Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-12
BRiEFLETS.
Choice bananas at MAYS.

Choice bananas at Mays.
Choice bananas at G. G. Truesdale's.
Sweet potatoes at C. C. Truesdale's.
Fresh Edam cheese at c.. C. Trues-
dale's
A Double Marriage" at Harper's thea
ire tonight
Nice Florida oranges and choice ba-
naDas at c. J. Longs.
Twenty>one pounds of prunes for 81
at F. G. Young's.
F. Lickafelt, of Milan. paid the ARGUS
a visit this afternoon.
George Schneider. Jr.. comes out with
an attractive advertisement. which may be
seen on this page.
Lawyer Brown went to Rock Island
| today to obtain abstracts of large piece
of land in Illinois that figured in a recent
transfer. -Muscatine Journal.
The musicale at the First NJ. E. church
this evening. will be one of the best en-
tertainments of the season. The admis-
sion Is but fifteen cents.
The ice has gone and the hackman
signs. His last season of piracy has gone
forever. Next winter We shall have
street cars and five cent instead of fifty
cent fares
There was a very pleasant informal
party at the residence of F. G. A Denk-
man last evening, in honor of Miss Liz
zie Denkman's birthday
Frank Lawson was fined $40 and costs
by Magistrate Bennett this morning for
intoxication. The Squire suspended
judgment on promise of good behavior
in the future.
Mr.. Joseph Gaskell arrived from his
trip to Englond this morning. Mrs. Gas
kell, who has spent the past two months
ia the east, accompanying him. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gsskell and Mrs. Calvin Truesdale
leave for Minneapolis this evening
Mr.. Daniel Haines, of Moline township
who was in the city yesterday, draws a
pension from the government for ser
vices during the Mexican war. He
served as orderly sergeant of Indiana vol
unteers-in 1916, and still carries copy Of
the muster roll he then used
There is q time for industrial fairs, in
augurations. ETC., but the time is ap-
preaching to pay little attention to your
laundry when you can get it ia the best
style and on time. The Rock Island
Steam Laundry is the place to accommo.
date you in that line.
Mr.. Geo. F. Roth has purchased of r.
E. Tengler. Of Dubuque. the handsome
brick cottage at the corner of Eleventh
street and Fourth avenue and occupied
at present by County Clerk Do MADISON,
for 90, 900. Roth struck good bargain
that time. even if he has no Immediate
practical use for the house.
Morris Rosenf1eld and a number of
Davenport gentlemen have organized as
the ARC Scale Company In that city.
with Capt. Mccartney president. ]. c.
Van Patten vice president. 8. M. Rey-
nolds secretary, and j. B. Fidlar treasur-
er. They, with Il. B. Hartford. consti-
tute the board of directors. They have
purchased all the property of the ARC
Scale Manufacturing Company" which
failed for want of sufficient capital. The
new company will shortly reestablish the
manufactory Of these scales.
Messrs. Geo. Newberry, Dan. Strecker,
Al. Webb and James Dixon returned this
morning from their long voyage down
the river as far as Memphis. The party
left Rock Island on fat boat October
IL, arriving al Memphis February /,
where the time has since been spent. It
was Of this party that the startling,
though happily unfounded reports came
during the latter part of January. The
boys report having had an immense time
of it. Judd Repine, the fifth member of
the party. left the others at st. Louis on
the way back. and went out to Join Geo.
Downing at Lincoln, Neb.