Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-01
BRIEFLETS.

April 1.
All Fools day.
Have you votedf
Next Sunday will be Easter.
Millinery opening at McCabe Bros. to.
morrow and Thursday.
Go to the rink tonight and enjoy your.
self-last skate of the season.
Moline votes on proposition to make
her Rock river bridges free today.
A great display of Easter millinery ON
Wednesday and Thursday at McCabe
Bros.
Don't forget the millinery exhibit al
| McCabe Bros. for tomorrow and next
day.
Grandest millinery display of the sea-
son on Wednesday and Thursday at Nc
Csbe Bros
There is to be an entertainment at the
Christian Mission Sunday school next
Friday evening.
French and English styles-bonnets
and hats at McCabe Bros. opening on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr.. W. o. Looney. OF Ottawa. arrived
this morning for visit to his brother, ]
p. Looney, manager of the Western
Union telegraph office.
This is one of the most solemn weeks
in the ecclesiastical calendar in the
Catholic and Episcopal churches. 1t is
Holy or Passion week.
Ladies who desire to donate any arti-
cles to the Industrial fair may leaye them
at the Armory Thursday of this week,
with their names attached.
Thomas Cadwallader, of Chicago, rep
resenting the California dried fruit house
of Geo A. Fleming & Co., is in the city,
the guest of Mr.. c. F. Fleming
Invitations have been issued by Messrs
T. r. Harper. John Gait. F. j. Kinney
and Stewart Harper for a post Ienten hop
at the Harper on Wednesday evening,
April g.
The apparatus for drilling the artesian
well on the ground of Mitchell and Lyde's
new block arrived this morning, is be-
ing delivered, and work will be com
menced at once.
General Passenger Agent r. Stock
house. of the r. |. s. p, and wife. re.
turned this morning from their Mexican
trip. They report a most delightful
journey in all respec ts.
The republicans of Davenport have
nominated Geo. p. McClellaud for mayor,
J. l.. Hebert for city clerk, II c Fulton
for treasurer and L. A. Tyre for assessor
The nominations are all empty honors
If you have not already voted, do so
before the polls close. The result of an
important contest may depend upon
your individual ballot. II il is mans
privilege to vote. it is certainly his duty
The steamer Moline gave shriek on
her first ilute to the draw this year last
evening, that will be pretty nearly dupli-
Gated in the neighborhood where "Juggler
Josh" resides tonight. 1t sounded like a
wall from the dead.
The Union got so ratified in its final
outburst this morning that it called josh
ia Hassel9uist democrat. This is
rough on the democrats, but the Union
is excusable. 1t has had no end of trou-
BILE on Josh's account the past few days.
NJ. r. Iglehsrt has received q con-
tract from Mrs. Lynde 10 lay an eight
foot Argillo tile walk on both the Six
teeuth street and Third avenue sides of
the Lynde homestead, and also to reset
the iron fence to the proper grade.
Daniel Sheehsu died at the Soldiers
Home at Quincy yesterday. and the re-
mains are expected on the Q. tomorrow
He will be buried from st. Joseph's
church by St. Patricks society tomor>
row afternoon. He belonged TO Com
psny G, 47th Illinois infantry.
Herman Schmact. who keeps the saloon
at the corner of Ninth street and Eighth
avenue, complained to the police last
night that he had been robbed of $50.
Officer Sexton was assigned to investi-
gate the case, and is of the opinion that
Mr.. Schmsct has not been robbed at all
Mr. Fred Hass and the Messrs. Schmidt
are improving the stairway leading up to
the second floor of the Star block where
are located the rooms of the Western
Union Telegraph company and the Gen.
trail Union Telephone office-putting in
new steps and also painting the walls, etc.
Seven car loads of Johnston rail for
the Holmes line extensions and improves
men,s, are being distributed, for the new
lines on Ninteenth and Fifteenth streets,
Fourth avenue and Ninth street. and along
the line of the old Moline 4 Rock Island,
beyond Brooks crossing toward Moline.
Johnny, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. g.
Wulff, of 2104 Fourth avenue, died at 5
o'clock this morning of diph;heria, aged
seven years, being the second beresve-
ment that has come to Mr.. and Mrs.
Wulff in short time from this terrible
disease. The funeral occurred this after
noon.
Capt. Washington Hight. the popular
rapids PILOT of the Diamond Jo line, ar
rived in Rock Island by express this
morning with all charges prepaid. He
put up at the Rock Island house, where
he will be found at all times except when
he is on the river, until the leaves begin to
turn"
The many friends of Mr.. C. B. Knox
who has been confined to his home for
several months with desperate seige of
illness. were rejoiced to greet him down
town this morning. Mr.. Knox has lost
ffty-two pounds during his sickness, but
is fast recovering. and hopes soon to re.
gain his usual health.
The rush of business is so great at
Ciemann 81 Salzmsnns furniture and
carpet emporium that they were obliged
to engage an additional salesman in the
person of Mr. James T. Ahern. a young