Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-17
BREiFLETS.

superior wrlngers VI % at the FAIR.
Fine Catawba grapes at G. C. Trues-
dale's.
Mr.. Henry Carse has returned from the
east.
The Rock Island glass works will start
up next Saturday.
Fresh lake and river fish in the morn
ing at G. G. Truesdale's.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Dart have q new
hope in their home-a girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Thornton have re-
turned from four weeks visit to New
York and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Bills. of Davenport, furnished the
beautiful floral decorations at Mr. Fer
guson's house Tuesday night.
Matthew T. Raymond died this morn>
ing at his brother>in laws. John Burton,
60S Sixth avenue. of heart disease. aged
sixty-four years.
Thos. r. Fluke, former resident of
Davenport. died in Chicago yesterday
and his remains were brought to Daven-
port for in,erment.
A meeting of the joint committee of
the cities of Rock Island & Moline upon
consolidation, will be held at the In
provement association rooms Saturday
evening.
Rev. g. W. Cue will preach in Har-
per's theatre next Sunday night on the
subject: "a Walk Among the Churches,
Protestant and Catholic, Orthodox and
Hetrodox.'
| Give us the gates" is the popular cry.
viii the council ignore it to satisfy
petty and purely selfish and obstinate OPP
positions Guess not. The Rock Island
aldermen are not built that way; not this
year.
Manager T. R. Harper. of the Harper
house, is having gradual slope made on
the concrete walk IN front of the hotel of
sufficient length to meet the grade of the
walk of the same material adjoining it on
the west This is good idea.
The partnership existing between Will
lard Baker, w. L. Aster and Fred Jahns
for the past five years, having expired,
the firm will hereafter be known as As.
ter, Jahns i Baker, and continue to do
business at the old stand, 1921 Second
avenue.
Yesterday was the eleventh birthday
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Hop
pes little daughter, Alta, and the event
was celebrated in most enjoyable man.
ner by about fifty of the little lady's
friends. A number of nice presents were
received.
DR.. H. e. Hoefe's horse and buggy
made lively scene on Third avenue be-
tween Ninth and Twelfth streets yes,er>
day afternoon, but beyond scattering
evidence of homeopathy along the road,
no serious damage was done.
Mr.. Geo. W. d. Harris today sold 60
xl37 foot lot on Twenty>second street in
Mixers addition to Mr. Fred Jahns for
$500. who will erect nice house in the
near future. Mr.. Harris has only few
of these choice lots left, a fact which
home. seekers should make a note of.
Maj. Quincy Mcneil is the proud pos.
SCISSOR of an elegant meerschsum cigar
holder, which be says all the ducsts in
the United States treasury could not buy.
II was sent over from Germany by the
majors old friend. Geo. Clauter, former
ly Of Rock Island.
The Moline Dispatch thinks it q posi-
bility that the floster found at Muscstine
Tuesday was the body of Chas Bugge, of
Moline, who started for Fort Madison on
Wednesday evening, August rs. last, and
fell of a Diamond 10 boat opposite the
lower end of Rock Island.
There died at Mismisburgh, Ohio. yes
terday. Mrs. Nancy Watson, in her eigh-
ty-ffth year. She was the widow of Mr..
Joseph Watson and mother OF the late
Mr.. o. II. Watson, of Rock Island, of
Mrs. L. W. Hasselmann, of Indianapolis.
Ind, and of Mrs. F. II. Grlggs, of Dav-
export.
Mr.. ]. F. Joynt and family will leave
for Beardstown tomorrow to take up their
permanent residence. Mr.. Joynt has been
bsggsgeman on Conductor Terry's ST.
Louis train for two years, and expects to
be promoted to freight conductor e
berth ere long. He is safe, reliable man
and deserves SUCCESS. $50 - 49,
Mr.. John A. Boyer. the pioneer. wa.
the victim of jolly surprise last evening
on the occasion of his eghtieth birthday
his neice, Miss Dugsn. had invited sbou
forty of his friends in to greet him and tC
enjoy the evening with him at his AWAY,
hospitsble home in South Rock Island
A splendid supper was served and thu
affair was success in every way.
A well known and highly respected
business man of Rock Island was founC
wandering simlessly about the woods il
the vicinity of Peoria recently. he wa
unable to state his name, bushes. O
destination, and it was only by papers on
his person that his identity could b,
learned. He was brought to Rock Isl
and.
Aid. Frank Ill returned last evenin,
from ten days trip to South Dakots
his objective point being Sioux Falls
He also stopped at Sioux City and wa
astonished st the wonderful progress o
that city. although be thinks it is over
reaching itself somewhat and that Their
will be reaction some day.
Supt Nevins' paving forces were OBJ
liged to close work this afternoon for tn
first time since they started. for lack o
material. The last kiln of Galesburs
, brick for the Rock Island job did no
come in time for shipment yesterday. and
, there will be no more brick here unit
tonight. This morning the space of Bar