The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-14
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
BY ARGUs-EYED REPORTERS FOR THE ARGUS.

Meeting of the General John Buford
Post, G. A. R. tonight.
No admission fee will be charged to
the ball game tomorrow afternoon. The
game will be called at two p. m.
Large spring chickens at W. H. Beans.
Remember the meeting of the Business
Mems association tonight. All mem
bers are requested to be present.
Mr.. Vim. Myers has returned home
from trip to Lake Minnetonka and
other favorite northern resorts.
Chas. A. Linneer filed his declaration
of citizenship at the county clerks office
on Monday.
The First Methodist church people are
holding their picnic at Offerman's island
to day.
A very fine balcony scene at Prices
photo gallery.
Ed. WEIGH, the Kewanee bank robbcr,
is reported dying of consumption in the
Joliet penitentiary.
Mr. Isaac hamburger was heard to say
this afternoon that if another person
could be secured, he would go on McKin-
MES bail.
The rain this afternoon is most wei
come, but it interfered with the match
game of ball at the fair grounds.
Mrs. A. Loeb, wife of the clothing
merchant, returned last night from two
months visit to the Atlantic sea coast
Mr. Ben T. Cable, accompanied by
St. Louis friend, left last night for Albert
Lea, Mimi. where they will engage in the
pleasant sport of chicken shooting.
l.. H. Young and A. G. Perrett, two
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy men, are
registered at the Rock Island house
Capt. c. W. Halves, of the Yale Lock
company, is in the city for few weeks
rest and visit to relatives and old &C
quaintances.
Mrs H. B. Burgh and Mrs. Irving
Burgh, left to-day on visit to friends and
relatives in Lake City, MINI. ...
Mr.. VIM. Ramskill will leave on Thurs
day for Elgin, where his family have been
visiting for the past few weeks. From
there he will 90 to Chicago on husin ess
Blackberries at W. Fl. Beans.
Mr.. and Mrs George E. Taylor living
at 742 Twenty-fourth street, adopted the
Legitimate child of the unfortunate
young woman, Miss Annie Morris, Mon
day in the county court.
Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. NJ D. Merrill and
their grand son, Everett Hawley, left for
Rec Heights, Dakota, this morning, ac-
companying Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ben
ack, who were visiting here.
DR., Keller, a famous marksman of
Princeton, Ill, while in attendance at
the shooting tournament in Davenport,
last week, came over and had his photo
graph taken by Price 1t is very fine
likeness and will be finished with India
ink
Rock Island Lodge, No. IS, I. 0. o. F.
will give grand picnic at Black Hawks
watch tower, on Tuesday August q
The other Rock Island lodges and Moline
90 invited TO attend.
Tickets for the Star base hou ov-
cnrsio., 4. Gu, So i" "se part 81
this week, will be on sale at Al. Bowens
Mrs John Brennan left on yesterday
for Petersburg, H., on visit to relatives
and friends.
Malvina, the fine little trotter, handled
by John T Miller, OF this city, will com,
pete in the 2:34 race at Ottawa this
week and next week in the $50 class at
Geneseo. She won the 240 race at
Cedar Rapids last week in three straight
beats.
Among those who will seek the haunts
of the prairie chicken tomorrow are
Messrs. Phil Mitchell and William Ross
who will go to Iowa this evening
The mayor instructed the city clerk to
day to notify all the aldermen to be pres
ent at the council rooms tomorrow
morning, in time to take the 845 trair
for Coal Valley. An inspection of the
poor farm will be made by them and thu
board of supervisors.
Mr.. Martin Erbst and Miss Wilhelmina
Pinck, of Rock Island, and Mr.. Carl
Bengston, of Gable, and Miss Anna A.
Swanson, of Rock Island, are among thu
latest who visited County Clerk Donald
son, and procured marriage licenses.
Mr.. ]. P. Looney, train dispatcher O
the Rock Island & Peoria road, accompa
MED by his two sisters. left this afternoon
for Winona, on board the peoples favor
lite, the Libbie Conger
The Womens Christian Temperance
Union held their regular meeting yester-
pay afternoon at the First NJ. E. Church
A temperance mass meeting unde
the auspices of this Society will occu
Aug Goth, at the opera house. 1t
impossible to announce definitely a
to the speaker but particulars will b
given later.
The spasmodic advertiser will soon ge
in his fall and winter goods and with tn
fear that his purchases will not be turne,
into cash, but remain upon his shelves, h
will venture small advertisement, ex
pecting every reader to see and rerhembe
it when they go shopping. Many of Their
will, but to properly impress the fact tina
you are permanently established in bus