The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-03
Tewn Talk,


No business in the police circles today
The schools will be reopened next Mon
| day.
Tie liverymen are doing a good bust
ness.
Judge Smith win open circuit court
next Monday.
The railroads are doing very little pas
senger business at present
"7-20 s" at Harper's theatre Monday
evening.
Good sleighing now, and sleigh bells
innumerable ring merrily on the crisp air.
The ice men should make the most of
this weather, as it may not continue long.
Morgan & McCandless, dentists, Bird ave
and Goth street. Telephone 90. 81 dwtf
The thermometer at Thomas drug store
store registered six degrees. below zero
at a m. today.
The contract for erecting an addition to
the county poor house was let this after
noon to Christ Schreiner for So. 800.
1t was very cold early this morning and
people did not tarry long on the street
corners.
Rev. S. S. Cryer. of the Central Pres
byterian church, will preach his regular
New Year sermon next Sunday morning
AgentJ. F. Cook, of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific road. is very busy this
week making out his annual report.
The students, who returned home to
spend the holidays, are now preparing to
resume their studies
The installation of officers of Trio
lodge, No. 81 A. F. 6 A. NJ occurs
tonight.
The circuit clerk is distributing the bar
documents for the January term of the
circuit court.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Boyer have
changed their location from Nashville,
Tenn, to Marietta, Ga.
Police Magistrate Chopper fined Henry
Butler S. and costs yesterday, for being
drunk and disorderly
Mr.. W. T Call still lies dangerously ill,
but seemingly no worse than yesterday.
His many friends hope to hear OF hia ulti
mate recovery.
Mr. II. L. Schill, bookkeepcr at the
Rock Island National bank, had his nose
frost bitten this morning while coming up
town
Herman Anderson, charged with carry
ing concealed weapons, plead guilty before
Judge Adams in the county court today
He was fined $25 and costs.
Col Thos. J. Covell has applied for a
charter to organize a Grand Army Post at
Coal Valley, ard as soon as the necessary
papers arrive will proceed with the work
Bane's dyptheria remedy will cure all
cases of dyptheria. 1t is a sure preventa-
tive; give it a trial, Sold by F. NJ. Whea-
| ton.
And now Lothar Harms rejoices over
the arrival of new boy, which was
ushered into the world on New Years
day
Manager Skeels, of the Burtis opera
house. Davenport, next announces for the
theatre goers of the til cities the celebrated
Joseph Murphy, who will appear Jan
10Th.
Officer MeeEan was absent on New
Years day in Des Moines, and was uufor-
tunate enough to be snOw-bound. SO that
he did not arrive home in time to attend
the banquet. 4 turkey bone was saved
for him, however.
Sheriff Reticker went to Moline yester-
day, and levied on the goods in E. Teng-
blades furnishing goods house. This
was done to satisfy a claim of 1919 pre-
scnted by a Chicago firm
A prisoner in the Ottumwa, Iowa, jail,
by the name of Williams, shot turnkey
Manning, killing him instantly. The muir
derer escaped but without doubt will be
captured.
Hon. H. c. Cleveland and Mr.. A. E.
Knickerbocker will leave for Rockford
tomorrow morning to institute a new
tribe of Improved Order of Red Men, at
that city tomorrow night The name of
the new tribe will be Chippewa, and its
No. 81.
Mr., Frank Keyser, one of the popular
conductors on the Chicago. Milwaukee &
ST. Paul road, was detailed to bring the
night express from Freeport to Rock ISL
and, He reports the drifts as pretty bad
in some places on his road
VIII Brother Mansill please rise and
explain about the weather we are now ex-
perincieng? The people understood that
we we're to have a mild winter, and now
we find the thermometer bobbing below
zero.
The remains of the late Miss Mamie
More were taken to REDUNDANT, n. Y, this
morning for interment. They were &C
companied by Mr.. and Mrs S. J. Keator,
Mrs. More, Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Rose, and
Mr. Fred Keator
When you want reliable fire and life
insurance atlow rates. call on W l..
Coyne, corner of Seventeenth street and
Sd avenue, upstairs. Rock Island. H. d3m
The two saw mills of the Rock Island
Lumber & Manufacturing company, to
gether with the mills of Weyerhauser &
Denkmann manufactured 72.700, 600 feet
of lumber; 2OesO,OoO shingles, and 49,
105, 900 lath during the year of 1888.
Mr. Charles Mclaughlin and Miss Mary
Eissle, were united in marriage on Tues
day evening, at the residence of Mr.. L. H.
Dudley, on Eighteenth street Rev R.
G. Pearce performed the ceremony. sur
rounded by the relatives and near friends