Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-07
BRIEFLETS.

Choice new potatoes at +. 1t. oun 8.
Fresh raddishes and lettuce at F. G..
Young's.
Mr.. Fred Head. of the Rock Island
pillow works, is in Chicago.
The Rock Island Citizens Improvement
association meets tomorrow evening. No
postal card notices will be issued.
Fred Lloyd has returned from his peri
lous bycicle trip to Petersburg. Fred is
all right. but he does not say anything
about his wheel.
The name of Miss Ella Sprague should
have appeared with the list of flower
| girls participating 10 the MAY Day Car
nival," as printed in the ARGUS of last
evening.
| A COW tramped all over Spencer square
last night, leaving her footprints every
where. Commissioner Jackson is after
the owner and will teach him lesson if
he can't keep his beast out of forbidden
paths.
Manager Meade, of the Rockford
Construction company, is busy every day
| at the site of the cOmpany's proposed
plant in Sears, overseeing the erection of
| buildings, etc. The work is rapidly pros
crossing.
Supervisor George B. Browner is being
prominently mentioned for sheriff or
treasurer on the democratic county
| ticket. He would make strong run for
either Office aud no republican so far
| mentioned could beat him.
The democrats in the upper end of the
county are talking of G. B. Marshall. of
Cordova, for the legislature. Mr.. Mar
| shall is young man. popular with all
classes, well educated, and would make
an acceptable candidate in every respect.
Miss Amanda Bergluud daughter of
c. o. Berglund. of Moline and teacher
in public school building No. 2 of that
city, died yesterday of troubles original
ing from an attack of iDflammatory
rheumatism. The deceased was 20 years
and Z months of age.
As was shown by yesterdays ARGUS
dispatches, natural gas was struck in
Chicago yesterday while boring for an
artesisn we'll. Who knows what Mitchell
& Lynde will strike in Rock Island before
they get through? Their we'll is now
down 700 feet and sulphur water is ex-
pected in the next 80 feet.
News las been received from his home
in Iowa of the death of young man
named Linden, former student in the
musical department of Augustana coll
lege, making the fifth case from the ef-
fects of the typhoid epidemic at the col
lege. Young Linden was a prominent
member of the college orchestra.
Supervisor Luther Pearsall, the Port
Byron aspirant for the nomination for
sheriff on the republican ticket, is in the
city again looking after his fences. Pear
sail is making no boasts as to his strength,
but some of his friends are claiming the
entire upper end with the exception of
Hampton township, where it is said Dom
aldson has put in an oar and has suffi-
cient pull to capture it himself.
Messrs. p. F. Cox. of Coe. and Thos.
Campbell, of SO nth Rock Island, the two
leading candidates for treasurer before
the republican convention, are out Skin
mishing for delegates. Campbell has en-
tered COx's domain in the upper end,
while the latter is somewhere in the
wilds of Drury. If, perchance, the two
should meet, we shudder in contempla,
ton of the result.
Mr.. Sid D. Robb is the bappest man
IN the commonwealth tod ay. He has only
recently returned to Rock Island from
Nebraska. having charge of the Farrell
fertilizing works below the city, and the
testimony that was borne to the beauty of
his little one at the NJ Il. fair yesterday
touched peculiarly happy chord in his
heart. He is passing around the cigars
today on the prize baby.
Mr.. Fred Haas suggests the sending
of some one to Washington 10 assist Mr..
Gest in looking after the districts inter>
esis at the capital. As the duties appear
too onerous for Mr.. .Gest TO successfully
discharge, the ARGUS suggests that tn
present congressman be relieved entirely
of the responsibilities attached to his of
flee, and that a new and active congress-
man be sent in his place-Ben T. Cable
for instance.
Mr. and Mrs Louis Glockhoff of South
Rock Island, have been visited by great
sorrow in the loss of their boy Oscar.
aged 6 years, 2 months and 10 days, at
o'clock this morning of diphtheria. The
boy was taken ill Saturday and the sup.
position was that he had quinsy, but it
developed into diphtheria too late for
remedy and death was the result The
funeral will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow
and will be private
Approaching the worth of Aid. Frank
III socially, as well as a colleague and co
worker in the interests of the city, and
being aware of the fact that he was to be
abroad all summer. Mayor McConochie
and number of other city officials, and
aldermen and ex-aldernen. called at Mr..
IlPs house on Seventeenth street last
evening, to bid him farewell and God
speed Mr.. Ill was taken somewhat by
surprise, but he showed his appreciation
of the good will of the visitors by his
hospitable reception of them. The al
derman spread genuine banquet to his
guests; wine of the best vintage flowed
freely, and the occasion proved one which
all present will ever remember with
pleasure. Aid. Ill started east on his
European trip this morning.
Died in solitude.