The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-20


is suffering with rnhamatory rheumatism.
Holiday slippers in great variety at the
popular shoe store-the Central.
Pocket diaries for 1885, a complete ass
sortment, at Champion & Co.'S.
Mr. j. G. Banes has concluded to re-
main in the Commercial hotel for a month
or so longer.
Finest line Of music boxes and musical
novelties at Bowlby's.
The Rock Island & Moline street rail-
way officials are talking about putting
stoves in their cars.
Call in at Thomas drug store and look
at his line of holiday goods. 1t is by far
the finest line in the city
Champion & Cos. line of Christmas
cards is simply immense.
Z. Turner has large line of holiday
slippers which he is selling at very low
figure.
A sleigh slips along pretty easily on
some parts of Moline avenue but it will
take considerable snow to make sleighing
good.
For dne Christmas candies 60 to john
Ross the Delmonico.
ALI the hackmen are taking out hack
licenses for the winters trade which is
usually very brisk.
John Russ has u nice line of choice
Christmas candies which he would like to
have you call and see.
Marshal Miller, Postmaster HAYES and
| Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Sndlow are expected
home from Chicago this evening.
Grand clearance sale of pianos and or.
gans for the next ten days at Bowlby's
Now is the chance to buy at wholesale
prices.
A large assortment of fine Christmas
candies Is cents per pound and up, al
Frank Maths.
Don't fail to examine the fine display
of holiday goods at the Harper house drug
| store.
Ice and roller skates and skate satchels
ice creepers. and Youths Companion
| fishing outfits, at Stewart & Montgom'
erv's.
The Central shoe store has nice stock
of seasOnable foot wear which is sold a
very reasonable prices.
A genuine snow storm prevailed this
afternoon much to the JOY of the livery
men who are assured of 4 demand fol-
their sleighs about tomorrow and there
| after
Fifty different styles of musical books
selected especially for Christmas gifts a
| Bowlby's.
| A fine Christmas preSent-those chins
cups and sauccrs at Bains with sales o
81 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
| 4 chance on fine Meerschaum pip,
with every % cts. worth of cigars bough
from W. 4. Glockhof, under the Harpe
house.
Useful Christmas gifts such as table
and pocket cutlery, carving knives Rog
ers' plated knives and forks, and Gar
land carpet sweepera, at Stewart d Mont
gomery's.
Go to Mitsch's, No. 1920 Third avenue
for your fine mixed candies, only 10 cent
per pound; also the cheapest toys.
The newly elected officers of Uca
, lodge, No. Cos, l. o. o. F., will install
the newly elected officers next Thursda,
evening. City Attorney Corbett will de
liver the address.
A horse belonging to Knostman & Pet
erson, the Davenport furniture men, fel
on the road between the two government
: bridges yesterday and broke one of it
r fore legs The animal was shot.
L. w. Hurst represents the leadin
American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S
} Policies carefully written at current rates
: Agency established 1874. Office ove
. Rock Island National Bank.
A large and fine assortment of Christ
mas trees and ornaments at the usua
prices and those very low, at Franz
Maths, on Twentieth street.
VIM. Boggess, the popular Twentiet
street gents furnlsher, has full line O
seasonable furnishing goods which ar
= sold at his popular low prices. A fin
line of silk mutilers Just received.
1 We don't know of more approppiat
e Christmas present than a pair of thos
$3.50 solid gold spectacles and eye glasse
y at the Harper house drug store Ever
. pair warranted.
a e. f. Parmentcr attorney at Law
= Makes collections, loans money, and wi
attend to any legal business intrusted t
/ him Office, postolilce block, Rock Isl
? and, Ill. ds&w1y
On Dec 20, %, % and "a, you will re
ceive for each and every dollar invcste
in tea and coffee at 3ains, one pound {
extra choice mixed candy, or Frenc
. china motto cup and saucer.
q Officer Green expects to 90 on dut
, again this evening, having recovered froi
his fall on a slippery sidewalk on Fourt
, avenue. He sprained the back of h
neck by the fall and the injury has bee
very painful for few days.
e Beauty and use are combined with ele
- gance, lightness and durability in the rec
and rattan chairs, sofas, tables, screens
and other novelties made and sold by tb
Children's Carriage Co There is pecu
i liar gracefulness in making gifts of thes,
Y as Christmas presents, which all recip
, ents are quick to notice.
Doc Lester, the jovial joker of Nc
line, who startles that town once in
: while by backing up to dry goods DO
e and with well directed kick sending tn
box into the middle of the street, is G
years old today, and if there isn't mus
: in the air in his Eeighborhood, it is be
cause doc is too hoarse to snort.
5 The protracted meetings in the Fir
: Baptist church are becoming very intel
: esting. Last evening there were fiv
, converts. Mr.. and Mrs. d. L. Chubbucl
{ the evangelists, are doing good worl
The young men should not forget th
meeting in the Y. NJ c. A. rooms at 8 ]
IN. tomorrow.
n Mr.. George Wakefield, of this cit
t slipped across the river ON Thursday, an
s was married to Miss Nellie A. Armstron
of McKeesport, Pa. The friends {