Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-24
BRIEFLETS.

Help May to move.
Nice oranges and bananas at Browner's
Three more days at Mays before NOV
ing.
Mems hats from IS cents to 81 at Ben
} nett's glove store.
Choice lettuce, raddishes. spinach ant
onions at Browners.
Twen'y dozen musqueiaiTes worth 81. 1!
at 95 cents at Benefits.
Big glove sale at Benefits glove store
20 dozen musquetaires worth 81 80 at 81
For Sale-A good family horse ant
buggy. Enquire head of Twenty. sixth
| street.
Mr.. j. E. Hawthorne returned to Mon
mouth today, after spending two days in
the city.
| Mrs. E. w. Hurst gave a thimble party
yesterday afternoon which proved a not
able event in the society circles of Rock
Island.
Tomorrow being the festival of St
Mark, there will be services at Trinity
church at 8 a. m. and in the evening al
7:30 p. m.
J. Lee Mahin, business manager of the
Muscstine journal, and one of the able
and progressive Young newspaper men OF
| Iowa, is in the city today and gave the
ARGUS fraternal call.
| The Stuart Theatre company gave an
enjoyable representation of rip Van
Wrinkle" at Harpers theatre last evening.
Tonight mot Such Fool IS He Looks
| will be the entertainment.
The Chicago papers intimate that the
general uprising of employees of the
United States Express company which
| started there because of cut in salaries,
| is liable to extend to all towns on the
company's system.
Baker & Housman have been com.
PEELED to engage additional plumbers aud
diggers in order TO fill their engagements
called for by alterations in water mains
caused by brick paving Plumbing
work is one of their specialties.
The Rockford Construction company
commenced breaking ground on its newly
| acquired tract at Sears this morning for
its proposed brick plant. The company
IS already figuring with the Messrs. Sears
for power from the dam at Rock river.
Rev. r. F. Sweet returned this morn
ing from his visit to Mineral Point, Wis.
At St Joseph, Mich, yesterday, he off
ciated at the ceremony which united in
marriage Mr.. VIM FRY, of Freeport, and
Miss Harriet Dickinson, of st. Joseph.
The Rock Island athletic club has
changed its plans AS TO its rooms. having
secured more desirable quarters in the
Negus building on First avenue. M4j
l.. Nj. Buford has given the club an en-
courag ing start by the presentation of a
handsome billiard table.
Supt. Nevirs and Inspector of Pave
ment Lloyd had a heated war of words
on Eighteenth street this morning over
the nature of the work, but the men were
separated before anything serious came of
it. The mayor afterwards learned that
Lloyd had pistol in his possession, and
he promptly had him disarmed.
Two little children in neighboriug city
the other day kissed the corpse of baby.
Their lips were chapped and absorbed
the poisonous secretions thrown off by
the body, and as a result both are near
deaths door from blood poisoning. Peo>
pie should exercise great care in the
handling of the dead and if their hands
are cut or bruised they should never come
in contact with the body.
The mythical McGinty, who. as all
An erica has learned since last fall, won a
wager by falling to the bottom of a wall,
must now give way to flesh and blood
hero of Teutonic origin. Fate sought to
hide Macs rival by giving him the name
of John Smith. Thus made the sport of
fortune, Mr.. Smith did not despair but
sought service with the contractor erect
ing Alien & Swiney's power house in
Dubuque. He was at the top of the
building with a bod full of mortar yester>
day afternoon when he lost his balance
and landed at the bottom of the wall,
mortar on top. Strange 10 say, though
he fell twenty feet, he was not badly in
Jured hut will be about again in week or
two.-DavenpOrt Democrat
Ne)s Olson, boy of sixteen, son of
John Olson, of Moline, met with an I'M
fortunate accident this morning. Att
O'Clock he was on his way TO work at the
Corn Planter works, and was walking
along the railroad track, when through
some means he fell beneath a freight train
on the Rock Island road and his right arm
was crushed from the shoulder TO the
elbow. He was brought to st. Luke's
hospital late in the forenoon and it is
thought the injured arm will have to be
amputated. The boy does not give q
satisfactory explanation as to how the ac-
cident happened. He says he stepped
out of the track TO let the train pass and
tripped and fell against 1t, but many are
| inclined to the belief that it is the same
never-ending old story of attempting to
board moving train.