Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-22
BRIEFLETS.

4 W.
day sojourn.
Miss Runnels, of Des Moines, is visit
ing her friend, Miss Agatha Edison.
Ali ready to put your carriages and
buggies in order at Roht. Wallis. the
carriage maker.
The funeral of the late Nathan Swair
will be held at Q p. m. tomorrow instead
of 1890 in the morning.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will give q sociable at the residence OF
DR.. Kinyon next Friday evening.
There was an enjoyable ice cream and
oyster sociable at the South Park chapel
last evening which Melted about $40.
The Rock Island Turner society is
now arranging for concert in honor OF
the twenty-fitth tagessatzung on March
25th.
This being Washington's birthday an
niversary the banks are all closed, but In
general business the effect Of the holiday
is not shown.
Joseph and Julia Clarke were held in
bonds of $500 each, for stealing brooms
from Ganserts grocery by Magistrate
Wivill yesterday.
st. Patrick's Benevolent society of
Rock Island is arranging for a grand ball
which will be held at Armory hall Mou>
day evening. March 10. All are in
vited to attend.
Geo. W. Downing. the former Rock
Island manufacturer. but who is now
conducting foundry at Lincoln. Neb. i.
and flourishing. has been 10 the city Wis.
iting for few days. He returns TO Lin
coin tonight.
The Black Hawk town board met this
morning and elected Rev. w. T. Kerr to
the vacancy in the county board in place
of G. C. Hartman, resigned. Mr.. Kerr
is republican. Ademocrat should have
been chosen to succeed democrat.
Trinity church will be reopened on the
third Sunday in Lent. March 9th, when
Bishop Burgess will be present. An ele-
CANT memorial lectern of brass, memorial
windows, and aims, basins, ETC., will
be blessed; also an elegant silver service
for the altar.
The comlcal exsggeration "We, Us &
Co., was presented at Harpef's theatre
last evening to fair sized audience that
put in three hours of solid laughter. The
company was unusually strong. the v.ri.
Gus characters In good hands and the
ludicrous situations all presented ia the
best possible way. Numerous new and
catchy songs were introduced.
Boss Wells has ousted Mail Carrier Ell
lott, whom he had permitted to GO off on
vacation and with the understanding
that he was to return. Yesterday ne paid
him off and told him he would be needed
10 longer. The present postmaster's tao
tics in getting rid of good men that could
net be removed under civil service laws
are about as contemplate as could be i'm
agined.
Manager Steel, of Hsrper's theatre. has
made great booking in the dramatlzed
version of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett's Little Lord Fauntleroy," which
will be the next attraction at Harper's
theatre Friday evening. 1t is the
original New York company, under the
management of Mr.. T. H. French. for
merry of Robson & Crane, An afternoon
matinee will be given.
An exchange states that those who will
gather up the census statistics next June
will be paid for dong the work as fol-
lows; For every living person two cents
for every death two cents; for every farm
fifteen cents. for every factory twenty
cents; for every veteran or veterans
widow five cents; a spec al enumerator
may be paid by the day. not to exceed
So. The cost of taking the census in
1880 was over $4,000. 600. and the next
one is estimated to cost over 81 900, 900.
The population will be estimated at 5,
O00, 900 larger than in 1880 The work
of enumeratiDg must be done during the
month Of June.