Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-10
BRIEFLETS.

Good girl wanted at Ills Third avenue
Wanted-A tailor to work by the week
at Hopes
Canned and bulk oysters and nice
Florida oranges ut Longs.
A free hack will run from Sears mill to
the toboggan slide tomorrow aud Sum
day.
A great place for healthy sport-the
oboggan slide. Free hack from Sears
mill.
John Evans keeps good -four at 81 10
per sack, b"Gkwheat and Graham flour
and corn meal.
e. NJ, Rogers, the Port Byron drug,
gist, dned at the Rock Island house today
Rogers is one of the wideawake young
democrats of the upper end"
| The Rock Island Building and Loan
association has already issued 1850
shares IN the new series, the receipts for
last month alone being $4,000
The Ninth street NJ. E. church sociable
held at the residence of Mrs. Thomas
Smith last evening was largely attended
and an enjoyable time was had
Mr. Fred Lloyd, of Lloyd & Stewart,
has just returned from Chicago, where
lie has purchased choice line of late
novelties in mems furnishing goods.
Mr.. c. G. McIntire entertained the
clerks and employees of his dry goods
establishment at his home Fourth avenue
and Twenty third street, last evening.
There will be a special meeting in the
Broadway Presbyterian church this even
ing at 1880. Preaching by the pastor.
A cordial invitatio- s extended to all.
Circuit Clerk Bowman has received
from Judge Glenn telegram stating that
he will not be here TO open court tomor>
row and not until March 3, and there
will be no court until that time.
About o'clock this afternoon farmer
by the name of Geo. Stewart slipped and
fell down while walking on Market
square, and broke his right leg. He
was carried INTO the office of the Com
mercial hotel cd medical assistance was
summoned.
Mr.. s. j. Daniels, attorney for the ISIS
and workingmen at Washington, has
wri ten Magistrate Bennett for affidavits |
from the back pay applicants. stating |
that they supposed they would be paid |
for ten hours work when they put in |
that amount Of time, and Mr.. Bennett has
complied with the request.
The following claims were paid on the |
10th inst. by the Sun Accident associa,
ton, of this city: VIM. A. Dryden, Cam
ton, III, thrown from a sleigh, @28 so;
VIM. II. Munger, Rock Island, 81 d on
the ice, S82 Is; T. A. link Buda. III
injured by horse, Sl5; Emil Weidmer.
Rock Island, injured by horse, IS 80; H.
s, Kickoff, CLANCY, Iowa. injured by
falling from staging, $50 80.
Mr.. o. Badders, of Topeka, Kan. is
in the city, the guest Of his brother-in~
law, Mr.. T. H. Thomas. MIR. Badders
is one of the proprietors of the Kansas
Newspaper Union, for the publication of
patent outsides bich are furnished to
country weeklif He is an old Rock
Islander, having come here in 1867 with
Mr.. Haverstick, and served three years as
pressman in the Union office. Mr.. Bad>
ders has been in Chicago purchasing
several carloads of supplies, and is tax,
advantage of the cheap freight rates now
existing.
The Union of this morning attacks the
ARGUS without auth ority in the name of
Mr.. ]. P. Newbe:g, proprietor of the
spring cove slide. The entire statement
Of the morning sheet is a misrepresenta-
ton, as the ARGUS cast no slurs upon
Mr.. Newberg and he did not authorize
the Union to say that 1t did. Some tri'
ding errors may have occurred in the
ARGUS report of a certain party at the
slide, but there was nothing that reflect
ed either upon Mr., Newberg or of the
parties. Nobody with the common
sense allotted to ordinary individuals !
would have found anything to take Of {
tense at in the ARGUS article. II