The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-17
THE CITY In BRIEF.
Cool and splendid weather.
Drs. Morgan & McCandless, dentists.

the city today.
DR.. j. W. Stark, Dentist, 1922 Second
avenue. d1yr.
s. S. DAVIS, of Milan, was around town
this afternoon
Frank Brusso, of Andalusia, was in the
city on business today.
County Treasurer Fleming is in meas
ure regaining his eyesight.
There was boom in the marriage Ii
cense business today.
Superintendent Kerr began flushing
out the water mains today.
Mr.. Holland has already begun work
on his new directory for Rock Island.
The boom at the Golden Eagle clothing
house grows larger every day.
Remember the band concert to be given
in Union square by prof. Biehl Saturday
evening.
Mr. Frank Parker, one of Cables we'll
known citizens, was in the city on Tues
day
Mrs. John Blocklinger will leave tomor-
row morning ON visit to friends in Mil
waukee.
One hundred laborers wanted: Enquire
of Capt. A. ]. Whitney. steamer Nellie,
Rock Island levee.
B. 7. Cable, Esq, left for Chicago last
evening on business. to be absent a couple
of days.
The wooden part of the new steeple of
the First Baptist church will be erected
this week
1t is surprising how many watches ami
clocks the Golden Eagle clothing store is
giving away.
viii Wheaton, one of the most enter =
prisiug farmers of Edgington township,
was in the city today.
The principal country product offered
for sale on Market square today was tim
othy hay.
County Clerk Donaldson is expected
home from Missouri the latter part of the
present week.
After the completion of the Second
avenue work the streets of the city will
be in pretty good condition.
Barney McAuley opens the theatrical
season in Moline this evening in Mes
senger From Jarves Section"
Dan Twelvetree, one of the solid farm
ers of Perryton township. Mercer county
was a visitor to Rock Island today.
| People in the lower part of the city art
pretty generally fixing up their houses pre-
paratory to the coming on of winter.
There are several sidewalks in tn,
lower part of the city that should b.
looked after. They need repairs badly.
Leave your orders for flags and Chimes
lanterns to be used for decorating pur
poses next Tuesday evening, at W. II
Lundy's.
Peter Lee has the contract for painting
the Commercial hotel. Mr.. Blythe pro
poses to have the interior as well as tn
! exterior of the building painted.
When you want reliable fire, life cy
clone and tornado insurance at low rates
call on W. L. Coyne. corner Seventeent
street, and Sd avenue. d3m
1t is possible that number of Roc
Islanders will go to Peoria tomorrow t
| hear the Hons Thomas A Hendricks an
Garter Fl. Harrison speak.
: All goods sold at the Golden Eagl
, clothing house are cheaper than the sam
goods can be bought for anywhere else i
| the three cities.
The street sprinkler finds it difficul
work to keep the dust settled these day
on account of the heavy wind that hs
prevailed for day or two.
Adolph Greve has just opened fin
!, stock of boots, shoes and slippers in hi
new store on Moline avenue betwee
) Twentyffth and Twentysixth streets.
/ Mayor Mott is expected home on Sat
; urday evening. He and Mrs. Mott hav
been having very pleasant time VISITING
their son Sanford, who is well known i
this city.
The Hon. ]. II. Murphy, of Davenport
is speaking in Ohio in behalf of the dem
ocratic party. Jerry is an eloquen
speaker, and he will tell the Buckeye PEG
pie some plain truths.
E. W. Hurst represents the leadin
American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S
, Policies carefully written at current rate:
Agency established 1874. Office owe
Rock Island National Bank.
j J. E. Mcconnell, who came here frol
Oberlin, Ohio, some time ago to visit rel
atives and who made many friends hert
has gone to New York to enter the Unto
theological seminary to study for tn
ministry.
John Westphal was twenty>nine yeal
q old today, and numerous friends extende,
hearty congratulations and wished hin
many returns of his birthday anniversary
G John is popular with a large circle {
friends.
r Farmers are coming in more lively tina
t ever this week. They have all SC
, through with their fall work and no
r have little leisure time. The crops tn
year are reported by all as being fully u
to the average.
City Weighmaster Eggleston is recov
ering slowly from bis recent severe il
ness. He is not well enough to assum
the duties of his Office aud bis son-in
law, Geo. W. Corp, continues to official
at the city scales
, The different democratic clubs in Da,
, export will turn out en- masse to the den
{ ocratic rally in this city on the 23d ms
, The democracy of Scott county are en-