Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-08
BRIEFLETS.

the r. l. s. p, is in Chicago.
The Schnell club holds literary at its
rooms in Buford block tonight.
| Mrs. w. s. Knowlton and daughter,
Miss Grace. are visiting at Maquoketa,
Iowa.
President r. r. Cable of the great
Rock Island route, was in the city this
| morning.
Horace Nelson has been succeeded as
stewart at the Rock Island house by j.
M. Martin
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Perry
will be held from Trinity church tomor-
row at 2 p. m.
Notices have been received of a re un-
ion of the blue and gray at Vicksbnrg,
Miss, on May 25-30th next.
c. G. Truesdale's window is displayed
with canned fruits, jellies. pickles. etc,
in an exceedingly attractive manner.
Anyone wishing to try gas cooking
| stove or range should visit the Industrial
fair and witness the Gas company's dis
| play.
| Frank Kuehne. who is associated with
| F. w. Cooke in the commission, fruit and
produce business, is IN the city for the
season.
| Conductor Ed. Teller, of the Savanna
train on the Q is laid up with illness
and Conductor Bob Frazer is running his
train.
| Rev G. W Cue is soon to publish a
handsomely bound and illustrated book
of patriotic poems entitled, "Our Coun>
try's Flag"
| Call at Armory hail any evening this
week and examine the gas cooking
ranges and the high power regenerstive
gas lamps.
Carl Craiger has been detailed as spec
ial Waterman at the Bailey Davenport
residence until a settlement of the estate
| is affected.
Mr.. Geo. W. D. Harris sold today to
DR.. Bernhard for j. W. Mason, a lot on
Fifth avenue. west of the doctors new
home, for 50, $50.
The work of laying the new tile walk
| on the Sixteenth street and Second ave
| nue. sides of Mrs. Lynde's residence is
pro crossing nicely.
Conductor A H. Pollard, of the @, is
having an addition built to his residence
on Eighteenth street. w. A. Guthrie
| h as the contract.
Prof. Jerome McNeill, principal of the
Moline high school. has resigned to &C,
| cept professorship in the university of
Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Nellie Rounds, the Moline girl was
| adJudged insane in the county court yes
| terday afternoon, and this morning Sher-
| if Si.vis sent her to Elgin.
Chas. Hatton, general agent, and Chas
W. Beaver, press agent for Cleveland's
| MINISTRIES. which appear in Rock Island
soon, are at the Rock Island house.
The people of Coal Valley are endeav-
oring to bring pressure to bear sufficient
to induce DR.. w. B. Martin of Norris to
| assume his fathers practice at the Valley
Collector-elect David Fitzgerald, Asses
sor j II. Ritter and Assistant Supervi.
sors Browner, Barrall. Ludolph and
| Prick have qualified before City Clerk
| Koehler.
There is on exhibition at heTnd us tri-
| al fair five different varieties of gas cook
ing ranges, viz: The Eclipse, Quick
Meal. Success, Gilt Edge and Jewel, the
first two named being in full operation.
Billy Cation, the Rock Island billiard
ist, is making splendid reputation for
| himself in the billiard contests Mt Chica>
go, holding his own with the great
| kings of the table, Schafer and Slossen.
Fred Swanson. an employe at the glass
works, fell through a swing hole last
| night a distance of nine feet and sus-
| tanned several bad bruises, though moths
| ing at all serious. He lives at 312 Fifth
street.
The wife and daughter of the late
August BloOmquist desire to publicly ex>
press their thanks to their friends and
neighbors and to the Woodmen of Rock
Island for kindness and attention during
| their recent afflction.
By new time card which went into
effect on the Racine & Southwestern di..
vision of the c., NJ. & st. p Sunday, the
morning train for Racine now leaves
Rock Island at As q. m. again, Instead
OF 30 as more recently.
The Improvement Guild of Trinity
church will serve tea and waters for ten
cents at the residence of Mrs. g. L. Eys-
ter. 100 Second avenue, Wednesday,
April 9th, from 8 until 6 o'clock. A fine
assortment of needle work suitable for
tea tables will be for sale.
John Scott, son of Aid. W. w. Scott,
has been appointed substitute mail car
| rier by Postmaster Wells, and the APP
| pointment is one of the most creditable
the boss has yet made, but it does not
amend for the treatment he has shown
Carrier Doyle in removing him without
| cause. 4
Mr. and Mrs Orrin Leonard's daughter
| Mabel, aged eleven years, has been very
| i'll at their home in South Rock Island for
| three weeks, but is now improving. DIR.
Paul. the attending physician, first pro
| nounced the ailment rheumatism, but
perious tits has since developed itself,
which the doctor, thinks is the conse
| quence of bruise. There are no longer
any apprehensions as to the child's re-
covery.
| The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Wilson was
held this morning. with services at her
late home Eighteenth street and Seventh
avenue, conducted by the Rev. g. w.
Cue. The honorary pail bearers were:
| c. r. Ainsworth E p. REYNOLDS, s. w.
McMasser, David Halves, c III. Stoddard,
j. D. Taylor. Phillip Simmons, and T. ].
Robinson, while the active bearers were ::
| Phil Mitchell, Frank Mixter. J. j. REIN
ers DIR. J. W. Stewart, W. T. Magill
and j. F. Robinson.
| The funeral of the late DR.. Martin, of
Coal Valley, was held yesterday morning.
Rev. W. Russell of MILAN officiating. A
number of members of Barrett chapter A..
F. and A. M. of this city attended,
Capt. H. G. Cleveland conducting the
Masonic services. The pail bearers
were Messrs. Thos. Corns, Richard Bat
tersby, Thos Lees, Andrew Donaldson.