Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-30
BRIEFLETS.

Wax Candles Tor Candelmas at Mays.
Dressed chickens at F. G. Young's
Picturesque Italy" at Harper's theatre
tonight.
Oranges 90 cents per dozen at F. G.
Young's.
Fine Bell Flower apples at c. G.
Truesdsle's.
Broken crackers 8 cents per pound at
F. g. Young's.
Thos. Thorpe. of Drury township, was
in the city today.
The Spring Cove toboggan slide is in
fine condition now.
The rink will be open Thursday night
A Omission 10 cents
Go to the rink Thursday evening. Adj
mission only 10 cents.
Prof. G. H. Mcdonald of Chicago, is
at the Rock Island house.
Mr. Frank Gait, of Sterling. was ut the
Rock Island house last night.
Smart's west end Fair" has just re-.
ceived all the latest novelties in valen.
tines.
Candlemas wax candles at who lesale
and retail at A. Klolz's, 1905 Fourth
avenue.
Rudolph auyer, of Moline, was fined
% aud costs by Magistrate Bennett this
morning for being drunk and disorderly.
The chart of the rink for the industrial
fair will be at the Fair" store in Mitch
ell s. Lynde's block. at 8 o'clock Friday
morning.
The converted blacksmith will speak at
the First Baptist church this evening.
The ordinance of baptism will be admin,
istered at 1880 D. m.
The case Of Blakemore against Wilson
and the Buggy company continues to
absorb the attention Of the circuit court
and is likely to occupy the remainder OF
the week
Albert Nuchols, Prince Albert" the
we'll known and always polite bill poster
of Davenport. died this afternoon. aged
seventy four He had lived in Davenport
since 1855.
The $1,50O,000 contract Mr. E. P.
Reynolds has received. is for the cons
struction of 400 miles altogether. and
Is on the Houston Central Ark
ansas & Northern and Missouri Pacific
roads.
The grand affair of the season will be
the invitation charity ball at the Harper
house, Feb. z. II is hoped all those re-
ceiving invitations will attend and help
make the ball pronounced success,
socially and financially.
Mayor Gobble and number of coun>
cilmen and representative citizens of Mug
catine, are on ajunketing tour inspecting
high bridges with the view OF submitting
pro positions to the people of that city at
the coming election.
The Rock Island county farmers instl-
tute held under the auspices of the state
board of agriculture. is to be held at Tay>
Tor Ridge, Tuesday Feb. 5. The exercises
are to include talk on the Amer lean
horse by Arthur Burial, of this city.
MIR. Ira A White, Of LeClaire, Iowa,
and Miss Sophia R. Barnett were mar
ried at the residence of the brides father,
Mr.. J. B. Barnett in Bowling township on
Monday evening. Rev. J. W. Terry, of
Millersburg. performed the ceremony.
"Pomo' is the newest word. 1t means
"postoffice money ORDER" and originated
by taking the first letters of the words in
the expression and writing them closely
together. without the period after each
initial. It's labor saver, and ought to
stay.
Mr.. Jules S. Murry. business manager
of W. ]. Jennings "Around the World
in Eighty Days" company, is in the city.
The grand spectacular production will be
presented by its full cast of forty people,
and with carload of entirely new seen.
cry. at Harper's theatre next Wednesday
night.
Rock Island has been struck broad.
sides by a moral wave, for Magistrate
Bennett reports the quietest month that
be has experienced since he has been in
office. Only five Cases have been tried
before HIM so far this month. with only
one day to come and his total fines do no,
reach $40.
There was an exciting runaway on
Armstrong avenue on Rock Island last
evening. A Davenport furniture dealer
was driving across the slough bridge,
his horses became frightened and dashed
madly toward the main bridge. The man
was thrown from his seat and bruised,
and the wagon was almost wrecked.
Guard Chandler caught the runaways a,
the main bridge entrance.
The board of supervisors of Scott
county formally accepted the new court
house yesterday, Mr., Moody signing the
papers for the firm of Sanger 4 Moody.
A balance of $12.599 70 was due the
contractors. They received an order on
the county treasury for the amount and
drew the money. Nobody but them
selves know how they have come out ex-
actly, but it is believed their profits do
not amount to as much as 81. They
have carried out their contract to the let
ter. though. and without kicking
Mr.. G. ]. Smith, manager of the
American Publishing cempany's sketch
and canvas work, and who has been in
the CITY for five weeks in the interests of