Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-01
BRIEFLETS.

No. book sausage at the Empire
meat market.
DR. James Cozad, of Edgington. was III
the city today
No. book sausage at the Empire
| meat market.
Mrs. McEniry, Of Osborne. is visiting
| friends in the CITY,.
The Blind Boone concert company at
Harpers theatre tonight
Supervisor L. 8. Pearsall, of Port By
ron, was in the city today.
The collections at Rock river bridges
for the month of April were Sl94 10.
Messrs Andrew Donaldson and Lewis
Wilson. of Rural, were in the city today.
Miss Amanda White, of Geneseo, d
former resident of Rock Island, is visiting
in the city.
The Monmouth ball club lodged at the
Rock Island house last night on their
way to Sterling.
A beautiful May day. though the at
mosphere has chill in it that makes
light overcoats comfortable.
There will be services in the lecture
room of the Central Presbyterian church
this evening and tomorrow evening.
Aid. Frank III starts on his European
journey next Wednesday. Mr.. Henry
Tremann will make the trip later IN the
| season.
The wonderfully gifted negro. Bind
Boone. who in many respects is super
ior to Blind Tom, appears at Harper's
theatre tonight
That wonderful talking doll described
in Yesterdays ARGUS. will be on exhipi-
ton at the NJ, E. fair at the Rock Island
| rink next week.
Chas. Wheaton, the druggist of Alba
| ny, is in the city for day looking after
a stock of goods and renewing a long
cherished acquaintance.
There will be preaching this evening at
7:30 in the United Presbyterian church
by the pastor, Fl. c. Marshall Also to.
morrow evening by the Rev. Peter Swan,
| of Burlington. Iowa.
Mr.. John Ssuerman is having his house
| on Seventeenth street. betw cen Sixth and
Seventh avenues. raised two feet, and
substantially improved. julius Stroehle
has the contract.
Mrs. Milton Jones and children gave q
concert at Taylor Ridge last evening and
in addition TO the regular programme, Mr..
Spencer Robinson, son of Mr.. ID. T. Rob-
inson. sang a solo.
Mr.. Morris Rosenfeld sails fr2>;iiiI , New
ferrsE Saturday on the steamer E,be for
Hamburg. He will spend the summer
with his brother, DR.. J. Rosenfield, at
Horb. Wurtemberg, Germany
Report has it that a syndicate has been
formed in Davenport for the purchase and
consolidation of all the newspapers there.
This is carrying the syndicate business to
an extreme that is sublimely ridiculous.
VIM. McEniry is today moving his law
Office from the postoffice block to Mrs.
Webber's building over Thompson
restaurant, where he will remain until the
new Mitchell & Lynde block is completed
The brick paving has not only given
work to the laborer, but also the plumb
ers. Baker & Housman do this work,
using the best of material and workman
ship aud can and will meet the lowest
figures.
The general offices of the c., NJ. & st.
p. railway have been removed from Mil
waukee to the Rookery building at Chi
cago. Among the officers transferred is
MIR. f. 5. Kelley. division freight agent
and formerly of Rock Island.
A meeting of the Rock Island Citizens
Improvement association will probably be
held tomorrow night to take action rela-
tive to sending some one to Washington
in the interests of the viaduct, President
Hass having written for assistance
The ice cream season has commenced
and Krell & Math have fitted up their ice
cream parlOr in fine shape ready for the
trade. They are bound to maintain
their reputation of having the best and
purest ice cream in the three cities. Step
in and try dish.
The young peoples association of the
Broadway church will give social in
their church parlors on Friday evening.
A Japanese wedding will be the feature
of the evening. and all friends of tie as.
ISOLATION are cordially invited. The en-
tertainment will be free.
President Gustave Klotz, of the Rock
Island carpenters union, states that the
carpenters of this city will make deter>
mined and united strike for the nine hour
day on June 1, and will cease work if the
demand is not complied with, and the
contractors so understand.
Mrs. Alphons Mosenfelder entertained
large number of her lady friends last
evening as sort of farewell before her
trip to Europe on which she started this
morning, Mr.. Mosenfelder accompanying
her to New York and Mrs. Bear going as
far as Chicago. where she will visit ten
days.
Aid. G. w, Negus was in the wholesale
liquor business for nine hours yesterday.
He took out license for April in order
to dispose of a quantity of whisky he had
on hand and had but nine hours left in
the month to do it when he received his
license. Consequently he had to hustle
and he did.
Amos Gordon died at his home a mile
southeast of Moline this morning, aged 90
years. He was born in New Hampshire
and was within seventeen months of his
Tooth birthday. He settled in Rock ISIS
and county in 1912 and has lived here
since. He was the father of Surveyor
Daniel Gordon, of South Moline. he
was veteran of the war of 1912.
The Moline manufactures facing on
Third avenue, with the execution
of the Wagon company, held a meeting
last night and entered a vigorous protest
against paving Third avenue. They are
willing TO pave, but they would like to
have it done out of the general fund
they would like their employees to pay
their part of it. This is an illustration of
what manufactures can do to block a
towns advancement.