Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-27
BRIEFLETS.

recovering from siege Oh III grippe.
A path has been established across
the ice between Rock Island and Daven-
port.
Mr.. Chss. Ammison. the jolly grape
grower of Carbon Cliff, was in the city
today shaking hands with his friends.
Mrs. w. T. Call has issued invitations
for tea Friday evening at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Eggles>
ton on Second avenue.
The Diamond 10 steamboat company
has purchased the Iowa Iron works at
Dubuque and intend to build steel hulls
for vessels next spring.
VIM. E. Stengel, of this city, will put
up big ice house at Muscatine and I'll it
as soon as completed. Muscatine ice,
melons and potatoes rate high.
The marriage of Mr.. John Lane and
Miss Ruth Atkinson took place at the
home of Supervisor VIM. Atkinson Fri
day, Judge Adams officiating.
The Rock Island Citizens Improves
ment association will hold a special
meeting next Thursday evening to con-
slider the Milan canning factory project.
| Mrs j. c. Aud and Mrs. Harry Fay
left for Chicago this noon to attend the
funeral of their sister, Mrs. VIM. Briggs,
who died of quick consumption yester-
day.
Pat Rooney, not the Pat of national
reputation, but If local celebrity, has
yielded up to insidious invasion of the
grip. and his face not :een in its usual
haunts.
| The Western Trail, the monthly bulle-
tin of the Rock Island road. in its current
issue devotes considerable space to the
white Sulphur" springs on the Missis,
sippi below Davenport.
| 1t is reported that the Piute Climb will
build an elegant club house of its own
some time this year The club is com.
posed of $50 members, large number of
whom are from Moline md Rock Island
Davenport Democrat
A report reached Rock Island today
that Mrs. g. a. Bashforth had died a,
Griggsville, Illinois, of nervous prostrs
ton and grief after her husbands burial,
bnt investigation failed to develop any
ground for the rumor
The funerals of Mr. and Mrs Louis
Salznann's son Walter, and of MIR. and
Mrs. VIM. Eckermans daughter Mamie.
occurred yesterday. the attendance al
both testifying to the sympathy that is
felt for the grief stricken families.
Adolph F0sberg and John Lavine were
arrested by Officer Helter Saturday night.
Fosberg lives on Fourth avenue, between
Eleventh and Twelfth street, and is
charged with abusing his wife. while
Lavine is charged with creating dis.
turbsnce
The story is out that Cephas Gregg. an
old and well known Mississippi river
man, and captain of the Gem City las,
year, has fallen in love with black eyed
senorits of Tucson, Arizona, but that he
yielded to prior claim of rustler with
two large guns worn Wis a>vis at the
waist, and came away.
Mr. Phil Mitchell has returned from his
business trip 10 the east. Mr.. Mitchell
states that the rebuilding of the Mitchell
& Lynde block will begin early in the
spring, and that the front will be of red
granite, the whole exterior appearance to
be the hsndsomest in the three cities,
while the interior will be most convenient
and elegant in every way.
The Florence Hamilton company
closed it's engagement at Harper's theatre
Saturday night. The gold watch prom.
Used as a souvenir was not presented. the
management announcing that discov,
cry of the fact that the law would not
permit the rattle, coupled with the fact
that business did not warrant it, had in
duced the company to abandon its inten'
ton in this respect.
The funeral of Mrs. II. G. Wivill &C.
Cured this morning from St. Joseph's
church, Rev. Father Thomas Mackin of.
floating. The floral tributes we're beau
tiful, especially so q pillow bearing
the word, Rest" from Mrs. Hesgy, OF
Hampton. The pall,bearers were; Maj
]. M. Beards!ey, VIM. McEuiry. Samue
Heagy, Henry Harrison. Aid. Daniel
Corken and F. Gotten.
/ An ex confederate soldier sent five dol
lars to Gen. Beauregard and told him tC
send in return a winning ticket in tht
Louisiana lottery, saying he mad been ,
faithful soldier in the lost cause, and h,
came out of the army with hardly enough
clothes to cover his nakedness. Tn,
general is said to have replied: my dea
comrade, send you ticket. also of
fer you this advice; If you stick to thu
Louisiana lottery as faithfully as you die
to the southern confederacy. you will no
have clothes enough to wad a shot gun.
Presiding Elder NJ. A. Head, of tn
Rock Island NJ. E district, this afternoon
received dispatch announcing the dealt
of his mother, Mrs Margaret Head, a
Hillsboro. Ohio. Mr.. Heads sther, VIII
was minister Of the gospel. died ther
four years ago. Mrs. Head was an aun
of Ex-Governor Foraker. In consequence
Of the sad event the quarterly meeting t
have been held IN Moline tomorfo,