Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-18
BRIEFLETS.


city today.
Mr.. Benz. Whitsitt, of Presumption, was
in the city today.
Fifteen first class tailors wanted. Must
be sober and Of good habits. F. c. Hoppe.
The ladies of st. Luke's hospital netted
$3.50 by their entertainment Of Thursday
night.
Elk County Treasurer s. r. Porter is
dangerously i'll at his home at Briar
Bluff.
The meeting at the Y. n. G. A. rooms
tomorrow at $50 p. m. will be led by
Mr.. Louis Bowman.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Dart leave Monday
evening for a three weeks trip to New
Mexico and Arizona.
Go to the rink this evening and
see Mr.. Ament in his musical specialties
and funny limitations.
Aid. ]. E. Larkin greeted his friends
down town this afternoon for the first
time In several days-"Ls Grippe"
Gen. r. W. Smith, of Chicago. the only
surviving witness to the late Bailey Dav-
exports will. is expected In the city to-
night.
Mr.. H. P. Hull, assignee Of Mr.. A.
Loeb, today sold the stock to Mr.. MyeI
Loeb, who will conduct the business
hereafter.
The first annual ball OF the JourneYmen
stone cutters of the tri>cities will be held
at Turner hall. Davenport. Friday even
ing, Jan. 81.
| Rev. W. s. Marquis returned this
morning from Morrison, where he has
preached the last three nights at series
of meetings.
Kann s. Flemming are in receipt of q
fine line of the latest and most desirable
patterns in carpets. which they invite the
public to call and examine.
Lost-At Harper's theatre Thursday
night. hammered silver headed cane
with name engraved on handle. Return
to c. C. Truesdale and receive reward.
VIM. Totten has returned to his duties
as guard at the Rock Island approach to
the government bridge. and Tede Kelly
has been assigned to position in the
shops on the island.
The automatic extinguishers in the
shops of the Moline Plow company las,
evening. subdued before it was discovered
what. from appearances would otherwise
have proved disastrous fire.
The entertainment at the rink tonight
will conclude with q half mile race be-
tween Mr.. Ament and Miss Nicholson
which will be exciting. Miss Toty being
the fastest girl skater IN the world.
The funeral of Mr.. Arthur Raible viii
be held from the late home of the de-
ceased on Fourth avenue and Fourth
street, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
The Turner'S and members of the Rocl
Island fire department will sttend il
bodies.
Intelligence was received today of thu
death at Hutchinson. Kan, of Mrs
Phillip Weiss. and the remains are ex
pected at Milan tonight. The lady,
maiden name was Margaret Wylie, daugh
ter of John Wylie, of Rural township
She was twenty-nine years of age ant
had been married three years.
In letter to friend in this city an(
dated at Tours, France, Mr.. Ben T. Ca
BILE states that be will be home in sbou
two months, and that thereafter he viii
make Rock Island his permanent home
He says that the more he sees of tn,
world, the more his attachment for Rocl
Island deepens.
/ A number of additional copies of th,
WEEKLY ARGUS, containing the complete
account of the death and history an,
subsequent events in connection with tn
will Of the late Bailey Davenport, as sp
pearing in the DAILY ARGUS from day t
day, have been printed. and may be hs
at the ARGUS counting room.
The wholesale liquor firm of Boards
ley, Hodges & Co.. are the recipients Q
an elegant 6x4s feet advertising engrav
. ing from the well known E. n. Taylor
' Jr., & Sons distillery at Frankfort. Ky
which firm is represented by Maj. L. M
Buford. 1t is encased in q costly an
exceedingly heavy frame, bat unfortu
nately the glass was cracked in transi
and 1t will not be hung In the Office unit
4 it can be sscertaioed whether snotht
I glass can be secured or not.
VIM. Benson, the festive Moliner VII
d had so much fun with the bridge guar
i. Anthony a few days ago, has had ia
y that wholly eclipses McGinty's. He hs
a hearing before Commissioner Viii
Thursday ON the charge of assault upo
, the person Of the officer named and 9th,
disorderly conduct and was bound ov
, to the United States court at Keokuk,
A session after the coming Monday. E
failed to provide the 500 bond asked I
" him and so reposes in the county jail VI
d til time to go to trial. He is finding OF
10 that the way of the transgressor wi
!, comes over here from the other side
not strewn with roses.-Dsvenport Den
ocrat.
The Moliue Republican makes . gre
effort to sheer at Rock Island
reason of the unfair way the Weste
:. Union Telegraph company Is treating t
city in abandoning the night office her
and says that dispatches may be tel
phoped to Moline that are to be sent Z