Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-19
BRIEFLETS.
Good Friday.
Next Sunday will be Easter.

Next SUNDAY Will DC EaSter.
Fresh strawberries at Mays.
Ladies' foot form shoes at the NJ. & &
Fresh vegetables of all kinds at Mays
Strawberries in the morning at G. c.
Truesdale's.
Fresh vegetables of all kinds at c. G.
Truesdale's.
Choice assortment of fresh vegetables
at c. j. Longs.
Wear foot-form shoes; at the NJ. & K.
you can find them.
A nice line of fancy dress vests at
Lloyd s. Stewards.
Six pairs of seamless socks for 25 cents
at the M. s. Irregular price 10 cents a
pair.
Wanted-A coat maker at once at 8.
A. MarschalPs tailor shop on Twentieth
street.
Rain or shine, you can always find
just what you want in footwear at the
M. & K.
Maj. L. M. Buford has so far recov-
cred from his recent illness as to be able
to walk up town.
M. & K. have lots more of those rs
cent children's suits. but. they are for
their customers-none to merchants.
Take the opportunity and buy babs
carriage while you can get discount of
30 per cent at the factory. corner of First
avenue and Sixteenth street.
For sale-One set hack harness, one
set of light harness. one hack, one Fra
ger cart. three seated top sleigh. Inquire
at Flat Iron square livery barn.
The largest stock in the city of baby
carriages is at the factory. corner of First
avenue and Sixteenth street. They give
discount on every carriage they sell.
Clothes wringers, best made; a good
one at 81 81. and many styles and prices;
it will pay you to call at the c. F. Adams
HCme Furnishing House, 1922 Brady
street. Davenport
Davenport customer at the NJ & K
II want one of those cheap suitsr'
Clerk: Here you are. sir" Customer
Say. that's a dandy is that only S52'
Clerk; mo. sir; the price is So 9S."
l called and was surprised to know
how cheap you can furnish home with
best makes of carpets, furniture, and in
fact everything necessary to go into a
house at the c. F. Adams home furnish
ing house, 322 Brady street. Davenport.
There is another damage suit on file
against the city of Rock Island. Mrs.
Caroline Deis Is the complainant. and she
asks 81, 900 for injuries sustained by
tripping on loose plank on Fifth avenue
between Tenth and Eleventh streets,
Jan. l, last.
The second game of pool between Geo
Collas, of this city, and j. Wall, of Kan
sas City, at Dressen's saloon yesterday
afternoon. was won by Wall. although 1t
was much more exciting than the one On
the previous evening. the score being 6
to5
During the furious storm last night
lightning struck the wires of the Mer>
chants Electric Light company between
this city and Moline. and as a conse.
quence many of our business houses were
com PEELED to resort to gas as a means of
illumination.
Robt. Kuschman. the old, reliable
-four and feed merchant at No. 2207
Fourth avenue, has ust added a nice,
fresh line of staple and fancy groceries
to his -four and feed stock, which he will
sell as low as the lowest He invites his
friends to call and see him, when in need
of anything in his line.
Sheriff Silvis this morning arrested q
man named Jas. Ross, who was indicted
over year ago by the Rock Island coun-
~ grand jury for the larceny of some
articles from store in Andalusia. He
disappeared at the time and this spring
had been running on the Verne Swan a
few trips, Sheriff Silvis soon got his
eye on him and gathered him in
Mr.. W. b. y. Shelton. for many years
resident of Rock Island, and well re-
membered by some of our oldest
citizens. died on his ranch, near Denver.
Col. the OH inst. aged seventy seven
years. He built the Union house and for
a long time was its landlord. He was
one of the squatters on the Island, and
ordered off when the government took
possession for arsenal purposes.
Andrew johnson, a tailor living on
Twenty-first street between Second and
Third avenues. died at 80 this morning
of consumption. He came to Rock ISL
and eighteen years ago and was sixty
four years Of age. having been born in
Sweden, November 8, 1926. He leaves a
wife and six children. The funeral will
be held at 2:80 Sunday afternoon.
At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Thompson, $40 Nineteenth street. last
evening, Rev. G. W. Cue officisted in the
ceremony which united in marriage Mr..
Charles Brasher, the South Rock Island
daIryman, and Miss Susie Thompson. A
fine wedding feast followed. and the happy
young couple were made the recipients of
many handsome gifts from admirn g
friends.
Charles Hoffbauer. the ex-saloon keep
er, of Buffalo, is In luck. Some weeks
since an injunction was granted restrain.
ing him from doing business. He disre-
parded the Injunction and three xeeks