Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-22
BRIEFLETS.

SQUIRE Adams, of Milan, was in the
city today.
TRY some of those fine nutmeg melon'
at Young's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schatz, of 700 Ninth
street, have fine boy.
Supervisor H. o. Norton, of Hampton,
smiled on his Rock Island friends today
Messrs. W. W. and Jere Pearsall, OF
Coe, were at the Rock Island house to-
day.
Postma ster J. F. Garrett, wife and
little girl, of Port Byron, were in the city
today.
Mr.. Frank Mixter and family left this
morning for New England on pleasure
visit.
Quite a prominent and long expected
| wedding is to take place within the mex
two weeks.
Fine large peaches, pears, Muscatine
water melons and sweet potatoes, at
Young's.
Very fine eating apples, Muscatine
cantelopes, watermelons and sweet pota-
toes at Truesdale's.
Messrs. H. E. Casteel NJ. J. McEniry
| and John Looney swelled the crowd al
Yuma last evening.
Mrs. M. T. Wiser has gone to Texas
in response to information of the danger.
| Gus illness of her husband.
The Sons of Veterans are arranging
for one of their pleasant sOcials at their
hall Monday evening next, and the mem
bers extend an invitation to their friends
to be present.
The case of DR.. Morgan vs. Beal. 6
suit for 1893 for alleged medical services
at Port Byron yesterday. in which City
Attorney McEniry appeared for the de,
tense, was settled at $50.
And now Alderman B. Winter is be-
wailing over the woes of temporary
bachelorhood. His family has gone to
Spirit Lake and other places of pleasure
to remain about a month.
| The democrats of Black Hawk will un,
furl Cleveland and Thurman tanner nj
Milan on Saturday. By the way, Mr.
| Wells, it is said that Black Hawk is solid
for Cleveland this year.
| Remember the lawn sociabe at Mr. J .
D. Tsylor's, 904 Nineteenth street, to-
morrow evening. Supper from & until
o clock, at twenty five cents Other re
freshments will be served during thu
evening.
Alderman III went to Peoria this morn.
ing, and was followed this afternoon by
City Attorney McEniry. They go to in
vestigate the system of special taxation
in regard to sidewalks at Peoria. anf
will probably 60 to Chicago tomorrow
Mr. George W. Vinton. of Moline
chairman of the democratic county com
mitlee, was in the city this afternoon
He is already actively engaged in cam.
psign work, and proposes to keep the
ball rolling at lively rate from now un
til election day. Good for Vinton
| Postal Clerk ladders took out his rur
from West Liberty last night. While al
the Sons of Veterans encampment a
Wheeling last week, he had an opportu
nifty of feeling the political pulse in Vir-
ginia, and he says there is no likelihood
of that state going republican this fall
according to the opinions OF represents
tive and leading men
The Barnes Manufacturing company q
Freeport, is about to close up shop L
is large concern and was established il
1875. The recent advances in the price,
of raw material without a corresponding
increase in the price of the finished prod,
ucf, caused the firm to believe that the
small margin left did not warrant the in
vestment of so large a sum in capital ant
labor.
Mr.. o. Whitaker. of Toulon, one of tn
pioneers of western Illinois, was at tn
Harper today. Mr.. Whitaker is eighty
, two years of age and is as hale an
hearty as if twenty wears younger II
has lived in Illinois fifty~twc years and il
that time has visited Rock Island thre
times previous to this-in 1916, 1872 an
1882. On his earliest visit here he wit
messed the execution of Long and Youn
for the Davenport murder.