The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15

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Sunday was pay day on the 20" and
today the employees of the Great Rock
Island Route" are receiving their lucre.
A. McSouth, general agent for The
Leavenworth bridge company, was in the
city Yesterday.
Mrs H. o. Norton, of Hampton, and
sisters, Miss Norton and Miss Hamilton,
were in the city yesterday
There IS bouncing boy At the resis
dence OF John Ohlweiler. Jr, on Third
avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth
streets, and in consequence happiness
reigns supreme in that domicile
George W. Henry entered upon the
discharge Of his duties as revenue collect
or last evening, and went ont To Gable
this morning on his first official trip.
The stores of Henry Pceiz aud j Il
thinner have been provided with Brush
electric lights from the Rock Island cpun.
ty cOmpany's plant.
The bail games at the Coe fair on Fri
day resulted rs follows Moline VS. Cor :
dova, to 4 Rapids City VS. Zuma 3 to ! .
Both games were we'll played, and were
watched with much interest hy the spec
tators
There was brilliant red sunset last
night that attracted a good deal of atten>
ton. The lurid appearance of the west
ern sky might easily have been mistaken
for the reflection of conflagration.
Oscar Jostv, electrician for the Mer,
chants Electric Light company in Rock
Island, has gone to Chicago where he
takes position with the Western Elec.
trlc Light company of that city
G. G. kncll. the furniture man. arrived
home today from business trip to Chi,
cage. Taking the business in Chicago a,
a criterion. Mr. Knell thinks the mer
chants in this city have no cause for
complaint
The board Of education has secured
permission from the council to use the
Fifth ward hose house as q temporary
school room, and Snpl. Kemble is furn-
ishing it preparatory To opening it in th,
morning.
The Rock Island house is doing goot
business these DAYS The Messrs. Nun,
ger are proving themselves To be excellent
caterers to the public taste, and are keep
ing their hotel up to the high standard il
attained during Rush Fields regime
OF all the things gotten up for publ
entertainment the combination of fair
festival aud skating at the Rock IslanC
rink, begun last night, and to continue
twelve nights. is the most successful
The attendance is very large and the ad
mission only fifteen cents
10 connection with their immense stool
of gloves McCnbe Bros are selling as Al
extra inducement for this week. three hi!
, bargains in kid gloves; three button kiC
, gloves A cents; four button Kid gloves
+ colors and blacks, IS cents; four buttol
: embroidered black KID gloves at 81 pair
I An agent from the Jacksonville ASYLUM
1 for deaf mutes, passed through the cit
4 today and took into custody Thoma
, Quinn aud Willie j. klf.pp, aged respec
: lively 10 and II years of Coal Valley, an,
? Fannie Brasher, aged Is of this city
They will be educated in the institution
at Jacksonville; some at private and som
at the countys expense.
A fine concert will he given at the Cen
trail Presbyterian church this evening b
the church choir assisted by the All
quarlette of Davenport, Prof l..
: Kratz, Prof Schillinger, l. E Knock,
: and others Proceeds to be devoted I,
the improvement of the editiee.
NJ NJ Corbett, Esq, returned fro,
Port Byron this morning, where he wa
summoned yesterday, as attorney in
; case entitled Sheppard VS. Donahue, o
: trial before Justice Hauberg at that place
S 1t is a dispute over horse transaction
! and the case was continued until Thur,
day, when Mr.. Corbett will return I
look after his client.
; John Ohlweiler. Robt Gnldensteen.
Winter. Swan Y0uugreR and WlIlar
- Range, of Moline, went TO Peoria yes
: terday afternoon to attend the state assC
citation of liquor dealers, which meets
convention there today and continu,
three days They are delegates from th
the twenty district, with the excep
. ton Of Mr.. GoIdensteen, whom PresideI
!" Herkert appointed to represent him in IL
: association
T" The other day as Jack Anld's passel
ger train was spinning in the direction
!, Peoria, a COW was struck by the LOGON
tive and hurled from the track near Co