Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-25
BRIEFLETS.

Sale will continue
A few more days at the NJ. & X.
Fresh smoked tongue at Mays.
Mems fine worsted suits s. at the NJ.
& K.
Capt. RobInson's condition continues
hopeful.
Robinson's floating palaces will be here
tomorrow.
Rebate shoe sale at the NJ. s. K.-do
not miss it.
Subscription concert at Hlnchors Elm
street garden this evening.
A new stairway is being built on the
west side of Buford's block.
Supt. Schnitger expects to resume
track laying tomorrow or Saturday.
100 dozens of misses, rs cent and 81
neckwear. so cents at the NJ. & X.
$3.50 quality-the finest rercale shirt
msde-reduced to 81 at the M. & X.
Mr.. W. B. Ferguson has gone on a
business trip to Chicago and St. LOUIS.
An exceptionally fine line of mems all
wool trousers at 80 so pair at the M. &
K.
County Supt. Southwell is busy exam-
ing forty applicants for teachers certiti
Gates.
Preparing for fall-~-summer clothing
and underwear cheaper than ever at the
| NJ. & X.
The Sundsy-school of the Ninth street
NJ. E. church are holding a picnic on the
Hopheld grounds today.
If you fail to take advantage of the shoe
| sale az the Nj. & X. 1t will be a mistake
which you will afterwards regret.
| The Misses Hass gave little company
this afternoon in honor of their friend
and guest, Miss Armour, of Ottawa,
Mrs. Geo. Hunter, of Montana, is on a
two weeks visit to her sister, Mrs. p J.
| Heverling on Eighteenth street
All the light colored stiff hats ranging
in price from So to So so dumped into
one pile at 81 90 at the NJ. & K.
| Determined to make a clean sweep at
the M. & Xviii slaughter all summer
wear previous to the arrival of their fall
stock
Mr.. F. NJ. Dewitt, of Coal Valley. and
|
mas oldest residents, were in the city
| yesterday.
The city is doing some nacsdamizing
on Sixth avenue between Fourtee nth and
Sixteenth streets and also on Fifth ave
nue. east of Seventeenth street.
The offices of VIM. Jackson and Judge
Wilkinson. in Masonic Temple building,
have undergone repsinting and papering
and present very inviting appearance.
| Clemann & Sslzmanu will in a few
days have the finest lot of wood mantles
ever seen in this part of the country.
They will be on exhibition next week.
Mart Duryee, the rubicund landlord of
the c.. NJ. & ST. p. hotel at Savanna,
and Claim Agent Milligan came down
with Capt. Fuller this morning to take a
squint at the city.
| Frank Lawson, the one~legged soldier,
presents a more deplorable appearance
these days than ever, as he has forsaken
all manner of footwear and goes with his
only pedal-extremIty bare.
Mr.. Charles Lederer, the well known
sketch artist of the Chicago Herald, was
in the city this morning on his way to
western Iowa, where he is going 10 visit
friends. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Frank l. Jervis. also of Chicago.
Sheriff Silvis went to Muscatine Tues
day night and arrested John Freeman,
who was indicted by the last grand jury
for larceny. He stole SIS in money, a
flute and a revolver from the Pierce res
tsurant in Moline last March.
Mr. Meigs Wait, of Reynolds, who
prides hmself-and well he may-upon
scented TO DR.. J. G. Stewart, of that
place, frame of cut flowers, very hand
somely arranged and srtistically designed
The little birds that hover about the
caves of the court house and JAIL build
ing sing merry song these days, which
is said to be interpreted by one county
official as the sign of an approaching
event of great interest and Importance
Gen. D. d. Drew and Col. A c. Bah
cock, of Chicago, are at the Hsrpe
house, having come to Rock Island t
consult with Maj. j. NJ. Beardsley con
corning the stock in the Texas capitol, il
which the major is still interested, as i
Col. Babcock. and from which there i
| hhcll W SOLuC solHc SoOO ucNs III ilOu
etary way.
No additional facts have as yet beer
obtained concerning the killing of Nh
Irwin Moore. brother to Mr. Gilpi
Moore, of this city. The fatality oc
Cured In Mexico where he has residet
ever since the war. He resided with hi
parents on a farm near Milan until tn
outbreak of the war when he enlisted an,
was a member of Company II, 45th regl
> ment.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pau
= railroad left with Circuit Clerk Gambl
TO-DAY for record mortgage in favor o
the United States Trust company of New
York to the amount of $3.50, 600, O0O
This is the largest mortgage ever put OF
record in this county. The recording fe
amounted to S12. 1t is necessary tina
the instrument be recorded in every coun
ty through which the road passes. Ii i
{ payable in one hundred years and the In
terest amounts to $4,000 dsy.