The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

and house last evening.
Richard Ellis, of Gable, was in the city
yesterday.
Dir. Graham Lee. of Hamlet. was Wis
itor to the city yesterday.
Mr. |. Liberman is on brief business
visit to Dubuque.
Mr.. Sam Lynde, of Chicago, is in the
city again today.
Mr.. William Bailey left for his home in
Springfield this morning, after pleasant
visit to friends in this city.
Bill Hy is keeping a keen eye on the
postofflce keys these days. Very few get
away now.
DR.. A. T. Hawley. dentist, corner Sev~
teenth street and Sixth avenue.
The iron crossings have ceased to scar
the soul of the elongated individual on
the Union.
1t is said large party of Davenporters
are coming over to the rink tonight. They
will spread themselves.
DR.. J. W. Stark, Dentist, 1929 Second
avenue. d1yr.
Mr., John O. Thompson and Miss Emily
Anderson, of Moline, procured license
to wed this afternoon.
Opera house, Wednesday night, Janu-
uary 14th, Laury Dainty in A Mountain
Pink. Popular prices. Seats now on
sale at the Harper House drug store,
Tomorrow will be the birthday ami
versary of hIr. Emil Koehler, the genial
down town druggist He will be forty
years old.
Miss Amanda Rosenfield, daughter of
Meyer ROsentield, is ON a visit among rel
atives and friends in Washington. New
York and Philadelphia,
One of our professors. who gives his
untiring attention to bicycle riding. had
severe fall the other night, and we are
requested to announce that he will not
appear in public for few days
Mr., Samuel Heagy, OF Hampton, left
for Mattoon yesterday afternoon. He
says his mines at that place are turning
out 90 tons of coal per day now.
August Ierkert left this morning for
st. Louis and from there he will 90 to
Minturn, Ark, to look after some land
interests which he and several other Rock
Island gentlemen have there
Pork tenderloins, spare ribs, leaf lard
pigs feet, sausage meat, breakfast bacon
fresh or cured hams, at Gilmore's pork
house, First avenue, between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets. If
The Merchants Electric Light com
pany have supplied their patrons with
new lamps, which give steadier light
than the old ones They have also the
new cut off attachment.
Mr.. Ben Whitsett of Presumption, went
to Chicago last night with three loads of
fine live stock, three of hogs and one of
cattle Mr.. Whitsitt raises some of the
best stock in the county
There is a new attorney at law in the
city at the residence of Mr. and Mrs c. L.
Walker, and although he is the youngest
member at the Rock Island bar he can
make as much noise az any of them. He
is first born son.
Messrs. James Camp, John Liphardt
and Joslyn Blackburn. the road commits
siOners of Canoe Creek township are in
the city attending court, They are accom-
panied by Supervisor Martin. Meanwhile
Canoe Creek and the vicinity thereof is in
state of lethargy.
Mr.. Henry Won Ach, of Andalusia,
says the first team to cross the ice be-
tween Andalusia and Buffalo was led over
by young man on Saturday and Sunday
a man drove across with buggy. PEI
destrians have been crossing for some
time.
1t is reported that former clerk in the
Rock Island & Peoria office is the father
of young daughter, who arrived in this
world of woe on Sunday morning The
gentleman has been absent from the city
several months, but his wife has contin>
ued her residence here.
Phil LeonardY, of Davenport, is now
making an effort to get Schaefer and Gait
ton, the billiardists, to play game III
Turner hall over there and he will prob>
ably succeed What has become of the
effort that was being made IN this city to
get the champions to come here?
The following are the newly elected
officers of ST. Luke's hospital: President,
J. NJ. Gould; vice president, T. j. Robin
SOD; treasurer. j. E. Loosely; secretary,
Lncian Adams; chaplain, Rev. r. F.
Sweet; executive committee, ]. M. Blu
ford, F. c. Denkman and Eugene Lewis.
For rent-Two furnished rooms, sitting
room and bed room, for one or two gem
tlemen, three blocks from the post office.
Address, P. O. Box, 1886, Rock Island
Major James Beardsley and Mr.. Pat
rick O'Mara have gone TO Springfield,
loaded for bear 1t is said that the major
raked in a Doodle in Chicago last week,
and then coming back TO Rock Island,
tied string to Pat and led him off to
Springfield. There are stirring times
ahead for the inhabitants OF sleepy old
Springfield