Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-26
BREIFLETS.

Improve the sidewalks.
Young hes fine sweet potatoes.
Fine bannsnasat F. G. Yeung's.
Dressed chickens at F. G. Young's.
Some choice apples at F. G. Young's
s. j. Keator went to Omaha last even
ing.
Fresh fish in the morning at F. G
YOung's.
John Bahnson is west on business
and pleasure trip.
Mr. o. J. Dimick arrived from Chi
cago this morning.
Silk plush % cents yard at McCab,
Bros. plush and dress goods sale.
A telephone has been placed in the
Phoenix hose house. The number i
1900.
Sweet potatoes, cooking and eating ap
Piles. bananas, oysters and celery at q. ]
Longs.
d. P. McKown is out for therepubli
can nomination for Justice of the peac,
at Davenport.
Conductor Tom Fuller is back on his
run between Rock Island and Freepor,
on the c., M. & St. P.
Don't come too late-colored silk
pushes 25 cents yard Friday and Sat
urday at McCsbe Bros.
The Moline Ministerial association will
at its next meeting. on Oct. 9TH, discuss
The Moral Status of Moline
MIR. r. Battersby. formerly of Goa
Valley, is now flOurishing at Sehome
Whatcom county, Washington.
Enforce the sidewalk resolution. 1t is
an excellent one, and should be complied
with before 1t is too late this fall.
The marriage of Geo. F. Roth and
Miss Mary Koehler takes place this even
ing at the home of the brides parents
Dress goods going rapidly at McCabe
Bros. dress goods sale. Prices will tell
Th5y have made the lowest quotations
this season.
Mrs. A Fl. McCandless left last even
ing for Norfolk, Neb., for a two weeks
visit to Mrs. G. L. lies, formerly of Da.
venport.
Another great opening at McCabe
Bros. dress goods department. One lot
of silk plush % cents a yard--full line
colors.
The first business transacted by Mr.. j.
M. Buford after returning from abroad,
was to sell another lot in the Rodman
addition.
Have you heard of it3 Tomorrow
morning at 8 o'clock McCabe Bros. will
sell one lot of colored silk plush at 25
cents a yard.
The Scott county pioneers will have
their annual social gathering and ban.
quet at the st. James hotel Davenport,
on October 9th.
The Hebrew New Year in Rock Island
was celebrated by services at G.. A. r.
hall at 7:30 last evening and this morning
at 10, conducted by Mr.. Louis NAV.
Mr.. Cornelius Bresnahan wishes to
thank the Catholic Unions and neighbors
and friends for kindly assistance during
the recent bereavement in his family.
Mr.. }. M. Buford is SO enthusiastic
over the improvements he sees in Rock
Island siuce his return from Europe that
he says in all his travels abroad he did
not see city with the life of Rock
Island.
Mr.. ]. W. Potter, proprietor of the
ARGUS, and Mrs. Potter left this after
noon to attend the Sioux City corn pals
ace and visit other points of interest fur
Their west, expecting to be away about
two weeks.
Supt. Schnitger has the east bound
track of the Moline & Rock Island and
Union street railways now lowered to the
proper grade between Sixteenth and West
Seventeenth, and the other will be drops
ped corresponingly tomorrow.
A c., r. |. & p. locomotive with
fiat car attached backed off TWENTY
foot embankment in Davenport this
morning. The engineer and fireman
leaped for their lives and were saved but
the engine was pretty we'll demolished.
Mr.. c. B. Holmes. president of the
great south side street railway of Chi
cago. and also of the syndicate owning
and operating the tri- city lines, has
contributed 100000 to the subscription
fund for the location of the worlds fair
at Chicago. That's the way Mr.. Holmes
helps a town he is interested in.
The Clinton Bridge company met with
some unexpected difficulties in their work
on tie canal bridge today. some of the
iron being too short, and construction Cd.
erations were necessarily delayed until II
could be brought to Rock Island to be-
heightened. The bridge will probably
now not be completed until tomorrow
night.
Drs. Paul, Hoefie and Barth, of thi.
city, and Arp, of Moline, made {
postmortem examination upon the re-
mains of the late Benjamin Hawk yester,
day afternoon and they fonnd the abdom
NAL organs in fearful condition and thu
doctors arrived at the decision that death
was the result of chronic peritonitis ant
perforation of the bowels.
Frank g Young. the grocer, is having
his wagons repaired and painted il
style. Fred Alters delivered the frs
one yesterday. 1t is nice. The runnin.
gear is painted red, the bed white will
old gold letters on the sides and enc
boards. E. B Lowry and James Eek
hart, his hustling clerks, solicitors anC
deliverers. hold their heads high ant
think Frank should purchase gold anc
SILVER plated harness TO correspond
with the. wapons