Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-28
BRIEFLETS.
Fresh ducks and chickens at Mays.

Fresh ducks and chickens at Mays.
Mr.. John Fitzpatrick. of Milan, was in
the city today.
The Rodman Rifles have their holiday
hop at Armory hall this evening.
Supt. A. D. Wright, of the c., N. &
st. P, was in the city last evening.
Messrs. John Graves and Mathews
Sinnett are visiting Muscatine friends.
Everything going at cost at the as.
signee sale NJ Robinson & Taliaferro's
The Western Penman's Association is
holding its annual meeting at Davenport.
There will be a shooting match of
| pigeons and blackbrds at Milan on New
| Years day.
Lost-A pair of spectacles in case. A
suitable reward for recovery and return
to this office
The postponed dance of the Elm club
will take place at Armory hall. Thursday
evening, January3.
Anyone wishing to adopt bright little
girl eight years of age may find one at
Ala Forty,second street.
A large line of caps in sea! and plush,
also gloves of all kinds at cos at the as
signee sale Of Robinson & Taliaferro's.
Hon. W F. Crawford. of Edgington,
was In the city last night. Crawford pro.
poses to make things hum at Springfield
this winter.
Call on Chas. McHugh, at the Harper
house. and secure ticket on Tom Kirk
wood. On next Monday afternoon you
will know whether you are a horse ahead
or not.
The rattle of the fine stallion, Tom
Kirkwood, takes place at Harper's theatre
next Monday afternoon, Dec. 3lst. A
few more tickets left at the Harper
house.
Notice Order your ice cream and ice'
for your New Years parties as early as
possible and have it put up in brick
, melon, pyramid or individual forms a
Krcll & Maths
County Treasurer John Schafer, Jr
yesterday filed his annual bond as col
lector of the state tax. 1t is in the sum
of $68 200 and bears the names of Phi
, Mitchell, T. ]. Robinson aud Johl
, Peetz.
/ Sheriff SiIvis yesterday put another a..
1 tachment on the boat, Brother Jonathan
already in his custody and belonging t,
the defunct firm of Anthony & Co. Thl
time the attachment is for Mitchell 4
!, Lynde, and the amount is 50 0U3 SO.
In these recent shooting scrnpes whic
give our placid city the dls9raceful air q
frontier sin stricken. crime smittt,
burg there seems to be more interes
manifested in tracing and finding III
bullet than in tracing and holding an
convicting the murderOus assailant VIII
fired that bulet-Davenport Times.
;, Something new-When you are givin
progressive euchre party. be sure an
have Krell & Math put you up sixtee
individual ice creams, each one repr,
senting card ard in shape of car
or with the cut of a card on top. They a
a fine and no trouble to serve.
4 S. S Carroll, well known citizen
Va Aledo, committed suicide last SATURDAY.
by hanging himself to a rafter in b
barn. He had been Respondent an
melancholy for some time, and it
- thought that business troubles was Il
Il cause of the rash deed. He leaves
l. wife and two children.
: Mrs NJ T. Wiser, widow of the Ia
r MAC" Wiser, IN looking over her hu
i'll bands effects recently, came upon
~, M r-i:ss f., insurance ON her HUSBAND
n life in the Connecticut Mutual Life |
re surance company, which she took to NJ
ss J. NJ. Buford, the local agent, who pa
IS her the amount of the policy. 1t WAS
Il, most like a windf4ll TO her
- Mr.. John Williams. foreman in the
" |. d P. round house, is almost ov,
Use whelmed with anxiety and sorrow. I
W daughter. Miss Susie. is living at deaf
Ct door with consumption; and auotl
be daughter, Miss Mary, is suffering fir.
~ mental prostration as result of fall
Nu health and care of her sister. J
cir Williams has lost his mother and T.
as daughters within comparatively (
5 a years.