Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-07
BRTEFLETS.


Nice sweet cider at Bankers.
Broken crackers at F. G. Young's.
Chickens and turkeys at Barker's
"a Paper Doll" at the theatre tonight.
Fresh strawberries and pineapples at
Mays
Choice turkeys and chickens at Brown
er's.
Head lettuce, spinach and beets at
Mays.
Oranges 25c per dozen at F. G.
Young's.
Good music at the rink this evening
Ladies' free.
Choice new lettuce and spinach at G.
c. Truesdsle's.
New lettuce, onions and raddishes at
at Geo. Browners.
Fresh lettuce. spinach and new beets,
at F. G. Young's.
Rock Island encampment. No, 10. 1.
.. o. F., meets tonight.
Sweet potatoes, eating apples. oranges
and nice ripe bananas. at Longs.
VIM. Dresser leaves for New Orleans
Monday TO spend a week in his old home
The only place to buy choice turkeys
and chickens in the morning will be at c.
c. Trucsdale's.
MIR. j. T. Walker, one of the solid Cit
liens of Canoe Creek, was in the city to-
day on business.
The next dance of the Crescent club
will 10 hal
evening. Feb. 81.
Mr.. James Cook, Hamptons we'll
known citizen, paid his respects to the
county seat today.
Mr.. Geo. Schneider yesterday pur-
chased the boot and shoe stock of Chas.
Pfoh, on Market square.
Julius Schutt, the erstwhile Davenport,
real estate dealer. was acquitted of the
charge of forgery in the Minneap polls
criminal court.
Mrs. Otto Gebhardt died at her home
| on Elm street last evening at 8 o'clock
aged twenty-five of cons umption. She
leaves three children.
Julius R. Peetz, of Wabasha, has been
| appointed cashier of the Peoples Ma,
tional bank, Of which his father, Capt
John Peetz, is president.
The body of Miss Jennie Warren, the
young lady drowned at Hampton &
week ago tomorrow. has not yet been re-
covered. though the most diligent effort.
have been made to find it.
A cold wave is bearing down upon us
The weather dispatcher has ordered
| everything sidetracked to the zero sta
ton, which will be reached at 8 a. m
tomorrow if the wave doesn't strike
misplaced switch.
| The Industrial school will be held Sat
urday afternoon from to O'Clock a
the Citizens Improvement association
rooms, and any donations of material o
clothing or assistance in teaching will b,
| gladly received.
Boss Wells has planned for the decsp
itation of another faithful Democrat,
mail carrier and has received an edic
from Congressman Gest that John McMs
hon is to be the successor and that he i
to take hold about the 18th.
Phillip H. Dsum, the well know
barber, was elected from r. Schwecke'
saloon on Moline avenue last evening an,
he at once swore out a warrant before
Justice Cooke for Schwecke's arrest
Trial is being had this afternoon.
W. l.. Douglas, the So shoe man, i
elected mayor of Brocton. Mass. Well
we thought something would happen t,
him. A man who so persistently keep
his face before the people is liable L
make fortune and friends-become hon
ored and rich. Moral-advertise.
The Womsn's Relief society of Rocl
Island will hold its regular monthly meet
idg tomorrow afternoon at ESQ O'Clock q
the Citizens Improvement association
rooms. All officers and those intereste,
in the promotion Of the society are earn
estly requested to be present or send i
their names for membership.
! Through an oversight the bid of Lark
& Stephens was overlooked among th
local firms mentioned in Yesterday
ARGUS in its comments on the proposal
for the paving extensions on Second ave
nue. and on Twentieth street. Messrs
Larkin & Stephens bid on the basis o
eight hours constituting days work. an
they are entitled to the same considers
zion as the other local bidders.
The Cropin case has led the Illino
| Bar association to declare itself in fave
of q change in the jury system, providin
. that a verdict of two thirds Of jur
shall be valid in civil cases, while
criminal cases the defendant shall be &C
, Quilted unless two-thirds of the jur
! pronounce him guilty. providing, how
, axar that the death renaltr shau be in