Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-29
BRIEFLETS.
Memorial day tomorrow.

ACeS DonCi III Suiis anu hcun at tue
theatre tonight.
Mr.. John Barton, of Coal Valley. at.
tended the county convention today.
$3.50 will buy 81 mattress and spring
at j. w. Jones Second hand store. 1914
Second avenue.
Mrs. o. 81. Sturgeon. of Window, Pa,
is visiting her son. States Attorney NJ
M. Sturgeon. of this city.
V. E. Sir. J. E. Dyas. deputy grand
commander of the state of Illinois. will
inspect Evarts' Commandery X. p. to,
night.
Book beer tomorrow at S. A. Mar
shalPs Centennial saloon on Third ave
nue. between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets.
Book beer tomorrow at VIM. Seefeld's
saloon. corner of First avenue and Six.
teenth street, opposite the c., b. & Q,
depot.
Mrs. Z. j. Skies and daughter, Miss
Letitia. left this morning for an extended
visit TO relatives at Atlantic and Avoca,
Iowa.
Sidney &. Pearson and Miss Annie
Hutchings were married al Trinity church
last night by the rector, Rev. X. F.
Sweet.
f. A. Lane. popular commercial
traveller who is also connected with the
reportorial staff of the Boston Globe. is in
the city on business.
Messrs. ]. A. Wilson and Lewis Will
son, of Rural, and j. G. Taylor. of Tay-
lor Ridge, were in the city today as look
ers on at the democratic convention.
Conductor Ed. fuller, of the Savanna
run of the c., b. Il Q, accompanied by
his wife and daughter, have gone to Ash
ley, North Carolina, for the benefit of his
health.
A great boom for the city of Rock ISL
and. 1t has been fully decided that the
worlds fair Is to be changed from Chi q,
cago to j. w. Jones Second hand store,
1914 Second avenue.
All passes heretofore issued hy the
Rock Island & Milan railway not expir-
ing on June | are revoked. and all Der-
sons entitled to passes may apply to Fred
Hass, receiver
Representatives of the Home Insurance
company have settled with Mr.. s. c..
Taylor. of Taylor Ridge. in full for the
damages and loss occasioned by The fire
at his immense hay barn last week.
Ii was Miss Maria Thompson. daugh-
ter of MIR, VIM. Thompson. of go Nine .
teenth street. whose wedding occurred
Tuesday night, instead of Nina, as the
name appeared Yesterday.
AS the telegraph shows, the Hennepin
canal went up another notch toward sues
cess yesterday,in the passage of the river
and harbor bill with it included a
motion TO strike it ont being lost by
vote of 81 yeas to 12S nays
The Ladies Sewing society of the
Methodist church will meet with Mrs. II.
e. cleveland at 2 p. m. on Tuesday.
June 3. The ladies wish to choose the
pattern for carpet for the church, from
a collection of samples.
Miss Josie Sexton was surprised at her
home on Third avenue between Eighth
and Ninth streets last evening by about
twenty-tiv of her friends, and a happy
time was spent in dancing and games,
after which fine supper was served.
A team of horses attached to a top bug
gy belonging to Mr. Ben Hariz. of Hartz
X Bahnsen, this city, got away in Daven-
port yesterday afternoon and INDUCED in
a lively runaway on West Third street.
The vehicle was considerably damaged,
but no serious consequences attended the
accident.
Supt. Schnitger expects when the cleo
trio system of the Holmes company is in
full operation, to make the run from
Hsrper's theatre, Rock Island. to the
heetor house. Moline, in TWENTY-FIVE
and ts reduce the time on both
he red and blue lines from two hours
Tor round trip to fifty minutes OF an
hour.
The annual meeting of the directors of
he Rock Island & Milan street railway
company was held at the office of the
secretary, E. w. Hurst. yesterday after
noon, and new directors were elected as
follows: II. G. Connolly, Peter Fries,
J. M. Buford, III. q. Davenport, John
Peetz. The election of officers was de-
ferred until later date.
Up in Dubuque. which is probably the
only county which has as deplorable and
iisgraceful a court house structure as
Rock Island county has, the people are
having mass meetings to condemn the
I'D building and cry cut for new one.
soon Rock Island will be alone in its
,loriiied possession of so ancient a sepul- |
her of justice.
An exchange states that you can read |
he newspaper proof three or four times |
md repeatedly pass the same error with
'ut seeing it. All newspaper men tell |
Iou so. But as soon as the press is /,
tarted and the paper Is printed in its |
complete shape, there stands the error in |
ront of you, so big that you can't see
inything else. It's strange fact and is |
the reason why it is so easy to |
dit newspaper after it is printed.
Assessor G. H. Ritter and his assistants
ifessrs. Geo Solsnder and j. III. Cleland. |
AVE their work well in hand. The real
state and persons assessed for personal
property should remember that the board |
If grevieEce, $50 called" consisting of
he assessor. town clerk and supervisor,
meet June 90 to hear complaints and rec
lily mistakes. The next resort is the July
meeting of the board of supervisors and
hereafter all assessments stand as as
essed. 1t has been the habit of many to
ind fault and kick when they pay their
axes. The time to kick is the time men,
toned.
With the close of the present school
year. Miss c. M. Briggs, for many years
principal at the High school,
levers her connection with tho II orb Tel,
and public schools. She will first visit IN
ler native state. Rhode Island. and then
20 to California for permanent residence
As teacher Miss Briggs has few equals.
her studious zeal. scholarly accomplish
ments. faculty of controlling her pupils
and womanly grace having won her q