The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-26
THE CITY IN BRIEF.
The market was very dull today.

around town today.
Drs. Morgan &iMcCandless, dentists.
The Kewanee base ball club will return
home this evening.
Supervisor John Barton and son, of
Coal Valley spent last night in The city.
DR.. J. H. Hoke, of Cordova, was in
town today on business.
J. M. and C. E. Spickler, of Taylor
Ridge, were visitors to the city today.
A. C. and c. F. Stevens, of Carbon
Cliff, were in the city this afternoon.
DR.. J. W. Stark, Dentist, 1922 Second
| avenue. d1yr.
J. NJ. Hutchinson. one of the solid
farmers of Rural was in the city today.
Louis Bose, of Galesburg, is visiting
| his brother-inelaw, Dave Noftsker.
Mayor Mott leaver this evening for
trip through Iowa He will be gone all
this week
J. B. Ellis, of the st. Louis Post Dis
patch, is in the city stopping at the Rock
Island house.
The steeple an the First Baptist church
is gradually rising to the height originally
Intended
For an elegant, durable and cheap car
riagc or buggy go to Wall & HIS.
A new sidewalk was laid down in front
of Bell & Given's saloon on Market square
today.
D. Roy Bowlby arrived home last even
ing from Eastern Illinois, where he has
been on a business and pleasure trip.
J. A. Montgomery has been transferred
from the Davenport end - the govern
ment bridge to he guard the Moline
bridge.
Mrs. l.. ]. Menold returned to heI
home in Viola Mercer county, after g
pleasant visit with her sister, Mrs. ] H.
SOuthwell
Joliet has a new paper called the Sun,
day Tribune. The first number is brigh
and handsome, both mechanically ant
editorally
Wanted--a girl at Sheriff Reticker's
Must come well recommended.
Justice Cooke is out in Iowa looking
after his farm interests there During
, his absence Justice Halves is attending tt
the business.
Miss Title Frazier and Mrs. Matthews
of Arkansas, who have been visiting il
this city for some time, left today 70
Viola to visit DR.. Frazier.
The Rev. j c. Holiday is in the cit
> on a brief visit to friends. He is on hi
: way from Lake Minnetonka to GAINESVILLE
: Ohio, where he is now located.
Dr. A. T. Hawley, dentist, corner Sew
5 enteenth street and Sixth avenue.
: Davenport democrats are making grea
$ preparations for the state democratic cor
r vention which is to be held in that cit
i on Wednesday September Sd.
:, The democrats of Coal Valley are t
> have big time one week from next Sat
urday evening, September 9th. A fla
d pole is to be raised, and Mr. E. w. Hurs
of this city, will deliver an address.
We regret to learn that Robt McLach
: Ian, ST., an old and highly respected res
t dent of this city, is quite ill at his res
J, dencc on Sixth avenue between Twenty
;, fifth and Twentysixth streets, with littl
: hope of his recovery.
= The latest news from Iowa City is to th
effect that Tom Langdell is still alive an
IS a little better 1t is possible that the oil
d fellow will get we'll despite the doctor
t assertions that he would die.
r When you want reliable fire, life cy
clone and tornado insurance at low rate
call on W. L. Coyne, corner Seventeent
street, and Sd avenue d3m
The funeral of the late Mrs Ann
d Frantz took place from the residence {
It Mrs. Emma Haverstick, on Twentiet
h street, this afternoon, and was largel
Y attended, The Rev W 5. Marquis Off
s ciated
60 At the funeral of the late William
n Schuck of Big Island, which will TAX
r. place at , p. m. tomorrow, Justice Crop
: per. Adolph Dunlap, William Thompso
n and ]. T. Kenworthy will be the pa
C bearers with two other old settlers froI
S Milan.
t The ARGUS office was today the recip
/ lent of two plates from the Balm Tea
S Coffee Co, on which are engraved tn
n portraits of Cleveland and Hendricks
. They are this week going to give then
i away to all their customers. They ais
: have them of the other candidates.
e The Davenport Gazette and Democrd
: are at loggerhcads. The Gazette promise
} history of the inside workings of it
! evening contemporary that will be rich
e rare and racy. One thing is sure, Their
is an abundance Of material for such a
article
Company BIS commissioned officers re
l. ceived $3.50, the non commissioned off
n GERS So and the privates 81 so each, fc
y falling in Thursday night at the armory
c Davenport to await marching orders,
e obedience to the order of the Iowa go'
. ernor
The old Davenport pawnbroker. Colo
IL berg, is European correspondent for I'll
Il Chicago Times, and his daughter, Canta
r trice, is prima donna at the royal opeI
g. house at St. Petersburg. The old ma
= spent a fortune on his daughters voic,
st and all will be glad if he is repaid for h
ID faith in her powers.