Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-12
BRIEFLETS.

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Choice home grown strawberries at F
G. Young's.
| R. 8. Silyis, of Carbon Cliff. was in the
city today.
High Life and Purity coffee sold only
at F. G. Youngs.
Capt. Geo. Lamont boarded the Pitts,
burg for Burlington yesterday.
Mrs. ]. b. Brown left for Beardstown
| this morning, her future home.
Mr.. James Taylor, of Taylor Ridge. left
last evening for Cedar Rapids on an ex-
tended visit
Division Agent H. d. Mack, of the G..
b. d @, has gone down the road on a
business trip.
Prof. s. T. Bowlby left with his FAM
\ lily this afternoon for Princeton on an
extended visit.
The Rock Island Citizens Improvement
association meets in regular monthly ses-
sion tonight.
| Mr.. George Schneider has gone TO Mt :.
Pleasant, Iowa, TO look after his business
interests there.
Preaching at Christian mission, corner
Twenty ninth street and Seventh avenue,
| tonight. All are invited.
| The lawsuit between Samuel Goode and
the commissioners of highways of Anda>
lusis for labor has been compromised.
Mr.. Arnold Oswald. of this city, left
for Chicago this morning on a few days
visit to Mr.. Eugene Hen.
The republican legislative candidates
have disappeared Has Boss Wells sent
them out of town until the storm blows
| over?
Mrs. Choppers concert in Moline will
be for the benefit OF the Y Nj. G. A. of
| that city. and cars will run after the en-.
tertainment.
MIR. and Mrs. Theodore Holdorf, of
Ninth avenue ana Twelfth street. lost a
five days old child Tuesday and the flu
neral occurred yesterday.
Prominent republicans are Emporium
ing democrats now TO nominate two men
for the legislature, promising to do all in
| their power to insure the election of the
same.
The Rock Island Industrial Home as
ISOLATION has decided to have its Fourth
of July picnic in Andrews park on Thir =
| ty first street, a little over block south
of the street Car line.
Mrs. r. G. Housed and children have re-
| turned home from their visit to Hot
Springs. Ark. The many friends of Mrs
Housed will be pleased to hear that she is
much improved in health.
Mr. G. D. Gordon, the hotel man, is
| mentioned by his friends as suitable
democratic candidate for sheriff. If
| Gordon were elected, the pris oners could
depend upon pretty good bill of fare at
least.
Architect J. W. Ross, Of this city, with
the board of education of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, let the contract yesterday to John
Volk & Co. of Rock Island, for the
erection of their new stone high school
| building for $40, 900 Davenport Trib-
| une.
Crawford and Collins represent about
| as well as could be found the extremes
that can be reached by party in nom.
| mating candidates for the legislature
irrespective of responsibility and iudiffer>
ent TO degree prejudical to the
needs of the community and the best
welfare Of the state.
Mr.. p L. Mitchell is CARVING his de.
termination to improve 10 every piece OF
property he owns in the city. He is now
putting in curbing and tile walks about
his building SO long occupied by the
Rock Island children's carriage works at
the corner of Fourth avenue and Six.
| tenth street.
The numerous friends of Mr.. James
Maucker will be panied to learn that he
has nearly lost his sight. His eyes have
| been growing weak for some time, and
failing to get relief, Mr.. w. c. Maucker
has determined to take him to Chicago
tonight for treatment. An operation
| will be performed by DR.. Holmes, the
celebrated optician, which is hoped to
| restore the vision,
Mrs. Milton Jones gives a parlor mu-
sicale at the Davenport homestead on the
10th inst. Toward the latter part Of the
month Mrs. Jones and her talented chill
dren give an entertainment for the bene-
fit of the new Baptist church at Daven-
port. The entertainment will be worthy
the most liberal patronage of the good
people of Davenport.
The man arrested in possession of the
stolen team belonging to Robt. Conwell,
of Davenport, near the Moline line yes>
terdsy afternoon, gave satisfactory proof
that he had bought the horse near Port
Byron and was released. The horse was
turned over to it's owner, and Marshal
Miller will endeavor to ferret out the &C,
tual thief
A casual glance at newspaper will
| show a list of men who helped TO build
up town. If you see good sized live
advertisement in the paper by each of the
merchants. and a card from each of the
small ones. you need not inquire as to the
prosperity OF the town-it's solid. But
if you find the most extensive merchants
not advertising their business. then you
set it down as fact that those who do
try to push their business and the town
with its interest, have hard time and an
uphill journey all the year around. -Er-
change