Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-09
BRIEFLETs.

Inspect the Gas companys exhibit a
Armory hall.
Do not miss seeing the gas company
display at the Industrial fair.
See the "Why's" selections of suits
suited to the spring season.
II Choice lettuce. raddishes and spinach
at Browner's Elm street grocery.
i Join the shorthand class. 1923 Second
avenue. Read ad in want column.
| Young men, you can find the nobby
Fedora hat at the why" Davenport.
Examine the gas cooking ranges ane
the regeDerative gas lamps at the Indus
trial fair.
Mr.. L. s. McCabe has purchased DR..
w. A. Paul's home in Edgewood parh
for 5000.
Capt. and Mrs. Sam Van SAINT. of Wi
mona, are stopping at the Rock Island
house.
/ A sight of the Gas company's exhibit
is fully worth the price of admission to
the Industrial fair.
Miss L. Vandruff. of this city. leaves
this evening for Oakland, Iowa. on an
IOatCuucu NloIb W fCtdtlScs.
Maj Quincy Mcneil today received
notice of the death at Oseeola. Mo OF
his brother, DIR. Clarence Mcneil.
G. r. Hight of st. Louis. after spend.
ing several days with his father, Capt.
Wash Hight. in the city, left for the
south this morning.
Geo. Washington was fined So and
costs by Justice HAYES yesterday for
| disturbing the peace of mind of his fellow
| African, Geo. Hubbard.
The marriage of Mr.. v L. McKibben,
| of Portland, Ore, and Miss Minnie Simp,
son occurs at the home of the bride on
Third avenue and Nineteenth street, this
| evening.
Ours is the store that stands the test of
| constant trade, and this why" we carry
| nothing but the best. You doubt it.
Give our store trial. The why"
| clothing house. Davenport.
The Gels Brewery company at Chat,
tanOogs, Tenn, in which Mr. Z iward D.
| hohn, formerly of this city, was large
owner, has sold out to an English syndi-
cate for $2a5.OO0.
Capt. John O'Connor, the well-known
river man, is building nice two story
dwelling on Twenty>second street, be.
| tween Seventh and Eighth avenues. 1t
will be completed about June 1.
Patrick McHugh. who holds a respon-
sible position in the division train dis
patcher's Office of the c., B. & @ road at
| Beardstown, returned home yesterday
| afternoon after short visit to relatives
lie the city.
MIR. r. G. Benson makes a public re-
traction of his accusations affecting the
honor of City Weighmaster John Evans
| confessing that he did that official an in
justice. and expressing his regret at hav-
ing done so.
Rev. ID. G. Garrett, rector, of Trinity
| church Davenport. has received call to
| the pastorate of st. Marks church, Seat
| tie, Washington. He has not decided
whether he will accept or not, hut will
leave for that place on Monday.
An important matter that escaped men,
ton in the official proceedings of Monday
| nights council meeting was resolution
by Aid. Lsrkin authorizing the city engi
| neer 10 devise plans for satisfactory
system of sewage in the upper part of
| town.
At the annual meeting of Trinity par
ish Monday evening, Mr. r. Champion
| was reelected senior warden, and Ben f.
Hall was elected junior warden. The
| report of the treasurer, r. Ii. Dart,
showed the parish To he in a fiourishipg
condition.
mn - k.
j Ohm Curliss, on this side of the river,
| keeps his place in very clean and neat
condition. He has a patent stove which
he Is agent for. called the Coloriic oil
stove, which can be used for both cook
ing and heating.
States Attorney Sturgeon has entered
a nolle PROSE- in the case of J. NJ. Davis,
OF Edgington. indicted at the September
term last of the circuit court for
alleged forgery OF the names of Messrs
Humphrey and Kane, of Andalusia, to a
note for $3.50, and the case has been dis
missed.
Prof. and Mrs. John Biehl have had q
sad blow In the death this morning at
6:45 of their son, John H., Familiarity
known as Harry. of exopthalmic goyter
after an illness of about three weeks. He
had just passed his twenty>first
birthday, and was young man of much
promise and comfort to his parents The
time of the funeral has not been decided
upon.
Mr.. Asmus Wichmann was thrown
from road cart On Twenty,fourth street
between Second and Third avenues yes
| terday and fell upon the right side of his
| face in such q manner as to cut and scar
| the cheek severely and lnflict cash on
the lip, in which DR.. Barth was obliged
to take few stitches. The wounds are
| none of them regarded as serious,
| though.
Again last evening was the Industrial
fair largely attended. and those who
| were present were nicely entertained
| with the two act drama, Above
the Clouds" by the South Rock ls>
land Dramatic club, the cast of
which was exceptionally strong, and the
singing by Miss Alice Bostock heartily
appreciated. Tonight Mrs. Milton Jones
and her children give an entertainment.
The Moline city council evidently
thinks the people of that city did not
know what they were doing when they
voted to declare the Rock river bridge
free, for last night it defeated a resolu>
ton bearing out the wishes of the pee
pie as expressed through the ballot box
by vote of 8 to 4. That is about as bril-
liant trick .ss usually comes from a
body of men with average intelligence.
A special dispatch to the ARGUS from
Prophetstown received last evening. con-
veys particulars of the storms work there
Monday night in addition to that OBJ
tanned prior to the time of the ARGUS going
to press. 1t says that the extent of the