The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-30

Friday night, being on bis return from
Los Angeles, where be left bis family. for
New York.
Miss Nellie & Babcock, OF Sheldon, Ia,
who has been student il music at ober
lin, the past year, is visiting with her
uncle. MI. 3. ]. Babcock
Miss Mary E. Bicknell, who has been
spending several weeks with her sister,
Mrs +. f. Downs, left for her home in
Mason City last evening.
Misses Ida. Alice and Maggie McCool,
have gone to the pleasant home of a
prosperous farmer in lie Claire township,
to spend che summer vacation.
j. NJ Eldridge arrived home from his
Kansas trip yesterday, highly pleased with
the crop prospects in that country -har-
vesting in full blast and 104 in the shade.
The city clerk has issued 100 licenses
in the last few days for the sale of lawful
beverages soda, pop, lemonade, root
beer, and tea and coffee These licenses
cost $5 per anum.
! Mrs. g. H. Mccullough, with her son
Frank, and Porter Mcdonald, who enters
the Heidelberg university, sailed from
New York for Liverpool, yesterday, in
the steamer Austiar.
The contract between the city and the
Davenport Gas Light and Coke company,
expires October /, of this year, when it is
thought steps will be taken to illuminate
the city with electricity
The men engaged by the city IN trim
ming the abundant crop of weeds along
| the different streets, are doing good work
and many of the streets now present a
much more inviting appearance.
The knights of Labor will will hold a
great picnic at the fair grounds on the
Fourth of July. This is the only celebra
| ton that there will be in Davenport thai
day. The Great Western band win fur
| nish the music.
The Hon. and Mrs James T. Lane,
who have been attending the commence
ment at Vassar, where their daughter
| graduated, arrived home last evening.
Miss Matte Lane remains east for some
time with class mate
Mr.. Benson, manager of the Gazette
went over to .he Democrat Office Saturday
night, and affected an agreement, where
by both papers were to discontinue theil
Rock Island departments. Neither de-
partment paid its way,
On the fences, and porches, and roof
and grass. in the localities where thu
maple bark lice eggs have Matched, art
millions upon millions of minute bugs
smaller than the littlest gnat you evel
saw, and active as fees, only they dom
jump. They are young bark lice.
Mr.. Martin at the fair grounds ha
arranged to have three good races Jul!
4th. This will please the Knights Of
Labor, who VIII hold their picnic at I'll,
Central park on this day--a small ad.
mission fee of 20 cents will be charged
The entries for the races will be announces
later.
At the land league meeting held las
night the following programme was car
ried out: Reading, Harry Toher, song
Mrs, J. F. MCGOWAN; reading, Miss NJ Z
Dolan, debate. Resolged, That Hcnr
Grattan did his whole duty in 1879
affirmative, T. L. Sharon; negative, P
Hsgarty. Each princi pie will have a
assistant
At the fair grounds, on Tuesday even
ing. win be given the second subscription
concert of the Great Western band unde
the leadership of Prof. II. Restorfi
Every person who was present at the frs
of these concerts was highly pleased
The subscribers are among the best citi
zens of the city, and the concerts al
conducted by Mr. McGugin and Prof
Restorf in manner which meets the az
proval of all.