Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-07
BRIEFLETS.

Dancing school at Turner hall Wednes-
day evening.
Dancing school at Turner hall Wednes-
day evening.
Skating at the rink this evening.
Ladies free. Good music.
Are your hands chappedf Use Black
Hawk Tar soap-healing and pleasant.
Black Hawk Medicated Tar soap is
soothing and healing to chapped hands.
Every grocer and druggist sells Black
Hawk Medicated Tar soap. Price five
cents cake.
r. F. Reid. who is now full.fedged
Texan, is in the city to spend the winter
with old friends.
There will be services at the First Bap-
fist church this evening. and every even
ing this week, except Saturday.
Mrs. VIM. M. Reck, who has been vls-
fling relatives at Greenville, Pa, for the
last three months. is expected to return
home tomorrow evening.
Rev. Griffith. of Cable. preached in the
Ninth street NJ. E. church last evening.
Rev. G. w. Cue breaches tonight and
every evening during the week.
Loosely & Knowlton this morning paid
to the Messers. Sears $711. the amount
of the insurance in the Lancashire COM
pany on the Office adjoining the mill.
recently destroyed.
La Grippe is still prevailing in Rock
Island and several severe cases are re-
ported. The Messrs. Negus. proprietors
of the Rock Island house. Night Clerk
Martin and several of the help are
tussling with the ailment.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Iowa & Illinois Central District Medical
association will be held in the rooms of
the Davenport Business Mems association
at 2 p. m. on Thursday of this week. A
feature will be report from the health
officers of the three cities on the prevalent
contagious diseases.
An interesting wrestling match is TO
occur at Turner hall. this city, next FRI.
day evening between Chas. Green, cham.
pion of England, and Martin Burns, OF
Iowa. The conditions are that Green is
to throw Burns five times in an hour
Both Green and Burns took part in the
recent tournament at Davenport. where
the former captured first honors and
Burns third.
The ferry having ceased TO run. tho
Adams and American Express companies
attempted to use the government bridge
yesterday, but were prevented. and il
consequence have arranged to cross the
river at Savanna. and use the c., NJ. &
St. P. on either side. An effort should
be made to get these companies the priv
| ileges of the bridge here.
A new time card went into effect on
the c., M. s. st. P. Sunday, but it did
not in the least affect trains on the Ra,
| cine & Southwestern division. On the
Chicago & Iowa division this company
made a number of important changes,
putting on the most elegantly equipped
vestibule train that runs west from Chi
cago, being provided with steam heat,
and electric illumination and fitted out in
the most magnificent style conceivable.
r. W. O'Meara, city editor of the Dav.
export Times, was attacked by unknown
parties on Rock Island street in Dsven.
port last night, and shamefully beaten
and bruised. The assailants sneaked ur
behind him, and after doing their cow
ardly. dirty work, fled. The police OF
Davenport have good opportunity
to show a manly retaliation for Mr..
O'Mesra's upjustiiable course toward the
force, by putting forth special efforts tc
bring the fiends to justice. Davenport
has certainly been indulging in this foot ,
pad play recently to an extent that is a
disgrace to the city, and 1t is time that i
was stopped.
An explanation has come from Mr.. ]
NJ. Buford as to how the counterfeit
nickels found near the river Sunday, GO
there. A little over year ago when the
old Moline s. Rock Island company
was turning over its franchise ant
property to the Holmes people Mr.
Buford had a cigar box full o
counterfeit five cent pieces which from
time TO time had been found in the boxe,
on the cars. One day he gave them Il
his son Clark TO dispose of and the latte
thought the best plan would be to com
nit them forever to the then apparent,
impenetrable bosom of the Father o
rivers. The water was then high bu
when it receded it gave back the bogu!
coins.