The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-27
THE CITY In BRIEF.
Farmers have begun fall blowing.

| There is to be picnic near the Moline
bridge tomorrow.
The tenters in Tindall's grove will all
leave for home tomorrow.
Tie Davenport fair is now in full
blast.
Sam Goode, the jolly old farmer from
Andalusia, was in town last evening
| DR.. A. T. Hawley, dentist, corner Sew
enteenth street and Sixth avenue.
Will Whitehead, who is studying law in
Chicago is home for few days visit,
Work was begun in removing the OBJ
structlon in the harbor at late hour to-
day
The Presumption democratic club, one
hundred strong, is to have campaign hats
the regular high white hat
| Adair Peasants is expected home from
Indiana the latter part of the present
week
Drs. Morgan &lMcCandless, dentists.
Mr.. Louis Starkel prominent demo-
crat of Bellville, was in the city short
time last evening,
| II. B. Stoddard, the big stock shipper
of Edgington, was around town to-
day.
The Methodist camp meeting closes
this evening The farewell shake sert
vices will be held.
| Frand A. Heffner who resides on
| Twentieth street and Eight avenue, and
who is an express messenger on the C.,
R. |. & P, is the proud father of fine
little girl who arrived last evening.
DR.. j. W Stark, Dentist, 1922 Second
avenue. d1yr.
| The Bar association will have meet-
ing this evening at $50 o'clock in the
court house to arrange trial list for the
September term of the circuit court.
Sterling will catch number of people
from this community toi. ow and next
day, the two great day the fair up
there.
Mr. A Smith, of Andalusia, one of the
brightest school teachers in the county,
was in the city today. He begins his
school next Monday.
Hay was the principal country product
on the market today 1t sold for about
the same price that has ruled the market
for couple of weeks-S1 to s. per ton =.
i Prof Mansill predicts another of those
earth disturbing days of his for tomorrow
therefore look out for rain or wind When
Mansill predicts anything about The
{ weather it is sure to come
Said a farmer to reporter yesterday
afternoon: I've been here all day with
mixed load of apples and potatoes, and
} est period | have ever seen on the Rocl
Island market" And it is.
When you want reliable fire, life cy-
clone and tornado insurance at low rates
call on W. L. Coyne, corner Seventeenth
, street. and Sd avenue. d3m
I The Hon. John Whitsitt and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Whitsttt all of Presumption
were in the city today They went owe
to the Davenport fair this afternoon Il
| see what the hawkeye people had on ex
hibition
The Hon. W. II, Niece, our member O
, , congress, will speak in Keithsburg tomor
, row. Preparations have been made fo
| great gathering and one of the livelies
e days Keithsburg ever saw will be the re-
= suit
A Eckels, of RiChland Grove, Merce
e county, left last evening for Nebraska Il
4 look after some land interests he ha
there He has sold his farm in RichlanC
Grove, and will return soon to have
f sale, preparatory to moving to Nebraska
e to live.
Z. W. Hurst represents the leadin!
3 American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S
/ Policies carefully written at current rates
' Agency established 1874. Office owe
a Rock Island National Bank.
! Last evening Superintendent Southwel
a issued certificates to Eva Ziegler an(
: Hannah Kneeberg, of Moline; Linda Rob
ertson, of Coal Valley. Sadie Mcconnell
of Port Byron: Lima ?. Swan, of Colona
Herbert f. Griffith, of Moline; c. s. Rob
ertson. of Coal Valley; J. H. Howard, o
4 Watertown.
. The pail bearers at the funeral of tn,
7 late Mrs. Anna II. FrantZ were: M. D
: Merrill, W. C. Welch, DIR. J. ". Stewart
j. R. Mills, A. F. Fleming and D. w
: Gould Mrs Abbie Gould OF Moline
published very pretty little poem in thu
Republican last evening, dedicated to the
memory of Mrs. Frantz.
An exchange truthfully puts the mat
ter thus: 1T is an experience of publish
ers that too many people are apt to thinl
it matters but little whether the newspa
per bill is paid promptly or not; that it il
small sum and of but little consequence
+ This is not because subscribers are I'M
, willing to pay, but because they are neg
, ligent, Each one imagines because hi
+ | yeart Indebtedness amounts to SO small
8 sum, the publisher cannot be much il
want of it, without for moment think
I ing that the income of a newspaper il
o made Of just such small amounts, ant
that the aggregate of all such subscrip
tons is by no means an inconsiderabl,
sum of money
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