Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-05
BRIEFLETS.
litY council tonight.

The board of supervisors meets tomor-
row.
Stacks of new spring goods at McIntire
Bros.
This is pension day in the county
court.
Mr.. Adar Peasants is in Chicago on
business.
Wanted-A tailor to work by the week
at Hopes.
VIM Emmack. of Illinois City, was in
town today.
Dancing school at Armory hall We'd
nesday evening.
Mr.. Sam Heagy. of Hampton, was in
the city today.
Attend dancing school at Armory hall
Wednesday evening.
New dress goods at McCabe Bros.
under price. See ad.
Loans by Rock Island Building ASSOC
citation Tuesday evening.
Twenty-Five cents. double fold dress
hannels, at McIntre Bros.
John Evans keeps all kinds of poultry,
supplys, cattle and horse feed.
| Double width cashmere II cents per
yard at McCabe Bros. New goods ar
irving daily.
Twill cotton toweling 2! cents per
yard. linen crash 81 cents per yard at
MoCabe Bros.
Special clean mp bargains in linens at
McCabe Bros. this week. Turkish
towels 4 cents each.
The special prices on ''crazed" iron
stone china at Loosley's still continues
Plates, for example, 40 cents per dozen.
Capt. John B. Davis has returned
from Washington. He says his steam
boat scheme is a go. Good for the cap>
tain.
Locally speaking, there is nothing new
in the c., b. e Q. brotherhood strike.
All passenger trains are still running and
this morning four freights were sent out
John Jordan and Fred Rinck blew in
this morning from Princeton, where they
spent Sunday in trying to make an inns
preston on the young ladies of that city.
w, II. Kistler of Buffalo Prairie, was
at the Rock Island house today. He re
ports "Uncle" Pomp Elliott. the war;
horse of democracy in the lower end, as
seriously i'll.
What a commsndable (Y) trait it is 70?
one paper to assail and sneer at every
mark of enterprise developed by its con.
temporary! What an indication of gems
uine soreheaded, envious cussedness
All stationary engineers will be inter
ested in the formation of a Rock Island |
branch of the National Association of
Engineers to be formed at G.
A. r. hall tomorrow evening. Mr.. W.
S. Rhodes has been deputized to institute
the lodge and install the officers.
The young girl who few months ago |
eloped with a porter in one of the Rock
Island hotels, has returned to her mother
in Davenport, and asked forgiveness for
her shame and folly. Her husband re-
Gently deserted her. and she has LOW
learned of the fact that he is living with
another wife in Florida.
John Shea, molder at Moline, fell
from a freight train at Morris on the c.,
R. l. s. P. early yesterday morning and
was mangled beyond recognition. He
was twenty-five years of age and the sole
support of his aged mother. The re.
mains have been brought II Moline and
will be inferred tomorrow.
President Huesing, of the Rock Island,
County Brush Electric Light company
received a telegram from Adair Pleas
ants, Esq, this morning, stating that
Judge Gresham had formally decided in
favor of the Brush company in the Wes-
tern Union Telegraph company injunc-
ton proceedings.
II the new CO. proprietor of the Union
has any business tact, he had better put
it into use, else he may wake up some
morning to find the old bsckwoods con
Germ he has been roped into, in the same
rut it was when his capital saved it from
going to pieces. Brains are needed in
The business management of that concern
as well as in the editorial chair.
Chairman HuesiDg, OF the democratic
county committee, has received circular
from j. W. Mize. secretary of the state
announcing the meeting of
the latter body at the Palmer house, Chi
cago, on March 18Th, to select place for
holding the state convention. All mem
Ders Of county committees and democrats
Ienerallu are in uitel to he nresenI