The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-03
RREvITIES.

business meeting last night.
Bottom prices at Carse 81 Retickers.
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Concert at Turner Hall tomorrow even
ing.
Regular meeting of the city council next
Monday evening. Standing room only"
No street cars over the Milan line this
forenoon.
ALVIN Joslin," the next booked enter
tainment, at Harper's theatre on Wednes-
day evening, the 9TH inst.
Gents 1otest style shoes at Carse & Ret
icker's. tt
The grand masquerade of the Davenport
Turner association takes place this even
ing, and it premises to be an enjoyable af
fair
Mr.. G. B. Knox. the veteran undertaken,
reports that there were fewer deaths in
Rock Island in January last than before in
the same month for ten years.
One load of hay from Davenport and a
load of wood, constituted the entire mar
ketable product on Market square this
forenoon. More hay is expected from
Davenport this afternoon, however.
Flour and feed store in one corner of
my repository building south side of
Union Square. / will sell and deliver to
any part of the city -four and feed of all
kinds at very small margin.
st L. D. DmIcK
The ground hog came out yesterday but
failed to see his shadow, which according
to the popular prediction signifies On early
spring. Good enough.
The Old Settlers will meet next Mon
day afternoon to transact business gener-
ally. including the making of the necessary
arrangements for their sociable of the 22d
inst.
Yesterday afternoons r. /. & P. train
left here about four hours behind time.
Up to this afternoon no train had arrived
on the Mercer County road.
The track laying force of the new road
that will connect with the Iowa Central
&C., B. Sc P.) at Keithsburg, made a cross
ing over the Rock Island division of the
c., B. & O. at Monmouth, Saturday, and
they expect to complete the line by March
1st.
The wind whistled merrily the livelong
night, and had the temperature been |
couple of degrees or SO higher considerable |
rain would have fallen. As 1t was the |
sleet pelted windows and roofs right |
smartly, consequently there was no snow |
drifting, whatever.
Squire Chopper fined Webb, the pugilis- |
tic glass blower $40 and costs for brutality |
assaulting Frank Kopp in January last.
Mems wool lined high 3-buckle shoes
reduced to $1.75, worth $2.75. All other
goods marked way down, at the old Coss
store closing out sale.
Feb. /, ct PARK 81 ELLIS.
Old residents say that while there were /
colder spells two years ago this winter
they have not known a winter since that of
er as the present one.
The G. B. & @. having purchased good
location in Sterling, are going to build fine
passenger and freight depots. This seems
to have started up the G. & N. W. com
pany for they now announce their inten-
ton to build in Sterling new passenger
depot.
Wanted-Twenty five men to cut ice,
wages $3.50 per day. Apply to J. s.
Smith & Son, Milan, Ill. 2t
If all mankind were blessed with as
good lungs as the average hackman seems
to have, when soliciting passengers for
Davenport, cases of tuberculosis and other
complaints would be reduced
to minimum.
The mortuary report for the week. as
entered by City Clerk Kohler, is as fol-
lows: Ethel Carrie Battles, 5 years
month and days capillary bronchitis
Freddie Robinson, ii years and month
Inflammation of the bowels. Henry Olson
30, years, grinder'S consumption.
At Rock Falls the G.. 3. & @. railroad
company have bought thirteen acres of :
and. This coupled with the fact that they
are dissatisfied with Aurora and have
threatened to move their machine shops ,
from there gives rise to the feeling that
Rock Falls in some way is to be especially
favored by the company.
Henry county Mems. THE Rock Island
street cars have no stoves; the Davenport
cars have. Therefore Davenport assumes
lofty and important airs, while Rock ISL
and snarls that the Davenport street car
stoves are never fired m and are only in |