The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-07
THE CITY In BRIEF.

last night on business.
A heavy white frost this morning, but
the air was soft and pleasant.
Mr.. J. S. Gilmore is paying g. per
hundred pounds, for good fat hogs.
DR.. j. w Stark, Dentist, 1879 Second
avenue. d1yr.
The ice men began work again this
morning storing away the solicited liquid
| for summer use.
Jerry Busy, the colored juror is the
observed of all observers, as he sits calm,
ly in his seat in the jury box.
Mr.. J. v Bailey. of Cordova, has been
shaking hands with is friends in the city
for the past few days.
New line of majolica and granite ware
just received at Bains. Redeem your
checks.
Mr.. David Robinson. wealthy and in
fuential farmer of Reynolds, passed
through the city this morning on his way
home from Chicago.
A quartette of lively Rock Island drum,
mers started out on the c. NJ. & St. p.
train this morning to come in loaded this
evening-with orders.
Dr. A. I. Hawley, dentist. corner Sew
teenth street and Sixth avenue.
The many friends of Col H. B. Burgh
are pleased to see him in the city again
He has been assigned to duty here in
place of Elijah Carter.
Mr.. George Wagner talks of putting
refrigerator room i'll his brewery If he
does he will not need so much ice next
season.
Last evening Rescue Hose company
No. 3, elected officers IS follows; Fore
man, B F. Knox; assistant foreman, Fred
Berger; secretary, Henry Siemon; treas>
urer c. " Trefz.
Miss Bertha Cornwall. who is teacher
OF the school just south of Moline Is i'll
with typhoid fever and her sister is teach
ing in her place,
Where are all those mangled limbs,
broken necks and terrible bruises that the
Funeral Form predicted would occur on
the ''humpbacked crossings" when winter
set in?
Pork tenderloins, spare ribs, leaf lard,
/ pigs feet, sausage meat, breakfast bacon
fresh or cured hams. at Glmore's pork
house, First avenue, between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets. If
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Schlemmer and
Mrs. Phillip PfafT left for New Orleans
this morning on visit to friends and
relatives They will also visit the expos
sition
! County superintendent of Schools
Southwell was ont in the country yester
day on school business. Mr. Soulhwell
never lets disagreeable weather or bad
roads interfere with his official duties
Found-A ladys black wrap in Graz
hams hack, supposed to have been left
by a lady living in Davenport. Owner can
recover property by calling at Rock Isl
and house and paying for this notice.
| Mayor Mott is suffering with severe
cold contracted during the recent change
able weather. The friends of the mayor
will hope to see him around soon again
in his usual robust health and iovial
Ispirits.
Alderman Cavanaugh did not vote aye
on Alderman Edwards amendment fixing
the pay for breaking macadam at SO cents
per cubic yard at the Ninth street quarry
and 40 cents at other quarries, as report
ed in the council proceeding He voted
nay.
E. 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.
Elk County Treasurer Robt F, Reid is
now doing his clerical work in County
) Treasurer Fleming's Office. He had to
move out of the sherifr's old office which
is now being used as reception room fol-
witnesses who appear before the grand
jury.
About the cosicst little Office around
the county building is States Attorney
Entrikin's new office in the Jail building
: formerly used as The circuit clerks office
{ 1t has been fixed up gorgeousiy ard The
states attorney and his assistants ART
proud of it.
The Funeral Form is afraid that some
body viii gobble his rehash of the case:
! that come before the grand jury for in
G vestigation at this term of court, The
? ARGUS published full reports of the Grim
inal cases TO be investigated as they camt
+ along and has no desire to rehash them
Ia Bill Ky.
D W A. Glockhof. the ticket broker, ha:
the agency for Rock Island for the sal,
: of steamship tickets on fourteen differen
= steamship lines representing the mos
n prominent companies. which are sold a
= cut rates. If
e Yesterday WAS pay day at the Rocl
Island pillow works, and and all the EN-
ployes-over 200-got their wages. A
. the number n (hands increase, and thu
:; money they edrn begins to circulate, on
> business men will realize the great valu
. of this manufacturing enterprise in on
t midst.
d Coroner HAYES is again on deck Ht
WAS at his office today industriously a
| work to catch up with his work that ha
fallen behind during his illness His of
flee is being cleaned up and the genia
!, coroner and justice of the peace starts ii
+ again fresh and cozy He did not Iost