The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-15
THE CITY fs BRIEF.

lit udy VI IupIiCC H"o toLlc.
1t is a long road that has no turn.
A public Office is public trust.
Have you heard from New York.
A. II. McCandless, u. D. S., dentist
Bill Burton, the scape grace is again at
large.
Illuminate your places of business and
residences this evening.
Both of the directory firms are at work
in this city
Splendid weather for the democratic
jubilee this evening.
There will be many fine Examinations
in the city tonight
More hay than anything else on Market
square today.
Messrs Holland & Thorpe are in the
! city hard at work upon their directory.
David Little, Sr., of Presumption, was
around town today.
DR.. j. w. Stark, Dentist, 1929 Second
avenue. d1yr.
Mr.. VIM. A Angel of Chicago, was in
the city to see p L. Cable on business.
Fred Appelquist contemplates a trip to
the south for the benefit of his health.
There will be several oyster suppers in
this city tonight as result of election
bets
Davenport proposes to do things up
brown at the great democratic jubilee
next Monday evening.
The people in the vicinity of Taylor
Ridge are much surprised over the arrest
of young Spickler and Latin.
DR.. A. T. Hawley, dentist, corner Sew
enteenth street and Sixth avenue.
A large number of democrats are com~
ing in from Milan, and crowd is coming
from Moline to take in the jollification to-
night.
All persons intending to decorate their
residences and places of business to-
night will please send their names to
the ARGUS office.
Sheriff Reticker returned this morning
from Jacksonville, having safely installed
Miss Amanda johnson in the asylum.
The masquerade ball of the MignonettC
Pleasure club in Armory hall last evening
was brilliant affair. Every one present
enjoyed the occasion hugely.
The convention of librarians of public
libraries in the western states in this city
as mentioned elsewhere, promises TO bring
together large number of Librarians
from different parts Of Illinois and Iowa.
The Balm Tea & Coffee Co. have Just
received some very fine splash mats
They are perfect beauties and will bt
given away to customers next week.
The next entertainment at Harper:
theatre will be given by Mr.. D. Roy
Bowlby. on the 21st, at which time :
great pianist will be introduced to a Rocl
Island audience.
Mr.. A. ]. Blethen, of Kansas City, for
merly manager of the JopaM of that city
is in the city stopping at the Harpe
house. 1t is reported that Mr. Blethen
will soon take a responsible position OF
the Minneapolis Tribune.
The presidential problem is at last
solved and Cleveland is elected If it il
a hat or suit of clothes that you lost be
fore paying your wager be sure and cal
at Libermans, the popular halter and
merchant tailor.
The funeral Of the late Denis Murphy
who died on Thursday evening of con
sumption, aged 81 years, took place at
p. m. today from st. Joseph's church
He lived on Moline avenue near the stree
car barn, and has been i'll more or less 70
four or five Years.
| All the larger factories of Moline vii
send specimens of their skill and labor tC
the worlds fair in New Orleans Deere
4 Co. it is said, are getting up sonnet hin!
especially handsome in the way of plows
to place on exhibition. The Wagon cons
pany also proposes to send one of the
finest wagons ever seer in the south Of
elsewhere.
A wood stove Is moi made of wood
Boston Post Nor is a coal stove made OF
coal Funny, isn't it, Detroit Free Post
And snow plough is not made of snow
Aufully funny, isn'tit?- Bangor CONNER
ciM. Neither is a sponge cake made O.
lsponges Te.de!- Boston Journal Of Com'
m6rco Nor head>dress of heads-ah,
ha!-SdJm Sunbeam Nor foot board
made-of Chicago girls foot Gorha8
N0untdjneer. Nor an ear>drop made of a
st. Louis girls ear Davenport Gazette
Nor nose.g made of Moline girls
nose.
REV" L. NJ Fenwick, a white man
who worked in Moline in one of the fac
tories last winter and amused himself OF
Sundays by preaching to colorcd con
gregation, has been heard from again
Last spring he married the gay aud dash
ing daughter of Mrs Allen, who had
sky rocket career as proprietrcss of III
fremont house in Moline The coupl,
lived together a couple OF months an,
separated rs Fcnwick WAS too pious fo
this lively spouse. He is now pastor of
colored church in Princeton, Ill. and hi
wife Is in business in Davenport.
Anniversary Entertainment.
Noble Lodge, No. l, A. O. U. W vii
celebrate its tenth anniversary at Work