Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-13
BRIEFLETS

SNCuiuS.
McIntire Bros. discount sale-see adj
tisement
Dancing at Turner hall Wednesday
evening.
Discount sale at McIntire Bros. See
advertisement.
The great effort of the year-McCabe
Bros. so cent January sale.
Morris s. HeagY and bride, of Hsmp>
ton. were in the city today.
Scarlet bed blankets reduced to SO
cents per pound at McCabe Bros.
Carried over stock-short coats and
wraps 80 cents each at McCabe Bros.
Skating at the rink Tuesday evening,
Jan. IA. Good music. Ladies free.
There will be preaching at South Park
chapel tomorrow evening by Rev. Mar
quis.
Miss Clara Hsss left this morning fol-
Ottawa on a visit to her friend, Miss Ar.
mour.
NOV VI w. JUG VIII picaCu ou euo ga
loon question at Harper's theatre mex
Sunday evening.
Capt. Mitchell an old time steamboat
man, died at Davenport this morning
aged eighty.
j. 8. Gilmore cut up five hundred hog.
today. Will haye plenty of spare ribs
tenderlon. ETC.. on sale tomorrow.
The Savanna train on the c.. B. g. @.
was two hours late this morning. being
detained by the snow storms up north.
Dry goods are to 60 at very low price,
at McIntire Bros. this week, too low, IL
fact, but cash is better than goods at in
ventory times.
Among the latest prominent victims OF
the LA Grippe" are Mr. T. III. Thomas
president of the board of education. ant
Miss Hill. of the public school corps.
Let Mclntire Bros. do some business
with you this week. They offer goods al
lower prices than first class goods can bt
bought anywhere in this neighborhood
1t is said that when the influenza get.
hold of youth who smokes cigarettes
he's goner. Let those who are went tc
indulge in these little dude exterminators
take warning
Mclntire Bros. ought to do large
business this week during their discount
sale. 10 per cent is to be deducted from
all bills sold amounting to 81 and over
See advertisement.
The late O. P. Blake. of Davenport
began his business life as bell boy in g
hotel. When he died he was presiden
OF the American Ticket Brokers' associs-
ton and worth $4,000.
Handsome stage setting, gorgeous tot
lets and sweet music at the Growing o.
the Queen of Fame" Thursday evening
at the opera house. Tickets fifty cents
Reserved seats twenty five cents; on sal,
at Clemsnn s. Salzmsnn's.
Owing to a general request for re-
served seats at the hospital entertainer
Thursday, it has been deemed best t.
charge csc extra. Seats on sale at Gle,
mann & Sslzmanns. Admission SOC
Music by Bleuer's band.
Supervisors Campbell, Cralle and vii
son have to gone to Bloomington to at
tend the meeting of the state boards o.
supervisors. They 60 in behalf of the
Rock Island county board, and the coun,
ty pays expenses.
Perplexed: McCabe Bros Januar,
10Th stock sheets foot up nearly 800, 00(
worth of merchandise on hand, and they
propose adopting the most heroic meas.
ures to reduce the same. Look over to-
day 8 quotations.
Col. Whittemore is having a new
two-story guard house built on the north
side OF the island OF Rock Island. ives
OF the old shanties near the mill-dam
which have been abandoned. The re-
moval of the gates from the old Scar.
dam has been followed by considerabl.
filling in.
The lately appointed commandment of
the government arsenal at Rock Island is
urging upon the authorities the advan>
tsges OF that point for the manufacture
OF heavy ordnance. In accessibility and
shipping facilities, and in absolute secur-
ity from the vicissltudes of foreign war,
the island is certainly admirably fitted for
the purpose.-Chicago Globe.
After one of the mos! disagreeabls
rainy days imaginable yesterday. it be
came cold during the night and this
morning found the thermometer only five
above zero. The ferry was driven bach
into winter quarters by the floating ice in
the river this morning
The Aldsy case of Moline is again at
tracing the attention Of the county
court. 1t seems that Adam Alday
wished to take his crippled and demented
wife (for whom Magistrate O'Neil. OF
Moline. was recently appointed conserva,
tori to Minnesota, and with that purpose
in view went to the house to get her
But Mr.. O'Neill had taken the precautior
to station an officer at the house, which
IL seems prevented forcible abduction
Alday then went before the court through
his CONSERVATION. Quincy Mcneil, and, Il
obtain writ of hsbess corpus, charged
that the woman was being imprisoned
within the house. Magistrate ONeil
was thus obliged to appear as her repre-
sentative before the court. 1t is ex
pected that there will be some racy de