Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-06
BRIEFLETS.

Dancing school at Armory hall tomor-
row evening.
Mr.. Sam Heagy. Of Hampton. was in
the city today.
| Dancing school at Armory hall tomor-
row evening.
| j. s. Mcconnell, of Bowling was 10
Rock Island today.
Nays delivery wagons have been neat
ly and artistically reprinted.
Supervisor r. s. Montgomery. of Edg-
ington, was in the city today.
Mr.. John Bengston is having his store
front repainted by Geo. Sutclffe.
See the advertisement of the Adams
Wall Paper Co. on this page 1t W i'll be
to your interest.
| Miss Zeis. the milliner. has removed TO
No. 1910 Second avenue, one door east of
Lloyd s. Stewards gents furnishing goods
house.
w. A. Jones, of Brazil, Ind. today
accepted the secretaryship of the Moline
Y. NJ. G. A. and entered apon the active
discharge of his duties.
Yesterdays inviting weather brought
aoSiothht oothdotCt buhhCi iiOh
| sick room to the postoffice building long
enough to balance up accounts.
d. J. Webb, station agent of the c., M.
& st. p. road at Rapids City. is in town
today on his way to Quincy to attend the
the state A. o. U. W. encampment.
Judge Howstt has overruled the appli-
cation of DR.. J. A. Reid, of Davenport,
for change of venue in his trial for man>
slaughter, and the case has been set for
tomorrow.
Messrs. Atkinson & Oloff this morning
received notice to the effect that they had
been awarded the $4,000 paving cons
tract heretofore described in the city of
Galesburg.
Mr.. John Schafer, who is laid up with
a severe attack of rheumatism, has en-
gagged Mr.. Swan Youngren to conduct his
business at the Schafer house until he is
able TO be out again.
The Coal Valley Mining company will
tomorrow reduce the retail price of coal
ten cents per ton. This makes the cost
$2.25 per ton, and Supt. Sudlow says the
price is down to stay.
r NJ Wall has decided to move from
Davenport to Rock Island and will oc-
cupy his house on Sixteenth street. south
of the armory building in order to be
nearer 10 his business.
Rev. H. G. Leland returned from Men.
dota yesterday afternoon for the purpose
of conveying his family and household
goods TO his new home there. Mr.. Les
land is much pleased with Mendoza and
his prospects there.
Clarence Mart, Geo. Diller, Win Hess.
Ter and Lowrey Hines were out on a
nigh last night. and were carrying things
before them at Otto Sieb's saloon when
Officers Mulqueen, Schssb and Thomas
gathered them in. They will be tried
this evening.
Sunday morning Chss. Haldan, an en-
ploye in the Rock Island railroad shops,
was fishing near Weyerhsuser & Denk-
mann's mill, Davenport, when he fell over
into the river having been suddenly seized
by an attack of heart trouble, and was
drowned before he could be recovered.
Mr. Benz Whitsitt has issued notices of
his annual sale of short horn cattle on
Thursday. June 5th The offering con.
sists of Is young bulls, and 80 heIfers
and young cows; 80 head Of the
lot are under two years old, all bred of
Mr.. Whitsitt's bull, MarauGer, s7779.
The Moline postofice force sp' lng a
neat little surprise on the retiring post
master, Dan w. Gould. yesterday, pre-
senting him with a nice gold watch
charm. with the Masonic square and COM
passes. Letter Carrier O'Reilly acted as
spokesman. and Mr.. Gould responded
warmly. Moline Dispatch.
Mr. E Parmenter and County Supt.
Southwell are now the only tenants re-
naming in the old Mitchell & Lynde
building, and they will not move off the
premises. They will occupy the office
formerly used by DR.. Mckee in the old
part until the new building is ready to
move into.
The Union is very much disturbed lest
Mr.. B. T. Cable should fail to express his
disspprovsl of the apparently un&Aimous
desire all over the Eleventh congressional
district to accept the democratic nom-
ination for congress, and in some
distress it lifts up its voice and
prays that Mr.. Cable may say no"
Even the Union is sufficiently posted to
realize that Mr.. Cables nomination by
the democracy would mean the retirement
of Mr.. Gest. Hence its anxiety that Mr..
Cable should decline to be a candidate,
but he has not been given to shaping his
ends to suit the tastes, policy or prefer
ence of the Union