Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-06
BRIEFLETS.


Choice beans at F. G. Young's.
Home grown peas at Browner's.
Fresh wax beans at F. u. Young's.
Nice tomatoe plants at Browner's.
Choice string beans at Browner's.
Nice fresh straw berries at F. G
Young's.
Wax beans and vegetables of all kinds
at Browner's.
Nice cherries and gooseberries at F G.
Young's.
Spring chickens, nice and large, at F.
@. Young's.
Bleuer's band will go up on the Verne
Swain tomorrow.
Mr.. j. E. Chandler, the always genial
Bardolph brick man, is in the city.
Nice strawberries. green peas. new pc;
tstoes and cabbage. at G. J. Longs.
Mr.. John NJ. Cook, of Normal, who
addresses the high school graduates, is in
the city
Meeting of the Black Hawk homestead
association tonight. Six per cent loans
to be made.
The work of raising the rear portion OF
Mitchell & Lynde's building was COM
menced this morning.
The friends of DR.. G. Kinyon are talk
ing of him for school director, with David
Sears for running mate.
The annual commencement exercises of
the Rock Island High school are to be
held at Harper's theatre tonight.
Treasurer Block. of the Holmes syndi-
cate of Chicago, is in the city the guest OF
Supt. Schnit ,er. Mr. Block may locate
here.
A person who does not know that Rock
Island property is looking up should keep
track of the real estate transfer record
for few days.
Rock Island may get visit from Hon.
Chauncey Nj. Depew and the V ander-
bits. now in Chicago. before their return
to the east.
Mr.. T. F. Hughes. the new proprietor
of Toms Place, 1924 Fifth avenue, in-
vites all his friends and the public gener>
ally to call and see him.
The Y. w. G. T. u will holds III
reg ulsr monthly meeting tomorrow af,
ternoon at 8 O'Clock in the Y. NJ G. A
rooms. All the members are requested
to be present.
Contractor Schnell is making his prepa-
rstions for the removal of the electric
light tower at the corner OF Seventeenth
street and Second avenue.
The ladies of the Central PRESBYTERIAN
church will give strawberry sociable on
Tuesday evening next at the armory, tc
be followed in TIE evening by al enter
tainment by the Peak sisters. Admission
Is cents, supper 25 cents. Everybody
cordially invited.
A c., B. & Q. switch engine struck 6
wagon belonging TO Davenport team.
ster liz the upper yards this morning and
smashed the wagon TO pieces and killed
one of the horses No serious hsrm was
done
President McKown has called the an
nual meeting OF the Alumni association
for next Tuesday evening at the board of
education rooms, for the purpose of elect
lug officers, etc. The graduating class OF
this year are also cordially invited to at
tend the meeting.
Drs. c. b. Kinyon and j. ii. Sale, the
recently appointed pension examiners,
met at DIR. Kinyon's Office yesterday and
conferred honors on each other, DR.. Sale
being elected president aud DR.. Kinyon
secretary. DR.. Carl Bernhar ii the orig
inal examiner, who has held the office
for years aud was reappointed, has de-
clined to accept and has formally ten
dered his resignation.
John Stewart, man in the EN- ploy of
the Center meat market, put a spo on, in
which there were a few drops of water,
into q kettle of boiling lard Yesterday af-
ternoon, and the red-hot fluid spurted up
and struck him on the face, shoulders and
arms. raising great blisters wherever il
touched the skin. The man is about to-
day, though suffering great pain.
Mrs. Anna Mary Mueller died at the
home of her son. Joseph Mueller, in
Bowling townsh p at l | O'Clock yesterday
morning after a three months illness.
She was born in Austria 20 years ago, her
maiden name being Breuss. She was
married in Rock Island in 1868 and leaves
ten children. Mrs. Mary Naehbaul. Bene
dict and Gottlieb Mueller. of this city
Joseph, Edward, Louis and Barbara
Mueller. in Bowling; and Leopold. John
and Anton Mueller. of Coronado. The
funeral will be held at 10 O'Clock tomor>
row morning from the German Catholic
church, this city.
The Geneseo Nesos gives feeling ar
| ticle on the death and funeral of Mrs
Theodore Mates, sister of Mr.. George
Wagner. proprietor of the Atlantic brew
cry. The deceased lady was former
resident of this city. where she made
many warm friends. The family moved
to Geneseo during the year 1869. Rels'
| tives and friends from Rock Island. Mo
line, Chicago, Annawon. Cambridge and
| Minneapolis attended the funeral, all Of
whom took tokens of sympathy il
the way of flowers. made up in all de
| signs known to the florist art. The Rev
M. j. Miller preached the funeral sermon