The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-24
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

A. II. McCandless. d. D. S., dentist.
Mr.. E. D. Sweeney is in st. Louis on
business
DR.. A. T. Hawley, dentist, corner Sew
teenth street and Sixth avenue.
The roller ripk will be closed every
Wednesday evening until further notice.
Boys heavy shoes $1.25 at Wynes'
Central shoe store
There are quite ii number of cases of
diphtheria in Davenport
Deputy Marshal Wells, OF Moline, was
in the city this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Sam Heagy, of Hampton,
were in town today.
Mrs. Watson, Mrs. w. c. Wadsworth
and Mr. Thos Koran, of Davenport, left
this morning for New York.
Mems heavy working shoes SL35 at
Wynes Central shoe store.
% pieces of striped and checked Mains
socks at Z, 8, II, 10, Is, II and Is cents.
at Holfmasters.
How Il Man Gets Into IT. will be the
subject of Mr.. f. B. McKown at the Y.
NJ. G. A. rooms tomorrow afternoon at
3 O'clock
Misses and ladies overshoes, nice
stock going very fast at WINES Central
shoe store.
Eight inches of snow fell yesterday,
Today many people around town were
shovelng the snow off their house tops
Six cases of Merrimacs, Arnold's and
Wolth's prints in dress and shifting styles
at 4 cents per yard at Hoffmaster's.
Mark Twain and George W. Gable, the
distinguished authors, are soon to appear
in Davenport in select readings from their
own works.
Great reductions in ovcrcoats at MoSen
fielder & Kohns Sc. so coats reduced 10
S4.25, 81. 50 coats to $3.50; $40 coats to
$3.50; $12 coats to 80; $15 coats to sig.
Now is the time to buy.
Mr. Ira Myers, of Montana. who has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs Rush Field for
some time and who recently took little
pleasure trip, has returned and is again
to be found at the Rock Island house.
| RenfTow, Bates, Amoskeag and Can
ton dress styles and checked ginghams at
6! cents per yard at Hotrmastcr's.
Champion Is Co. announce a special
sale of steel engraving, etchings, English
oleograps, etc, commencing today, and
to continue for one week. This sale of
fers an unusual opportunity for selections
in this line
Bessie Leonard, daughter of Sheriff
Leonard, of Davenport, is becoming not
cd in that city as pianist. She is only
ten or twelve years old, but can perform
the most difficult musical selections on the
piano with a grace and skin that is re
markablc
The Rev. W S Marquis, the popular
pastor Of the Broadway Presbyterian
church, has kept it pretty quiet, but ii
has leaked out at last Last Tuesday n
little daughter came to brighten the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Marquis. They now have
two little girls
W. W. and W Y. Johnston. of Rey
nolds, were in the city today. Mr., w
Y. Johnston is the administrator of the
estate of the late William lame Billy
Johnston, and was in The city today on
business connected with settling the es
tate.
Mr.. Louis Kohn, who for a number of
years has been travelling in the interest of
the wholesale liquor house of Kohn &
Adler, has severed his connection with
that firm, and will hereafter devote his
time and talents to selling clothing in the
store OF Mosenfclder & Kohn in which
enterprise he is a partner
Pork tonderloins, 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 men employed at !. 5. Gilmore's
slaughter house did big days work
yesterday. They killed and dressed 4G3
hogs. Mr.. Gilmore offered as an induce
ment for this extraordinary days work q
day and half days pay, if they would
kill all the hogs on hand yesterday SO that
they might be cut up today and not lay
over till Monday.
Hundreds of people knew William
Woods. He used to live in Davenport,
and was first pilot on the best packets in
the St Paul, Rock Island D Davenport and
ST. Louis lines for twentyeight years. He
died at his home in St. Louis on Wednes-
day last He was employed on the steam
ers of the st. Lonis & St. Paul line last
season. He was fiftythrce years of age.
He was quiet, genial, courteous, and was
liked very much by his mates.
The lumber manufacturing firm of Dim
ock, Gould & Co, in Moline, have res
elected the old board of directors. aud the
directors elected the following officers:
President. John NJ Gould; vice president,
Chas Il. Ainsworth; secretary. Chas, NJ.
Hill treasurer, d. G. Dimock. Mr.. Dim
ock, who was formerly president, refused,
on account of poor health, 10 again accept
that position, or the office of vice press
dent either He consented to take the
treasurship, its duties being only nominal.
i. W. Hurst represents the leading
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