The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-06

High school commencement at the
opera house tonight.
A large number of improvements are
Under headway in the city.
About three thousand people witnessed
the parade this morning.
Children's hats tomorrow for 10 cents,
worth so cents, at Gates.
The TURNER society will give an ex>
cursion to Pekin next week.
The grocery of Henry Lamp sold the
Barrett show their groceries.
Mr.. and Mr.. Fred Hass have returned
home from their Boston trip.
There will be preaching at the Ninth
street Methodist church Sunday.
There will be musical convention held
at the First M. E. church June 9th.
For sale or rent the theatre billiard
parlors and sample rooms. Enquire of
II ]. Symes.
Spend your evenings at theiY. NJ. c. A.
rooms, where you can pass the time in a
pleasant and profitable manner.
Children's hats tomorrow for Is cents,
worth so cents, at Gates.
Agent Lamont, of the Diamond 10 line,
announces rates to Dubuque during the
military encampment at SO for the round
trip.
Biehl's band played at the exercises of
the Moline graduates last evening. They
will act in the same capacity at Harper's
theatre tonight.
Col. D. W Flagler, of Rock Island
arsenal, was in the city today. He has
been troubled with slight attack of
rheumatism.
Grand bargains in clothing and valua-
BILE presents at the Golden Eagle clothing
store.
Our boys played game of ball with the
U. P.'s at Omaha, yesterday, and were
beaten by one score, the score standing
toS
Mrs. NJ K. Gates returned from Chi
cage last night. Miss Burgess, who has
been visiting her here. has gone to Free
port to pay visit.
The Turner society of this city will give
an excursion to the biennial funniest to
be held at Pekin, H., June IA. Is and 16.
Fare for round trip, $685.
When you want reliable fire, life cy-
| clone and tornado insurance at low rates
call on W. L. Coyne, corner Seventeenth
street, and Sd avenue. dam
The presence of Miss Mary Gall and
Miss May Miller as clerks at Henry
Lamps grocery, makes it a very popular
place to trade.
The c. o. d. laundry at Davenport
still continue to laundry shirts at cents
collars % cents and cuffs cents 1913
Main treet, telephone No. 372. doom
Mr. Alvin Connolly has returned home
| from Missouri Valley, where he had been
visiting his brother. Mr.. Clark Connolly
He reports pleasant trip.
Mr. W H. Marshall, of the Harper
house drug store, is fixing up his place in
elegant shape, and says he is going TO
have the touiest drug store in town.
Z. W Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Cos.
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office over
| Rock Island National Bank.
Mr., w. Fred Aymor the genial press
agent of S. H. Barrett & Cos. show, gave
the ARGUS Office pleasant call this morn
ing The circus showed at Geneseo yes
terday.
DR.. J. W. Stewart and wife have re-
turned from Shippenberg, Pa, where
they went to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Stewards sister, They were gone a
couple of weeks.
The glass workers made up subscrip>
ton of twenty dollars yesterday for the
family of Mr.. Corns, of Moline, who sang
at their benefit concert last winter He
is losing his eyesight, and one or more of
his children have scarlet fever
Mr. Chas. Truesdale will leave this
afternoon on the steiner Pittsburg for
Minneapolis, on few weeks visit His
parents have been there for some time,
visiting their daughter. Mrs. Joseph Gas
kell Charlie took his celebrated trottine
horse along, and will show the bloods up
north what kind of horse flesh they have
in this section.
This weather suits the average citizen
The farmer probably wants it little
warmer, but for downright solid comfort,
we couldn't ask for any better tempera
ture. But if the corn won't grow this kind
of weather, let it grow warmer and
warmer, until the sun burns the back of
ones neck, if it need be thus to bring up
the gentle corn in proper manner.