The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-11
THE CITY In BRIEF.

around the county offices today.
Alex Glasgow, of Omaha, is visiting his
old friend, W. H. Thompson.
Mr.. c. t. Guy, of the Moline Republi>
can, was around town today.
W. E. Meese, Esq, of Moline. was in
the 9th on legal business this afternoon.
Deputy Marshal Wells and Officer
Malcolm, of Moline, were in the city to
day.
Constable Louis Eckhardt is considera-
bly, under the weather todar though able
to move about slowly.
Drs. Morgan & McCandless, dentists.
Three deaths were reported to City
Clerk Koehler last week. Two of them
were adults and one was child.
This is the warmest day we have had
this month. The weather has been I'M
seasonsbly cool for August.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold a meeting at $50 p. m.
tomorrow in the Young Mems Christian
Association rooms.
DR.. J. w Stark, Dentist 1929 Second
| avenue. d1yr.
A new driver pulls the lines over
George Wagners beer delivery wagon
today the old driver having been pro
NOTED to the bartendership of a Moline
saloon.
Mr.. DeForest Hoffmaster and W. E.
Lawrence leave on Tuesday evening for
Wichita, where they engage in the boot
and shoe business.
Quite a number of theatrical managers
are negotiating with Manager Harper, and
it is possible that an entertainment will
be given in the opera house sometime this
month.
DR.. A. T. Hawley. dentist, corner Sew
enteenth street and Sixth avenue.
Conductor c. W. Bush and wife. of
Racine, and Mr.. D. Bangs and wife, of
Milwaukee were at the Harper house
over Sunday.
Mr.. Chas. Ntzhugh, the good looking
night clerk at the Harper house, will
leave this week for the lakes of Mime
tonka. where he will rusticate. fer a
while
Mr. Louis May has returned from his
eastern business trip. While absent he
purchased large and elegant stock of
goods which will arrive shortly.
The Star base ball club will give a
grand ball in Turner hall on Friday even
ing The club hopes to realize enough
from the ball Friday evening to pay fol-
new suits to be worn on the diamond
field.
1t is reported that young people with
out the fear of God, or respect of mum
cipal law in their hearts, are making tn,
bluffs a disagreeable locality By destroyer.
Gus conduct after night fall The police
should look after them.
When you want reliable fire, life cy-
clone and tornado insurance at low rates
call on W. L. Coyne. corner Seventeenth
street, and Sd avenue d3m
Company B, of Davenport, will
Strassers Union band, now the military
band of the Second Iowa regiment, lief
this morning for Washington. Iowa, wher,
the Second regiment goes into camp for
, week.
There is TO be reunion of the veteran
of the First Iowa regiment in Burlington
7 tomorrow. OF the 1000 men in lin
when the regiment was organized but 12t
are living today. A number of these liv
in this city and Moline, and will attent
the reunion tomorrow
+. W. Hurst represents the leadin
I American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S
, Policies carefully written at current rates
Agency established 1874 Office owe
Rock Island National Bank.
Mrs. W. II. Barber, wife of exAlder
man Barber. who recently died very sud
denly at Wilton, Iowa, today receive,
through Attorney NJ E. Sweeney 81 go
: from the Covenant Mutual Life Insuranc
2 Company, in which her late husband hel
t a policy.
Conductor Jim" Palmer, of the Roc
Island & Mercer county road, is taking
rest this week. Mr. Palmer is one of tn
i most accommodating conductors on tn
b road, and If any one deserves good thing
= in this world Jim is certainly one @
. them.
Mr.. NJ. j. Brown, of New York city
is the new city editor of the Davenpol
Herald. He was for time connected i
a reportorial position with the Gazette an
gave abundant satisfaction. He is
young man of agreeable manners an
literary ability, and will make the locs
page of the Herald brlstle with fresh new
. matter.
r. August Herkert, James Johnston, J. n
h Beardsley, II, Robert Meyer, John Smitl
Q Henry Haislip and George Bailey, al
having high old time of it on Vandruff'
Y island. They have camped out and ar
hauling fish out of the classic Rock rive
by the dozen. We imagine the cause {
the scarcity of fish in the Mississippi ma
. be accounted for from the above fact
The party will remain on the island th
balance of this week.