Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-09
BREiFLETS.

Sweet oranges at F. G. Young's.
Fine watermelons at F. g. Youngs.
Fresh cantelopes at C. C. Truesdale's.
New sweet potatoes, first of the season,
at Mays.
Fine watermelons ten cents apiece at
Mays.
Choice peaches and pears at F. e..
Young's.
Finest dressed spring chickens in the
city at Mays.
Dressed chickens to order at C. c..
Truesdale's.
Fine dressed chickens at F. G.
Young's.
Large cooking apples fifteen cents a
peck at Mays,
Hon. E. w. Hurst has gone to Nebras-
ka on a two weeks business trip.
Mr.. Jacob Roberts, of Andalusia,
brought in fine load Of new oats today.
Judge A. A. Smith. of this circuit, &C
companied by his wife, has gone on a
trip to California.
| II. c. Whitridge auditor of the Rock
Island & Peoria, made flying trip to
Peoria yesterday.
Two of Mr.. F. g. Hemenway's children
have been quite seriously ill at the camp
on Big Island, but are now improving.
Summer Queen. Sweet Belle and sever
al other variety of southern apples for
eating and cooking at F. G. Young's.
Mrs. VIM. Frey and children have re.
turned from their visit to New York state
and William again sees that life is worth
living.
AT Harper's theatre next Sunday night
Rev. Mr.. Cue will give his reasons for his
attack on Catholicism at the recent Or
angemen's picnic.
Mr.. A. G. Somers. formerly of this
city, and now with the Adams Express
company in st. Louis, is visiting friends
in Rock Island.
Mr.. Thomas Dakin and son, of Chi.
cago, are in the city. Mr.. DakIn is an
experienced hotel man and is negotiating
for lease of the Harper.
, The Negus heirs are making some not.
able improvements about the Rock Island
house-repapering the bar room, wash
rooms, etc, and putting them in an at
e tractive condition.
!. At the First nj. E. parsonage last even.
!, ing Rev. G. w. Cue united in holy bonds
e MIR. John Trenamen and Miss Martha E
n Fuller May the happy event thus con
f summated be the signal for many years
o of JOY.
: Talk about your Seattles and Tacoma,
in Washington territory, the activity ther,
n is nothing IN comparison to that witnessed
g on Second avenue every day now. Rocl
s Island is the ''boomiest" town in thi
e whole booming country.
u The Sunday school of the First Bsp
e fist church had a delightful picnic a
d Deere's grove yesterday, going up via tn
r, C., B. Il Q. road. Manager Cady re
: ceived many compliments from the effort
be contributed to the success of tn
event
81 Hon. T. A. Marshall. wife and child
A of keithsburg. are in the city on visi
10 to relatives. Marshall is one of Merce
N county's wideawake and progressive cit
nj zens, and represented the Twenty-fourt
district in the general assembly lstel
- Adjourned.
te An Iowa editor was asked: do hog
o payf" The reply was little differer
from what was expected. "A great man
- do not" he says. They take the pap.
N for several years and then have the pos
ID master send it back. marked refused c
n gone west"
a The regular meeting of the Philoms
a. thean society of the First Nj. E. churc
lr will be held this evening at the resIdenc
u of Mr.. VIM. jackson, S24 Twentiet
: street. A good musical programme wi
I be presented and ice cream and cak
l. served. All are invited.
L.
/" ed upon a rate of one fare for the rour
et trip between Rock Island, Davenport ar
lie Moline to the Grand Army encampme
~ at Milwaukee, with the privilege of +
~ turn from Milwaukee to Chicago by Il
y Goodrich line of steamers with bert
and meals free over so much of the ros
A new system of accident insurance
out. 1t consists of q box located in
depot near the ticket window. When Il
passenger goes to buy his ticket he c.
- drop nickel in the slot. which allo,
him to draw out an accident policy. go
by signing his name, the date and hou
for $500 for twenty-four hours. T
. system origin sted in England. 1t is qui
y novelty. They have been introduced
" this country bu. short time.
- Mr.. Fred Hass is making considerat
Improvements about his handsome re
dence at the corner of First avenue al
Thirteenth street. He has disposed
" the old Judge Lynde and Judge Guy
house to Nick Lettig, who is moving
away, and has moved his hired ma,
house from Thirteenth street to FIJI
avenue. and turned his barn around al
moved it back on the alley. He has tn
very greatly beautifed his premiss
Volk & Co. have the contract.
One Of our naughty exchanges spea
of millinery store kept by very es
mable lady. and says the editor was gra
fed to see her stocking up. The edi,
est says he was never so astonished in
u born days as he was when the paper Cal
g. out, to meet the millinery lady and ha