Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-04
BRIEFLETS.

Fresh eggs 10 cents per dozen at Mays
Choice sweet potatoes at F. G.
Young's.
Nice oranges, bananas and Malaga
grapes at F. G.. Young's
Mrs. A. J. Whitney left last night fol-
Burlington on an extended visit.
70 pairs OF mems 81 trousers now only
81. 90 a pair at the Golden Eagle closing
out sale.
Work was commenced on the erection
Of the Twenty fourth street railroad gates
this morning.
Go 10 the rink tonight and see W. s.
Lancaster in the combined Spanish and
flying rings.
100 good cambria umbrellas. worth 76c
TO 81. now only 3S cents at the Golden
Eagle closing out sale.
Capt A J. Whitney and Mr.. James
Kelly started last night on q business
trip to Keokuk and st. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Dart. OF Oconto,
Wis, are In the city visiting at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. @. J. Dart.
Chas. Skies. Of Hampton. has offered
$50 reward for the recovery of the bod v
Of Miss Jennie Warren. drowned there
Saturday.
ESQ pairs Of boys and mems gloves and
mitteus. worth from soc to 81. your
choice now only 25 cents at the Golden
Eagle closing out sale.
Go TO the rink tonight aud see the
Quinlans in their comic acrobatic table
act; also Master Willie Noreen. the boy
contortionist.
Miss Clara Hass will return to her
home In Rock Island today. She has
been the guest Of Ottawa friends for the
past two weeks.-Ottawa Free Trader.
Geo. Hoey's great comedy hit. Keep
II Dark. will be presented at Harper's
theatre tomorrow night by one of the best
companvs on the road. There will
doubtless be a big audience present.
All the papers of the late Bailey Dav.
export have been carefully examined and
Administrator Peetz reported TO Judge
Adams today that no second will had
been found.
Boss Wells has appointed another new
carrier. His name is John Farmer. An
other democratic head will consequently
fall. Substitute Osterman Is now on du-
ty IN VIM Eckerman's place.
Henry Won Ach received a telegram
last night announcing the death at La
Crosse, Wis, OF his niece. Norma Ruby.
daughter OF Perry Ruby. and aged three
years. The remains will arrive tomorrow
morning with interment at Buffalo.
Mr.. Chas. F. Fleming. who has Just
returned from the sunny climes OF Cali
fornia gives very good idea OF the ex~
tent OF the snow blockades in the west.
At Reno. Wyoming. he saw seventeen
passenger trains snow bound, and In a
condition In which they had been for
several days. while prior TO the day he
left for the east his family had not re-
ceived the ARGUS since the 9Th inst, so
delayed were the mails.
The Rock Island County Old Settlers
society at its meeting at the Rock Island
house yesterday afternoon, in addition
TO electing officers, decided TO hold its
annual picnic in September, the time and
place yet to be decided upon, and no.
iice was received from MIR. A. NJ. Hub,
bard proposing an amendment TO the
constitution extending eligibility to
membership to those coming here az
early rs 1850.
Meyer A. Lot b returned from Chicago
this morning. He bad rather unpleas.
ant novel experience In Chicago hote'
last evening. luna,ic entering the hall
in which he was sitting conversing with
3 friend, and firing revolver at random
around the room. thinking he was aiming
at an avowed enemy. One Of the bullets
whizzed past Mr.. Loebs ear and he found
himself for minute in rather uncom-
Portable quarters, but the mad man was
finally restrained.