The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-29
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

This was the big day of the Davenport
fair.
The Josephine brought in small ex-
cursion party today.
| week.
For campaign hats call at Liberman's.
Sheriff Reticker will leave for Kanka-
kee with the insane tonight.
All the new crossings are to have arched
iron gutter coverings.
Mrs. W. A. Leonard and son left this
morning for Washington, D. G.
The last of the camp meeting folks re-
turned this morning.
The marriage license business is decid-
eddy slow in the county clerks Office.
The jollities had a pleasant meeting at
Frank L. Bowen's home last evening.
A big lot of childrens' school shoes just
received at E. Turner's. Call and exam
inc and you can save money.
The visitors to the Davenport fair this
week are "mumm" when it comes TO wet
goods.
The members of the Second Baptist
church held watermelon bee last evening,
and good time was had.
DR.. J. W. Stark, Dentist, 1922 Second
avenue. d1yr.
The Rodman Rifles competed for the
prize offered by the Scott County Agri'
cultural society today.
The Davenport Herald company is
printing an edition on the fair grounds
this week.
The Davenport fair caught a good
many people from this side of the river
today,
John George, of Hamlet IS visitor
to the city today. He is going east.
The very latest in hats, just received,
at Liberman's.
The Iowa state democratic convention
will be held in Davenport next Wednes-
day.
| j. M Balm, of the Balm Tea & Coffee
Co., and superintendent of the western
branch stores, is in the city on tour of
inspection.
| Drs. Morgan & McCandless, dentists
John Linehan, the old time saloon
keeper, took out a license to keep a
saloon on Second avenue below Knell's
furniture store.
, Just received fine stock of seasonable
underwear, at Liberman's,
| Mr.. Albert J. Taylor returned last ev-
ening from seven weeks business trip
to the southwest in the interest of the
Rock Island Lumber g. Manufacturing
Company.
The funeral form of the Union is of the
opinion that girl doesn't look nice in a
picture with black dress on. An UNI
brella would fix the person out hand
somely, no doubt
: The latest in pongee silk handke rchiefs
just received at Liberman's.
The fishing camp near the Moline
bridge was broken up today and the par
ties who have spent pleasant two weeks
there returned to their homes in this city
and Moline.
Supervisors Pearsoll and Weatherhead
have been detailed to aid Sheriff Reticker
in taking the insane patients to Kankakee
tonight. A special car was taken out to
Coal Valley this afternoon, in which to
bring the patients into the city.
Ties, ties, not railroad ties. but silk,
satin and gros grain ties, at Liberman's
Tom Rodman, of Chicago. was around
the city today shaking hands with old
friends. He reports Col Curtis and Sam
Lynde, former Rock Islanders, as do
ing well in the law business in Chicago,
as he is himself
/ Mr.. Ben 7. Cable returned yesterday
! from his northern pleasure trip, much re-
! cuperated in strength. He had d splendid
time catching the speckled beauties which
inhabit the waters of the Minnesota and
Wisconsin lakes,
The denomination of Congressman
Neece gives general satisfaction in this
city and county, and the indications are
that he will poll very large vote-much
in excess of the one received two years
ago.
DIR. A. T. Hawley dentist, corner Sew
enteenth street and Sixth avenue.
The Rock Island Bar association will
have meeting in the court house at 2 D..
m. on Saturday, when the regular annual
election of officers and the arranging of a
trial list for the next term of court will
take place
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
The doctor who so brutally treated a
lady in the upper part of the city, as de-
tailed in the ARGUS the other day, called
upon her the evening that the article ap-
peared and was extremely kind His
Ofticious and uncalled for services may as
well be dispensed with, fer the ladys
husband consulted lawyer today, and
intends to prosecute him.
E. W. Hurst represents the leading
, American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S.
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874 Office over
Rock Island National Bank.
The Best Shoemaker.
John 0. Freed, the well known boot
Iand q. !