The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

lOIlu.
Mr.. Banes, of the Commercial hotel, is
i'll.
Begin to harvest your bets two weeks
from today.
The street crossings in some places
need attention
Frank Wilson, of Rural, was in the city
today.
Dion Boucicault in The Shaugraun, )"
at the opera house tomorrow night.
Dr. 4. T. Hawley, dentist, corner Sew
enteenth street and Sixth avenue.
Delightful music at the skating rink
Thursday night. Ladies free.
The bluff roads wherein were 50 many
washouts have been nicely fixed up again.
Asa Butman, ex-steward of the county
poor farm. is in the city.
Hon. J H. Murphy is taking a little.
needed rest at his home in Davenport.
DR.. J. W. Stark, Dentist, 1722 Second
avenue. d1yr
Buffalo John, the tailor, is the only
inmate of the city Jail.
The Moline republicans will have their
parade on next Monday evening
Samuel Heagy, of Hampton, and Geo.
Toothacker, of Moline, were around town
today.
Deputy County Clerk Kohler is up in
the ncighborhood of Hillstlale shooting
ducks.
Music at the roller skating rink by
Biehls band Thursday night Ladies
free. Go everybody.
Mrss l. L. Lockwood, OF Chicago, sister
of Mr. S. T. Bowlby, of this city, is here
on visit to her brothers family
The peoples party will not have a
parade on the occasion of Gen. A. NJ
Vests visit to this city next Wednesday.
The Rock Island Union made good the
reputation of its elasticity for veracity
| this morning.
Mr.. Irving Burgh has returned from IN
extended business trip in the interests OF
| Weyerhauser & Denkman He had very
successful trip.
Speaker j. G. Carlisle and Hons J. h.
Weaver, B. j. Hall and D. O. Finch,
spoke at Fairfield, Iowa, this afternoon.
George Wagner is now engaged in bot :
Ting beer at the rate of ten barrels per
day.
Many people are suffering from bad
colds contracted during the present sud-
den change Of the weather.
Hon. Carter H Harrison is making a
thorough canvass of the state. He speaks
At Warsaw on Oct Goth
Hawley & Hill have Just received car
load of that famous -four, "PHlsbury's
Best"
Mr.. B. Winter of the firm of Mott &
Winter, is out along the c., r. |. e P
between here and Chicago on business
He will return on Friday,
Overcoats and caps are being fished
from their hiding places and brought into
active use again, Last night was quite
chilly.
AC., B. SO, brakeman, who arrived
in this city from st. Louis this morning,
says that one hundred miles from here a
heavy frost fell last night He also says
that Sunday the rain fell in torrents in St.
Louis, when it was nice and dry in these
parts.
A prominent member of the Butterflies
in tins city expressed himself today Ms
being emphaticalIy in favor OF Garter II
Harrison for governor. lie considers hin
the most competent man in the state fol
the positiaa and Is confident that he will
be elected.
| A man named Jacob Nissen fell from a
third story window in Davenport Monday
night and struck on his back His LEG.
have since been paralyzed. He "paral>
yzed' himself on Davenport mum" be
fore he fell from the window.
A man named McCune fell between the
steamer Lady Grace and barge into the
river 4 short distance above LeClaire
Monday night, and was drowned He
was returning to his home in Clinton
after having attended the republican rally
in davenport.
r. J. Henderson aud Judge TrimblC
speak at Cleveland, H., on Friday and
there will be torch light procession,
brass band music and the stcrcotypej
songs of the Rock Island Glce club.
Mrs. Nancy Smith, Mrs Lancaster and
Mrs. James Smith, of Lebanon. Tenn
arrived in the city this morning on vsi
to Mr. 7. j. Smith, of the American ex-
press company, who is a son of the frs
named lady. They will remain here I'M
til Saturday when they 60 to Wilton, Ia,
on q short visit.
Stove men and coal dealers are having
booming trade just now The clothier:
too are beginning to have liveler bust,
ness while the ice dealers trade is falling
. of. Thus the cold weather helps som(
; kinds of business and Injuries others No
kind of weather suits us all
The Union IN speaking of the Daven-
port procession Monday night, says:
; We did not state the number of "thC
l whole crowd for the reason that we die
not know it.
Very true. But the sum total of tht
various clubs enumerated by eve" figured
up 1,600. I've" probably knows as muel
, about about the >Swhole crowd" as he doe.
about the $50 that went from here t.
Davenport.
Wellington Scott, foremen, in LINDSAY
| & PhplDS' saw mill Dayennort diad n.