Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-11-24

| flSner, TWO stauncn cltIZenS OF Buffalo
Prairie. were in the city today.
Swan Youugren will have a fine lunch
tomorrow. swan, turkey and wild
ducks, will be served.
Be sure and come 20 the young peoples
sociable at the Central church. You
will have good time.
Wanted-A girl toslo general kitchen :
work None but a competent one need
apply. Inquire at c. W. HAYES
Keep cool and keep warm by purchas :
| ing your cool weather goods at Lloyd s.
| Stewards.
The wholesale flour store of Streckfus
& Schaab is retailing flour at wholesale
| prices.
Don't forget the fact that John La
| frenz will have fine turkey lunch to-
morrow, aud wants all his friends to
| call,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Bsbcock OF New
ell. Iowa, and Mrs John Babcock. of
Waterfowl, visited the family OF George
W. Henry yesterday.
Mrs. Martin Schoonmaker ane children
of Reynolds, returned this morning from
a three months visit 10 relatives in Platte
county, Neb.
The popular "Tivoll'' sample room will
observe Thanksgiving by treating its
customers to fine repast of roast beef,
turkey, geese and rabbits, all day Drop
in aud see Magrum tomorrow.
The many friends of Mr.. VIII Slengel,
son of ex>Aldernan Stengel. will be
pleased to hear that he is gradually re-
covering from his severe attack of pleuris
sy.
The Monarch sample room. two
doors west of the Harper house. will to>
nog and Tom ana Jerry Will also he
served at this place.
Fred Appelquist is famous in the way
of serving fine Thanksgiving lunches, and
this year he will try and Guido all former
efforts, by serving i'm roast pig and
turkey lunch.
Michael Sexton and Miss Maggie Rus
sell were married last evening. Owing
TO the illness of the brides father. The
wedding was quiet, but none the less
happy
Alvin Mcneil, Screw. the bris hit boy
so well known about the c.. NJ. Il St. P
depot, is home to eat his Thanksgiving
turkey. Screw" should not be limited
in his portion of the gobbler.
John Westphal Will not be outdone to,
morrow in the way of fine turkey and
weiner-wurst lunch He will have 8
special lunch served separate for his reg,
ular patrons Tom and Jerry will answer
to all calls.
Johnson Il RuSSncr, corner of Seven .
teenth street and Fourth avenue. have
goose rattle this evening, and u biz
} turkey lunch all day tomorrow. and
evening. They invite their friends Il
call on them.
Gems ii. T. Thompson. J. G. Evers
and r. F. Wilson and wife. of Chicago
and Gen. p. L. Pest, of Galesburg wcrt
in the city Monday night. arranging fol
the state G. A. r. encampment here mex
February.
; The Holly hose company Will Civ,
their fifth annual bail on Saturday even.
ing, Nov 9th, at Turner hall. Com,
one, and all ant have a good time Music
by Bleuer's band, Geo. Stroehle, prompt
| er.
Rudolph Schwccke, OF Exchange hall
Will have turkey rattle today ant
tomorrow, to which he invites the publ,
to come and participate. Remember thu
place Moline avenue, near the G r. |
Il p. depot.
One of the handsome black horses
belonging TO Mrs. Gable, fell dead OF
tue island Monday afternoon. whit
Mrs. Gable, Mr. B. T. Cable and Mis-
Lucy Gable were being driven home from
the funeral of Hon Hiram Cable at
Davenport
Hurrah for the 'MusquitO, at Is Tween
tieth street, who will give grand turkel
and oyster lunch tomorrow, and will also
have rattle for dressed geese and ducks
, Give him Call-he won't bite-but he
wants all to come and have a bite will
: him
II. P. Stoddard, of EdginGton, was il
the city today with two carloads of hog
for shipment. Mr.. St0ddard being post
master does not prevent him from active
: ly engaging in the stock business. rs h.
always has and he does both lines Of
business up to the handle
Here is an item OF interest to Tho
ladies: If white clothing, say dress. il
put away in dark closet or drawer il
will in time become yellow. But if it bt
placed in a box lined with dark blue
paper, or even wrapped in dark blue
cloth, it Will come out as white as i
ever was, no matter how long it lies.
An Old settler recalls the fact that for
ty four years ago Friday the Mississip
pi was frozen so that the people used j
as an ice bridge. The morning of tn,
18th of November. 1912, dawned pleas,
antly, with every prospect of a calm ant
balmy dav. By noon the thermomete
had gone down to freezing; and when tn,
sun of that day went down. the mercury
in the thermometer dropped below zero
The cold increased, getting colder auG
colder, for several days and on the morn
ing of the nineteenth day of November
v 1912, the ice in the river was five inche
thick, and it renamed closed until tn
: tenth day of April, 1S43. 1t was lonI
and dreary winter for the people who in
+ habited this section in those days.
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n Pleasant SOriaDle.
A very pleasant affair was the sociabl,
given at the residence of Mr.. Franl