The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-10


at the residence OF E. II. Bowman, Esq
Mr.. Fred Denkman left for Chicago
this morning on the cannon BALI train.
The cannon BALI was about twenty
minutes late this morning.
Miss Kate Byrnes, the milliner, left for
Chicago Saturday night on short visit.
School supplies at Taylors. st
4 great many went out to witness the
ball game this afternoon.
The Mt Joy fair is the attraction this
week
H. M Gilchrist, of Rapid City, was at
the Harper House to-day.
Supervisor Barton, of Coal Valley, was
a caller at the ARGUS office today.
Read Fred Hass' announcement on
this page.
Miss Lou Candee, of Muscatine, spent
Sunday in the city with her Rock Island
house friends.
Miss Freds Wick, of Belleville, is in
Aut City uH u NiSit W Mis- II. duuEiu anu
daughter of the Rock Island house.
The Rosenfield building on Second
avenue, is receiving fresh coat of paint
today.
Mr.. Alex. Lamont returned Saturday
evening from business trip in the inter
est of B. D. Buford & Co.
Next Saturday the stock of drugs
owned by II. H. DE Santo will be sold at
auction
Mrs. Emma Richards, of Cleveland
Ohio, is in the city on visit, She is
sister of Mrs. W. T. Scotten
Mr.. C. NJ Osborn, general solicitor of
the Chicago & Western Indiana railroad,
is in the city on business.
Mrs. Hakes and family left on Saturday
for Racine, which place they will make
their future home.
Mr.. X. L. Bailey. of B. d. Buford &
Cos force, arrived home on Saturday from
his western trip.
Regular monthly meeting of the Bust
ness Mems Association at the city council !
rooms tomorrow evening.
Mr.. James Dickson, of Milan, was in
the city to-day, and paid his respects to
the ARGUS office.
Col. Samuel Wilson, Of Macomb, was
in the city to day on internal revenue
business
and his sister, Miss Alice Weber, left on
Saturday evening for a, two months trip
to Europe.
Sales on Market square to-day consist
ed OF s loads of oats, 8 loads of hay,
2 loads of charcoal, l load of coke,
load of hard coal, and 1'load of potatoes. i
The supervisors went out to the ball
grounds this afternoon to get pointers"
on the game, as they intend to challenge
the bookkeepers shortly.
Ben Block left for Champaign this
afternoon, where he will enter the engi- |
neering department of the State Univer-
sity.
Mr.. Richard NIansill returned home |
today from Indianapolis, where he had
been on business He also took in the
Peoria fair.
The supervisors met at two o'clock this
afternoon. 1t is to be hoped that they
will act discreetly on the county hospital
matter, when it comes before them.
The time Of the, circuit court is occupied
today In hearing the two cases of L. D.
Taylor Catharine Calkins, and Dennis
bIcKenny, adm, v c. B. & Q. railroad
company
Mr.. John Bengston went to Peoria on
the excursion yesterday. He says it was
his first experience on an excursion train,
and hereafter he will travel on a regular
train, where there is not such crowd
Mr.. ]. C. Rasmussen was also success.
full in capturing the first prize at the Cam
bridge fair last week His pohtos are
becoming very popular
The river is very low up north, and
business is nearly suspended. The late
rains will probably make slight rise
1t is reported that A. j. Whitney & Son
have very large contract of dredging on
the Illinois river.
Hon George W. Ketzinger, of Chicago,
one of the shining lights in the legal
fraternity, is in the city attending the
circuit court.
On Saturday evening Justice Halves
performed the ceremony that made J. G.
Kalmer and Miss Minnie Wilson, both of
this city, man and wife.
The supervisors are assembling 1t is
supposed that they will challenge the
bookkeeDers to a game of ball, as they
announced they would at the last meet
ing
Mrs Laura G. Fixen, president of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
of Minnesota, preachedat the First Meth
odist Episcopal church yesterday morn
ing.
There was a perfect jam in Peoria
yesterday. Excursions arrived from every
direction, which were loaded down with
people.
Mrs. G.. r. Housed is expected home
from Akron, Ohio, the latter part of this
week Her friends here win be glad to
know that she is improving in health.
W. Grubaugh, son of Mr.. John Cru
baugh, will leave this week for Fairbault,
Mimi, to enter the military academy at
that place.
The farmers who arrived in the city to-
day renort considerable damage to the