The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-18
THE DAILY ARGUS.
TUESDAY. AUG, 1S. 1885.
Briefs.

Money to loan on chattels-22S Main |
street, Davenport Iowa.
N. NJ. Corbett, ESQ.,, goes to Chicago |
tonight on business trip.
Eli Stromm, deputy sheriff of Henry |
county, is in the city today.
The Sunday school from Cable is pics |
nicing at the watch tower today.
DR.. j. W. Stark, Dentist, 1923 Second
avenue. d1vr.
Elk Mayor j. z. Mott has returned from
his western trip in feeble health.
States Attorney Entrikin has returned
from his western trip.
Vice President Ben T. Cable returned
home last evening from his efficient trip
over the Mercer county road.
The Chicago, Rock Island g. Pacific
pay car "Gazelle" came in this morning
with the monthly distribution of the filthy
lucre.
The Soldiers home commission left for
Sterling over the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy road at 2 o'clock this morning
I A. M. Bruner, of Reynolds, was in
town this morning, on his way home
from Geneva Lake.
Advertise in the half-cent-a>word-col>
umn of the ARGUS. 1t will pay you.
The Queens Evidence or Solomon
Isaacs," by the Burtons and Mortimer &
Viewers company at the theatre tonight.
Mr.. H. Stocum, former hack driver,
who is now driving a street car on the
Moline line, feels happy today in his
newly painted Car, No. Z.
Dr. McCandess, dentist corner Third
avenue and Twentieth street. If
John Payson, of Milan, had his arm
badly mangled in paper mill No. 3 at
Milan, yesterday afternoon. The limb
will be saved
Get your awnings, tents. wagon COW
ers, ETC., of G. H. Young, III Main ST.
davenport, Iowa. apl15dtf
Charles Fitzpatrick, sent to the county
jail for malicious mischief on June IS by
Judge Hand was released yesterday, hav>
ing served his sentence.
The armature at the Rock Island Brush
Electric Light works burned out last
night, and the old one WAS substituted
today until the other can be repaired,
The Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph com,
pany has sent out an elegantly executed
hand book, showing the extent and ad>
vantages of its wires. 1t is most
unique and novel little pamphlet and got"
ten out at a heavier cost apparently than
anything of the kind we have ever seen
E. r. Reynolds & Co. have beer
awarded the contract for constructing tht
heaviest part of the new river line of the
Chicago, Burlington & Northern from Sa
vannah to st. Paul 1t is one of the larg.
est railroad contracts that has ever beer
undertaken in this section.
The storm which visited the city a
1880 last night was one of the mos
alarming that has been known here TO
years The lightning was frightful ant
binding, and the thunder crashing ant
long continued. No damage was dom
though.
Col Phil Crockett, of Coal Valley, wa
in the city this morning EN- route home
lo 10 tha - e. -
at Wsukegan, among others bein
"Crocketts McGregor," which is one o
the most promising, In fact is already on
Of the best known and best bloode
horses in the northwest. He is a prim
favorite at Waukegan and vicinity.
This morning a letter come to MAYO
Murdoch from John Latsch of Winona
Mimi, stating that the body which wa
found here one week ago Saturday wa
that of his son, who was fifteen years ole
and had lost his life while diving off tn
raft week previous to the finding of tn
body. The father desires to know of tn
disposition of the body.
The locomotives of two freight trail
on the Southwestern branch cOllided at
O'Clock Sunday morning at the curve be
tween Third and Fourth streets in Yves
Davenport. The engines were damage
to the extent of $3.50, the pilots an
headlights being smashed. The cause c
the accident is attributed to the negli
gence of the Buffalo operator -Daven
port Gdzetts.
The attention of the police is called I
the gang of hoodlums who OCCASIONAL
infest the gallery of Harpers theatre fc
thu purpose evidently, of making then
selves obnoxious and disturbing the plea.
ure Of others who go to enjoy themselve
During one of the most impressive scent
last night-a death scene-several of the.
scape. graces yelled aud hooted and laugl
ed to such an extent that the part WI
almost lost
Needful Of Attention.
First avenue from Seventeenth I
Eighteenth streets on the day followiu