Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-08
BRIEFLETS.

SkdteS were III ueinduu lille uoiuiuS'
The Octoroon" at the theatre to-
night.
Choice bananas % cents per dozen at
c. G. Truesdale's.
The prayer meeting at the Broadway
church tonight will be led by Mr.. s. D.
Cleland.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Lynn, of 2517
Sixth avenue, rejoice in the advent of a
daughter.
John Huntoon left for the northern
part of the state ON business trip this
morning
The Merchants Electric Light company
is now furnishing all night light to Its
patrons in Rock Island.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. NJ. Boyles have taken
rooms for the winter a. the residence of
j d. Taylor, 904 Nineteenth street.
This is the week Of prayer. and as such
is being properly observed by the evan
gelical churches throughout the world.
MIR Rudolph Hircher, of Davenport,
has leased the Elm street saloon and has
restocked it and put it in first rate shape.
The Rock Island Citizens Improves
ment association meets in regular month
y session on Thursday evening of this
week.
The report now is that the fast trains
on the roads running west from Chicago
will again be placed on all the loads Jan
uary IA.
Those venturing out of doors before
daylight this morning were reminded of
the saying, chat the wicked stand on
slippery places"
In the circuit court this afternoon the
malpractice suit of VIM. Calentzky VS..
Dr. Swan Houser, of Moline, was settled
and dismissed, each side to pay its own
costs.
Miss Della Dougherty died yesterday
at 1135 Fourth avenue, of pneumonia,
aged SO years and 6 months. The re-
mains are to be taken to Washington,
Iowa, for interment.
1t is now understood that the idea
which is being observed in the repair of
the Union Square sidewalk, originated
with Jim Lane, though that individual
vehemently resents the assertion.
The Sunday school of the Christian
Chapel Mission had its Christmas festi-
val last evening, which included exercises
of a musical and literary nature and the
distribution of gifts among the children.
Superintendent W. G. Brown returned
to the city last evening from Boston,
| where he had been in consultation with a
| number of stockholders of the g., B. q
Q. The meeting is said to have been In
connection with the settlement OF the
strike. Gazette.
A deputy sheriff came down from
Sterling last night and arrested Charles
Toliver, the Rock Island colored ball
player. who belonged to the Sterling ball
club last year, on a charge of bastardy,
and took him to Sterling this morning.
The county court jury composed of
DR.. G. L. Eyster and Messrs. E. W.
Boynton, c. W. Halves, H. E. Cssteel,
James Hardin and Dan Daily, adJudged
Mary A. Williams insane yesterday. and
ordered her commitment to Jacksonville
asylum.
| Health Commissioner Plummers re-
port submitted to last nights council
meeting, shows Rock Island has purel
water for consumption and use than any
other city in the Mississippi valley. An
alyticsl comparison is made with othel
cities to show this fact.
The ordinary routine of subjects fo
meetings during the week Of prayer viii
not be followed this year at the Firs'
Baptist church. The subject considered
this evening will be Answers to Prayer
A cordial and general invitation is ex
tended to everybody to be present.
Supt. Wright, of the c., NJ. 8 St. P.
has issued general order to trainmel
that all clothing, valises, umbrellas. etc.
found on trains must be returned to tn
baggage department at Milwaukee. Thi
makes no difference to the engineers ant
firemen. but it is pretty hard on the col
lectors.
Illinois passed her SEVENTEEN mil
stone on December 10. as member o
the sisterhood of states. In 1918 be
population was $4,000, while at the pres
eat time her population is over 8 500. OOC
or seventy times what it was then. An
she is not done growing yet.
General Passenger Agent A. V. Il
Carpenter. of the St. Paul road. last FRI
day celebrated the fortieth anniversary G
his entry Into the railroad business. Nj
Carpenter is now an old man, and ther
are few names more familiar among tn
railroad men of the country than hi
lMr. Carpenter has been connected wit