The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-04-15
CITY CHAT.

A. II. McCandless, D. d. s., dentist.
J. J. Johnson, the well known Cordova
merchant, was in town this morning.
avenue. d1yr.
Miss Nellie Burneston is seriously i'll
with pneumonia.
MIR. John Streckfus left for Opheim on
business this morning.
DR.. A. T. Hawley. dentist corner SeV~
teenth street and Sixth avenue.
The town officers elected week ago
Tuesday. have nearly all qualified.
Frank WEIGH is in Chicago trying to
catch few strains from the opera testl-
val.
Mrs. Gilpin Moore, and daughter Ada,
left on a pleasure trip to the west last
evening.
We are pleased to note that Mrs. Z. j.
Larkin is convalescent, after quite a Sc
rious illness.
The funeral of the late May L. Thomps
son was largely attended yesterday after
noon, and the floral offerings were of the
choicest kind.
Get your awnings, tents, wagon covers,
etc, of G. II. Young, III Main street,
Davenport, Iowa.
Frank Maggioli defeated Billy Cation
at a game of straight billiards, in st.
Louis last Thursday evening.
Rev. Niles Heermans, of Ottawa, was in
the city yesterday visiting Rev. r. F.
Sweet, an old and esteemed friend.
The topic at the Central Presbyterian
prayer meeting this evening will be
Temptation and Watchfulness, "-Matth.
xxyi; 40-41.
Mr.. John Aster qualified as supervisor
before City Clerk Koehler yesterday morn
ing in the sum of $4,000, with P. l..
Mitchell and j. G. Blythe as sureties.
THE Greek Language and Literature
proved very interesting subject as han
died by the Rev. S. S. Crycr last evening
The lecture was for the special benefit Of
his class in ancient history, and it wa;
quite literary treat to them.
The rain that has been dropping from
the clouds yesterday and today, feels as il
| it had lately been in conjunction with the
north. We want rain, but with a little
more heat in it.
Long, the new Second avenue grocer
has the west side of his building covere,
with large letters, which constitute {
mammoth sign. We are glad Long in
tends to stay with us.
Go to J. H. Cleland's yard, corner o
Seventeenth street and Third avenue ant
see his stock of nice shrubs, roses. etc.
from the nursery of Nichols 6 Lorton
Davenport.
The hotel business is booming at pres
Ont, which argues well for a revival o
business. The Harper, Rock Islam,
and Commercial hotels sheltered larg
number of transient guests last night.
Secretary Brown, of the Y. NJ. c. A., i
busy arranging programme to be car
ried out at the Central Presbyterian
church next Sunday evening, at whicl
time and place the annual meeting of tn
association will occur.
1t is said that Bill lily is laboring assid
iously with Mayor-elect Murdoch, in or
der TO have new street and alley com
mittee appointed this year, with viev
of having the humpbacked crossings re
: moved Bill Hy is engaged in nobl
mission, but we are afraid his efforts wi
be fruitless
S. W. Heath, of Bowling, E. W. Smith
i of Andalusia, and Clifford E. Higgins, G
Canoe Greek, have filed their bonds q
ii justices of the peace with County Cler
, Donaldson. The sureties are c. II. Dill
bern, W. L. Heath. S. Ii. Brookmal
Samuel L. Boney, D. NJ. Martin and job
: L. Lipharlt, respectively.