The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-04-02
THE CITY IN BRIEF.
rhe river is falling rapidly.

The corner loafer nuisance is in full
blast.
DR.. A. t. Hawley dentist, corner Sew
teenth street and Sixth avenue.
Jacob Wolf. of Edgington, was in the
city today.
DR.. J. w. Stark, Dentist, 1872 Second
avenue. d1Yr.
Vote for the mayor who put SIG, 1000
in the sinking fund.
AID Henry is one of the best aldermen
the city ever had and will be returned.
The Rodman Rifles will hold their cleo
ton at the Armory this evening.
The cry is now for rain, on account of
drying cisterns.
R. R. Cable, president of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad company,
was in the city Yesterday.
A marriage license has been taken out
by William C. Raisch and Lucinda NJ. d.
Salzmaun.
Nels P. Carlson and Honore Vonde
Gehngte have taken out final papers of
naturalization.
Support Mayor Mott if you want the
city affairs conducted on principles of
economy
August Lift is the man for the collec-
torship. Upright, and careful business
man. he is sure TO be elected.
The raft boat Ida Fulton, now under
process of reconstruction at Dubuque, is
to be called the Colonel Henderson
Today is Mandy Thursday, the day TO
the mandate of Christ: do this in re-
membrance of me"
you dropped your handkerchief, and
; if you glanced backward at the call,
April fool" was sure to follow yeterday.
John Atkinson will make tip top al
derman, and the people of the Sixth ward
Il know it, They will stand by him by bic
= majority.
The republicans can't expect to nefeat
the democratic nominee in the Fifth ward
He will have the support of the working
~ men.
. Miss Jessie Sinnett, daughter of Alder
man Sinnett, left last evening for Cham
IL berlain, OAK, where she will make a tw'
!. months visit.
0' Alderman to be John Ohlweiler ant
L Mr.. A. Eckerman, returned from the wild
- of Green river last night, where they me
- with good success in bagging ducks.
!. Tomorrow will be Good Friday, an
y appropriateiservices will be held al Trini
. ty church at 10 a. m, 10. to 8 p. m, and q
- 7:30 o'clock in the evening
al Miss Anna E. Dimick and Miss Luc
u Ainsworth leave for Chicago today, whel
" they will attend the musical festiva
L They will stay week.
IL Assistant superintendent Wilson, of II
'' telephone company, was in the city yes
III terday and visited the telephone eN
u change. He found everything in pei
"' fectly satisfactory condition, as usual.
w Aid. Stengel has done as much for Il
''1 city during his time in the council as al
i''' one, and his constituents know enough
n1 keep good thing when they get it. +
~ will so back.
' Capt. Harry Abel is one of the mo
expert book,kespers and accountants
the city. Besides this he is one of L
for most deserving men ever nominated
able, honest and industrious, and W
of. make the best city clerk the city ever ha
Q Mr. George F. Evans, who was wi
Of, Col McComb when he occupied the pc
on ton of chief of this department of the
or S. river and harbor corps, but now /
MID ceiver of the Louisville, New Albany a
oc. St. Louis railroad, is the guest of Mr..
Nv. IL. Buford.
On A better man than Frank Ill was ne,
tho put up in the Fourth ward. He has
oo time and inclination to make his term
IN, service IN the council useful and satisfi
tho tory to his constituents, and is adapted
Of the position, as well.
r. E. c. Chopper has held the office
en- police magistrate for years, and the ia
vat ness of his decisions in that place are p
rom verbal. He is well acquainted with
tho laws. and makes no mistakes. HI
! IT lenient in his rulings when there is g
,era occasion for it, but none can complain
4 20 his being too lenient when hard rep
and bate deserves heavy punishment.
min The rumor is waited from the F
ward that the republican city commit
presented Mr.. Alex Montgomery witt
iino $50 suit of clothes, in consideration OF
my Withdrawing his name as candidate
IL alderman. We hardly believe the run
lhih Mr.. Montgomery would at least demal
u $50 suit or he is not the kind of /
INC we take him to be.
Inc Mayor Mott is the friend of the W,
ior ing men. He secured $4,000 without
a'or terest at the banks during the hard ii
heiu of last winter so that needy labo
anu could earn money to support themse
u DIS and families. Winter before last he
LOT cured $1,000 without interest for the S
Up in nrrnosa This was done expressl,
IlihS the benefit OF the laboring men, and
irheu Mott deserves their support
while
Id at u r.n,. ua . u.,t scors
Win Mrs Hannah Wnlfert1 died at her