Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-03
BREIFLETS.
Fine peaches and pears at Mays.
Tame plums at.W. G. Maucker's.

Fine peaches and pears at Mays.
Tame plums atW. G. Msucker's.
Armour's hams and bacon at Mays.
W. 8. Winning. of Carbon Cliff, was il
the city today.
Colored drawing craYons cents pei
box at the Fair.
| Slate pencils. one dozen in box,
cents at the Fair.
Sugar cured shoulders Z cents pei
pound at Mays.
Rubber>tip lead pencils, 8 cents per
dozen, at the Fair.
Fresh Holsters, snipe and prairie
chickens. at Harms.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. s. McCabe have gone
east on an extended trip.
Mr.. T. II. Barbee. of Omaha, is visit,
ing old friends in the city.
Miss Ella Williams is back in her old
position as clerk at G. c. Taylor's.
There were 1900 pupils registered in
the Rock Island public schools yesterday
For sale-A good family horse; gentle
and suitable for surrey or phaeton. II.
J. Lowrey.
To tablets the Fair will defy com petit
ton as they have the largest supply in the
city.
Thomas Csmpbell's pure cider vinegar
for picking purposes at W. G. Mauck-
er's
6x7 double noiseless states for 10
cents, very near as cheap as single ones
are sold, at the Fair.
State Senator r. N Burke, of Chica
go, accompanied MIR. G. s. Darrow to
Rock Island yesterday.
Mayor McConochie wishes it said that
MIR Geo. Lsmbert's contribution to the
suffering miners was Sc instead of 81.
Judge Glenn presided in the circuit
court this morning and excused the jury
until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
John Remer, the ferry pilot, who has
been on the sick list for some time,
leaves tonight for Jacksonville to visit
his wife.
David Noftsker has gone to Garry
Owen, Iowa, to attend to church roof
ing contract sublet by Aid. M.
Schnell.
Louis Eckhart, Jr., has just returned
from the east, and now you can soon
look out for the latest novelties in the
market.
A man named II. Bremck was run over
and killed on the c., r. & P. track
below Davenport on the Southwestern
division, this morning.
The matrimonial failure described in
last nights ARGUS, duplicating a couple
from Iowa, should have been located at
the Rock Island house instead of the
Harper.
Lothar Harms left Saturday for Chs
cago to meet his wife and family, who
have been in Europe for the last four
months. They all returned home last
evening.
The Rock Island club with tie sssis-
lance of Fender and Schildknecht, of the
Davenports, were defeated there yester-
day by the Davenport league team by a
score of 10 to 6.
A railroad employe. whose duties re-
quire night service, had rough experience
the other night and called for the police
for protection, and now if the boys want
to enrage him. they simply say "spodks :,
Mr.. Geo. 8. Church, of Carbon Cliff,
was one of the participants in the ma
tional G. A. r. encsmpment at Milwau-
kee last week. Church is a living ex-
ample that the republican party didn't
put down the rebellion alone.
The old Margraff building, west of the
building which Mr.. Porter Skinner has
torn down for the purpose of putting up
a new block, began to crack Sunday and
the tenants made a hssty exit. The
building next west has also been aban.
doned, as 1t is showing signs of COLLAPSE
ing. Now the owners talk of suing Mr..
Skinner for damages. Buildings that
can't stand without being held and
propped up by other building are to be
condemned. There is no ground for
damages.
Chas Bugge, sr., of Moline, started for
Fort Madison Wednesday evening last to
see his son William. He was accom-
panied by A Sunberg. They boarded
the Mary Morton at Rock Island about 8
p. m. When about ten minutes out tie
captain told Sunberg a man had fallen
overheard, and it turned out to be Bugse.
1t was dark and no effort was made at
rescue. Sunberg. who has not beea
long in this country, went on to Fort
Madison, failing to send word to Mrs.
Busge or the family in Moline, who were
not apprised of the sad event till Sun
berg's return. Sunberg seems to have no
idea of telegraphs or telephones.
South Chester has "a hip tnm.ca tho :