The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-18

Mr.. Miller took lis famous trottlng
mare, Malvna, to Dubuque today, where
she will enter IN two races,
Peter Fry, OF Seventh avenue and
Twentysixth street, is the happy father OF
new girl.
Miss Anna Helfan. of Springfield, is in
the city visiting her aunt. Mrs. R. Stock
house.
The Taylor House is one CT the best
kept hotels in the west. Geo. Goestel
is the proprietor.
Mr.. c. V. Livisk, of the Chicago Daily
Meaos, arrived in the city last night, and
will write up the regatta.
City Clerk Keohler paid out $56S.5O
yesterday, being the amount due the
laborers for work done for the past two
weeks.
All the new improvements have been
added to the United States Express office,
and now that office looms up in an i'm
mense manner.
J. B. thinner has had his merchant
tailoring emporium repapered and enlarg-
ed and it now presents a very fine APP
pearance.
A water pipe above Bamberger's store
sprung leak about noon today, and
some of Mr.. BIS clothing got a good
wetting.
Messrs. L. Watkins. B. P. Tape and
Charles A. Ball, senior and junior, all of
wicked Geneseo, were in the city yester>
day sizing the town up.
The G. o. D. laundry at Davenport
still continue to laundry shirts at cents
collars % cents and cuffs cents 1913
Main street, telephone No. 372. d202m
When any of your friends ask you
what paper to take to obtain all the city
tell them to join the hundreds of ARGUS
readers.
Miss AIDA Gregg, after several weeks
pleasant visit with Rock Island relatives
returned to her home in Ohio this morn
ing
People who talk about going away to
spend the summer talk nonsense. The
summer does net belong to them. The
ice men and the ice cream dealers hold
first mortgage on it.
Or. A. T. Hawley, dentist, corner Sew,
enteenth street and Sixth avenue; NJ. D.
Merrills residence.
Dame Rumor has it that while three of
our prominent society young ladies were
paying visit 10 Coal Valley, they formed
an alliance to reside there in the future.
Of course there will have to be wedding
| first.
| Mr.. Ned Kane takes offense at the
statement made in Wednesdays ARGUS,
in which his wife forbIds saloon keepers
to sell him liquor, and says he never was
drunk on the streets, and moreover has
taken care of said Honora Kane for
twentyeight years.
f. 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.
| Mr.. Samuel Heagy, of Hampton, was
in the city today. Yesterday his firm was
awarded the contract for furnishing the
Davenport public schools with coal for
the coming year, and consequently Heagy
is happier than usual There were several
competitors in the field, hut he scooped
them all.
Mr. A. B. Sawyer and two daughters,
of Pekin, have been in the city for the
past few days on their way north. Mr.
Sawyer was formerly mayor of Pekin, and
now holds the position of alderman. He
is a pleasant gentleman, and made several
friends while in the city
Mr. Chas j. Powers, of the Chicago
Times, is in the city on business and
pleasure combined The business part of
his trip is to write" up the regatta for
his paper and we know he will do it well,
for he used to WELD the pen on the ARGUS,
and his articles were always read with
interest by the numerous readers. He
will stay here until Sunday.
Mr. J. S. Rogers. of Freeport. arrived
in the city last evening. and is spending
the day here. Mr.. Rogers used to come
here quite frequently at an early day and
helped build what was known as the
Rockford d St Louis road His son is a
passenger engineer on the Rock Island &
Peoria road, and Mr. Rogers is on his way
to pay him visit at Peoria
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