The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
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THE CITY IN BRIEF.


This is opening week In that department.
Mr.. and Mrs, August Herkert have re-
turned from a weeks visit to st. Louis.
The best made clothing can always be
found at the Golden Eagle.
''Out of town" was the legend on JUS
tice Choppers office door today.
None of the justices of the peace have
had anything to do for week.
Quite a heavy fog prevailed after ten
o'clock last night to an early hour this
morning.
Hon. N. V. Cannon and W. J. OBrien,
of Davenport, were in the city yesterday
afternoon.
Hundreds of people were out prome-
nadng Yesterday afternoon and last even
inc.
Mr. and Mrs. P L. Gable and Miss
Lucy Cable took the Cannon ball train
for Chicago this morning
Holland & Thorp, and Bum & Phillip,
the opposing directory firms, are both in
Moline hard at work.
NJ Arnold, of Davenport, had today a
grand opening of cloaks which will con-
tinue through this week.
Ed Fuller is able to walk with IL cane
now, but his sprained ankle is still pretty
sore.
Al Thompson is able to hobble around
on crutches little. He has been laid up
a long time with intlamatory rheumatism.
Miss Lima Kane left on Saturday, to take
charge of the Osborne school at Osborne,
III. The term began this morning.
I. Liberman, the halter, returned this
morning from Denver and Alma, Colo>
RADIO
Gen. A. NJ West, of Mississippi, and
Jesse Harper, of LaIIarpe, H., are booked
for speeches here on Wednesday evening
Oct Goth.
The Golden Eagle for clothing and
gents furnishing goods.
Chas. Ficbig was engaged today on a
very intricate piece of lock work on n safe
door belonging to NJ Krogcr South
Moline grocer.
W. W. OBrien, of Chicago, the noted
criminal lawyer, will address monster
democratic meeting at Monmouth in the
near future.
The Cleveland and Hendricks flag near
Wagners brewery looks as good as new
again. Mr.. Koch did very neat job in
sewing it together.
The young people of the First Baptist
church will hold their regular weekly
meeting this evening The topic will be
"Solomon's Choice"
| A loud mouthcd Davenport republican
received punching that ctTectually
stopped his noise at the Peoria depot
Saturnay evening.
The Union got its report of the Milan
blowout by photographic" Its elongated
reporter is a lightning transmtter OF
news
Our Eighteenth street contemporary
furnishes Moline paper with telegraphit
news the same way it got its report from
Milan Saturday nightly railway.
What astonishes the average citizen is
the fact that the funeral form of the
Union never falls on the hump backed
crossings. The elegant form is probably
kept up by the green umbrella.
The funeral form has recovered from
its hump backed illness, and is again
humping its distinguished back arount
town after items.
| Conundrum-If the hump backed fu
neral form were to fall upon humJ
backed crossing would the other end OF
the state flip NJ?
Potatoes dropped to % cents per bushe
today on Market square. There was con
siderable hay on the market again at the
same old price, s. to SIS per ton
The masquerade ball referred to in TIE
ARGUS on Saturday will be held in Ar
mory hall instehd of Turner hall 1t vii
be the first ball of the season and prom
Uses to be a grand affair.
DR.. A. T. Hawley, dentist, corner Sew
enteenth street and Sixth avenue.
The Misses Flora and Katie Rc:icker
who have been spending a few days a
the residence of Deputy Sheriff Silvis, a
Carbon Cliff, returned home this morn,
ing.
Alderman Henry was the guest of Mr.
George Crawford, at Carbon Cliff, over
Sunday, who is one of the prominent and
enthusiastic democrats of Hampton town
ship.
Persons sending communications tc
this Office should not fail to sign theil
names; not for publication, but as a guar
tlultC VI SObu Idllu NlIbtlS uluSI no
overlook this rule, in order to insure the
insertion of their communications.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sealey leaves for Eng,
land tomorrow, where she will visit fela-
tives for about one year. She sails Oct
IS at p. m, on the steamer Republic
of the White Star line Her many friends
> wish her a pleasant voyage and a safe re
turn.
The five year old son of Mr.. G. T. Guv
of the Moline Republican, died suddenly
on Saturday evening, of peculiar affec-
ton of the throat. 1t was simply clos.
ing of the windpipe without any apparent
disease-probably sudden and severe
case of diphtheria.
The Rodman Rifles have meeting thi
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