Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-15
BRIEFLETS.

| Mrs. W H. Gest gives tea party thi;
evening.
New potatoes and string beans a
Browners.
Supervisor 8. w. Heath. of Bowling
was in the city today.
Supervisor Jack" Wilson, of Rural
was in the city today.
Mr.. Milton Jones is moving his family
into the Davenport homestead today.
Sheriff Silvis went to Joliet this morn
ing with the prisoner, Ise alias Thatcher
Meigs Wait. of Reynolds, diDed at the
Harper this morning on his way home
from Chicago.
| Mr.. G. B. Knox has suffered another
relapse and his condition is regarded as
extremely serious.
Ex-Let.er Carrier Doyle is clerking for
Supervisor Browner, the Elm street grocer,
who is also an ex-carrier.
Architect Schuremau expects to have
the new First M. E. church ready for oc.
cupancy by the middle of June.
The great and only p. T. Barnum will
| visit Rock Island with his vast aggrega
| tion of tented wonders the latter part of
June.
MIS-. Anna Eng, of Moline. aged 81,
| WAS adjudged insane in the county court
| today and ordered committed to the Elgin
asylum.
Julius Graham. wife and daughter, of
Rockford, and Mrs. Kay, of New York
City. are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. s
Warner.
Mr.. Ben T. Cable leaves for Chicago
tonight to attend a meeting of of demos
cratic state central committee at the
Palmer house tomorrow.
John Barnes and w. Dot son, of Rock
ford. are in the city on business with
Architect Schuremsn concerning the new
$50. 900 Congregational church there
for which Mr.. Sehureman furnished the
plans.
Inspector Lloyd has commenced to re-
pair the few depressions in the Second
avenue pavement made in consequence
of the late laying of water and gas con>
nections, the lowering of the waterm ain
between Sixteenth and Seventeen streets.
etc.
L'thsititu TlcUlS anu MI d. II. Doll
man have secured patent on gslvsn
lied iron box attachment for lawn now
ers, which is simplicity and genius com
bined. 1t receives the grass as fast il is
cut, and when filled can be easily dumped
and readiusted. Fie5ig will next turn
his attention to inventing a flying ma
chine.
Dave Fitzgerald, township collector. is
not on his car on the bridge line today
"Fiiz" thought it was no more than due
the Chicago capitalists who give him en-
presence In the city by taking a day off
and DOMINIC his billed" shirt, dude hat
aud tooihpick shoes. So "Fil1" is
spreading himself today.
The June number of Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly has just been received,
and is one at the most elaborate and
complete issues of this favorite periodical
ever made, 1t is fairly beaming with in
teresting reading. such as form feast
for one accustomed to the good things of
the literary table. At Champions; price.
90 cents.
Capt. Thos. Fuller, the heavy weight
conductor of the c., NJ. & st. T., poked
his beamiHg -countenance into the ARGUS
sanctum today long enough to say that
the Tomahawk club of Milwaukee, of
which the captain is one of the most
prominent members. will havesits annua,
outing in the early part of June and that
the members are making vast prepare
tons for this years expedition to the
wllds of the Badger state.
The fire alarm in the Fourth ward at
4:3O yesterday afternoon which created
such a nuisance in the way of changing
of bells for fully ten minutes after all
possible danger was passed, was due to
the discovery OF flames on the roof of the
kitchen of MIR. Beng. COINS home, 321
Sixteenth street. the house being owned
by Mr.. Frank Herlitzka. The fire was
subdued by means of water buckets be-
fore the volunteer companies arrived.
Mrs. Honora Blake of the Chicago
house, on Twenty,first street, stepped
through an open trap door into the cell
larway at the hotel at O'Clock last even
ing and fell to the bottom of the steps,
fully five feet and half, in consequence
of which she suffered double fracture
of the left leg above the ankle. DIR. C.
G. Carter was summoned and pronounces
the injuries quite serious and such as will
necessitate long period of patient nurs-
ing.
The county prohibition convention
will be held at Moline On Wednesday.
May 81, at . in The afternoon and s in
the evening. Delegates to the state con-
vention at Bloomington on May p, will
be chosen; also nominations will be made
for the county ticket. Mrs. Helen M
Cougar, of Indiana, will address the
| evening session. Geo. A. MetZgar il
| chairman of the committee, and E. B.
Stone, secretary.
An ambitious republican aspirant for
the nomination for sheriff from the
lower end, after canvassing Black
Hawk, Coal Valley and Andalusis
townships. and meeting with deplorable
success In the matter of securing pledges
became so disconsolste one day las
week that he crossed the river to Buf.
fslo, and after such consolation as only
prohibition town. in prohibition state
can offer, continued his energies though
with no better success than he did in hi!
own state and county.