The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-03

sisting his father at the water works Tor
some time past, has accepted position as
assistant engineer at the Gainesville, |
Texas, water works.
Gen. VIM. A. Schmitt, formerly Col.
9th ILL.,, and Past Master Noble Grand |
Arch u s. U. o. A. D.. is in the city, a |
representative to G. G. of Illinois.
The G. o. D. laundry at Davenport
still continue to laundry shirts at 8 cents |
collars % cents and cuffs cents. 1913
Main street, telephone No. 372. d20e m
Mrs. Frank NJ Wheaton and daughter |
will leave for Beaver Falls, Pa, tomorrow
morning, where she will spend few
months with her parents Mr.. Wheaton
will accompany her as far as Chicago.
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. dam
City Clerk Koehler was busy today
paying off the bills allowed at the meeting
of the city council last night The labor
pay roll for the past month will be settled
tomorrow.
Mr. Jacob Adams, of Sears, telephoned
to the ARGUS yesterday that fellow had
just pulled out IS pound cat fish. He
says fishing is good and the Milan street
cars run direct to the fishing grounds
L. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Cos.
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office over
| Rock Island National Bank.
| Mrs. Denkman, accompanied by her
daughter. Miss Ionic Denkmah, went up
the river yesterday on the F. G. A. Denk
man. Their destination is Minneapolis,
where they expect to visit several weeks.
! Mr.. Ben. r. Cable left last evening for
Chicago to take a peep at the republican
hippodrome, and from there will go on
New York, where his wife is visiting.
He expects to be gone a couple of weeks.
| The Taylor house has been refitted and
refurnished throughout, and now com
pares with the best hotels in the west.
George Goestel's well known reputation
as caterer is such as will bring large
business.
Mr.. George Lambert has moved to
Fourth avenue, near Eleventh street, in
the house formerly occupied by MIR. j.
F. McKibben, the express agent, where
his friends will find him every evening
after shutdown.
DR.. James Cozad, of Reynolds. was in
the city today. and enrolled himself under
the ARGUS banner. The doctor is re-
publican and a prominent at that, he
having been strongly talked OF as can
didate for the Legislature.
| The sound of the hammer and saw, the
click of the trowel and the cry of mort
is heard in many parts of the city, where
men are building for themselves business
houses and homes. 1t is believed that the
large number of buildings erected last
year will be doubled this year.
Lawyer Hurst will run into Chicago
tonight, and if the powers that be-
smile propitiously on him. he will set
what is going on inside of the republican
wigwam Elmer had better keep the
complexion of his politics secret, OF he
will be outlawed by the republican bosses
Col Curtis, Ex.Mayor Carse, Capt J
j. Parks and other shining lights in the
republican party, are in Chicago, tC
help run the great machine. w
hope they will come home satisfied
> and not think that the nominee wa
3 dead duck. We want them to liv,
in hope, for it is great thing TO brac,
up on, especially when the future look
so dark for the party of moral ideas.
In few days DR. Paul will move hi
office few doors south from his presen
location in the Robinson building. Tn
room vacated by him will be utilized a
a general office by E, W. Hurst, VIII,
will use his present room as privat
office in which TO hold secret confab:
with his clients
Among the many presents drawn at tn
Golden Eagle clothing store since yester
day morning was large water set drawn
by Mrs. George German and berry Sc
of thirteen pieces by Mr.. E. B. Allen
q Today MIR. Charles Lynn, a street ca
driver on the Moline & Rock Islam
q railway drew fine silver castor valued ii
$40