Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-26
BRIEFLETs.

Girls and boys belts at the NJ. d K.
Foot form shoes for ladies at the III.
K.
Fresh strawberries and pineapples a
Mays.
Some new shades in jersey suits at The
NJ. & K.
J. NJ. Martin, of Hillsdale, was in tht
city today.
Nice oranges and lemons, at F. G
Young's.
Cooked corn-beef, sliced, at F. G.
Young's.
Oranges. bananas and fresh vegetables
at c. j. Longs.
New potatoes and strawberries al
Truesdales in the morning.
New cabbage and full line of fresh
vegetables in the morning at Truesdale's
Mr.. Fred Hass has returned from his
business trip to Chicago, st. Louis and
st. Paul
Choice California spinach. lettuce.
radishes and home. grown asparagus at
F. G. Young's.
Elsewhere appears call for an inpor-
tant meeting of democrats at the Island
City club rooms tomorrow night.
You may be tired of hearing boys
pants quoted at Sc. 1Sc and csc, but M.
& K. have another new lot in case you
are not supplied.
The Interstate league championship
season opens today. Peoria playing at
Davenport. The same teams play to-
morrow and Sunday.
A. D. Sheaman. John Clarke and d.
A. Clarke. all of Presumption. were in
town consulting with Congressm an Gest
about the Presumption postoffice yester,
day.
The Rock Island lodges Of the l. o. o.
F., have gone to Moline today to attend
the SEVENTEEN anniversary exercises of
| Odd Fellowship by the Tri-City associa,
| ton.
MIR. II. j. Lowrey met the aldermanic
paving investigating committee at Chica-
go. and they were diligently gathering
data concerning the great city's experi>
ence in paying.
From several items appearing in the
morning sheet of today. there appears to
be an existing kindred feeling between
the ''yshoo" and the bovine tribe. 1t
must have sprung up in Kansas
Clemann & Salzmann, the popular
furniture dealers. were very busy today
packing a lot of nice furniture which
they sold to customer at Superior, Neb.,
and which is to be shipped to that place.
| John Mccarthy Is before the county
court today, an inquisition having been
ordered as to his mental condition. He
has shown several symptoms of vicious
ness of late, and Is regarded as dangers
| GUS
The remains of John P. Soderstrom
arrived from Saltwater, Mimi, this
morning and were taken to the residence
of j. F. Renfro, from whence the funeral
occurred this afternoon at o'clock, Rev
G. W. Cue officiating.
Bids will be received on each branch of
work separate for the warehouse of Deere
& Co.; also for one of the Wagon works
at my office. Wagon works bids will
close at IL m. Wednesday, 1st and Deere
i Cos. Saturday. 4th. d. s. Schureman,
architect. over First National bank, Rock
| Island.
There was very pleasant surprise
| party of sixty couple at the residence Of
j. E. Peck, 51S Thirty first street, last
evening. The host and hostess. though
taken completely by surprise. enter
tanned their guests royalty. spreading an
elaborate supper.
Hon. ]. W. Simonson, of Port Byron,
was in the city yesterday on political bus,
mess. While it may be We: trifle early
to agitate such matters. il is nevertheless
gently whispered that the Port Byron
u,
which honor is expected to fall to Rock
Island county one year from next fall.
Quincy's visitors from the tri cities of
Rock Island, Moline and Davenport, were
| royalty entertained yesterday. Every
courtesy was extended to them to inspect
our public improvements. and after ex
aiming the street paving. old and new,
they were driven about the city to the
principal points of interest. Come again,
gentlemen. Quincy is always willing to
share her knowledge with less favored
cities who desire to initiate her enter>
prise.-Quincy Wing. "a.
F. W. Lang, general secretary o: the
Rock Island Y. NJ. G. A, leaves with his
family next Monday for Oran, N. Y,
where he attends the conference of the
general secretaries Of the United States
and Canada. which meets May 6 to 8.
Then he will attend the International
convention Of the Y. M. G. A. at Phila-
delphia from the 9Th to the 18th. He
will be away about a month paying q
visit to his old home in the east before
returning.
M. & K. are in receipt Of a letter from
a certain shoe manufacturer, stating that
they are selling shoes too cheap. and that
it is not Just toward them (the manufac-
turers) to have the prices of their goods
cut in this manner But the M. s. K. are
cash BUYERS, make their own prices and
do not allow manufacturers to dictate to
them how or at what prices they are to