The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
Town Talk.


The circuit court adjourned at ~ o'clock
today.
The new rector of Trinity parish, the
Rev. R. F. Sweet, arrived from Freeport
last evening.
Suits for the masquerade tomorrow
night can be obtained tomorrow afternoon
at Turner hall.
A large number of our citizens attended
the Thursby concert in Davenport last
evening.
Thos. McGogin, first baseman in the
Rock Island base ball nine, arrived from
Chicago this morning to stay through the
season.
J. D. Keller, of Bowling township, will
sell at public sale at his place on February
4th, thirty head of cattle, among which
are ten head of fat steers.
The council delegates to the western
water ways convention will meet in spe
cial session at the council chamber thi,
evening.
A number of the lawyers this morning
responded to the request of the court to
meet and arrange business for the next
term, but no business of Importance was
transacted.
When you want reliable fire and life
insurance allow rates, call on W. L.
Coyne, corner of Seventeenth street and
Sd avenue, up stairs. Rock Island. Ill. d3m
The Young Peoples Working associa-
ton of the Central Presbyterian church,
hold sociable at Sheriff Reticker's to-
night. All are cordially invited
Overseer of the poor NJ Koch. alleviated
the wants of forty families last month
They consisted of 1870 persons, the cost of
which was S29S. Amount paid out for
transportation $78l, and two burials cost
SEQ. Total $325S1.
A horse without driver, belonging to
Mr. Ferdinand SCHNEIDER, got into the
river at the foot of Seventeenth street this
afternoon A large crowd gathered. who
succeeded, with the assistance of ropes,
in extricating the horse from its cold bath
Teeth extracted without pain, by Nor
gan & McCandless, dentists, 3rd avenue
and Goth street. Telephone 65. 31-dwtf
Rev, s. S. Cryer will resume his series
on Revelation under the following sub
| jects, beginning next Sabbath evening:
/. The Rise of Mahomedanism
.. The Rise of the Turkish Power
3. The Decline of the Turkish Power
4. The Return of the Jews.
| As DR.. J. W. Cowden was blanketing
his horse yesterday afternoon, in front of
his residence, he slipped, and fell under
the horse, which became frightened and
stepped on him with one of its shoes,
| cutting cash in his left temple. Mr..
Eddy, who happened to be near at the
time, ran to the rescue of the doctor He
| quieted the horse, but it was close call
for the doctor.
". c. Wadsworth and Geo H. French
Of Davenport, and A c, Dart of this
city. constituted committee that met al
the Harper house yesterday, for the pur-
pose of arranging the trip to Washington
The meeting was adjourned to Saturday
afternoon, owing to the absence of sever
al important delegates. The delegates
are to meet in body at the Grand Pacific
hotel in Chicago, and then to proceed to
''Uncle Sans" headquarters.
Eleven young ladies participated in the
roller skating last evening, to compete fol
a prize of pair of skate:
offered by the Doty Bros. for the
best skater. The judges selected vert
transient mostly commercial
travellers from the Harper house Tbt
skaters all did their work so well, that il
was some time before they could decide
as it was such close contest. Finally
they selected five of the best skaters who
were put to the test The decision was il
| favor of Miss Y Hardy. of this CITY