Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-19
BREiFLETS.

"Hsns the Boatman." at the theatr
tonight.
A girl wanted at the G. o. D. stear
laundry at once.
Trainmaster ]. G. Stanton, of the C.
B. & O.. is in the city.
Clean the pavement as per agreemen
with the municipal authorities describe,
elsewhere.
Lamps: Hanging lamps or stand lamps
You can't resist the prices at Loosely
crockery store.
Magistrate Wivill last night fined Ed
Long. Tom Long and Chas. Muse IS an.
costs for disturbing the peace.
Wanted-A good cook, washer ant
ironer. Enquire of Mrs. U. NJ. Within
two doors east of the Augustana college
Tea sets, SO pieces. $40; full dinner
sets, English print. imported. $1O.49 a
Loosley's crockery store. You ought t.
see that English print.
Dollars count-Hanging lamps a
Loosley's $3.50; with decorated shade
$2.1O; stand lamps zoe up-and thest
are first-clsss, too.
Mrs. Georgianna Bixby has resumed
her duties at the Central Telephone of.
fee after a long siege at the bedside Of
her daughter. and also after being seri-
ously indisposed herself.
The ladies of the First M. E. church
will have a sociable at the residence OF
DIR. Magill Friday evening. The Philo.
nathan society meets at 100 Ice
cream and fancy work will be sold.
The meetings at the First Baptist
church opened with great promise last
evening. The subject of the sermon by
Kew Gilman Parker this evening will be
The Substitution of Christ" Service
begins at 7:30 o'clock.
News comes from Moline of the advent
OF son in the family of Mr.. and Mrs =.
Peter Schlueter, Jr.. which means a
grandson to Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Schlem.
mer. of Rock Island The young man
will be named Peter, of course.
Messrs. James F. Van Horn. W. h.
Scott, W. L. Sweeney. B. Cushman, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Schlemmer and Mrs. b.
Hardin have gone TO Springfield to ats
tend the grand lodge of the Odd Fellows
and Daughters of Rebekah of the state
The executive committee of the Rock
Island Citizens Improvement association
have at the request Of the association pre-
pared a committee on reception and
it is composed of Mr.. j. NJ. Buford, DR..
c. Truesdale. DR.. ]. W. Stewart, Mr.. w.
b. Ferguson and Mr.. P. L. Mitchell.
MIR. VIM. Jackson has returned from
Portland, Ore, whittier he went on a
business trip. While there he met DR..
o. P. s. Plummer. Chas. Plummer, Chas
Johnston and Henry Johnston. all former
Rock islanders. While at Pocatello,
Idaho, he was greeted by Messrs. Hickey
and Roddiu. two well known railroad
men at one time of this city.
Next Thursday C. W. Budd. Of Des
Moines. the champion wing shot Of
America, and Fred Erb, OF Lafsy-
cite, Ind, will have champion shoot
at Davenport for the possession of the
American Fields championship cup
held by c. w. Budd. The cup was won
by l., S. Carter. afterwards ]. r. Slice
won 1t and Budd took 1t from Slice and
now Erb wants to take it from Budd.
The she will he at fifty live pigeons.
The Union at last confesses that q
comprehensive fire alarm system"
would be quite desir able to Rock Island.
1t is indeed JOY to witness the Union .
awakening. aud now that it has gotten
into the path to which the ARGUS and all
instruments of common sense have long
been endesyoring to direct 1t, will it not
acknowledge. too. that carts pulled by
horses are of more advantage than these
pulled by small boys. and that it is vastly
preferable to have the truck pulled by
trained horses always near at hand than
in livery stable half mile swsyf
Pleasant Grove Camp, No. SIS, Modern
Woodmen. of Marengo, Iowa, have JUS
declared DR.. McKinnie to be disturbel
a fraud, ETC., and J. c. Root to be ar
honest, much>sbused man. 1t, therefore
modestly asks Abe Lincoln camp. of Mo
line, of which the doctor is a member. to
expel DR.. McKinnie, and thus throw hin
out of the order. The Moline Woodmer
are not likely to heed the fraternsl fe-
quest, as they believe Root. to be a fraud
and DR.. McKinnie an honest man. There
seems to be but one alternative for tn,
Woodmen-to Gust both Root and Nc
Kinnie, and then diligently aid the law il
ferreting out the thief. There is on
somewhere.