Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-16
BRIEFLETS.

Nice fresh beans and new potatoes at
F. G. Young's.
Laprobes-a fine line--from 25 cents
up at Lloyd & Stewards.
Nice wax beans, cucumbers and pie
, plant, at e. G. Truesdale's.
i Another line OF ties just opened this
: morning at Lloyd & Stewards.
, Mr.. T. ]. Medill, Jr., is absent from the
city few days on business.
Mr.. Paul Albrecht, of Port Byron. was
in the city today on business.
Supervisor Luther Pearsall came down
from Port Byron this morning.
Oranges, bananas and full assort-
ment of fresh vegetables at Longs.
Have you seen the once-over tie-tbe
latest thing out-at Lloyd & StewartsP
!, Mr.. T. r. Harper started for Califor-
MIA last evening to accompany Mrs Har-
per home.
The Young Peoples Methodist alliance
will meet this evening with Miss Ellen
Philip, 316 Sixteenth street.
Mr.. c. II. Pixley. of Freeport, repre-
Isenting a Chicago optical house, was in
thc City tOudf On busiucSS
| Another destructive frost last night
The elements seem to be determined not
to give the early fruit show this sea-
son.
Mr.. Alphons Mosenfelder received a
cablegram from his wife this morning,
announcing her safe arrival on the other
side of the Atlantic.
/ o. + &c L.
two months extensive business trip in
| which he took in the south west and
southwest.
Word has been received from Alderman
Frank Ill that he sailed from New York
on Wednesday on the steamer Western
land, of the Red Star line.
Chas. Hsnsgen has disposed of his in
terest in Prick & Hangens livery stable
to Frank kautZ. who is a cousin of MI
Frick, the new name of the firm being
Prick & Co.
| The glass works met with a mishap
| yesterday. Four of their glass posts burst
at one time, throwing out of employment
for time four blowers and two helpers,
and also curtailing work of other em>
ployes.
There is to be reception at the Chris
tian chapel this evening to Rev. T. W.
Grafton, the new pastor. and his wife.
and to which the ministers of the city and
their wives and the various choirs have
| been invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Boynton have re-
turned from Chicago. where they at
tended the wedding of Mr.. Chas. S
Holmes and Miss Mabel Taft, which &C.
CURED Tuesday night and which was a
notable society event in that city.
| Madam Wilson, the celebrated card
reader and clairvoysnt. is in the city for
one week. Parties in trouble of any kind
will do well to consult her. Satisfaction
| guaranteed. Call at 1877 Sixteenth street,
Mrs. Phillips boarding house.up stairs.
One of the immense glass lights in the
store in Peter Fries building recently oc
cupied by Mays grocery. fell with crash
while being removed this morning. A
citizen who observed the accident, re-
marked: THAT. way of taking out glass
windows saves time, but it comes high"
Governor Fifer yesterday honored
Chas. ii. Deere, of Moline, with the ap
| pointment as one of the two worlds fair
commissioners for Illinois. Every detail
connected with the important position
will be thoroughly and ably attended to
| by MIR. Deere. A. T. Ewing, of Chicago,
is MIR. Deere's colleague.
| The reception at the Piute club last
evening was very fashionable affair,
and as usual with the entertainments
| given by this club, it was a most de-
| lightful one. The exhibition given by
| MIR. w. Cation, of Rock Island, the great
| billiardist, was intensely interesting, and
excited the admiration of all. -Daven-
| port Tribune.
Hannah Pettifer, the Is year, old Dav-
| export girl who was married to Michael
Shsughnessy in Rock Island about week
| ago, is now seeking divorce. The
ground upon which the application is
| based is cruel and brutal treatment,
Shanghnessy having struck her upon the
public street. Her husband has skipped
| and his whereabouts are unknown DAY.
| export Democrat
The Chicago Evening Post says that
| Attorney J. Warren Pease was fined S25
in Judge Bakers court Tuesday morning
for contempt, in having assisted William
Smith, of Utica, Kan. to forcibly take
the latter's daughter away from the
Evanston Industrial School for girls. The
attorneys plea that he had acted much
under the apprehension that the courts
orders were not being violated caused the
| Judge to suspend execution until Monday
morning.
Engineer MenZie, who, when the Mill
waukee road thought enough of Rock
Island to run night trains in here. was the
Oldest knight of the throttle on the night
express. brought in Capt. Fuller's train
from Freeport this morning and driving
his good iron stead 161. Menzie is now
pulling Conductor McNany's passen-
ger between Beloit and Milwaukee, but it
being necessary to send Engineer Car
rolls engine, %, up to Beloit for repairs,
MenZie came down on a couple of trips.
He has not been in Rock Island for two
years and he has been busy Misunderstanding
with his numerous friends ever since
stepping out of his cab. He sees won
derful improvement in Rock Island since
the last time he was here.
At New Haven, Conn, at 5 o'clock LIST
evening, occurred the marriage of The
Rev. G. L. Morgan, of Moline, and Miss
Atwater, of New Haven. At the PRAYER
meeting at the Congregational church
there Wednesday evening. it was voted to
send congratulatory telegram to New
Haven TO be delivered to Mr.. Morgan and
his bride after the ceremony. and when
they were receiving the congratulations of
friends there The telegram. which was
sent, read as follows: "Your congrega-
ton. by vote, send their congratulations
to yourself and wife" The receipt of the
message was doubtless a pleasant sur