The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-23
THE CITY In BRIEF.


The gas pipes are bein paired along
Second avenue.
County Clerk Donaldson was able to be
around this afternoon.
Not much stuff was offered for sale on
Market square today
Drs. Morgan & McCandess, dentists.
The September term of the circuit
court opens one week from next Monday.
That cold wave appears to be growing
colder daily, but no one has been heard
to complain that it is too cold as yet.
The Sunnyside club will meet tonight.
The club is constantly gowing in mems
bership and enthusiasm.
Campaign hats at Liberman's. Pur-
chase one and be in style.
Peter Clarity and E. E. Reynolds, two
prominent farmers of Drury, were in the
city today.
The fiagstone crossing from the Fourth
avenue hotel to the opposite corner south
was laid today.
Messrs. George Lamont and Henry
Carse, who had been on trip to St.
Louis, arrived home this morning.
A party of young people had very
nice private party last evening at the res
idence of VIM Ramskil.
McTntire & Co. cordially invite you to
step in tonight and examine their new
and elegant fall styles of dress goods, vel
vets, etc.
DR.. A. T. Hawley, dentist, corner Sew
enteenth street and Sixth avenue.
Mr.. c. B. Clapp, of Burlington, Iowa,
of the postoffice department, was in the
city today, stopping at the Rock Island
house.
There was one lucky drawer at the Col
den Eagle today, who drew very fine
water set His name is VIM L. Connolly,
of Presumption, H.
Miss Mary Moran, of McCabe Bros
millinery department, leaves or Monday
for Iowa City on three weeks visit TO
relatives
Where did you get that new hat? Why,
what a foolish question. AT Liberman's 5,
of course, the best place in the city.
Mrs Henrietta Benser and Morris
Rosentilld have been appointed admi mis-
traitors of the estate of the late Chas, A,
Benser, giving a personal bond of 800
900.
The Milan street car folks are making
preparations for large crowd whom they
expect to take to Milan on their way to
camp meeting tomorrow.
Liberman's is the best place in the three
cities for hats, caps, and all kinds of
gents furnishing goods.
Mr. VIM Bell, of Leetsville, Ohio, is in
the city visiting his brother>inlaw, Mr..
J. F. Alter on Tenth street. He will leave
for the west in few days.
1t has been decided in several trials of
persons arrested for selling mum in
Iowa, that it was not an intoxicating bev>
erage, and the dealers have escaped pays
ing fines, so far.
Miss Phoebe Sudlow, daughter of Su-
perintendent Sudlow, of the Rock Island
& Peoria road, returned home yesterday
morning from a two months visit to
friends in Boulder, Col.
The Star base ball club will give its
second annual ball in Turner hall this
evening This is a home institution and
should receive liberal patronage tonight.
The weather is delightful for a social hop.
Go tonight and enjoy yourself.
Mr.. Nels Hersch, who a few years did
reportorial work on this side of the river
for the Davenport Gazette, is doing some ex-
cellent work in the same capacity on the
Minneapolis EoeeiRg Journal having
some time ago left the St. Louis GLOBE
Democrat.
They have got number of new horses
on the Rock Island & Moline street rail-
way that are daisies. They are not used
to the snail pace way of travelling. and the
way they make those old cars fly up and
down the track is caution to snakes.
DR.. J. W. Stark, Dentist, 1922 Second
avenue. d1yr.
John Whitsitt, that jolly old farmer and
stock raiser, of Presumption, was in town
today, shaking hands and talking politics
with his friends. He reports the de.
moeracy booming in and about Pre-
emption, and Cleveland and Hendricks
will poll large vote in that neigh Dor.
hood.
Frank Busse and John F. Dindinger
went up to Fulton today to spend Sum
day with friends and meet their wives.
Mrs. Dindinger went to Fulton several
days ago, and Mrs Busse will arrive
| there from Chieaoo this evening Tbor