Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-11-10
MOLINE.


last night.
Oof Pierce is running the old Bill
Teller livery stable.
Boyd Knitzsr is in Chicago purchasing
new printing press and other sup
plies.
Fred Calkins has paid all the bets he
lost on the election for sheriff and feels
good yet.
Pratt Deyoe has bought the meat mar
ket of Geo. and VIM. Giles for Leander
Baker, of Cordova.
Company F. will attend the reunion of
the 55th in full uniform, at Wagner's
opera house this evening.
The headquarters of the Light Guard
band is now in Armory hall, and the
boys are well pleased with the location
Harry Sutley, member of the school
board of South Moline, has determined to
locate in Chicago. His family will join
him there shortly.
Mrs. G. y. Mason and her daughter,
Ella, have returned from Chicago, where
they have been for three months visiting
| friends.
Miss Grace Velie, who was attacked
with diphtheria when in Chicago, is get
ting better. Mr.. aud Mrs, Velie are there
in attendance upon her.
A memorial service was held in the
opera house. Cedar Rapids, Ia, on Sun
day evening" in honor of the late John
Deere, of this city.
Louis Weckel, son OF Adolph Wee kel,
has commenced the grocery business at
No. 1902, Third avenue, Rock Island.
He was formerly grocer on Third ave
nue. in this city.
Schiller assembly, K. of L., will have
dance at Peal's hall on Saturday even>
ing. Nov. 90 Everything will be done
to make those who attend as happy aud
comfortable as possible.
The horses of Mr. A. W Fisk are high
strung and in good condition. but he
does not blame bis horses as much as he
does the driver for the damaging of one
OF his carriages when returning frcm the
funeral of little Oracle Young.
| Mr.. J. T. Peterson won the champion,
ship medal of the Highland gun club and
II Is now his property, having made the
best record for the season, breaking 81
out of 1870 birds. The next TO him was
j. Montgomery with sixty birds broken
out of 120 shot at.
Will Dunn and Clifford Hail left last
evening, the former for his home in Mich.
iSan, the latter east on business, TO return
This way in abont week. when he will
Join his wife and 60 home to Kansas
City. Both were here TO attend the fu>
neral of Harry Dunn
| Fifty of the veterans Of the 55ih Ill.
Vol. arrived at 1920 a. m, and they are
coming on every train. So far the hotels
and boarding houses have been able to
accommodate the visitors, and there are
arrangements made for three or four hun
dred, if they put IN an appearance.
Mr.. Ecklund, the jeweler, sued Gem
singer, the grocer for S., 900 last spring,
! and the case will be tried in the district
court at Davenport tomorrow He has
recovered partially from the accident of
being run over by the delivery wagon
His hearing and nerves are still affected.
Oscar Wilson, an employe at Williams,
White i Co, bad one of the fingers of
his left hand badly bruised by letting ii
remain under trip hammer too long yes
;erday afternoon. DR.. Dunn thinks am
putation will not be necessary. Mr.. Viii
son has recently come back from Chica-
! go. and was only short time at work
| here.
| Many OF the veterans have arrived, aud
all taken proper care of by The reception
committee. Wagner's opera house was
beautifully decorated with flags, banners
and evergreen yesterday. and tonight a
big time is expected there. The Wom-
ems Relief Corps are to give the visiting
veterans a grand supper at tue lodge
room tonight in John Deere's new
block
On figuring up it was found out that
the saloon keepers had paid 50, 201 90
in orders out of the S7,4l4; all the Ii
cense amounted to for the second half
year. The Dispatch of last night don't
know what to think about it. and says Iii
is very much like buying dead horse "
Why it was to pay these very orders. The
city needed the money so much and the
saloon keepers only accommodated the
holders of the orders by paying them.
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