Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-03
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Mr.. Harry Petit has returned from
Chicago.
Hon. Chas. Durham, of Geneseo, was
in the city this morning.
Seal skin caps less than cost at Robin
son & Taliaferro's assignee sale.
Mr.. Ben Lamont has returned from an
extended visit to Cedar Rapids.
Everything is going at cost at the as
signee sale of Robinson & Taiaferro's.
Mr.. and Mrs. E w. Hurst will enter
tain their friends with card party this
evening.
Six per cent loans by the Black Hawk
Homestead association Friday evening,
January 4.
X. L. Fosburgh, of St. Louis, is in the
city for the purpose of bidding on stone
work on the island.
The installation of officers elect of
Buford post aud W. r c. will occur to-
morrow evening.
Mr. Samuel G. Wainwright, of Hamp-
ton. shook hands with his numerous
friends here today.
The police wound up the last month of
the year with 80 arrests-24 for state Of
lenses and Is for city.
MIR and Mrs. JOS Gaskell, of Minne>
apolis, are visiting at the residence of
DR.. G. G. Truesdale.
Mr.. Alex Kempt. of Chicago, repre-
sentative of the Brush Electric Light
company. is in the city.
Mr. Fred Grnjell of the Rock Island
house clerical force, has gone down to
see that Galesburg attraction again.
Squire Cooke united in m4rrisge, Mr..
ChaS. Schroeder and Miss Sophia Mason.
both OF this city, at his office last even
ing.
John 5. Holland, ESQ. formerly of
Moline. now Of Omaha. is spending few
days among old friends here and in Mo-
line
Judge Adams yesterday afternoon
Joined in matrimony Frederick Hergert,
of Moline, and Miss Martha Christen. of
this city.
Supervisor Hollister, of Port Byron,
was in the city today on his way to the
poor farm to attend a meeting of the
poor farm committee.
There is nothing to confirm or deny the
reports concerning the Rock Island young
men who are floating down the river in
fiat boats. The whole story is probably
a hoax.
According to Observer Fitzgerald's
weather report, there were doing the
month of December 10 clear days, 3 fair
days and Is cloudy days. There were
no frosts.
Supt. Ii. B. Sudlow, Of the Rock Isl
and & Peoria, went to Peoria this morn
ing, while Gen. Passenger and Ticket
Agent r, Stockhouse, OF the same line,
left for Chicago.
Mr.. George Moore, the jovial and 70,
tund grain dealer of Port Byron, was in
the city today. Besides the postoffice
melee, he reports his burg indulging in
the usual after>New Year lethargy
The postoffice squabble at Milan is
growing in the number of participants as
well as intensity. Messrs. VIII Fitzsim
mons and Robt. Vance are the latest to
enter the arena. ana they propose to fight
to a finish.
Menas Exner, who has been down for
the last month with paralysis of the
limbs and partially of the abdomenal re
gion, and who had been given up as
hopeless by other physicians. is making
good recovery under the care of DR.. B. G.
Miller.
1t is stated that the engineer and
dremen's brotherhoods have expended
half million dollars in support of the
T., b. & O., strikers, fact which, if
true, speaks volumes for their brotherlv
feeling and tenacity of purpose.
There is said to be a movement on
foot, looking to the. purchase by an
eastern syndicate of the Rock island
water works and it is understood that a
proposition will be submitted to the
next regular meeting of the Rock Island
city council.
Mr.. Martin Shoemaker, Reynolds
banker and grain dealer, was in the city
today. The ups and do WINS of life have
little effect upon Schoonmsker's geniali>
ty, and he is apparently as happy now as
before election. He says he can live for
four years under Harrison regime if his
neiShbors can, but thinks the people will
vote the democrats back into power at
the end of that time
Attention Buford Post.