Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-26
BRIEFLETS.
Fresh fish at Youne's.

rresn nsh al foungs.
Mrs. E Zorney: Letter in Office for you
Harry.
The board of supervisors meets next
Tuesday.
Spinach. lettuce and soup punches at
F. G. Young's.
Dancing school at Armory hall Satur
day evening.
Mr.. John T. Fuhr. of Edgington, was
in the city today.
Dancing school will be held Saturday
evening at Armory hall.
Rev. Adams, of Ipava. H., il in the
city on a visit to his son, Mr.. John
Adams.
Mrs. Phil Mitchell and her twin sons
are making an extended visit in Phila-
delphia.
The sale of furniture at the CONNER.
cial hotel will be continued at 10 o'clock
tomorrow.
Ice cutting at WATERFOWL from which
Mr.. ]. 3. Gilmore was expecting several
car loads has been. abandoned. owing
to the thinness of the ice.
The stock of furniture. ETC.. in the
Commercial hotel was sold at auction
today under Constable Eckhart's direc.
ton by Auctioneer Harris.
The Rock Island Turner society will
give a gymnastic exhibition and concert
at Turner hall on Sunday evening next.
Admission twenty-five cents.
Mrs. Nathaniel Swain and family wish
to extend many thanks for the kindness
of the G. A. r. and Ladies' Relief Corps
ami friends who assisted in their late
bereavement
The Rock Island s. Milan street railway
directors had their usual meeting this
morning, but no developments came Of
il. Prospects of disposition of the
road still remain good, however.
Mr. Geo. Hakes has Just returaed from
a visit To his father, Mr. Holmes Hakes,
at Fresno, Cal. Mr. Hakes reports BILLY"
BernhsHer, the erstwhiie Rock leland
barber, as doing timely on a twenty~acre
fruit farm.
The farm house of John Weaver, two
and half miles southeast of Moline, was
DESTROYED by fire at an early hour yester-
day morning. The loss is 500, with
insurance of $275 on building, and 1926
on contents.
Mr.. P. L. Mitchell has given orders
that the front doors of the Christian
chapel be made to swing out instead of
in, change heretofore emphasized as
necessary by the ARGUS, in the interests of
public safety.
Col. II. B. Burgh suggests that about
the time the worlds fair is being held In
Chicago. it would be the prime opportu>
nifty for Rock Island and Moline to con.
solidate and 60 into a gigantic advertis.
ing scheme. as the ARGUS suggested for
Rock Island.
Engineer Bliss, of locomotive 425 Of
the c., NJ. s. st. p, has taken a lay OF
for few weeks to make trip to Salt
Lake City, and Engineer Lappelle. of
freight engine S75. is running his engine,
while Engineer Tobiu has come down
from Savanna to take Engineer Lapelle's
place.
Lottie Jones. a notorious character of
Davenport, attempted suicide at her
quarters on Second street between Perry
and Rock Island streets In Davenport
yesterday by taking two ounces of car
bolic acid. Grief over her desertion 10y a
young man with whom she had been liv-
ing caused her rsshness.
The new two cent postage stamp has
made its appearance. 1t is q little
smaller than its sickly green predecessor,
and Ia in color delicate carnine. The
medallion head of George Washington is
retained, and the pretty new stamp
arrived Just in time to help cele-
brate the old boys birthday. The
old stamp bore the figure in the CEN
ter of the lower edge. The new one has
2 at each side of the center.
Sheriff Silvis has, at his own expense,
retained Mr.. VIM Jack son to prosecute
Edward S. Ise. the forger. The sheriff is
aroused by the assertions. especially those
appearing in the Omaha papers, &C
companied by scurrilous attacks upon him
personally. that Ise will escape proper
punishment here, and is determined that
there shall be no negligence on the part
Of the prosecution. He proposes that Ise
shall be sent to the penitentiary of Illi>
nois before the state of Nebraska shall
get him.
Yesterday afternoon Milton Colwell,
a colored teamster of Moline, was driving
toward that city on Moline avenue with
a heavy load of wood, and walking beside
his wagon while driving. when Jacob
Fromm, also of Moline, was driving west
with a fractions horse, and the hind
wheels of the latter's wagon struck Col
well and damned him against his own
wagon bruising his body severely. dislo
eating his left arm and tearing his clothes
Mr.. Colwell will have Fromm arrested
for reckless driving.