Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-15
BRIEFLETS.

The snow is hailed with general de-
light.
A. NJ. Boyles. of Seattle. WASH, is in
the city.
Mr.. Sam Heagy. of Hampton. was in
the city today.
Mr.. s. F. Lynde, of Chicago. Is in the
city on business.
The black flag was ordered up again
this morning.
Wanted-A cook. Inquire of Mrs.
Howard Wells.
E. W. Lowrey, of Denver, is visiting
his brother, 81. j. Lowrey.
McIntire Bros. discount sale prior TO
inventory. See advertisement.
Trainmsster ]. G. Stanton of the c.,
B. q O.. was in the city today.
Remember the discount sale at McIn-
tire Bros. See advertisement.
John Griffin, well known farmer in
Hampton township, died this morning.
Supervisor Murphy. of Coal Valley. is
acting as baiiff during the present term
of court
Winter is half over and the thermome-
ter has not registered a point below the
zero mark yet.
The R. I. g. P. pay car went over the
road to Peoria this morning in charge of
Gen. Supt. Sudlow.
Let every seat be filed tomorrow night
at the Growing of the Queen of Fame. !"
for the benefit of;the hospital.
Wanted-A girl to do housekeeping,
aged Is or IS. Call at p. m, at Gold.
berg's laundry. 1924 Third avenue.
General Freight Agent Stockhouse, of
the r. L. & p. is in Chicago attending a
meeting of the Western Freight associa>
ton.
Mrs. L. j. Conway has gone to Sioux
City to spend two months with her son,
Geo. Conway. who is a prominent BUSH
ness man there
Remember the hospital entertainment
tomorrow night at the opera house.
Don't fail to see the "Crowning of the
Queen of Fame"
Negotiations are ROW pending as re-
suit OF which, Mr.. H. G. Ashhaugh, late
of the Union. may become owner of the
Davenport Tribune.
The Rock Island Turner society will
have an entertainment and dance at Tur>
ner hall Saturday evening. Jan. 18th.
Everybody is invited
The Two Johns" presented an accept.
able performance of their ludicrous play
at Harper's theatre last evening, but the
audience was small owing to the great
prevalence in the city of the LA Grippe. 4"
MIR. E. B. Sergeant, formerly of Rock
Island. but whose home is now in Rock
ford, was in the city this morning greet
ing his friends, of whom there are m any,
and he included tine ARGUS in his list of
calls.
Jack Webb, the cowardlY assassin who
attempted the murder of Thomas Nc
Causland, of McCsuslsnd, Iowa, on &C.
tober Goth last. plead guilty in the cir.
cult court at Davenport yesterday. but
the court withheld sentence until Satur-
day.
Mrs. Calvin Truesdale, who with the
doctor Is spending the winter at Mime
apolis, had the great misfortune to have
severe fall while walking along the
street in that city recently, sustaining a
fracture of one of the bones of the left
wrist. DR.. Truesdsle is giving the in
jury his constant attention, and no SER
ious results are spprehended.
The grand jury of Cook county has re-
turned indictments against Henry La
Cloche, Seth Twombly aid Chas Buford
for the murder of Edward Smith. Jr..who
died last November from the effects of
the injuries received in the Rock Island
railroad accident at South Englewood on
the night of Sept. Gath. This is the sew
enth indictment for murder against
Twombly and Buford. but first found
against LsCloche, who was fireman on
Twombly's engine.
The enterprising house furnishing firm
of Clemann & Salzmsnn, which has here.
tofore been content with identifying the
interior of the houses of others, have de.
cided to apply little of the same to
their own benefit, though the nature of
the improvement. while not less attrac-
tive, is different somewhat from that
which they devote their special attention
to. They have given orders to the Ad-
ans Wall Paper company to paper and
otherwise decorate the walls of their
stores and upper rooms in Harper's thea
tire building in the most approved style,
and when the work Is finished there will
be no more inviting business house in the
city.