Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-12
BRIEFLETS.

Pears for picking at Mays.
Sickle pears, at F. G. Young's.
Michigan peaches. at F. g. Youngs.
Maiden blush apples, at F, G. Youngs.
Nice sweet potatoes at c. c. Trues-
dale's.
G. c. Truesdale left for Minneapolis
last evening.
Choice Michigan peaches at c. G.
TIuesdale's.
Nice Bartlett pears for picking at c.
C.. Truesdale's.
Judge Drury and sister, Miss Kate
Drury. lof Chicago. are at the Harper.
Two men wanted at the Rock Island
Plating Works, W. C. Collins, manager.
Mr.. Sherman Disney and wife, of
Marston, were at the Rock Island house
last evening.
Edward Lieberknecht has been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of the
late Mike Magrum.
A little girl arrived at the home of
Mike Daley, on the bluff near Elm street,
yesterday morning.
H S. Wage, the old reliable restaurant
keeper, is about to open restaurant on
Second avenue, next to David Don's.
INin ~ ID 60 20, lay
business trip to the west last night. He
expects to go as far as Denver before re-
turning.
City Attorney McEniry has accepted
an invitation from the chairman of the
Mercer county democratic committee to
speak at Keithsburg Saturday evening.
Gamble ought to stop his whining
about the court house now. Bowman las
published the little letter that he wanted
and is now entitled to have peace.
The first game of the Chicago>Daven-
port series which was to have been played
yesterday, was postponed because of we,
grounds. The two teams meet today
and tomorrow.
Mr.. c. B Holmes, the head of the
Chicago street car syndicate. arrived al
the Harper this morning and some more
deals may be closed up in the three cities
in few days.
News comes from Angus, Iowa, of the
death of Albert E. Thomas, son of Mr.
l.. B. Thomas, formerly of Coal Valley
The body will be brought to Coal Vale,
for interment.
The lightning yesterday mornin!
burned out one of the dynamos in th
power station of the electric road at Dav
export. and it became necessary to resor
to the mules again for the time being.
Boss Wells returned from Chicago Thu
morning, He says he got sack full 0
Doodle The republican ward politician
should all call on their boss, who is un
doubtedly amply able TO satisfy them.
From now on until the close of tn
campaign the headquarters of the demo
cratic county committee will be open da
and evening, where documents can b
had on application and all informatio
oheerfully given. All democrats AM
tariff refoImers are invited to call
Rudolph Schwecke, the popular dis
penser of refreshments on Moline aveuu,
has Just returned from ten days healt
recruiting trip 10 Colfax Springs, lows
Mr.. Schwecke speaks very highly of Il
medical properties of the Colfax waite
While Circuit Clerk Bowman has see
=, fit to publish cleverly worded leite
hoping in the interest Of party position
cover up some Of his late deputys fault
he does not make an explicit denial of
single accusation appearing in the ARG
as regards CANDLES incompetency. Ho'
ever, Bowman has done his duty and it
TO be hoped Boss Wells is satisfied.
Boss Wells evidently don't believe
D making much of confidant of the Unio
| He told that shetland the silly THU
G announced it-that he was going to Wi
+ cOnsin, when in fact he was bound {
4 Chicago as be informed the ARGUS b
j. fore starting. Poor old broken back,
o Kansas Union, even Boss Well has ceas
" to make confidant of it,
If Mr. Gamble thinks he can blu
IS the ARGUS by having Mr.. Bowman {
IL tempt to explain wha. he couldn't in I
\ gard to his incompetency as deputy c
cult clerk, he is nightly mistaken. 7
ARGUS was satisfied that it had absol,
facts before it tackled the ouestiC
Gamble was unfit for the office of depl
y circuit clerk and is not fit for the m
u important duties of circuit clerk-a
IL Bowman knows it.