The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-27
THE CITY IN BRIEF.
Attend the churches tomorrow

A. H. McCandless, D. d. s., dentist
Tomorrow will be the last Sunday Of
1884.
The marriage license business is again
on the wan.
Mr. F. Letsky, clerk tor F. Streckfus,
is quite i'll.
Mr.. James johnson. of Reynolds. was
in the city today.
Lost "a fur trimmed glove, finder will
please leave at the ARGUS Office.
Don't forget the Amelia Goldberg
Brilliantti concert this evening.
The sleet this morning made pedestri-
anism rather difficult.
The January term Of the circuit court
will open one week from Monday
Mr.. j. Streckfus has couple of chil~
dren down with diphtheria.
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Loosely are in
the city, having removed from Peoria.
Dr. A. T. Hawley, dentist. corner Sew
teentn street and Sixth avenue.
There is some excellent skating on the
ice above the Sylvan bridge.
The city was pretty well filled with
farmers today and business was lively.
Mr.. J. s. Gilmore slaughtered 600 hogs
yesterday.
E. E. Spicklcr, of Taylor Ridge, was in
the city last evening.
Coroner Halves is remaining at home
getting strong before he ventures out to
attend to business.
Mr.. George Goestel, proprietor OF the
Taylor house, is very seriously i'll. He is
frequently delirious.
Mrs. W. ID. Ament's skatorial exhibi-
ton in Port Byron last night was COM
plete success.
Mr.. M. v Blanding is home from Du>
buque to spend the holidays. He will re,
main in the city week.
Mr.. George Buford, of Kansas City, is
visiting relatives here. He will return to
his home tomorrow night.
The boys are having great time
coasting these days. The hills are cov>
cred with snow and the coasting is great.
Every body should go to the champion
skating race next Monday evening at the
Rock Island skating rink.
Miss Alice Menzie, of Freeport, daugh>
ter of Engineer Chas. Menzie, is visiting
friends in the city.
States Attorney Entrikin came down
from Moline this afternoon to prosecute
the two thieves captured last evening.
The heavy snow on the C. B. & @.
| platform was loaded onto flat cars this
afternoon and hauled away.
| Mr.. Joseph Oakleaf. law student in
in Browning & Entrikin's offihe in No.
line, was around town this afternoon.
| Yesterday afternoon was the finest OF
the season, but one of those sudder
changes in the weather came loafins
along last night.
Professor Blessing is rapidly recovering
from the injury he received by fall some
time ago and ON January 2 the regular
gymnasium exercises will be resumed.
The average clerk is exercising hi
muscle today in shoveling snow from the
sidewalk in trent of the store in which he
is employed.
Some of the hackmen are charging thu
unsophisticated % cents to cross the riv-
er. The cheek of the average hackmer
lays the government mule in the shade.
Read the advertisement of Listens bee
tea in another column. Alderman Geo
W. Henry is the agent for this excellen
article in this city and Moline.
, | Fred Appelquist contemplates visit Il
the south for the benefit of his health
He will probably take in the New Or
) leans exposition.
Mr.. Thornton Snider, of South Rock
Island, was in the city today. He wa.
was out in the country yesterday and re
ports the sleighing excellent.
Farmers find it very convenient jus
now to hall their hogs to market. 1t i
much easier to load them into sleds thai
wagons, and also easier on the teams t.
haul them to market.
Some sneak thief stole a whip thi
morning from the sleigh of Mr.. Johl
Gleason. of Moline, in front of the Turne
hail. Mr.. Gleason had only left his ri
about ten minutes.
Mr.. J. B. thinner is rapidly recovering
: from his recent illness. He was very sic
for few days and his friends feared tina
he might not get well.
Harry Downer. who for short tim
was city editor of the Davenport Gazette
is spendingthe holidays in Davenport
He is now manager of telephone lin
: in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
Mr. Clifton Stanley, of Reynolds, wa
in the city today. Mr., Stanley is propri
etor of the leading hotel in Reynolds. ais
livery stable proprietor and constable
He finds his time pretty well filled III
with the above business.
Mr.. r. j. McGee, manager of Jaco
5 Rileys marble works, will leave on Mon
day for Boston TO purchase granite fo
D the works. He will also take in Ne1
, York and Philadelphia and expects to
absent about two weeks.
The operators at the central telephon
J offices in the tri~cities have been instruct
ed to keep strict count of the numbe
of calls for today and next Monday an
D Tuesday, for the benefit of the director:
who want the figures for particular pu
pose.
The following donations to the hospits
: are acknowledged: Marshall & Fisht
bourbon whisky and drugs to the amour
of $4.75; by friends of the hospital
Christmas turkey, oranges and a jar {
: preserves.
We are told that there was a fight in
. saloon in Davenport Christmas night
e Ten young men were engaged in the ROY
and all came out with sore heads, an
yesterday they faced the music in iu:
tees office.
|; Mr. David Donaldson met with yer
painful accident in his saw factory yel
f terday afternoon. He was oiling a dri
: punch when one OF his fingers was caugl
/. and nearly severed. He will have yer
sore finger for some time to come.
81 Mr.. Charles Follett. of LeClaire, low
II called unon Cant. Pierce. of the waite,