Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-26

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Chamber sets and dinner sets from SIS
per set up. at Loosley's.
"a sheets of the very best writing pa
per for 5 cents at the Fair.
A very choice and large collection of
Japanese goods at Loosley's.
Rev. Wm McPheeters has accepted a
position in the Soldiers home at Quincy.
Davenport is getting its paving specifi-
cations ready. Thank Rock Island for
that.
Fine bananas, Bartlett pears, peaches,
oranges and lemons at Boro's, under the
bank.
Conductor Robert Frazer. of the G. =,
B. & @, and wife, have fine bouncing
new son.
Rev. G. W. Cue left for Milwaukee
this morning to attend the great g. A. r.
encampment.
500 retinned preserve kettles, three
and four quarts, must close them out at
the Fair for 10 and 20 cents.
McIntire Bros. make special prices on
cotton flannel this weeks. % and 10
cents. Extra at prices named
Three bluff boys named Church. Her.
man and DAILY, ran of last night and are
thought to have gone to Omaha.
Mr.. w. B. Petit is laying fine Mont
pelier tile walk around his property,
corner Third avenue and Ninth street.
Mrs. DIR. McGavren. of Missouri VAL
ley, Iowa, arrived this morning for a visit
to her parents, Maj. and Mrs. H. G. Con-
nell.
MIR. Geo. Schneider, ST., who has been
an invalid for several years, is reported
quite i'll today-a fact that all will re-
greet to learn.
Lost-Sunday evening, a lady g black
mantel, lined with wine colored silk.
Finder please leave at the ARGUS Office
and get reward.
W. Dauber shis morning shoed Arthur
Burralfs fine McGreggor stallion, Tom
OShanter," previous to his being en-
tered at the Cambridge fair this week.
N N. Coons. of Monmouth, formerly
conductor on the Beardstown accommo-
dstion of the G. B. & @. has been ap-
pointed a guard at the Joliet peniten-
tiary
Arrangements are progressing finely
for Trinity church's grand concert at
Harper's theatre next Saturday evening
1t will be the event in musical circles in
the three cities.
The Chicago Daily Netos of today
prints petitions for the worlds fair at
Chicago in. twenty different languages.
Every resident in Rock Island who can
read will endorse them.
Heinz & CO. fine pickles, Thomas
Borden's gilt-edged butter, Msgsw's,
Crawford county, Pa, favorite cream
cheese, at Ehleb's, corner Fourth avenue
and Twentieth street.
Fred Buck, son of L H. Buck, and
stenogrspher at the Rock Island pillow
works office, has been appointed mail
agent, and given run on the r. /. 4
p, succeeding A. L. Law.
The tri city delegates to the Cincinnati
waterway convention will meet at the
Citizens Improvement association rooms
at o'clock Wednesday evening to adopt
a plan of united effort and action.
Congressman Frank Lswler left for
Chicago on the late train Saturday night.
He spoke to large concourse of people
Ut the corner of Brady and Third streets,
Davenport, after his speech here.
The public schools open September ID
one week from today. Pupils unas-
signed will find it to their advantage to
call on the superintendent some forenoon
of this week. The first teachers meeting
will be held at 7:15 a. m, on next Sat-
urday evening.
The marriage of Frank Sporting and
Miss Clemens Lsurot, employe and in,
mates respectively of the poor farm, was
performed at the home of R. M. Savage
on Mr.. BOWS farm in the upper end of
the county Friday. by Rev. Broadfoot
instead of at the poor farm.
MIR. II. W. Tremann has received let.
ter from his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Tremann. who are in Denver for Mr.
Tremsnn's health. stating that the climat.
agrees with the latter. and they are goinl
to Colorado Springs. where. if agreeable
they may spend the winter.
The Broadway Presbyterian and South
Park Sunday-schools will have their an,
nual picnic in the grove back of DR.
children will meet at the Broadwa,
church at 10 o'clock, and march to the
picnic grounds headed by Church's mar
tial band.
The funeral of Mrs Edgar Hilton oc.
Cured from the home of L w. Boyn.
ton, on Twenty-third street, YESTERDAY
afternoon. The pail bearers were hel
sons-C. G.. Hilton and W. Z Hilton
her sons in -law-E. w. Boynton and
II. r. Wood and her grsndsons-George
Hilton and Edgar Wood.
W. w. Stafford has resigned his posi-.
ton as assistant secretary of the Sun Ac.
cident association. to pursue a course OF
study in the Hahnemsnn Homeopathic
medical college, Chicago. Stafford once
thought he was cut out for a lawyer and
prepared himself accordingly, but he
found afterwards that he was too honest
and gave it up. He's got the nerve" to
make firstclass surgeon.
Mr.. w. b. McIntire arrived from Su-
perior, Neb.. where he is in charge OF
Mclntire Bros. branch establishment,
last night. and will take charge of the
store here, while Mr.. c. G. McIntire
makes his annual purchasing trip to New
York. From Willis appearances the
sandy atmosphere of Nebraska must be
agreeing with him. He is as plump and
handsome as western statesm an.
Supt Schnitger put an additional car on
the blue line yesterday, making the same
number that is run on the old or red
car route and extending the double
service. ~ minute cars. down as far as the
pillow works. The arrangement will
doubtless give great satisfaction to peo-
pie down town, and would have been in
augurated before had the track facilities
been such that it could have been done.
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