The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-23

Montgomery 8.
Stewart & Montgomery have very fine
line of table and pocket cutlery, carving
sets, Rogers plated knives and forks,
Garland carpet sweepers, and other useful
articles for Christmas presents.
Cast ballot for your most popular
locomotive engineer, and help him to Sc
cure the fine gold watch at the Turner
fair tonight. The polls close promptly at
10 o'clock.
Pap Hamilton, Of the c r. l. & p,
says he has got too old to be out on the
road in the winter time, so he has become
a summer engineer. laying off when the
| weather is so intensely cold
| Moline is making a great deal of fuss
| over what it terms an associated charities
society. This society should remember
that it is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive-so many newspaper puffs,
| Do not be humbugged by buying this
adulterated candy which is sold by many
dealers, but purchase at Petcher's candy
factory where you get pure candy fresh
every day.
There will be services 10 Trinity church
at midnight tomorrow night On Christ
mas day there will be services at 10 a. N.
and 7:30 p. M, the Rev. r. +. Sweet,
the pastor, officiating.
| Mr.. f. D. F. Fisher, of Council Bluffs,
son~in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. John
ston, is in the city to spend Christmas.
| Mrs. Fisher has been here for some time.
The ice in the river is now perfectly
| solid for travel. About the first of next
month the ice dealers will begin their sea
sons cut.
Mr.. Rufus Chaplin, of Chicago. general
agent for Listens Extract of Beef Tea,
has been in the city for the past few days.
He has established an agency in Rock
Island and Moline for his excellent arti-
Gle, which will be handled by Alderman
George w. Henry.
/ VIM. BOggess, the popular Twentieth
street gents furnlsher, has full line of
seasonable furnishing goods which are
sold at his popular low prices. A fine
line of silk mutilers just received.
| On Dec 90, 90, 90 and "a, YOU will re-
ceive for each and every dollar invested
in tea and coffee at 3ains'. one pound of
extra choice mixed candy, or French
china motto cup and saucer.
The smoke stack is ready to be placed
on the new electric light building. The
cold weather has somewhat retarded the
company in its efforts to get the light
started.
1t is reported that Jacob Bargy said one
time in Moline that he used to belong to
the Molly McGuires in Pennsylvania. He
certainly has all the pTocivities that for>
merly characterized the Mollies
Mr.. Collins will complete the laying of
the new floor in the Rock Island roller
skating rink in time for grand Christmas
; eve opening tomorrow night. Everybody
is invited to attend the grand opening to-
morrow night.
1t is about this time in the year when
the average young man dives down into
his pantaloons pockets and meditatively
exclaims: ''What can I buy her for a
Christmas present that is cheap?" s-.
. This is busy time for the clerks in
the postofilee, and they are kept busy
from early morning until late at night.
!, Postmaster Hawes says there is large
: number of packages passing through the
mails, and everybody appears to have a
) mania for writing letters
Police business is very dull just now
i The toughs seem TO be laying back stiff
for brush on Christmas. The next day
they will be hung up to dry with the
f starch taken out of them.
r The ball of the c. B. & G. railroad
employees takes place in Armory hall to.
. morrow evening The boys have ar
e ranged for fine time, and no doubt their
. expectations will be realized A special
train will be run from this city to Molin
a at the close of the ball.
Champion & Co. are in receipt of an,
other large consignment of engravings
: etchings and oliographs, historical, stand
- ard and fancy subjects which offers Al
unusually fine opportunity for lovers O
fine art to supply their wants Call soor
: so as to avoid the rush.
Mr. George Gleim, of Fort Davis
Texas. and brother of Mr. Harry Gleim
u of this city. has been awarded prize o
$ $3.50 for returning some 5000 empty to-
bacco bags to the Durham Tobacco com.
n pany. The firm offered several prizes
k one gentleman winning as high as S., 900
By going to the factory itself, that o.
1t the Childrens Carriage Co., you can no
= only obtain your reed and rattan furni.
ture at first price, without the added
profit put on in some places, but yor
have the full and complete line of these
|, novelties 10 choose from. Call at th,
factory show rooms,
The Old Settlers society will have its
+, annual meeting on Monday, January 9TH
= two weeks from yestcrday-for the
election of a president for 1885. Ex
Mayor E. P. Reynolds is the present
o president. 1t is probable that Moline
: man will be the next person to act a.
president of the society.
n An ARGUS reporter today dropped il
upon three ex>presidents of the Old Set
tiers society OF this county in Justic
k Choppers Office. They were the iustic
Is himself, Uncle Billy Bell and Daniel Mo
sher, the latter Of Hampton township
IA Mr.. Mosher is in his S3rd year and stii
If very spry.
=. Mr.. o. J. Dimick is having lively tim
n with the real estate men of Chicago III
C owns some valuable property in tho cen
ter of the city, and being very desirable
he has daily offers for it. He has turne
= a deaf ear TO all appeals, and now tn
II Chicago Tribune says he is retarding th
growth of the Garden city by his obsti
IS macy. We have faint idea that Dimic
: knows good thing when he sees it, an
the Chicago sharps will have to get n
in very early in the morning to beat him
r A. L. Skeels who has been manager 0
the Kimball house and the Butts oper
IS house in Davenport for some time. ha
at resigned both of those positions and wi
leave Davenport about January 1st to
n the south. After visit of two or thre
months he will resume hotel buslnes
| somewhere else Mr. Howard Rurtio wi