Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-16
BRIEFLETS.
Nice pine apples at Browner's.

10 TO the Industrial. fair at Armory hall
tonight.
Don't miss the Mandolin quartet at the
fair tonight.
Elk Supervisor Wait. of Reynolds. was
in town today.
Mr.. l.. Simon has gone to Chicago on
a business mission.
Fresh radishes, spinach, onions and
lettuce at Browner's.
j.. E. Cartwright. the big tea man, is
at the Rock Island house.
There is grand rush at Mays grocery
to get goods at moving prives.
Notwithstanding the great rise in -four
May is still selling -four at 81 10 per sack.
Wanted-Two machinists at once, at
the novelty works on Twenty fourth
street.
Miss Alice Walsh, of Milan, is in the
city visiting at the residence of Mr.. VIM.
W. Scott.
Division Supt. f D. Wright. of the
G, NJ. & st. p, spent last night at the
Harper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer Rosenfield will
leave tomorrow night on six weeks
trip to California
Hon. Lionel Sommers, resident of
Scott county for fifty years. died at Le>
Claire yesterday.
Mr.. j. E. Chandler. the Bardolph
brick man. is in the city on business with
Contractors Atkinson Il Olof.
Mr.. and Mrs L. s. Pearsall and Mrs.
G. c. Coyne. of Port Byron, came down
last night to see the MINISTRIES.
Mrs. Mary Renfro and Miss Hattie
Wells, of Cheyenne. Wyo.. are visiting
at the residence of Henry Housman.
Capt Orrin Andrews. chief clerk of the
Hotel Murray, Omaha, is visiting friends
in the tri cities He is a native of Dav-
export.
The sale of seats for the celebrated
Janauschek will open at Clemann &
Sslzmann's tomorrow morning at 8
o'clock.
The ferry Spencer will hereafter leave
every morning at 545 a m on its first
trip, and lis last Trip at night wi be
made at 9.
Supervisor Forsyth received a tele,
S'eh toihy AoudN dHu'uucluS tue uedtQ
of his nephew, Joseph Dice. in White
side county.
The ladies sewing society of The First
NJ. Z. church have 100 yards of rag car
pet for sale. Inquire of Mrs. j. D. Tay,
lor, 9O4 Nineteenth street.
William II. Snale. telephone inspector
for the Rock Island exchange, was mar
ried in Moline last evening to Miss Josie
Altz, Rev. G. W. Cue officiating.
Rev. DIR. McCord has returned from
Illinois and is now at his home in this
city. His condition is not as favorable
as his friends could wish -Dubuaue Sun
day Times.
There is good investment in Rock
Island for some energetic business man
who will combine the business of sprink,
ling and sweeping the Second avenue
pavement.
Mr.. II. M. Stone. publisher of the DAYS
export directory, was in town today. Mr..
Stone may be induced to get out a direc-
tory in Rock Island. The city needs a
reliable one Just now.
John Bsrosskv was found this morn.
ing in a shed in the rear of the saloon run
by his brother. Claus Barossky, in Dav
export, hanging. He was forty-nin
years old, and suicided because of i'll
health
Messrs. c. X. Off1eld and T. s Faun-
tieroy, of Chicago, returned last night TO
Rock Island. They a!e assistant coun-
sci IN the Fassett suit against the Moline
Malleable Iron company now pending in
the circuit court.
The Kings Daughters" were the spec
isi attraction at the Industrial fair last
night. and rare and pleasing entertain
ment they gave. Tonight the Mandolin
quartette appears. The voting also com
mences this evening.
Col J. NJ Whittemore, commandant at
Rock Island arsenal, went to Chicago
this morning to meet Mrs. Whittemore
and accompany her here. She has not
been west since her husbands assign
ment to the command at Rock Island.
The transfer of the Sears tract to the
Rockford Construction company was
made Yesterday afternoon, and the trans.
action practically made. 1t only remains
now for the abstract of title TO be ap>
proved by the Rockford compauy's at
torney.
Emil Schadt, an employe of the Rock
Island Lumber company, had the index
finger of his left hand cut completely off
and his thumb badly lacerated while at
work with machine this morning. DR..
Barth attended him and he was convened
to his home i'll South Park.
Health Commissioner Eyster has inves-
tigated the causes of the prevailing ma
laria at Augu stana college and finds the
building completely pregnated with sewer
gas, owing to very imperfect and bung-
ling arrangement of sewer pipes. The
difficulty is being remedied.
Four bows were out near the ferry dock
on raft this afternoon, when one fell off
into the river. He struggled desperately
and would have been drowned but for a
heroic act on the part of John McDarrah,
who, witnessing the catastrophe from the
ferry dock, leaped into the water and
saved the boys life.
The coroner's inquest on the body of
the unknown infant described Yesterday
as found in vault in the upper part of
town was continued this afternoon.
Phillip Miller testified as to the fruitless
result of the investigation of the only
clue he could get, and the coroner an,
nouncing that he had no further evidence
to produce. the jury returned a verdict
that the child came its death by causes
| unknown.
Several measures are now pending be-
fore congress looking to the better re
Enumeration of letter carriers and other
postofiice employees. 1t is proposed to
increase the pay of carriers to 81 ZOO q