Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-19
BREIFLETS.
Council meeting tonight.

tire Bros
Two cents per yard shallies at McIn'
tire Bros
Bargains. Read M cIntire Bros ad.
vertisement.
Mrs. Milton Jones benefit concert oc.
ours this evening.
The Milan canning factory started up
In full blast this morning.
James Waugh and son, Edward Waugh.
of Edgington, were in tine city today.
Satteens reduced prices to close.
Read McIntire Bros advertisement.
Mrs. Louis May left for Washington,
Iowa, this afternoon to visit relatives.
Tomorrow morning big job of No.
40 ribbons. 3 cents pard, at McCsbe's.
Muscstine island cantelopes five cents
apiece. tonight only, at Truesdale's.
| Tomorrow morning twenty dozen more
of those sailor hats 9 cents, at McCabe
Bros
| Fifty pieces. newest shades dress fam
nels, % cents a yard this week at Nc
Cabe's.
Nice Bartlett pears, Toxic grapes, Cal
L
| Boro's.
There were several tip-overs com ing
from the camp grounds last night, but no
serious results.
Big drives this week at McCabe Bros.
to overcome distractions in paving and
| sidewalk building.
Mrs. p. A. Bloom and daughter, Miss
Hannah. of Des Moines, are visiting
relatives and friends in the city.
Fifteen cents-McIntire Bros will
close all ladies' jersey ribbed vests (for-
mer price % cents) for is cents this
week.
The c., R. /. & P. nine of this city
wiped up the diamond with a c., r. l. &
ten from Davenport Saturday, by score
of IA to s.
The Plow Works band gave splendid
concert in Franklin square Saturday
night, which was enjoyed by seven hun,
dred people.
The Silver Crescent brought an excur>
sion from Clinton Yesterday. the visitors
spending the day sight seeing here and in
Davenport.
The Davenports took all three games
from Springfield, winning Saturday and
Yesterday as well as Friday. The
Quincys play at Davenport next
Tom 2. Ashton. of Lyons, Iowa, re-
preventative of the Clinton County Ad.
oerfiser, was among the excursionists
who visited Rock Island yesterday.
Mr. Ben Frysinger has made the big.
gest catch in the way of fish that has
been hauled out around here this season.
he caught it off the second dam at Milan
| and 1t was six pound bass.
Lost-A card case between Second
avenue and Seventeenth street and Mo-
line avenue and Thirty fifth street. A
| reward will be paid for its return to Rss>
mussen's Photographic studio.
Gustaye Englund and Mary Free we're
| thrown from a road cart at the corner of
Seventeenth street aud Fourth avenue
Saturday night, but neither was seriously
injured.
During roadster race on Offerman's
Island yesterday, a horse belonging to
Chas. E. Burial, of Davenport, fell and
sprained its hip so severely that shooting
was necessary in order to relieve the ami,
NAL of its misery
An Iowa nan advertised in western
papers that he wanted good reliable men
10 send him 81 each. for which he would
send IS ones, 3 two, 2 ives and ten"
He kept his agreement. but sent postage
stamps instead of dollars. Now he is IN
jail.
Mr.. r. Deming and wife, of Chicago,
are at the Rock Island house. MIR. Dem>
ing is prominent and experienced hotel
man, is greatly pleased with Rock Isl,
ands prospects and it is quite probable
he will lease the Rock Island house from
the Negus heirs.
Swan Youngren left last evening for
| Central Minnesota, where he will go into
camp with friends. The time will be de.
voted to both hunting and fishing, going
| from the camp to St. Paul and Minneap-
oils To visit friends. returning home by
way of Duluth and the lakes.
Miss Agnes Bixby returned from her
visit to Milwaukee Saturday night and
resumed her duties at Guyer Il Swee-
ney's office this morning. Miss Anna
Bixby. who has completed her studies
at a commercial college in Davenport
has accepted position in the office
of Fleming Bros. fruit packing depot.
A new swindle is being operated in
some parts af the country by men claim
ing to be state boiler inspectors. The
| first swindler inspects a portable engine
and condemns it and Immediately after
ward another man comes along to Sc n the
owner a new boiler. ..Verbum sap"
The youth who came very nearly being
shot rs burglar by policeman the other
| night while attempting to enter his home
by window during the small hours of
the morning, will, 1t is safe to predict,
seek other means of pulling the wool
over the eyes of the "old folks" in the
future.
Some newspaper man. who evidently
believes in telling things just as they are,
says: "Do not swear. There is no occa>
sion to swear outside of printing Office
1t is useful in proof reading, and indis>
penssble in getting forms to press, and
has also been known to assist in looking
over the paper after il is printed, but
otherwise it is a very disgusting habit"
Capt. J. J. Parks. of Wichita, Kan.
spent yesterday in the city the guest of
County Clerk Donaldson, on his
way home from Chicago. Many old
friends greeted him during the day. This
morning he went out to EdgiDgton to
visit his brother. Mr.. VIM. Parks, who
is one of the well to-do farmers of Rock
Island county.
When on the way to the camp grounds
one could not help noticing the growing
crops. Hay, farmers say, will go two
tons to the acre; rye is about on an ever
age; oats are better than for years, the
lowest estimate on the average yield will
be forty bushels. Corn looks well, SO
much so that the swine notice it and look
with wistful eye on the coming corn
crop.
John Ohlweiler and family reached