Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-09
BRIEFLETs.

crease.
There was large children's picnic on
the tower today.
Mr.. John Babcock. of WATERFOWL, was
in the city today.
Get your lemon squeezers. all glass.
only 10c. at Loosley's.
The weather indications are off their
base-so is the weather.
Some very choice hanging lamps at hot
weather prices. at Loosley's.
Mr.. BENZ. Whitsitt, the Presumption
stock man, was in the city today.
The Quincy ball club plays In Daven>
port tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
Division Supt. E. D. Wright, of the
c., M. & st. p, spent last night at the
Harper.
Mr. Rufus Sharp. of Maquoketa,
Iowa. is in the city visiting his brothers.
Louis and Wesley.
Mrs. Swan Youngren left this after
noon on three weeks visit to her sister
dt htWdutt.
Frank Harwood, of Moline, returned
this morning after an absence of two
years IN California
Hi Stocum has given up farming and
returned to Rock Island from Cordova
and is again on one of the Miller hacks.
Capt. J. W. Bracket and Chas. A.
Stoddard join Maj Mackenzie's up river
improvement party at Winona today.
Eddie Jackson, clerk Willerton's lively
good natured aid at the Harper, has re-
turned from a visit to his home al
Quincy.
Mr. Thos Bollman, Of South Rock
Island, is the proud father of little
daughter who arrived early yesterday
morning
Geo. II. Ballou, the veteran Davenport
journalist, has returned from the east sc-
companied by Mrs BalIou, aud much im-
proved in health.
Miss Carrie Lyon, of st. Louis, and
Miss Otis Lyon, of Mississippi, are
visiting with the Misses Cora and Bertha
Lewis. of Reynolds.
The county supervisors devoted their
| time today to committee work, and to
morrow the board take day off-under
pay-to visit the counto farm.
Mr.. NJ. Cohn. wife and boy from South
Bend, Iud.. and Mr. J. T. Wolf, of An~
ma, ILL.,, are in the city visiting with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Jacob Cohn.
The annual picnic of Trinity parish and
Sunday schools will be held at Spring
Cove slide tomorrow. Cars will leave
the corner of Sixth avenue and Seven.
teenth street at 10 o'clock.
The firm of Don & Briggs has dis
solved, both members to continue in bus.
mess separately, Mr.. Don remaining in
the old location and Mr.. Briggs taking 6
new store in the Harper house block.
C. R. l. & P. switch engine jumped
the track at the G. B. & Q crossing las
night, and so blockaded the trade tha
the Burlington outgoing trains had tc
run as far as Moline over the Rock Is
land tracks.
MIR. Fred Lawrence, press agent for tn.
Forepaugh shows. was in the city thi
morning perfecting arrangements for tn,
big event of August 1. Mr.. Lawrence i
a veteran in the show business, such
man whom only the greatest show on eartl
could command.
Aid. and Mrs. Winslow Howard, an,
Mrs. Henry Schafer left on the Mar
Morton last evening for trip up tn
river to ST. Paul, where they go by raj
to Duluth. ara then 6y lake 10 Sshieae
and home by rail
Geo. Green, the CITY scaveuger, ha
Invented a disinfectsnt which does 1t
work in a thorough manner. 1t thor
oughiy o Rslsa%sss ll te' f For sale at Emf
Koehler's drugstore. Price, soc pc
bottle.
Clenann s. Sslzmsnn have added 1
new feature to their extensive furnitur
and carpet business-that of wood man
ties. They are receiving all the most de
= sirable styles in these goods in price
ranging from the lowest to the highes,
= They invite an inspection by the public
ii An exchange remarks, no insect ths
crswls can live under the application @
hot alum of water. 1t will destroy re
and black ants, cockrosches, spiders, bed
bugs. and all the myriad of crswlin
pests VIII ich infest our houses during th
heated term. What, hol One hot alum
bath for musquito>tortured humanity.
= Mr.. David Don yesterday commence
] laying In front of his second avenue bust
! ness block a handsome fiagstone wall
t but this morning he was surprised at
e visit from Mayor McConochie with Ill
!, structions that he was not laying upo
e proper grade, and that it would have I
q be dropped ten inches. This will ne
. cessitate a six-inch step to enter hi
O store, and for man who is continual
# wheeling out heavy trucks with stove
: ETC., this is a very important thing. bu
+ it can't be helped.
Attention, knights Of PythIas.
y All officers and members of st. Pal
n