The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-12
THE CITY In BRIEF.

Trains are now running nearly VI tinie
on all the roads.
Fifteen degrees below zero this morn
ing.
DR.. A. T. Hawley, dentist. corner eev~
teenth street and Sixth avenue.
Ladies free at the rink tonight.
A cold and cutting northwest wind has
been blowing all day.
DR.. J. W. Stark, Dentist, l722 Second
avenue. d1Yr.
L. Jay Gamble, the champion skater
is laid up with rheumatism.
The fast mail arrived today two hours
late.
Visit the rink this evening.
Pay your taxes to Fred Krell, the col
lector.
Sheriff j. NJ. Retlcker and Jailor Case
arrived home from Joliet this morning.
Frank NJ Wheaton leaves for PennN
sylvania, his future home, this evening.
Go to the rink tonight. Good music,
ladies' free
St. Valentines day on Saturday. The
postoffice clerks are training themselves
for the event.
Ladies high button overshoes $1.65 at
the Central shoe store of G. i. and S. N.
Wynes.
The Graham paper mill, of Milan, was
shut down Monday and Tuesday on ac>
count of the cold weather.
Everybody is thankful that the snow
blockade is over, especially the railroad
men
The Milan street cars are now running
on time. The first car put in an appear
ance at p. M today.
Mr.. J. r. Johnston returned from Chi
cage yesterday. We are pleased to know
that he has recovered from his recent ills
ness.
An Augustana college student frOze
his arms while walking from his boarding
house to the college.
Harry McAdarrah is at his post with his
ferry skif at the foot of Eighteenth street
from Z a. m. to 10 p. m. every day.
Market square presented the old time
appearance today. There were six or
seven loads of hay and few leads of
corn and coal.
| Nice bananas, at Boro's, under Rock
Island National bank.
The Milan street railway seem to suffer
the most from the snow blockade, but a
large force are engaged and they expect
TO have the cars running again tomorrow.
Society has been very quiet in Rock
Island this winter, and it now might as
| well be laid on the shelf until the lentcn
season is over,
Several long trains of coal came in on
the Rock Island & Mercer County today,
and before tomorrow night all will he
supplied with coal
| Mr.. George Z. Lambert, who aspires
to the position of collector, is going to
try and get there this spring. George
evidently believes in the old maxim-if
at first you don't get there, try, try again.
A large number of new members were
initiated into the Moline Camp of Modern
Woodmcn on Tuesday eyen,ng-increas>
ing the membership of the Camp to more
than 100, whereas two weeks ago it was
only thirty-six.
The Moline Buggy Co. are struggling
hard to reorganize and the prospect at
present is very bright. 1t is thought that
before many days everything will be ar
ranged for the starting up of the idle
works.
Mayor Mott the finance committee and
the street and alley committee met this
| afternoon to take action on the house
numbering business, They added pro-
viso to the ordinance to the effect that the
city should furnish profile of the water
works
Mr.. |. Liberman has Just received fine
lot of folding cards of different designs
in raised figures, which are beautiful as
well as costly, They are for his new store
at Omaha, and contain the announcement
of the opening, which occurs on or about
FEB u, at No 1913 Fifteenth street.
The Head Camp of the Modern Wood
men of America convened this morning
at Metropolitan hall, Moline. Some
twenty delegates had arrived this morn
ing. The Woodmen lodge of this city
will attend the session of the Head Camy
this evening in body by special invita>
ton. There will be a grand banquet al
the keator house this evening The Heat
Camp will remain in session three DAYS
L. w. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Cos
Policies carefully written at current rates
Agency established 1874 Office owe
Rock Island National Bank
An aged German wandered into st
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