The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-09

EdSle CiubuluS otUlo VIII give AWAY W |
every purchaser of boys suit. have ar :
rived
The Saltwater, having arrived with q
raft of logs and new machinery which !
was expected, the "B" mill will positively
commence operating tomorrow.
Bain's teas are their own importations,
There is dead cat lying between the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the
Rock Island & Peuria offices which, fnot
removed. is going to cause terrible stink
in day or two.
The literary entertainment of the First
Methodist Episcopal church, will be held
at Miss Anna Hendersons next Friday
night.
Something new every day in low prices
at Hawley & Hills.
Workmen were engaged in fixing a
gas pipe, which had sprung leak on
Eighteenth street, between Third and
Fourth avenues this morning.
Worthy Master Cleaveland and Senior
Warden Briggs, of Trio Lodge, this city,
went to Coal Valley last night, where they
attended the lodge at that place.
Rev. r. F. Sweet, pastor of Trinity
church, will go to Freeport next Sabbath,
VIII ere he will conduct the Easter services
for the Masonic order at that city
Call and see those new base balls and
bats at the Golden Eagle clothing store.
Our base ball club is practicing out on
their new grounds this afternoon. The
two absent members of the club are ex-
pected tomorrow.
The Knight Templars of lodge No. IS.
which have the Easter day service in
charge consists of Sir Alexander Steel,
Eminent Sir James NJ. Montgomery
and Sir Manuel Martin Briggs.
W F. Schroeder. alderman of the
Seventh ward, arrived home yesterday
from attending the funeral of his brother,
at Saltwater, MINI.
Another large invoice of boys and
children's clothing just in at the Golden
| Eagle.
The funeral of the little child of James
Musner's, who died yesterday morning,
will occur tomorrow at . o'clock from
Mr.. Musner's residence, corner of Four
| tenth street and Fourth avenue.
Dr. Stark, the dentist, is having a
house, owned by him, on Twentieth
street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues
remodeled 1t is ii brick house. and will
be made nearly as good as new.
Sweet potato race at the rink Thursday
night. Music by Bleuer's band. Adm1s
| SION, so cents.
Bowlby's music store is to be repre-
scnted in Muscatine, Ia, by an elegant
branch store to be run in connection with
their business in this city. Mr. d. Roy
Bowlby is now in Muscatine attending the
opening of the store.
Two men who were evidently well
stocked with the worst order of calamity
| juice, serenaded the business men on
Second avenue yesterday about o'clock
with selections of vocal music. Good
bye, my lover, good bye" was rendered
in a. manner that drew tears from the
cigar sign.
Lots of children's clothing just received
at the Golden Eagle.
Alderman Collins went down TO
Beardstown last night to see how his
school house contract is flourishing. He
goes to Bushnell today from there, where
he IS delegate to the republican conven-
ton.
All kinds of trees, Towering shrubs,
roses and grape vines, from Nichols &
LOTIONS nursery, Davenport, for sale
Corner Third avenue and Seventeenth
street.
Mr.. Ben Harper received dispatch this
morning from his family, who have ar
rived safely at Colorado Springs. 1t is to
be hoped that his son, Mr.. Ben Harper.
Jr.. will be greatly benefited by the
change, the trip having been made with
the view of improving his health
Edging over among the base ballists
collected in a corner OF the Commercial
house yesterday, we heard such express
sions as ''She is daisy" "Where'd you
get onto such dandy" and noticed that
the object of all this talk was an elegant
new lie pin on the manly breast of the
lrrepressible Portner Take look at it
the pin, we mean-for it is wonderful
work of the jewellers art and will dazzle
your eyes.
A ladies fine, kid shoe worth So 80 for
81 rs, a great bargain, at E. Turner's.
A postal card from Oshkosh Wis, from
Mr.. r. II. Whiteside, Of this city, dated
April :, says: Winter has again set in,
and it is now showing fast. Judging from
the present temperature it would freeze
during the day. Farmers in this locality
are jubilant over the prospects for n good
grain crop, providing they don't get toe
much cold weather The saw mills at the
mouth of Fox river, on lake Winnebago
are running full blast, and The first boat
from Berlin has just left"
CANCER FOR TWENTY YEARS.
Mr.. W. r. Robson, Davisboro, Ga,