Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-08
BRIEFLETS.

in the city today.
Mr.. Levi Waterman, of Geneseo. wal
at the Harper today.
Apprentice girls wanted in McCabe
Bros. millinery department.
The M. & K. base ball club will be re-
organized tomorrow night
Rev G. w. Cue has raised $1,000
toward the new First church.
Rev. j. H. Wright, of West Liberty,
Iowa, lie visiting In the city.
Knock down arguments this week on
the price OF bed spreads at McCabes.
New invoices of beaded wraps and
fancy jackets just received at McCabe's
Willard Baker & Co. today delivered
the 75-bsrrel copper vat to Raible &
Stengel.
Wanted-A boy for general work
about a place. Apply to Mrs. Chas. Bu>
ford.
Mrs. Hart, dressmaker, left for Chi
cago this morning. and will return the
last of the week.
julius j. Junge has just received a
fresh car load of that world renowned
and celebrated Colfax mineral water.
Mrs. H. " Clough. Of Geneseo. after
visiting with her son. F. G. Clough. In
this city. left this morning for home.
Kramer s. Bleuer have a contract to
bind several thousand handsomely de.
signed catalogues for one OF Moline's in
dustries.
The great flower seed. English lawn
grass and bulb distribution will be con.
tnued during the season at McCabe
Bros
McCabe Bros. are not neglectiug their
dress goods sale this season. Fresh ar>
rivals and decided reductions In many
prices for this week.
All of the mills "short ends" Turkey
red table damasks II to u yards, lengths
16, IS and 10 cents per yard while they
last at McCabe Bros.
Richard Love, a colored man living at
1926 Fifth avenue, died Saturday evening
after long illness. The funeral oc-
Cured this afternoon.
Wanted.-A good German girl for gen.
eral homework. Apply to W. Seefeld
corner of Sixteenth street and First ave.
nue-opposite c., B. & Q. depot
The belated returns from Drury town.
ship were received by County Clerk
Donaldson this afternoon, showing the
election of Ira Reynolds as supervisor.
John Shall, of Coe, was in the city
Saturday soliciting advertisements for
the catalogue of the annual Coe fail
which opens next year on Sept 5.
Rev. G. W. Cue leaves this evening
for st. Clair county. where he delivers
three lectures to G. A. r. posts, as chap,
lain of the state organization.
Rev. Dr.. McCord. of Dubuque, spen,
yesterday in the city. preaching at the
Ninth street church in the morning, and
to his old congregation at the First NJ. E
church in the evening.
Henry Burris, the tonsorial artist a,
Terrell's, is receiving congratulation:
| upon the arrival of new son yesterday
Burris has four little "shsvers" now and
| one girl. He is prospecting.
Mr.. Robert Keith. for several years an
express messenger running between here
and Milwaukee. but later running from
the latter city to Ashland. is back on hi.
old route.
Clemann s. Sslzmann have the lsrges,
| assortment of furniture and carpets and
the lowest prices west of Chicago. DOM
forget the place, Hsrper's theatre build.
ing, No. 1925 and 1927 Second avenue.
The Adams Wall Paper Co. in DIM
ick's block. on Twentieth street, is doing
rushing business. Their stock is all
new and of the latest designs. Their in
grain papers are particularly fine, ant
are now all the rage.
Mr.. c. d. Medill, who has been en-
gagged in Chicago drug store for th'
past two vars. was in the city Saturds.
evening on visit to his parents. He il
about to leave for Seattle, W, T. for per
manent location.
That beautiful water queen, the Msry
Morton, came down yesterday afternoon
She has been reprinted and her cabin en-.
larged by tine removal of the Office from
the front to one Of the sides. at the heat
Of the left side tier of state rooms.
At the Moline school election Saturday
Col William Clendenin was reelected
president by 2S2 votes. For the three
membersfour gentlemen we're voted for,
]. W. War; receiving 200, W. H.
Hillhouse 217, Nelson Chester 14O and E.
B. Knox lie.
The Union attempts to represent thai
Assessor John Barge's majority this yeaI
| is less than it was last. 1t is q truth tha
1t is larger than it has been for three
years. The actual official figures show i
to be IA; last year 1t was 81. Ths
doesn't look as il there was much dissst-
isfaction with Mr.. Bar9e's mode Of assess
| ing.
"Snobbles" and the 'yshoo" are now
devoting the columns Of the Union to op
posing the pavement of Second avenue.
1t was not to be surprised that the Kan
sas importation with its backwoods ideas
should sustain anything in the way Of
city progress, but "snobbles" has lived