Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-30
BRIEFLETS.
Fine nutmeg melons at Mays.
Summer corsets RI cents at McCahe'


Everybody is waiting and watching for
Forepsugh.
A nice lot of Plymouth Rock chickens
at G. G. Truesdale's.
20 pieces wool trieots at 1S3 cents a
yard at McCabe Bros.
More lawns II cents. 10 yards for 8
cents, at McCabe Bros.
One case 5000 YARDS challies at q
cents yard at McCabe Bros.
Genuine indigo prints cents yard,
while they last at McCabe Bros.
Ladies' black hose 8 cents. striped
hose cents pair at McCabe Bros.
Mems mixed half hose cent. Those
with seamless heels 2 cents pair at Nc
Cabe's.
Supt. Judge, of the gas company, is
repiping Second avenue in the proposed
paving district.
Guaranteed fast black hose at 8 cents.
Full, regular made English stripe hose
10 cents a pair at McCabe Bros.
Misses Minnie Allen and Dora Young,
of Monmouth. are the gueses of Mrs. w.
M. Scully. of 2202 Second avenue.
The Burlington base ball club is at the
Rock Island house. The Burlingtons
play at Davenport today. tomorrow and
Thursday.
Mr.. Thomas Saulspaughs $50, 600
hotel at Mankato. MINI, will be ope ned
to the public Sept, LIST, Mr.. Sauls-
paugh's son, Clarence, Will have charge
of it.
Dr. Paul's final report to Miss Clara
Barton, of the Red Cross society, of Rock
Islands contributions to Johnstown
showed the following: Two car loads of
lumber, two barrels of pork; money,
1898 10
The local freight leaving Rock Island
for Sterling on the c., b. & Q at 80
yesterday afternoon collided at Erie with
| the down coming passenger due here at
| 6 SO. owing to a misplaced switch. The
two engines, Ga and 81, had their pilots
| smashed, but no further damage was
done.
Presiding Elder NJ. A Head, of the NJ.
| E. church, announces that the annual
district camp meeting of the Rock Island
district will he held at TIndslFs grove
| beginning Thursday, August 18th. Bish
| op Nlnde will be present. The railroads
| all offer reduced Iates.
Geo. Littler, guard at the Rock Island
end of the government bridge, was before
| Magistrate Wivill today charged with
using abusive and insulting language to
party of Rock Island and Davenport
| people whom he stopped on the bridge
last Wednesday morning. The case was
| deferred until tomorrow morning.
Robert Johnson, who is lying at the
point of death at St. Luke's hospi tai with
hip disease. was yesterday made the re-
| cipient of some pretty flowers from
| the following little girls. each of whom
presented a boquet: Ida Schaeffer, Jennie
| Coyne, Maggie Quinlan, Esther Schaeffer,
Annie Quinlan, Theresa Youngberg,
| Minnie Freeman and Jessie Burton.
| A great success in financial point of
j view and doing all its work to the salts
faction of lis patrons, is the Rock Island
steam laundry, on Third avenue, in Tege~
ler's block. Mr.. Goldburg the enter.
prlsing proprietor, has worked hard TO
build up good trade, and he is to be
congratulated on accomplishing that end.
This laundry is fitted with the most i'm.
proved machinery and guarantees Sails
faction in all cases.
The bright and genial Charles McCand-
less, of Davenport, is in the city for a
week TO tend store" while Doc Hayes
takes a weeks outing. Charles is like
champagne, only without the after effects.
He always sparkles, and we warrant that
there will be more soda imbibed at the
corner store this week than usual. jus,
because Charles friends will insist on
crowding in to see him. Rapids
Gazette.
Mr. Porter Skinner the other day pur-
chased of W. B. Ferguson, of Rock ISL
and, the old Lobdell property, corner Six
teenth and Library streets. The consider
alton is said to have been So 500. This
makes Mr.. Skinner owner of fine piece
of property extending from Third avenue
to Liberty street. and from Sixteenth
street to the lot on which the Anderson
grocery stands. which lot recently became
the property of E B. AtkinsOn-Moline
Dispatch.
j Matilda A. johnson, of Moline, was
found insane by jury composed of
Chas. Turner, J. n. Huntoon, Louis
Ohlweiler. Jno. Med Geo. Copp
and DIR. Eyster in the county court this
morning. This is the same woman who
was sent down TO Jacksonville last De,
cenber and she was atterward brought
home. and now has to go again. She
will be sent to Elgin, as the new distric
includes Rock Island and Henry coun
ties. The states attorney took the testi
mony under the new law, Judge Adams
presiding.
| 1t appears in the Eureka, Ill. journal o
the 26th that on the 23d Dr. l.. E Bar
ton. formerly of Coal Valley, but now o.
Secor, Woodford county. Ill.,, was mar
ried TO Miss Meta Hart, of Eureka in the
same county. 1t speaks of him thus
''Dr. Barton is young man who came Il
Secor less than three years ago. and was
perfect stranger at the time, but by
close application to business has built uI
a lucrative practice, and is now 10 good
standing with the members of his pro-
fession as well as the people among
whom he practices. The bride, Miss
Hart, is graduate of Eureka college
Since the time she graduated in 1880 she
has been engaged in teaching and stands
as one of the first teachers in the coun
ty. They went to housekeeping the next
day after their marriage. The doctor
had bought and furnished a house read,
to go into with his bonnie bride"
At the Tower.