Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-22
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Choice nince meat at F. G. Young's.
Dancing school at Turner hall this
evening.
Nice oranges and bananas at F. G..
Young's.
Wanted good cook at Mrs Howard
Wells. 1411 Fourth avenue.
VIM. E. Stengel. a promin ,nt Rock
Islander. was in town yesterday Mus
cstine Ne,os Tribsne.
Postmaster Wells and Deputy County
Clerk Halves are both very i'll with the
influenza.
The condition of ex.County Treasurer
s. r. Porter does not improve. He is
still very low. and death is momenta lily
expected.
Davenport is already taking the mi
atory steps looking to the formation of a
ball club this season with which to enter
the inter, state league.
Mrs. Georgiana Bixby. of the central
telephone exchange. has returned to her
post. after few days spent In enter.
tanning the Russian malsdy.
Col. n. B. Burgu. of Rock Island,
spent Sunday with his son and grandson
in the city--Lieut I. d. Burgh and the
little corporal. Clinton Neaos.
Russell West arrived at the Harper
yesterday from Washington, and went
over to the island where he succeeds
the late Mr.. Wagner as chief clerk.
The Philomathesn society of the First
NJ. 4. church. will meet at Mrs. c. Fl.
Stoddsrd's Friday evening. Ice cream
and cake will be served. Supper twenty
five cents at $50.
Mr.. Z. W. Bartlett. manager of the
Central Union Telephone exchange, at
Cedar Rapids. has resigned to accept the
position of manager of the Tri. City ex,
change. succeeding Mr. Griffith.
The thermometer got down to 10 be-
low zero during the night. but toward
morning it moderated somewhat and at z
O'Clock this morning it was 8 below. The
river is closed solid and the ice men are
getting in their best ticks while they can.
Messrs. Richmond Terrell and w. B.
Hill have received notice of the death at
Nashville, Tenn, of Sam T. Watkins,
the former successful colored wood dealer
OF Rock Island. He had been in BUSH
ness at Nashville for two years. He
leaves wife and a step daughter.
Hon. ]. 81. Murphy, of Davenport. has
returned from Des Moines, where he in>
sured the passage by the Iowa legislature
of d memorial and joint resolution. en-
thusiactically favoring the construction
of the Hennepin canal and urging upon
congress the Importance of the project
At the home OF Daniel Mosher. in
Hampton township. on Sunday last, &C
CURED the marriage of Miss Janette
Mosher to Rev. G. W. Wilfong, of Mill
edgeville. Elder c. Bender officiating.
The bride is the accomplished daughter of
one Of Rock Island county's most estima.
BILE citizens, while the groom is the pas
tor Of aourlshing parish in Whiteside
county.
Gen. st. Clair A. Mulholand, of Penn
sylvania, is in the city. He is here ar
ranging for the presentation at Harper's
theatre. Feb. 18th. of the superb specta-
Gle. "Briscoe's Battle of Gettysburg
This Ia the magnificent reproduction of
the great battle that has been creating
such an immense interest throughout the
eastern states during the past year. and
differs from the panorama in Chicago, ins
asmuch as it exhibits the whole three
days Of the titanic struggle and every
part of the glorious field. while the latter
shows but one scene of the fight and but
one portion of the ground. The general
commanded regiment at Gettysburg and
afterwards brigade in Hsncock's second
corps. He speaks in flowing language of
the part taken by the Illinois troops dur
ing those three awful July days of 1868,
when two hundred thousand men met in
deadly conflict at that little village in the
Keystone state.