Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-21
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Take look at the finest nutmeg mel
ons in the city, at Mays.
The finest peaches, 25 cents per basket
at G. G. Truesdale's.
Congressman w. 81. Gest left for Rush
vile on political business this afternoon
G. 6. Truesdale, the popular grocer. is
out with bright new delivery wagon.
Mr.. w. F. Garnett and wife, of Port
| Byron, were at the Rock Island house to
day.
Geo. w. Plat, of Chicago, is visiting
| relatives and friends in his former home,
this city.
Miss Grace Widney, of Woodruff, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Robinson, al
the Harper.
r. l.. Bollman, the Coal Valley fine
horse breeder, was in the city today on
business.
Muscatine island watermelons and
musk melons, all sizes and prices, at F.
g. Young's.
G. G.. Truesdale has Just received a
| wagon load of choice csntelopes and
musk melons.
Mr.. j. A. Genung and wife leaves to-
Warsaw. Ill.
President r. r. Gable, of the Rock
Island road, WAS in town for few min.
| utes this morning.
Mr.. W. B. Meyers has returned from
his business trip to New York in the in
terests of McCabe Bros. big house.
The Central Presbyterian Sunday
school had its annual picnic at Black
| Hawks watch tower yesterday.
The Rock Island Il Milan street railway
carried l, 800 passengers last Sunday
the biggest Sunday of the season.
| Mr.. ] M. Buford and party are now
In Switzerland, having spent a week each
in the countries of England and France
VIM. Book, laborer, was instantly
killed in West Davenport this afternoon
by sewer caving in upon him while al
work.
MIR. James Wivill has resigned his
position in the American express Office
and is temporarily employed by the
Adams company.
X. nj. Mitchell, formerly postmaster al
Rapids City, and one of the best known
and oldest citizens or the county. is lying
al the point of death.
At the regular weekly meeting of the
Rock Island Building and Loan associa
| ton last evening loans were effected 10
the amount of 50. 200.
The concert for the benefit of Trinity
parish will occur at Harper's theatre on
the evening of Saturday, Aug. 3lst. Ii
Will he great musical event
The Congregational church, of Gable,
will hold its annual picnic at the tower
tomorrow, coming over the Rock Island
q Peoria TO Searstown. A large crowd
is anticipated.
W. ID. Webster. of Cordova, was in
town today. MIR. Webster has taken a
great fancy to blooded horse stock and is
negotiating for the purchase of a fine
horse in Rock Island.
Conductor W. o. Willis, of the O., is
the proud pOssesser of eight fine English
pointer pups a week old. They are al
present on the farm of Mr.. Drury
Westherhead near Barstow.
Mr.. A. M. Blakesley writes from Gene
va Lake, Wis under date OF Aug 18th
that he and his family intended leaving,
as he calls it. that enchanted summer
land-the Newport of the west, on the
10th. So they will probably be home
| today.
MIR. and Mrs. Lorenzo Parmenter. OF
Edgington, left this morning on then
eighteenth annual visit to their sons al
| Gilman, Iowa. Mrs. Samuel Goode
whose husband is now in England. &c
companied them for visit 10 her daugh,
ter in Iowa
Davenport and Quincy played an ex
citing game yesterday. at the close o.
which the score stood to Rhines.
Tanning and Harrington officiated fol
Davenport and Turner and Kittridge TO
Quincy The same clubs play today anC
| tomorrow.
| Buford Post 243, will not attend tn
national encampment, G.. A. K. at Mil
waukee, but some of the members will &c
individually, including Rev. G. w Cue
+. III. Buck. Gen. W. A Schmitt, w. +
Norris and II G. Ashbaugh who start
next Monday morning.
| WI nuultW WHO occupied
MIR. Warren's house on Fifteenth stree
which was burned yesterday. called at the
ARGUS office this morning to state tina
no Kerosene was used about his house toI
the purpose of kindling fires, as neigh
bors reported, and that yesterday morn
ing's fire had other origin.
Prof. G. f. Griffith, of this citg. who
had an arm fractured by fall on Se~en
| teenth street between Fourth and Fifth
avenues in Moline on May 25 last. ant
who afterward sued the city of Molin
for $500, has submitted bill of expens
incurred by reason of the acciden
amounting TO $500 for which he agree
to settle. McEniry & McEniry are hi
attorneys.
stephen Miller, young Moliner, drov.
to this city in buggy with another
young man who halls from Rock Islam d
| Both of them got drunk, and while driv
ing through the city Miller slapped hi
partners cheek and then grabbed hi.
gold watch chain. Miller supposed Their,
would be watch with it, but Their,
wasn't He jumped from the buggy and
ran. but was overtaken and arrested -
Davenport Democrats Gazette
Instructions that have been issued Il
baggagemen of the c., r. l. & p, will
reference to checking baggage for partie.
attending the Grand Army encsmpmen'
at Milwaukee. require them to write full
description of baggage on duplicate check
and not use authorizations. This is e
| aid baggagemen at Milwaukee to make
prompt delivery, as il is calculated tina
so 600 or about ESQ car loads of baggag,
will be received on the first lays of th,
encampment.
James Hardin, the street sprinkler
claims he was done an in Justice by reason
of the Indignation meeting" held yester-
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