The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-22
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

Fix up the sidewalks.
No marriage licenses today.
Flags at cost, at Taylor's.
Police business is picking up.
A pleasant shower of rain last night.
Flags at cost at, Taylors.
The fourth week of tine circuit court
began today.
Biehls band played on the Josephine
yesterday.
Mosquitoes were ont in large numbers
after the rain last night.
Charles Fiebig will be home tomorrow
evening from Chicago.
The Hon. Chas. Durham, of Geneseo,
was in the city Saturday evening.
DR.. j. W. Stark, Dentist, 1922 Second
avenue. d1yr.
Mrs. NJ. K. Gates and daughter Jessie
returned last evening from their trip to
Nova Scotia and Boston.
Wanted-a 81 or 54>inch bycicle Col
umbia expert preferred. Inquire of Nor
gan and McCandless.
There will be special meeting at the
Wide Awake Hose Co.'S hose house this
evening at 1880.
Ex-County Treasurer Robert F. Reid.
of Extell, Kansas, is in the city ON visit
to relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hartman, of Mil
waukee. were in the city over Sunday and
stopped at the Rock Island house.
Pete Bloom leaves for Des Moines to.
morrow morning, where he will be mar
ried on Thursday to Miss Hatch.
The cavalry committee desire all mem
bers to meet at Union square at o'clock
sharp on the evening of the ED, to join
in the grand parade.
Some very appropriate notices are be-
ing gotten up by several business men
along Second avenue to be used tomor-
row evening.
The Hon. Carter Harrison is in Sterling
today where he will this evening address
a monster mass meeting. He will arrive
in this city at $50 tomorrow evening.
Peter Mason, the horse thief sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary, will mo-
be taken to that institution until after the
conclusion of the present trial in the cir
cult court.
Mrs. B. McNanny, wife of the popular
and only Mae" who punches tickets or
the night express on the c., NJ. & St. P
road, spent Sunday in the city with he
husband.
Messrs. Emil Berg, B. Meier and Chas
Brado, all of Davenport, left Saturda,
evening for St. Louis to take in a CRANE
rifle shooting match. Al the gentlemen
are expert gunners.
Henry Carse went to Chicago thi
morning with his pockets full of ducat
to buy torpedoes, fire crackers and ethe
jlmcracks for the republican blowou
next Wednesday evening.
There is very suggestive cartoon oil
exhibition at democratic headquarters
which crt ites considerable amusement
1t is made to resemble the tatoeed candi
date and his man Elkins. Call and see II
/ A couple of female coons gave the pub
lie sample of their abilities as tongu
lashers on the levee last evening The,
live at the corner of First avenue an
| Nineteenth street, and the quarrel wa
about man who both claimed as he
, own.
Robert c. Willerton, the popular chic
clerk at the Harper house, is in Chicag
enjoying short vacation. Mrs. Willer
ton has been in the Garden city for som
time, and she will return with her hus
band. During "Bob's" absence Chas
McHugh, the night clerk, officiates as da
clerk. and Guy Russell is night clerk
The Rock Island s. Milan Street Rail
way Co. will run cars on Tuesday ant
Wednesday evenings to accommodate
people who may wish to attend the polit
ical meetings to be held in this city O.
those days, Cars will leave Milan at
p. m, and returning leave Rock ISLAM
at II p. m.
Messrs. Bum & Philippi, who have bee
getting out the new city directory Q
Saltwater. have the work in the printer.
hands. The work is being printed at tn
San office. in this city. Although Messrs
Bum & Philippi have an Office for doiu
such work, they prefer to patronize HON
industry. This fact should be appreci
ated by the citizens. and increase thei
orders.-Correspondent St. Paul Globe.
There is no material difference in tn
prices paid on Market square today 70
country produce over the prices that hav
controlled the market for couple O
weeks. New corn sells for 30 cents pc
busher; old corn so to 60 cents; onions
cents; potatoes 20 cents; oats "a to
cents; hay S. to $s per ton, according t
quality.
Mr. John W. Henney, of the well know
Henney Buggy Co, Freeport, was in tn
city over Sunday. He had been to Kan
sas City and Omaha, taking in the fairs
and showing the people the great beautie
of the Henney buggy, which surpassed a
other makes. Henney is a good ma
engaged in good cause. and his friend
hereabouts are glad to see him reaping ii
the benefits of lucrative trade.