The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-10
HERE AND THERE.

IAe liver IL SetlihS very supply Nv
say the hackmen.
Now that the booms are about we
should have one for gentle spring.
There will be masquerade ball at Tur-
ner hall next Saturday night.
Young peoples meeting in the First
Baptist church tonight.
Carse & Co have rooms on Second |
avenue which they want TO rent.
There is nothing in the way of amuse-
ments to take place this week, so far as
known.
Last year at tins time ducks were flying
in this region, and hunters were shooting
them in the sloughs.
Commencing next Sunday there will be
regular services at the Ninth street Meth
odirt church
| The cannon ball train on the G. r. [. &
P. was right on time to dot this morn
ing.
County Clerk Donaldson commenced
to move into his new quarters this morn
ing.
The base ball season will soon open
providing that winter will discontinue to
linger III the lap of spring
If you think it an easy thing to edit
paper that will please all, try it a while
and you will surely change your mind
| When you want reliable fire and life
insurance at low rates, call on w. L.
Coyne, corner Seventeenth street and Sd
avenue, up stairs, Rock Island, Ill. dam
The railroad boys are going to hold
meeting some time this week for the pur-
pose of perfecting arrangements to give
ball.
There was not much activity noticeable
on Market square this forenoon. Only a
very few loads of hay were standing
there.
A patent has been granted in Washing
ton for hens nest The only wonder is
that somebody hasn't a patent on the
hen.
The Koran says God is with the pa
tent" After tie doctor is called in,
however, it often happens that the patient
is with God.
A Burlington by sent for a fifty cent
watch, and received a sun dial He has
PANIED it Faith" because faith without
works is dead
Teeth extracted without pain, by Nor
gan & McCandless, dentists, 3rd avenue
and Goth street. Telephone 6S 2l.dwtf
Misses Clellic Bapes, of Edgington,
Anna Olmstcd, of Milan, and Lizzie Nor
ton. of Davenport, received certificates to
teach on Saturday
A physician says that eating too many
sweets brings on obesity. boils and PIN
plies, This is good item to show to
your caramel girl
Some one has said that the best wav
to boom business is to ray your debts"
The only trouble now is to get some one
start the ball to rolling
This disagreeable weather is rapidly
passing away. A few short weeks and
the flowers will fling out their odors and
the birds carol their melodies in forest
and fed. Speed the day.
Choice Minnesota winter wheat flour
and feed of all kinds for sale cheap, whole
sale or retail, at Henry SemOn's, corner
sixth avenue and fifteenth street.
Sheriff Reticker will occupy the room
heretofore used as the county clerk s
office. The change will be made in few
days
| We try to give all the news we know.
but tell US what you know for fear We
don't get it all. We will consider by our
$50 doing, you are dong us a special
favor. .....
Gentle Annie will soon come tripping
along. Then the Queen Of the May" in
the happiest time of all the glad new year
| with ice cream pants and custard pie pic
mics.
| Lost-ANewfoundland dog; black, with
white breast, white fore feet, left fore foot
the whitest. A suitable reward will be
given 20 the finder returning the dog to
Fred Appelquist. Rock Island
| Many of the new spring hats for ladies
are trimmed with stuffed cats-the latest
thing in millinery. While this fashion
RACES the ridge poles will have to give up
their living and the back alleys their dead
The hOnors are now about equally di-
vided between the didn't know it was
loaded, . coal oil for kindling," "blew
out the gas" and "eat raw pork" idiots
| No one should pity any of them.
There was good attendance at the
skating rink last Saturday night A nun
Der of Moline skaters were down. Miss
Jennie Miller, the champion lady skater
of the world, will give an exhibition OF
her skill at the rink next Wednesday
night.
Steamboatmen are looking for pretty
high Mississippi this spring. The frost i:
not out of the ground at all, and wher
the thaw and break up comes the water
will not be soaked in the ground, but will
rush on its way to the great river anG
"boom her up There is as much snow
| in the north as there was when the break
up occurred in the spring of 1881
II Personal Points.
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