The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-26
Comfy News.


MILAN, Nov. 26.-The boys have laid
up the skates until there is more ice.
Col. Dickson has friends visiting him
from Philadelphia.
Mrs. Sheldon has returned from Mount
Vernon, Iowa, where she has been visiting
her son Watson.
About week ago Miss Carrie Muse
left for Aurora, where she has been at
tending school for the past three or four
months.
Geo. Everheart, who has been employed
by the Milan Paper company for the past
two years, few days ago moved his
family to Tama City, Iowa, where he expects
to take charge of a machine for the lama
Paper company. HIS many years expo
rience will be of good service wherever he
goes.
VIM. Young has about finished the
remodeling of the old store room on River
street. and about the first of December he
will open with large stock of groceries,
and in addition is putting in large
Fairbanks scales.
The Telephone company had a man a
few days ago running down gaps IN the
Geneseo line.
A number of young girls took their
sweethearts out to surprise party few
evenings ago. They must have. had a
good time, as they did not return until
very late.
Street Commissioner Kerr is doing some
valuable work in having a lot of men ont
on the streets filing in small rock in the
large holes, which was needed very much.
The city dads are beginning to see that it
pays to have the streets and roads in first
class order.
Milan Musings came out short time
ago, saying the correspondent was making
his marks Lookout for the morning
contemporary, he may come oat with
something that is loud and it may appeal
strongly to the ear.
The young mems social club went out
to John Vanderslice's Friday night, to have
their usual good time; we expect Mr..
Sinder was up and doing his best to get
the oyster supper up in first class style,
and Mr.. Lowell to conduct the musical
entertainment.
Mr.. j. Graham was down ON Friday on
his usual trip looking after the company IS
manufacturing interest. During the past
six months their improvements have been
very extensive in the way of putting in
machinery; they have quite number of
seamless sack machines, whose work can
not be surpassed by any mandatory in
the west.
On Friday occurred the sale of the per
sonal property of the Milan Paper com
pany Quite number attended, bu, there
were but few cashbuyers. T. j. Robinson
bought out the entire lot except one or
two articles.
On Saturday afternoon and Sunday
there was communion at the Methodist
Episcopal church, the Rev. Kaufman
officiating.
Rock Island has procured the valuable
service of the Owl Club to sing Thanks
giving night They have been registered
10 sing, Jolly Jonathan" Eggs for
Breakfast" "Why not Tonight2'' Their
selections are of the highest order. The
club consists of our popular young gents,
of the town, and they will do all in their.
power to present their selections in
pleasing manner
w. A. Johnston has crew of men at
work filling up the gaps, and leveling the
wing dams, as protection to the dam for
heaying ice in the spring
Lookout, we are going to have we'd
ding, Sweden and Ireland have mutually
agreed to be twain. 1t is very evident
both have buried the Ratchet. md that
happy days will soon commence.
John Gilmore has started up his pork
packing establishment. As the prices
range very low at present, it is quite
likely he will put upl very large amount
to supply his traders, besides the usual
amount thatis shipped from here.
CITIZEN.