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

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New spring goods just arrived at Hop
pes.
New sober spring taiIors arrived a,
Hopes.
The Waits of New York" at the the
alter tonight.
Kramer's writing and copying ink can
be had at G. c. Taylors, under the Rock
Island house.
Everything going below manufactur-
ers' cost at the great closing out sale a,
the Golden Eagle.
| The Weman's Improvement guild oil
Trinity church, will have tea party a.
the rectory Tuesday night.
Ex>Supt. of Streets Andrew Hoffman,
is very i'll with Bright's disease at his
home, 404 Eighteenth street.
Mr.. Swan Youngren, who has been
laid up for some time with rheumatic
troubles, lie again able to be about.
Nothing reserved-everything sold a,
less than the goods cost to make, at the
closing out sale at the Golden Eagle
| Rev. G. W. Cue returned from Knox
vile, where he delivered a rousing adj
dress at bigG. A R. campfire last night.
Call at the Golden Eagle and be con-
WINGED that their great closing out sale
is no fake" but a genuine bona fide
bargain sale.
City Marshal Ed. Kittilson, of Moline,
yesterday formally declared himself o
| candidate for the republican nomin alton
| for sheriff.
General Manager E. St John, of the
Rock Island road has appointed Geo. F.
Wilson general master mechanic in place
Of T. B. Twombly.
Stamp Deputy M. Lee Galt's receipts
from stamp sales for January were:
Beer. $2.479; cigars. $391.35; tobacco,
IS: total, $2,s7sS5.
Hon. John B. Hawley, wife and daugh-
ter, of Omaha, are at the Harper. theil
mission to Rock Island was to attend
the funeral of Miss Alice F. Webber.
j. W. Mcpherson, government guager
moves from Molire to Rock Island the
first of the week. Mr.. Mcpherson is tC
TO be congratulated on his good judg
ment.
| Mr.. John Oswald, who sustained Sc.
rious injury by his fall through hatch.
way in Gilmore's packing house the other
| day, is still suffering from the effects OF
the accident.
At the masquerade OF the Phoenix hose
company at Armory hall last evening
Miss Ella Anderson wore novel costume
made up entirely of copies of the RocI
ISLAND ARGUS.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. Smith celebrated
the fifty seventh anniversary of theil
marriage at their home, corner Twenty
third street and Fourth avenue, Moline
Thursday evening.
J Information from Brisr Bluff is to tn,
effect that ex.County Treasurer s. r
Porter. is slowly but surely recoverin,
from his recent attack of pneumonia
superinduced by the grip.
And now it is gently rumored that Cit
Attorney Haas will contest the republi
can nomination for Judge Of the count
J court with Judge Adams. Haas is no
particular as to how many offices b
holds.
! When words were being passed up TO
Blind Tom to spell at the theatre las
night, Mr.. ]. ]. Reimers pronounced
German word which Tom d d not catch
, IT is q jawbreaker. and means street car
Pronounce it: "Pherdestrasseneisenb
nwagen"
Mems $40 suit now SIS IS; Sl5 suit
now Sc. 80; $18 suits now $1,000. an
everything else in the same proportion
at the closing out sale at the Golde
Eagle. Extra help has been secured
, Call early If you want choice bargains
Mr.. Myer Loeb, the new proprietor.
bound to sell this stock at once.
Il W. A. Miller, landlord of the hot
Webster at Muscatine, has leased the h'
tel Julien. at Dubuque. for ten years.
. S12, 900 year. Mr.. Miller has been
Z the hotel business nineteen years. an
i. his management of the Webster is conclr
sive evidence that he knows how to ru
q firstclass hostelry.
The report of Deputy Internal Revenu
collector Bostock, of the division con
!. prising the counties of Rock islam,
q Mercer, Henry. Henderson and Warrel
. In which there are twenty eight Gig
factories, twenty-five of which are
IL steady operation all the year round; thru
It rectifyipg houses and Ave brewerie
|, shows the number of cigars made durir
= the year was 5.052, 1916 and the face walt
" Of stamps purchased $145, 1875. tt
e three rectifying houses rectided 20. S8l
At wine gallons. Al 1877. 70 proof gallons, 81
8, paid $37, 1877. 80 tax on spirits. The a
~ breweries produced AZ ,464 barrels Of bee
The total revenue was: Cigars, $146. 49,
X .75; spirits. S87, 1879; malt liquor