The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-28
HERE AND THERE.

Tomorrow is the last day of February
How do you like this kind of weather.
The attendance at the masquerade ball
tomorrow night promises to be large,
The kids still use Union square for
place to skate.
The interest taken in benefit matters is
increasing in this city.
The skating rink will be in full blast
again tonight.
The weekly ARGUS will be enlarged to
nearly twice its present size, next week.
Several of our young ladies will give
Pink Tea party next Monday night
"Saml of Posen" at the Burtis opera
house, Davenport. tonight.
Lent closes on Easter Sunday, which
this year is on the 18th of April.
From present indications we should
Judge that March will come in like lion.
We are more and more convinced that
the ground hog saw himself and not his
shadow.
The new route agent of the American
Express company put in an elegant new
desk yesterday.
The street crossings, which but few
days ago were muddy to cross over, are
roou- Jrv anj olmost ductU
The bottling company on Third ave
nue. is doing big business, all hands
being at work on full time.
The c., B. & Q. folks are going to put
on new chair car on their night train in
week or two.
The approaching marriage is the all
absorbing topic of conversational society
circles.
There isn't much activity noticeable on
our streets today. 1t is uncomfortable 10
be outdoors much.
The municipal political cauldron is
simmering, and it will soon be in good
healthy boil
If it keeps on cold like it is now, how
can the ice in the river clear out by the
18th of next month?
Masquerade February 20th. Those hav
| ing invitations can get suits on that day
at Turner hall. d23-2S.
The young peoples working association
of the Central Presbyterian church, will
hold literary meeting tomorrow evening
at 7:S0 o'clock.
| There will be a change in the time card
of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
road on the first of next month.
The board of supervisors meet in regu-
lar session next Monday. Persons having
bills against the county should hand them
in to the county clerk no later than to.
morrow
The hotel Webster, Muscatine, Iowa,
will be opened by banquet and ball on
Wednesday evening. March 9Th. The
proprietor is Mr. W A. Miller. Nice
invitations have been issued for The occa-
sion
Cary, Stolting & Co are emhellishiDg
the interior of their store with some bright
and attractive wall paper. They believe
in showing their patrons what they can dc
in the way of artistic work.
Frank Welch has ''purp" which he
calls Jerry" 1t is very small piece OF
dog flesh. but is constantly growing
Frank thinks a great deal of Jerry, anc
they will soon be one and inseperable
The secretary of state has issued GER
tificate of incorporation to "the Rock
Island base ball association; capital stock
90, 500; incorporators, A c. Dart J. II
Yorc, T. Fl. Thomas, Henry Carse and G.
L. Eyster"
President Fleming today received al
application from the Omaha base bal
club, asking to play here on the Gath ant
25sh of April. 1t is not yet decided
whether to accept the proposition or not.
You can have any kind of job printing
done at this office, and at the lowest rate
for good, first class work.
Teeth extracted without pain, by Nor
gan & McCandless, dentists, 3rd avenue
and Goth street. Telephone IS. 21.dwtt