Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-12
BRIEFLETS.
Fresh strawberries at MAYS.

Mr.. c. q. MeIutire has gone to SUI
perior, Neb. on business.
Spring goods arriving. and business
booming, al F. c. Hopes.
Trainmaster J. c. Stanton. of the c.,
B. & @. was in the city today.
| F..C. Killing and VIM. Bollman and
family. of Rural, were in the city Tues.
day.
The annual shoot of the Forester gun
club Is being held at Sportsmen's park,
Davenport.
The gates at the Twenty-fourth street
railroad crossing are now in regular
working order.
An oyster and ice cream sociable is to
be held at the South Park chapel Friday
evening. Feb. 81
Magistrate Wivill put in matrimonial
link between Edward Bale and Miss
Time Mackey Yesterday afternoon.
Lost-Probably at postofflce. leather
purse containing money. Finder will
leave at ARGUS Office and be rewarded.
County Judge Adams went to Elgin
today on business. He took with him
the patient Marian Wicks, recently adj
| judged insane 10 the Rock Island county
court.
This morning occurred The funeral of
Mrs. Mary A. Wilkes. whose death oc
CURED At her home. l4f0 Eighth avenue.
on the 10Th nit. of typhoid pneumonia.
She was in her thirty first year.
The bastardy case of Elizabeth Reed
against Martin Renfro was settled last
evening by RenfIe taking the complain
ant as his wife. Magistrate Wivill per-
forming the ceremony at the police sta.
| ton.
MIR. VIM. McEniry will leave for New
| Orleans tomorrow to attend the mardi.
grss festival. He will visit in st. Louis
on his return. 1t is said that Mack"
will have surprise for his friends Def ore
his return.
r. w. O'Mesra, the Davenport Times
man, did not 60 to Jail after all, his em-
ployes coming to his relief at the last
moment last evening. and paying the
amount of his fine-$15 and costs, on
plea of guilty to plain drunk.
Mrs. G.. H. Bashforth is IN the city set
Ting up her late husbands property. It
will be source Of satisfaction to the
friends OF Mr. and Mrs. Bashforth to
know that the deceased was we'll insured,
part of the policies being in the Wood
men society.
| Capt P. Mostyn. of the Omaha police
force, who came to Rock Island for the
Purpose OF getting the prisoner. Ise. left
for home last night having failed to get
his man. 1t is not known whether any
further steps will be taken by the Omaha
authorities or not.
| Frank Miller, for some time porter at
the Harper house, left town unceremon-
iously last night. and went on horse
back. The quadruped constitutes the
extent of his personal belongings. Many
trusting friends mourn the young mans
untimely departure.
| A Rock Island citizen got an unex.
peoted ducking this morning by missing
his step and falling into the river be-
tween the boat and the dock on the Dav-
export side. He was quickly tished out.
and is enjoying life as we'll as the rest of
humanity this afternoon.
| Mr. John W. Jones, of South Rock
Island, has purchased half interest in
Mr.. Maucker's second hand store, the
we'll known Lundy stand, and the new
firm will be glad to see people and sell
all kinds of goods, both new and used,
very cheap.
The more the present batch of paving
contracts is considered, the more 1t be-
comes apparent that the council will,
perhaps, best discharge its duty to all
concerned by rejecting all the proposals
and advertising for new bids entirely.
Certainly the property holders would
profit by such proceeding
MIR. p. B. Moore. one of Illinois City's
prominent citizens, is about to move to
Kansas. He has purchased $50 acres of
choice land near Strawberry. Washington
county, in the eastern part of the state.
The ARGUS will follow Mr.. Moore to his
| new home, aud trusts he will meet with
the success he merits.
1t is reported that Miss c. NJ. Briggs,
one of the most efficient and popular
teachers in the Rock Island high school,
will resign at the close of the present
school year to accept position under
her former principal, now Supt. W. Fl
Hatch. OF the Moline schools. If this is
true the feeling of regret in Rock Island
will be general.
Today's Chicago Tribune has Wash,
ington special devoted to the presence
there of the tri-city gun factory commit
tee, and the prospects of no antsgonism
from the friends of Watervlet arsenal.
The committee is to appear before Sec
rotary Proctor today Mr.. Ainsworth,
the Moline representative, informs the
Tribune correspondent there that Senator
Pierce of Kewanee, will not be candi
date for reelection this year. He will
move to McKeesport, Pa.
Mr.. Oliver Olson, as attorney for Mrs.
Elizabeth Harper. today placed in Con-
stable Lieberknecht's hands, an attach
ment against W. G. Whitehead and on
the chairs and other fixtures in the Har-
per house barber shop. Mr.. Richmond
Terrell was placed in charge as custodian
for the constable and will conduct the
shop hereafter as he did before Mr.
Whitehead assumed the management.
Obedient to instructions from the sec
rotary of war, Col. J. nj. Whittemore,
commandant at Rock Island arsenal, has
prepared a statement of the peculiar adj
van,ages offered by the island of Rock
Island for location of plant for the
manufacture of the new sea coast gun,
enumerating the sdaptability as to build>
ings, water power -snd steam, as well
as geographically, and the report
will be forwarded to Washington at
once. The colonel. of course, cannot
divulge the contents of this official com.
munication.
A large number attended the Rock Is
land rink last evening and witnessed an
exciting race, IN which the contestants