Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-09
BREiFLETS.

The board of supervisors meets tomor'
row.
Mr.. s. W. Heath. of Taylor Ridge
was in the city today.
Found-A white faced sorrel horse
Apply at ARGUS Office.
Dancing school will be open at Ar.
mory hall Wednesday evening,
A. B. Gilbert and wife, of Newton,
Kan, are visiting in the city.
Mrs. Gen. Hoffman is at present visit.
ing friends at Binghamton, N. Y.
May, the grocer, has slsshed prices or
staple goods. Read his leader in an,
| other column.
Edward Littlefield. now of North Hen
derson. formerly of Rock Island, is visit
ing friends in the city.
Saturday evening Squire Halves united
in marriage Lambert Anderson and Miss
Matilda Blemquist, of Moline.
A handsome new clock with advertis-
ing wings, ornaments the space back OF
the clerks desk at the Harper.
Mrs. Chas. Oberg and family have re-
turned home from their two weeks visit
to Kewanee, where they took in the fail
| with relatives and friends.
The little packet Verne Swain contin.
ues to increase in popularity under COM
msnd of Capt. John Streckfus and is
picking up more business daily.
Harry Noel, for some time assistan,
| night clerk at the Harper house. has
given up his position and leaves tonight
for Southern Illinois to visit relatives.
Messrs. John and Lee Sivls, sons of
Sheriff and MIR. Ship Silvis, left for Iowa
City this morning to enter the dental de-
partment of the State University there.
Mrs Sarah, wife of J r. Miller, died
at her home, 1916 Third avenue, at 9:45
yesterday morning of dropsy, aged fifty
five years. The funeral occurred today
with interment at Davenport.
A coal car broke down on the main
track of the r. | & P. at Taylor Ridge
this morning on the incoming train, and
as the engineer could not move it, it was
left standing there.
A team of horses belonging to Jacob
Scherer flew through the business part of
town this morning and were captured at
the corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty
first street by Edward Kane and turned
over TO their owner.
August Sautter, one of the double
thick glass blowers, who passes his idle
moments in tsxidermy. shot a pelican
Saturday evening on the lower end of
Willow island. The bird measures eight
and a half feet from tip TO Tip of wings
Hon. w. F Crawford today shipped
seven car loads of hogs and cattle of his
own raising to Chicago from Taylor
Ridge. Bro. Crawford intends to get
his pockets lined for the senatorial fight.
Mr.. w. III. Woodward, of Peoria, spent
yesterday in the city, the guest OF Judge
Adams and family. He says that the
Rock Island brick pavement is if any
thing better than that Of Peoria
Deputy United States Marshall Finch
is in Davenport today trying Geo. Hines
a hotel keeper at Mechanicsville, Iowa
for sending obscene matter through the
mail-an insulting letter TO Davenport
cigar maker in reply to dunning letter
Mrs. A. L. Morris has put down a sub.
stsntisl brick walk in front OF her Sec
ond avenue property, and removed the
fence which greatly enhances its appear
ance. MIR. j. s. Gilmore has also put
a neat wire fence in place of the old
wooden one.
One of the most remarkable charac
tiers in Davenport died Saturday after
noon. He was Jacob Orth. fsther>in-lav
of John L. Zoeckler. the well known
packer. The cause of death was ole
age. Mr.. Ortiz was born IN Hersia, Ger
many, Aug. 90 1890. and was over nine.
ty>nine years of age.
| Real estate continues to move
Through the agency of Geo. W. D. Hsr
ris, Godfreh Tubah sold on Saturday u
Capt. G. J. Jack AZ acres on the bluff TO
81, 800; Geo. II. Richmond sold I,
William Tuttel. AZ acres. also on tn,
bluff, for $l.250; and George G. Hillie
sold TO Marshall and Ferguson, a hous
and lot on Third avenue between Tween
tieth and Twenty-first streets for 81 900
Messrs. j. Lauer and G. E. Jones ar
at the Rock Island house. They ar
representatives of the A. Libersti Con
cert company, of forty people and ar,
attempting to arrange for an entertain
ment in Rock Island As the operi
house has been engaged for the only tw,
open dates they have, they hope to ar
range with the Y. nj. c. A. or some othe
society for one of their musical enter
tainments.
From Sept. 4th to Oct 10Th, the G..
R l. & p. railway will sell Thursdays O
each week round trip excursion tickets q
reduced Rates to Chicago exposition
Tickets limited to Monday following dat,
of sale. On Thursdays. Sept. 18th An
October 10Th, tickets to above point wi
be sold for one fare for round trip A
other excursion days rate will be fare an
one third; twenty-five cents added 70
/ admission to exposition.
The city council of Davenport Satur
day awarded the contract for pawn
Third street to Daniel Keleher. on tn
following terms: Excavation, % cen,
per cubic yard; macadam, sand and paw
ing with brick, 81 80 square yard; ne,
curbing. 633 cents lin. feet; old curb
ing reset. 10 cents lin. foot; tile. 5 cent
lin. foot. The material is to be Bal
dolph brick. such as is used between tn
car tracks in the Rock Island paving.
Bernhsrt Seeburger, who was one c
the party of Rock Islanders who visite
Europe last spring, returned home Sstul
day evening. Messrs. Stengel an
Schaffer, who crossed the ocean wit
him, set sail for home Saturday mornin
from Amsterdam. The party journeye
together through FIR ance. Germany, Au.
tria and Italy for two months. when the
parted to visit relatives and differer
places.
Walter Rosenfield, son of Morris Re
senfield. received cart in size to CORES
pond with the Shetland pony purchase
some time since. Emil Van Lerber gel