The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-29
Town Talk.

tOt CHdfRc, al INC csitCo party Wright.
Everybody will be there" calico party
at the Harper house tonight.
John A. Logan is in favor of James M
Beardsley for postmaster of Rock Island.
Mr.. P. j. Sheridan, the Irish patriot,
addressed large assemblege at Peoria
last night.
The boys say Uncle" John Warner
spends most of his time in Moline nova
days.
The music for the masquerade ball at
Turner hall next Saturday evening will be
furnished by Bleuer's orchestra
Mr.. H. B. Stoddard, OF Edgington. we
are sorry to learn, is confined to the house
with an attack of typhoid fever.
This was gloomy day overhead, and
pedestrians found walking quite disagree
able.
The sale of the Coutant stock is at.
tracing an unusual crowd at McCabe
Bros.
Persons who have not yet purchased
tickets for the calico party al the Harper
house tonight, will find them on sale at
the entrance to the dancing hall.
About twenty of the members of the
A. o. U. W. from Moline visited Noble
lodgeNo. of this city last evening.
The Turner'S masquerade ball takes
place next Saturday evening at Turner
hail. Admission, ladies 25 cents; gentle
men so cents
| McCabe Bros can not begin to enumer-
ate the bargains from the Coutant stock,
but you will hear everybody talking about
| them.
| Company C, I. N. G.. of Freeport.
Frank Lohr, captain, will give ball and
banquet on Washington's birthday. and
expect Governor Hamilton to be among
the guests
| Henry Moore. colored, residing on the
corner of Eighth street and Ninth avenue
is jubilant over being the father of twins
of the masculine persuasion that arrived
| on Saturday.
McCabe Bros. have some very fine pho
tographs of eminent actors and actresses,
which make excellent souvenirs They
were among the Coutant stock.
Mr.. Ben Harper has made PROPOSE
ton TO the city for the use of two
Vandepele lights in his hotel, one to bt
used in the office aud the other in the
dining room.
The convention of the Western Amateur
Base Ball association occurs at the Har
per house in this city tomorrow. A full
representation of delegates is expected
Mayor Carter HARRISON has issued cir
culars offering a reward of 81 900 for TIT
capture of the men who outraged and
murdered Amanda Olson, Squire
Chopper received one of the circular:
yesterday. go.
| A large colored Autograph of Henry
Irving or Miss Ellen Terry win be present
ed by McCabe Bros today and tomorrow
to any customer purchasing goods to the
amount of 81. Purchasers to the amount
Of Sc, or more will receive both picture.
elegantly mounted ready for framing.
The ladies are benevolent in the ex-
IRENE The dresses used at the calico
party tonight. are to be placed in the hands
of committee tomorrow, and they will
be distributed among the poor women
who win feel proud in one of those cute
dresses.
st. Paul Lodge. No. 1917. knights o.
Pythias, installed their officers elect las
evening, and few of the members wert
given extra degrees. Among the visitors
were Conductor Fuller. of Milwaukee
lodge, and Conductor Ketchingman. o
Racine lodge.
Teeth extracted without pain, by Nor
gan & MeCandless, dentists, 3rd avenu,
and Goth street. Telephone S. 21-dwt
At meeting of the Moline city coun
Gil last evening. Messrs. G. H. Deere
Charles Atkinson, Eugene Lewis, William
Kerns, s. w. Wheelock, P. L. McKinnie
H. A. Barnard, J. t. Browning, J. M
Gould, W. r. Moore and H. A. Ainswortl
were appointed as delegates to the Hen
nepin canal. convention which is to be he'll
at Washington.
The Union says ''there are only tw,
candidates for postmaster in the field, an
there don't seem much of a show for an
others We sympathize with Brothe
johnson in his deep affection, but W
supposed he had more grit than to thro'
up the sponge" SO soon. That electio
theory, too, appears to have been knocke
in the head. The republican party shout
not sit down on the Union in such
; manner
/ Freeport Bulletin: Last Thursda,
4 about noon, c. Cronan, of Port Byron
died in East Freeport at the residence {
his brother-in-law, D. O'Connell. q
had Brights disease of the kidneys, an
was aged forty nine years. Funer
services were held on Sunday afternoo
) at two o'clock in the st. Mary's church
and the remains were inferred in the Iris
r Catholic cemetery.
The Galena Gazette published, fe
q days ago, list of the eligible bachelol
4 of that city, and now an "0ld Baef
: wants it to publish list of the old maid
to which the Gazette replies that it do,
q not propose at present to place itself in
]. position to crafty the evident itching
d the correspondent to attend an editor
d funeral, and therefore declines to accet
:, to the covert request.
I'll A stove fell down at the residence
Mr.. E. G. Kohn, on Eleventh street. ne
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