Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-02
BREiFLETS.

at the opera house tonight
A much talked of matrimonial event is
| very soon to be consummated.
Mr.. Joseph Levy. formerly in the dry
| goods business here, is in the city.
Mr.. John Schafer left for Kansas last
night on business and pleasure trip.
Red twill flannel, 154c yard; pink
mixed flannel, 12ac yard. at McCabt
Bros
Division Supt. E. M. Herr, of the c.,
B. & O., paid visit to the city yester-
day.
Found in the postofflce, a cane II
may be had at the ARGUS office on pay
ment of costs.
Davenport has received sixteen ton
steam road roller from Harrisburg for use
on its streets.
The county court is making an inquiry
| as to the sanity of Thos. b. O'Donnell,
of Canoe Greek.
The Rock Island Building and Loan
association loaned 81 700 last night. st
1S1 per cent premium.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet Thursday afternoon at o'clock at
the First Baptist church.
Mr.. G. II. White and Mrs Lulu Clapp,
| of kewanne. Ill. are in the city the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Biehl.
Miss Irene Worrell in very funny
character with a number Of songs in
"Plot and Passion" at the opera house
tonight.
Ex-Ald. T. F. Cary has accepted a
position as travelling salesman for Chi
cago wall paper house and will take up
his residence in that city.
C. B. Holmes, of the street railway
sy Indicate is in Minneapolis with view,
it is said. of purchasing the longest line
of street railway in that city.
The next meeting of the Iowa ard H.
| inois Cen trial District Medical society will
be held at Black Hawks watch tower,
Oct. 10-one week from tomorrow.
Mays grocery will be closed from Fri
day evening at 6 o'clock to Saturday
| evening at 6 o'clock. Customers will
confer favor by leaving their orders
before Friday evening.
When Alfred Coyne made a move he
placed sign in the old store 'mooved
across the street" This extra 20" at
tracts the attention of the school children
and Others. 1t is a good advertising
scheme.
| Mr.. p. W. Beck with, of the popular
Crown dining hall. was yesterday sud.
denly summoned to his home at Carbon
Cliff, the occasion being of new boy
| who arrived on this mundane sphere in
the morning.
The ladies of the First M. E. church
will hold missionary meeting at Mrs
Cues and the literary exercises will be
from 4 to g. Light refreshments will b,
served after 6, to which the husbands ar,
especially invited.
The Phoenix hose company horse, Joe,
displays more than ordinary intelligence
When brought IN from exercise he re
fuses to go to the stall until rubbed down
but comes from the stall promptly whe
called by the gong.
The Fenner & Crane All-Star Coined
company, as is customary, will give 1
their patrons handsome souvenir. TIL
person holding the lucky number will O
Saturday evening be presented with a
elegant dinner set of 102 pieces, value
at $50, which will he found on exhibitio
in the window of Geo. M. Loosley's
The Womsn's Improvement guild &
Trinity church will give q supper at ii
: residence of MIR. II. c. Whitridge Thur:
day evening, Oct. 8, commencing at
o'clock. An enjoyable evening is prom
ised. A good musical programme b,
!, been arranged. All are cordially il
vited to attend. Supper twentysfy
cents.
, Bollman Bros. announce a turf NEE
ing on their splendid track near Co,
e Valley on Saturday, Oct. -, at whiC
: there will be class for stations, a clai
q for gentlemen drivers, three minu
class, and race for two>year- old
Races will be called at 2 p. m. sharI
under the rules of the American Trottin
: association. Mr.. r. L. Bollman hi
l. matched Waukegan against Ed. Well
a Thomas Hays for $50 side.
Mr.. Phil Mitchell left for Syracuse.
Y, this morning. On his return som
: thing definite as TO when the Rock Islam
n glass works will resume may be expe
e ted. 1t is TO be hoped that they W
- start up at once, as there are a gre
many blowers In Rock Island who are
need of employment. and who will
h obliged to accept offars that will tai
!. them away from Rock Island il d
A prospects here are not more encouragin
10 About midnight last night Afr
Doxee, of Moline, discovered a burglar
~ his room, who. detecting that he "
NJ rln
er fled. The latter pursued the iutruC
n into the hall and nearly caught him
the stairs. But the scoundrel drew q
volver and fired, the bullet barely mi
l. ing Mr.. Doxee, who at once aroused
in neighborhood. but the burglar escsp
10 with the clothes There was little mon
in the pockets.
II Engineer Seth Twombly, who, W
Fireman LaCloche, was held responsi
= by the corsner's jury for the railway {
l. cident in Chicago last week, was remov
from his home in Englewood Monday
the Cook county Jail. Twombly "
considerably injured in the smash>l
~ and is confined to his bed in the j.
y Hon. W. A Foster, the ex,Dsvenp
attorney, has been retained by Two
o' Uly ) lrltuus ID ueltuu num- MT Il Us
We and the engineer were boys together
nv Davenport. Twombly afterwards livi
. in this city.
co The Union this morning attempts
give the Improvement association adv
as to requesting the delegates to the &C
en- gress of American nations at Washir
lis ton, to visit Rock Island on their p
~ jected excursion. The ARGUS will &
for the information of the Union that
81 only have President Hass and Secret,
D. Medill. of the Improvement associate
at been in correspondence on the subje
but CONGRESSMAN Gest ia alsO in comm