Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-03

moved his family into Mr.. G. F. Gaeuer's
new house at the head of Seventeenth
street.
Shelled pecans, filberts, Brazil and
English walnus, black walnuts. hickory
nuts and almonds at Krell & Maths cons
fectionery.
Tomorrow Tuesday, a. m. at 10 o'clock
McCabe Bros. will open $50 boxes pape-
teries at 2 cents per box to thoroughly
advertise their stationery department. q.
Chit Chat, Good Cheer and Sunday
Chat all go at 25 cents each at McCabe
Bros. They are the size and style Of the
English Chatterbox, and many claim they
are superior.
! County Superintendent J. H. South
we'll spent Saturday in Chicago purchas,
ing books for the Rock Island public
library, acting in his capacity as secretary
Of the board.
McCabe Bros. have bought the entire
"remqins" of the Munro books of the
publishers on such terms that they can
place them on sale this week at IA cents;
former price so and rs cents.
Chairman Knox of the special commit
tee of the county board on the Rock river
bridges. has called meeting of the COM
mittee for next Monday, the day preced-
ing the meeting of the board.
Mr.. A Kotz, No. 2205 Fourth avenue,
has an advertisement in another part of
the paper to which he calls the attention
of the public. He has a choice line of
Christmas novelties, also full line of
Catholic prayer books.
A petition for a conservator for Chas.
Wright. an island employe, living on
Vine street. is being heard before jury
in the county court this afternoon. Mr..
Wright is suffering from paralytic
strokes.
J. Colburn, who has been an engi-
neer on the c., R. |. & P. rosdzsince
; 1868, and who is now located at Rose
well, Colo, az foreman Of the Rock ISL
and railroad shops there, has been elected
| president of the Roosevelt school board
Mr. j. o. Bean, father of W. H. Bean
7 the grocer, was thrown from his wagon
near the Rock Island bridge on the island
i Yesterday afternoon, and had his face
J badly cut and bruised and his lImt
), severely cut.
" Supt of Schools, S. S. Kemble, re-
turned from Chicago Saturday night, &C.
+ companied by Mrs. Kemble and daughter
Miss Lizzie The latter has been yer,
IS i'll for six weeks and Mrs. Kemble ha
y been with her the greater portion of tina
:, time She is still very weak.
Chas Johnson, aged %, was adjndget
insane in the county court this morning
Is by Jury composed of DR.. S C. Plum
; mer, Jr., Chas. Flebig John D. Bollmau
= Frank Ill, Peter Bolamer and John Astel
The disease is of three weeks durstio
and is The outgrowth of an attack of ty
~ phold fever.
e' Miss Agnes Bixby has been sppointe
III stenographer and type writer in the ofaC
II of Guyer & Sweeney. succeeding NJ
IS Fred Nichols. Miss Bixby will also IL
u tain her position in the Office of Flemin
l. Bros fruit depot. She is an expert wit
l. the type writer and Is fully equal to tn
~ tasks and responsibilities she has unde
~ taken.
" The grand concert given at Harper
oS thestre Saturday night by the famo'
D. volinist Camilla Urso, attracted larg
os audience and one in every W,
u pleased with the entertainment. T.
ia queen of the violin was heartily encor,
Ia on each rendition and her responses we
~ equally as enjoyable to the ear that
u charmed by culture and perfection
music. The support of Siguor Sigi
mundo Martinez as pianist, Miss Phils Nj
,ol and Messrs Louis WILDER and F A Fl
res Ter as vocalsts, was also admirable
les Mr.. F. Clendening, with his wife a
% sister, came down from Fulton.
" spend Thanksgiving day with Rock L
&C and friends on Tweuty-third street.
the 29th he received a telegram saw
my the knitting and lace works, of which
NV was proprietor, was burned down.
*. returned to Fulton as soon as possil
; H and found all his goods, many of viii
were costly. almost entirely ruined a
~ no insurance, except little on the bui
Ia. ing Eighty hands are out of emplo
ca ment in consequence. Mr. Cleudenin
on, loss amounts to 81 900. Incendisrism
-, suspected.
It
Il is amusing to see people with tn