Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-02
BRTEFLETS.


Have you kept your good resolutions
thus farf
Dancing at Turner hall Saturday
evening.
Hon. se- Mrs. E. W. Hurst spent New
Years in Chicago
The rink will be open for beginners
Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Benz. Whitsitt. of Presumption, was
in the city today.
The tax collectors notice appears on
another part of this page.
Ladies free at the rink Friday night.
Good music in attendance.
Mr.. Judd Repine is now employed at
the Nebraska Iron works at Lincoln.
The toll collections at Rock river
bridges for December we're 1874 Al.
Loosley's crockery store has been con-
nected with the telephone system. The
number is 1191.
1890 didn't make very favorable i'm
preston yesterday. 1t is doing better
today, however. thank you.
Lost-A small box addressed to W. J .
Criswell, Beardstown, Ill. A reward will
be given. Leave at this office.
Mr.. Geo. Wagner, OF the Atlantic
brewery, has sent out one of the most
ornamental calendars of the season.
John Ohlweller, Jr., is the happiest
man in the Second ward today. His
wife presented him with a son this morn
ing.
The water registered at the governs
ment guage this morning 3 deg. below
the low water mark-the lowest on rec
Nord.
In writing your date lines now, don't
forget to shove that up a notch
in place of the second 8 and add the
cipher.
Mr.. Julius Enveshenger, engineer at
Huber's brewery. died at st. Lukes hos
pital of consumption yesterday. aged
Unit -SISuI.
VIM. Chatterton, the actor of the Hams
linn company stabbed Christmas eve, has
recovered so far as to be able to leave the
city this morning.
The Union announces ten horse en-,
CINE for sale. "a one>horse paper given
away" will be the next announcement
from that quarter.
MIR. Chas. F. Fleming leaves for San
dose, CAL, tonight, on a months visit to
his family. The distributing house here
will be in charge of Alvin Dart during
his absence.
Rev. DR.. Ewing, ex>president of Fair
field, Iowa, college, will preach In
the Central church next Sunday morning
end evening, and may be called to the
psstorste as Rev. Medium g successor.
The Great Rock Island Route" is dis
tributing its annual New Years compli-
ments IN the way of calendars more
unique and handsome in design than
hS'S'cioiC, oil dItlCiS VI OTndment ana
every day use.
The rumor published by the ARGUS few
days since that the Union was about to
drop $4,000 of its much boosted capital
stock, has been amply verified. With the
advent of the New Year the morning con L.
Germ surrendered its associated press
franchise and gave up the idea of pub
fishing Geographic news dispatches. As a
consequence Rock Island has ceased to be
a night telegraph Office, Manager Loouey
having received word to discontinue it as
such.
The last will of Geo. W. Space, of
Bowling, was recorded Tuesday after
noon. All the property is bequesthed to
the widow during her life. at the end of
which it is to be divided among the chill
dren the oldest son to receive $40O out of
the estate, and his sons Amasa and George
Space $500 each. The balance of the
estate is bequeathed to his daughters,
Rebecca. Rachel. Jane and Olive Space,
equally divided. Messrs. J. Huyett and
Jacob Adams witnessed the will, which
bears date Nov. Z, 1889.
The Union takes advantage of an or
binary slip of the pencil in this manner:
as Marshall Miller becoming a profits
The evening sheet makes known his re-
port or programme of arrests, fines, etc.
for January" The Union might have
had as much profit" as it accuses Mar
shal'l' Miller of haying, had it got month
or so ahead once in while as it accuses
the ARGUS of being, instead of invariably
several months in the rear. 1t would not
then have been necessary for it TO have
discarded $4,000 worth of its much
boosted capital stock
A Peoria man has invented a police
mans club, which, although it looks like
an ordinary billy" is so constructed
that if the rough resisting the officer gets
hold OF the billet, as soon as the strain
comes on the chain the outside slips off
aud small metal billet is released and is
still attached to the officers wrist by the
chain. Again, should the fight be des.
perate and the rough again succeeds in
getting hold of the implement and
wrestling it from the officers grasp, the
outside of the billet goes again, and this
time formidable dirk knife is left In the
hand Of the officer.
An anxious newspaper man SAYS that
the present custom of calling person
who OneIates q tunewrifer alsn a funa.