Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-14
BRIEFLETS.

per cent.
Special blanket sale at McCabe Brps.,
this week
Peck's bad Boy" combination is at
the Harper.
Ramage's theatrical troupe left for the
east this morning.
Remember the place to buy is at the
assignee sale of Robinson s. Taliaferros 8.
Schultz, the grocery man, will give q
sociable at the opera house this evening
Mrs. Fannie Ford. of Waukesha, Wis,
is visiting Mrs. Ed. Jens in South Rock
Island.
All wool scarlet FIVE pound blankets
whitfield down to 81 81 pair. at McCabe
Bros.
The finer the blankets the greater the
reduction in price, at McCabe Bros sale
this week.
All furs remaining to be sold below
cost at assignee sale of Robinson s. Tal>
iaferros.
The numerous friends of Capt. J. NJ.
Montgomery will regret to learn that he
is seriously i'll.
Now is the time to buy blankets IS 90,
white blankets 81 6S pair. at McCabe
Bros. this week
Dr. G. c. Carter retur ned from Musca>
tine this morning, where he had been on
professional business.
The down town progressive euchre
club meets at the residence of Col. H. B
Burgh tomorrow evening.
Csrse & Ohlweiler brought out one of
the handsomest sleighs ever seen upon
our streets, with the recent snow storm.
Duffy, the policeman, will be at tine
opera house this evening and would like
to see all his old friends.
Quite a quota of Rock Islands com>
mercial tourists startt out with their
grips this morning in different directions.
Passenger and Freight Agent Stock
house, of the Rock Island s. Peoria, re.
turned from his Chicago trip yesterday
morning.
Conductor Willis, CT the 90" and his
brakeman took their little guns and went
up to Joslin this morning on rabbit
hunt.
Aid. Matthias Schnell and Messrs Geo
Fleming and Will G. Collins were passeu-
gers for Peoria this morning on Conductor
Auld's train.
Jimmie Dixon's rattle for suit of
clothes takes place at the Rock Island
house tomorrow night. Dixon says
Lieberknecht is barred.
The sport at the toboggan slide was
somewhat marred yesterday by the water
overlooking the ice in Rock river, caused
by the shutting down of the mills over
Sunday.
Good time to buy dry goods. McIn
tire Bros. inaugurate their annual dis
count sale prior to inventory-123 per
cent or one eighth deducted from bottom
of all bills over ST.
Representative Crawford returned to
Springfield last night, and Hon. E. W.
Hurst goes tonight. Crawford wanted
TO be on hand in time to shake hands witt
Gov. Fifer at his inaugural.
Lieutenant Schwatka has been lectur>
ing in Iowa on his arctic experience. BE
says that he expects to make an expedi-
ton into the mountains of northern and
western Mexico in the spring.
Supt. Warner, of the cotton and paper
mills near Milan, reports booming
trade, especially in the paper line, which
mill is kept in operation from six O'Clock
Monday morning until six o'clock Sunday
morning.
Charles D. Lyons, who was tried in the
district court of Scott county for the ar
son of John Killeen's SIS, 600 stock barns
in Liberty township and acquitted, has
entered suit to recover s. 900 damages
from said Killeen.
The 'blow-off" valve of engine 800,
pulling the Sterling passenger, came out
just ss the train was starting this
morning. Engineer Fred Dempsey re.
paired the break in short order. although
considerable steam and water was wasted.
The Muscatine journal, in its advocacy
of the pontoon bridge at that place, pub.
fishes view of one recently put across
the Missouri at Nebraska City. and urges
the idea of one between Muscatine and
the lower end.
Locksmith Fiebig says he Is willing to
sacrifice himself on the altar of the tax
collectorship in the spring. Fiebig is
likely to find the political combination a
hard one to work, as there are always
numerous applicants for the position he
seeks.
McIntire Bros. begin soon their annual
inventory. All goods must go through
the unwinding, measuring and winding
up process. As an inducement to buyers
to make it an easier job, they offer this
week 123 per cent or one eighth dis
count on all bills over 81. as pei adver.
tisement.
Editor P 8. McGlynn, OF the Moline
Dispatch. is now on the high road TO re-
covery from his PR 'racted and severe
illness. He was able to be in his Office a
few hours this morning. Mr.. and Mrs.
McGlynn leave this evening for three
A few weeks ago a Davenport firm
leased q store room on Second avenue
west of the Rock Island house. stocked it