W. j.
Kerr. on First avenue between Tenth and
Eleventh streets.
In gloves, Liberman, the halter, has
them in every variety and quality,
The Chicago Church Choir Opera com
pany has cancelled its date here for the
evening of November Goth, and will APP
in Davenport on that evening instead.
"lolanthe" will be produced.
Gentlemen's underwear full line of
everything You can ask for at Libermsns.
the halter.
Blessed be the man whose wife doesn't
want cloak this winter, for the prices
run high. This is all right, and we sup
pose the goods are worth the money but
men who don't know any better wonder
why the fashion makers don't say that
cheaper cloaks shall be the style.
Try DR.. McCann's Irish cough syrup.
We are having a variety of weather
today, but it is principally rain. The
weather this morning resembled an April
day, with the showers usual in that month
followed by sunshine.
The G. O. d. laundry, Davenport, does
the best and cheapest washing.
Mrs WEIGH and Mrs Hawley. of the
Baptist church, were visiting the mer
chants today, with the view OF securing
advertisements for the programme of
their fair which takes place on December
4th. By patronizing the ladies. our
business men will remember that they are
aiding worthy cause.
Liberman, the halter, has in stock the
finest line of fur hats that can be found
in the three cities.
Mrs. Sarah Hallins yesterday called at
the county clerks office, and filed de-
claration for citizenship. She desires to
acquire some government land in Dakota,
aud to legally hold It, 1t is necessary that
the person in whose name the land is
entered shall have filed declaration of
citizenship.
When you want reliable insurance at
low rates, call on w, L. Coyne, corner OF
Seventeenth street and Third avenue, up
stairs, Rock Island, I'll. d3m
Mr.. David Stevens, the contractor re.
turned yesterday from Sugar Creek. Iowa,
where he has been for the past few months
engaged in building lime kilns for the
Sugar Creek White Lime company, Homer
J. Lowry, president. Two large kilns with
a capacity of turning ont 1875 barrels Of
lime day each, are now in operation, and
further work has been suspended fol
this winter. The company intend to build
six more kilns next year, which is evidences
that they are meeting with good fuccess
Shirts cents, cuffs cents and collars
% cents, at the C. o. D. laundry, Daven
port; telephone No. 372.
A travelling man relates story of I
passenger ON the Wabash railway, whit
rendered the conductor trade dollar thu
other day in payment of his fare. TIL,
knight of the punch examined it a mo-
ment, and handed it back to the passen-
ger, with the remark: Il don't want tina
piece of money" With face as grav
as that of sanctified deacon at an ordi
nation dinner, the passenger drawled out
well. give it to the company, then
The roar that followed was on the con
duetor, who blushed to the roots of hi
hair, and the trade dollar went into hi
pocket at par.
! Family washing, 60 cents per dozen, a
the G. o. d. laundry, Davenport.
i Western editors are not always choic
in their language TO their brethren, as th
following from a Colorado paper vii
attest: THE ignorant. contemplate
mean, sneaking cowardly, self important
low flung, dirty, outlandiah, back biting
self STYLED politician, dead beat, whisk,
bloat, backwoods hummer, beer inflated
II big headed, soft skulled, over rate
Iswamp angel crawling, creeping. viper
dirty. scum of the dirty, stagnant swamp
/ mean, big jawed, slab sided, knock kneed
bow legged, gander shanked cur who j
at The helm of the journal and actin
boss sf the republican party of SUNNI
county, will--after the election-b
tramping over the country in quest 4
anottar t;s;ao.efsice To steal ~