Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
BRIEFLETS.

Il
reported.
Everything goes for 75c on the dollar.
at the Fair.
Mr.. Andrew Donaldson, OF Rural. was
in the city Yesterday.
Follow the crowd going to the Fair for
bargains-25 per cent off.
Skating at the rink Tuesday evening.
Ladies free. Good music.
The May Howard Burlesque company
appears at the theatre tonight.
Now is your time to buy goods at a
bargain-25 per cent off at the Fair.
Mr.. Thos. Hayes, of Edgington, was
among the visitors to the city today.
Clinton, Iowa. has a new paper. 1t
flies the caption of the Saturday Eoening
Bugle.
Stamp Deputy M. Lee Calls collections
for December were: beer. $3.OO8 rs;
cigars. s41s 80; tobacco. s. so.
Grand rattle of breach.loading gun
at s. A. Marschall's saloon on Third ave.
nue. tonight. Everybody is invited.
Mr.. T. E. Gray and daughter, Miss
Ellen ]. Gray, leave Monday for Wichita
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. E. II. Anawalt,
the latter being sister to Mr.. Gray.
Circuit court convenes next Monday
afternoon at Q o'clock for the January
term. Judge Smith will probably pre-
side.
News was received this afternoon Of
the death at Burlington of Mrs. Rev.
Phillip Barth. mother of Drs. G.. E. and j.
M. Barth, and they left for Burlington
this afternoon.
Sheriff Silvis has appointed Mr.. ]. w.
Cavanaugh, his recent deputy, bailiff
to serve during the coming term of court.
and Mr.. Cavansugh has accepted. A
wiser and better selection could not have
been made.
AT the regular meeting of the Black
Hawk Building and Loan association last
evening there were applications for loans
aggregating $l4. $50 and ten were ward
ed amounting to SO. 800, at a premium of
2S3 cents per share.
Miss Sadie Cool and her friend, Miss
Brown, of Cordova, we're in the CITY to.
day, the guests of the family of Mr.. Geo.
Z. Bailey. in whose company they called
at the ARGUS Office and were shown
through the building. They have been
attending the W. G. T. U. meeting at
Moline.
Miss Susanna Holland, whose death
was recorded in last nights ARGUS, was
a neice of Supervisor and Mrs. VIM. At
kinson and the last time she was out W as
to attend gathering at Mr.. Atkinsons
Christmas day. and while suffering acute
pain on that occasion, she was neverthe-
less source of JOY and sunshine to all
about her. as her whole life was.
Opinions differ among our physician s
on the subject of La Grippe" as to
whether it is making its appearance here.
Some aver that already the disease has
manifested itself In scattered cases, while
others claim that there are no cases of
the genuine article in the neighborheod.
IL you are devotee of fashion you have
LA Grippe, if not, you have a plebian
every day cold.
Marcus Besl, a messenger for the
American Express company on the Rock
Island and st. Louis run, has given up
railroading for the purpose of engaging
in the gents furnishing business with his
brother. Geo. E. Beal, at Cedar Rapids.
ae has been a faithful express messen>
ger for fifteen years, aud it is the wish of
his friends that he may be as succe ssful
in business avocations.
One of the most popular commercial
men who registers periodically at the
Harper is Mr.. Joseph s. Hibbs. ESQ, of
Philadelphia, who has thirteen year old
son who promises to write his name in
the temple of fame as poet. The little
mans name is Franklin Colbert Hibbs,
and he has written poem on the Chill
dren's Christmas" that would do credit to
heads twice as old in years and exper-
fence. Mr.. Hibbs is quite reasonably very
proud of his promising son.
Manager ". T. Griffith, of the Central
Union Telephone company, in the three
cities, has resigned that position. to take
effect Feb. 1st and has accepted the pro-
position of Allen & Swiney, as manager
of the Dubuque electric road He will
be here for time yet, and his family will
remain in Davenport for sew.
eral months, but he now feels that his
lot Is cast with Dubuque. He has no
idea who will be his successor.
The big fire across the river Tuesday
evening which illumined the sky 90 that
it could be plainly seen. thirty miles dis.
tant, started at Copperas creek. and
famed by the wind. cut swath five
miles long and two wide. The dry prai-
RE and swamp grass burned rapidly, but
died down on reaching the timber. AL
number of fences which were in the path
of the fire were burned. The burning of
fences on the Brunn farm was greatest
and will entail quite a loss. No houses
are reported burned. The fire may have
swept on and done considerable damage,
had it not been effectually checked later
in the evening by the rain Muscatine
Meas Tribune.
The marriage of Miss Minnie Ransom,
daughter OF Capt. w. J. Ransom, to Mr..
WILDER B. Barker last Wednesday evan