Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-21
BRIEFLETS.
Fresh fish at F. g. Young's.
Chickens and turkeys at Mays.

Longs.
Choice straight -four 81 per sack a
Weckel's.
Eggs 12. cents per dozen at F. G.
Youngs.
Choice chickens and turkeys at F. G
Young's.
Mince meat, four pounds for % cents
at Weckel's.
| Choice trawberres and bananas at +
G. Young's.
Nice eating apples. oranges an bananas
at c. ]. Longs.
Mrs. R. Champion has gone to Chicago
to visit her daughter.
A new time card is talked of on the
Rock Island Sunday.
Spinach, lettuce, new onions, bets ant
oyster plant at F. q. Young's.
Found-On the slough bridge. a sea
skin muff. Apply at ARGUS Office.
The funeral OF the late D.. @. G Parry
OF Davenport, will be held Sunday after
noon.
Choice chickens and turkeys at Brown
er's new Elm street grocery. Telephone
| connections.
Mr. l. Epstein, former Rock Island
| jeweler, will return to Rock Island from
Chicago ia the spring. and open whole
sale liquor house.
The Industrial school at the Citizens
Improvement association rooms in Har.
per's theatre tomorrow. Donations viii
be gratefully received.
Mr. Chas. Summon, of Rural, made the
ARGUS pleasant visit today. and re-
newed his subscription for three copies.
two of which he sends to his sons 10 the
west.
Drs. G G. Craig ard Calvin Trues-
dale went out to Edgiugton yesterday
and removed a cancerous growth on the
body of the pioneer citizen, Mr.. Johr
Edgipgton.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Collins have
leased their South Rock Island home tc
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Blanchard for tern
of five years, and will move back to their
Eighteenth street residence.
Mr.. John McDarrah, who was depu,
TIED by Sheriff Silvis to 20 to Jackson
Vile for the patient. Nels Mueller. dis
charged from the insane asylum there,
returned today accompanied by Mueller
The Vernon boys gave a novel and en-,
joyable entertainment at the Baptist
church last evening. Their ages are
five. seven and ten years, and their pro
gramme consisted of music, vocal and
| instrumental.
The Young Peoples Methodist Alliance
meets at the residence of Mr.. j. S Free
man. 1884 Seventh avenue, this evening
at 7:30. All members are urged TO be
present and other young people cordially
invited to attend.
Peter Haers and Miss Louisa Cloes
were united In marriage by Justice
Halves yesterday afternoon. The solemn
ceremony was performed at the home of
the bride in the Shamrock house on
Twenty-first street.
The reception given by Mrs. NJ. Levy
at her home on Eighteenth street yester
day afternoon in honor of her friend Mrs
NJ Bloom, wife of ex Senator Bloom. of
Iowa City, was brilliant affair There
we're about fifty ladies present.
A number from this CITY who atten ded
the performance of We. Us & Co at
Davenport last night. pronounce the en-
tertainment firstclsss In every particular
one of the best that has been seen this
year. Many will witness il at Hsrper's
theatre tonight.
A smoke house on the farm of Super
visor Wilson, 10 Rural township, burned
the other night. Some meat was being
lar I'D MI fall Int . ha.
fire and set the building sblaze. The fire
occurred at O'Clock in the morning and
came very near taking Ia Mr. Wilson's
house.
With commendsble promptness have
the c., r. L. & P. and c., B. & Q roads
| responded to Aid. Larkin's resolution
adopted at Monday nights council meet
ing. and have provided an additional
man for the Twenty-fourth street gates
which are now in operation at all hours,
day and night.
The cold weather of the present snap
though not severe. has been of sufficien,
intensity TO make ice in the river Along
the Illinois shore frigid substance of
four inches in thickness has been formed,
and by tomorrow, If the weather does
not interfere, several hundred tons Of
this will be cut up. There Is now a
generally prevailing feeling here of max
ing "hay while the sun Shines" and il
will be applied to the ice harvest this
season, if there is half a chance.
Mr.. Porter Skinner is remodeling the
second floor of his building at the corner
of Eighteenth street and Second avenue
with view of making two offices and a
photograph gallery ont of it. Messers.
E. E. Parmenter and Adair Peasants,
| who must soon give up their quarters In
Mitchell & Lynde's building which is to
be RACED, talked of taking rooms in Mr.
| SINNERS block. but were not willing to
comply with his terms of five wear lease
and so gave 1t up. Messrs. Parmenter
and Peasants propose to have new offices
| In the new block when 1t is completed
and are only looking for temporary Office
room.
In the circuit court of Henry county
before Judge Glenn on Wednesdays jury
set aside the will of the late Luther z i.
Colvin. The deceased left will be-
est son. Luther K. Colvin, Jr. A suit in
chancery had been brought in the Henry
county circuit court by Hon. W II.
Redman, of Montezuma. Iowa, who is a
brother>in-law of Frances Redman,
daughter of the deceased. to contest the
will. the ground being that the Older c OIL
vim was of unsound mind when he made
the will On Wednesday Maj. ]. NJ.
Beardsley, of this city, representing the
contestants. called the case before Judge
Glenn. jury was selected and testimony
adduced and In five minutes verdict
setting aside the will was given. Accord
ing to it an equal share of the estate goes
| to each or the five heirs.