Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-23
BREiFLETS.
'resh oysters and celery at MAYS

Fresh oysters and celery at Mays.
Choice PEACHES at F. G. Young's.
Watermelon on ice at F. G. Young's.
The finest dressed spring chickens at
Mays.
Peaches and pears, 90 cents per basket.
at Mays.
Musk melons and nutmeg melons at F.
sG. Young's.
Muscatine Island melons at G. c.
Truesdales.
Fresh chichens dressed at F. G.
Young's.
Bananas 10 cents per dozen at F. G.
Young's.
Fine fresh egg plants In the morning
at G. G. Truesdale's.
Fine free stone peaches, % cents per
basket, at c. c. Truesdale's.
Prof. G. R. Housed and family have re
turned from their visit to Ohio.
Come early and leave your orders for
dressed spring chickens at Mays.
The First M. E. church. of Davenport,
is celebrating its semi-centennial
A number from this city attended the
operatta given by Miss Helen Trip in
Moline, last evening.
Tomorrow being the festival of St.
Bartholomew, there will be services at
Trinity church at 9 a. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Connolly, of
Topeka, Kan, are visiting at the resi-
dence of Maj. H. G. Connolly.
The postponed second subscription
concert of Strssser's Second regiment
band at Hincher's garden occurs this eve>
ming. and will be musical treat worth
hearing.
Messrs. Simon Hoffman and Andrew
Holman are laying new brick walks in
front OF their premises on Fourth ave-
nue.. between Seventeenth and Eigh-
teenth street.
Frank Sperling, an employe of the
poor farm, took out license today to
marry Miss Clemens Larint. an inmate,
this afternoon. Steward Dow proposes
TO give them big wedding tonight"
Sheriff Silvis' son, Milt, has the fines,
pair of ponies in Rock Island county
They are almost exactly alike, and are
peculiarly marked at that. They were
bought of son of Sheriff Williams, of
Henry county.
Geo. W. Kelsall, of Canton, Iowa, Sec
| rotary of the Second Iowa Cavalry,
writes the ARGUS that the fourth annual
| reunion of the regiment will be held al
Maguokets, Iowa, October 9 and 10, and
desires that other papers assist in placing
| the fact before comrades of the regiment
| everywhere.
Davenport is still fighting that vile
slough, and as yet with little encourage.
ment. Rock Island people who attend
the ball games at the Davenport park
have been given something of an idea OF
| the sickening terror of the stencil on their
| way to the grounds in the west part of
the city.
Thirty thousand feet more of Johnston
rail arrived in the Burlington yards yes.
terday. IT is principally to be used in
Davenport. The retracO pl the lower
| and upper ends of the Third street line
there is first to be attended to, and then
work on the new ''jug>hsndle" route in
Davenport will be commenced.
| j. G. Bennett, who was twice triet
for watch thievery in Rock Island. and
| finally sent to the penitentiary, after
| leaving Joliet, went down into Unior
| county and married a widow worth $50.
| 600. He came home one night drunk
| and tried to kill her, and now she is in
Rock Island tracing up his record in or
der to secure a divorce, and TO send him
back TO the 'pen." if possible.
Seth Morgan, formerly of Rock Island
and Davenport, at one time business man
| ager of the Union and later on the old
Davenport Gazette, has been sued says the
Des Moines Leader. in the district courl
| of Polk county by Mary s. Berry. charg>
| ing him with the crime of bsstardy. and
asking judgment against him for the sup.
port of the child. Morgan seems to be
going from bad to worse as fast as be
can.
The funeral of Mrs. Edgar Hilton will
be held Sunday afternoon at o'clock
from the residence of Z. w. Boynton. 719
| Twenty third street. The aged ladv's
death was as sudden as it was sad. She
spent Wednesday afternoon with lady
friends in the city and was In unusually
bright spirits, and talked at length on
christianity and death. At supper time
ner husband called for her. but she de-
clined to go home. saying she was having
such an enjoyable time. Yesterday
morning she arose at the usual time and
| at 9 o'clock was stricken with death.
Arrangements were completed yester-
day for the grand concert to be given at
Harper's theatre on Saturday evening,
August 31st, by meeting of the I'm
provement guild of Trinity parish at the
church. As has been already stated. the
concert is to be in charge of Mrs. E. B
Chopper and Mr.. Carl Helpenstell, and
the programme will embrace the best
musical talent of the tri cities as well as
several selections by Miss Margaret
Fry, gifted Freeport lady. Commits
tees were appointed on advertising, pro
grammes, etc., and it was decided to fix
the prices of admission at fifty cents for
adults. and twenty-five cents for chill
dren.