The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-20
HERE AND THERE.

The March winds will soon be bowling
about our ears.
| VIM. G. Chandler is suffering with an
attack of congestion of the lungs.
Silk sale continued at McCabe Bros.
We are now having another edition OF
winter, and we trust it will be the last and
grand finale.
Some of the music loving people will
leave for St. Louis tonight to hear the
peerless Patti.
Among the new enterprises in the city is
the new restaurant of John Sutcliffe un-
der the opera house.
McCabe Bros. are having the largest
silk sale ever held in the west.
Don't forget the Red Mems ball on Fri
day night. 1t will be one of the grandest
affairs ever given at Armory hall
The topic at the Broadway church
prayer meeting this evening will be;
Seeing the Father, John xiv: s.
The silk sale at McCabe Bros is the
attraction for the week.
The funeral of the late Mrs Harriet A.
Requa. took place at 2 o'clock this after
noon, from her late residence, No 1900
Third avenue
The Queens Lace Handkerchief will
be presented at the Burtis opera house
tonight by Patterson's New York Opera
Co. Several will attend from this city.
Teeth extracted without pain, by Nor
gan & McCandless, dentists, 3rd avenue
and Goth street. Telephone g. 21dwtf
Advertise in the local columns of the
ARGUS at 10 cents a line, if you want to
reach the largest number of readers.
A certain conductor who runs into this
city from Milwaukee, is getting to be a
high liver. He sat down to quail and fish
dinner the other day, and invited several
of his friends
This is "blarsted" country. The
Union says there were not more than a
mere handful of people at the postotfice
last night. 1t naturally follows that news
was scarce.
The balance of the Coutant silk stock
will be closed cut this week at McCabe
Bros at one half the price charged by
Coutant & Co.
Our readers will have to be lenient with
Eye local" for few days. His den has
been invaded by the painters and paper
hangers, and he is now in close communion
with the devil" who threatens to throw
him in the ink barrel if he does not give
his best girl notice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Siemon mourn
over the death of their youngest daughter,
Ada, who departed this life last evening,
aged one year, three month and fifteen
days. Death was caused from diphtheria
The funeral will occur tomorrow after
noon from the family residence corner of
Fifteenth street and Sixth avenue
When you want reliable fire and life
insurance at low rates, call on W. l..
Coyne, corner of Seventeenth Street and
I'd avenue, up stairs, Rock Island.
Don't forget that you can have the
ARGUS delivered to any part of the city
for 123 cents per week, or two weeks for
quarter. 1t is good local paper, live,
spicy and newsy; gives all the city news
each day right up to date.
The following notice has been received
by the banks in this city: The printing
of one and two dollar notes having been
suspended, the treasury is therefore I'M
able to furnish notes of such denomina
tons for the present" Therefore silver
will circulate more largely than hereto
fore.
Said a prominent citizen yesterday
This storm reminds me of the day first
came to Rock Island twenty nine
years ago the Sth of this month. 1t was
just such storm as we had today, and it
took me forty eight hours to come from
Chicago here" We hope it will be
twenty nine years before another such
storm strikes us-or for that matter a
hundred years.
The man who wants his name kept out
of the paper is just the man who don't
believe in the virtue or advertising. Ask
him for local notice and he will tell YOU
no one reads the paper; but just let him
be found flirting with. some other mans
wife, walking off with funds not his own,
or trying to hold up lamp pest some
dark night, and he'll climb seventeen pairs
of stairs to beg on his Bonded knees that
the item should be suppressed 1t makes
a difference in the minds of a great many
men whose OK is gored, when an article is
to appear in public print.
Have you seen those Celluloid plates
that Morgan & McCandless make. They
are much handsomer than the rubber and
cost no more. Call and see them at the