Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-11
CITY CHAT.


Nice blueberries at F. G. Young's.
Dressed chickens at F. G. Young's. :.
Fresh wax beans at F. G. Young's.
At home Saturday-May's grocery.
Watermelons on ice at F. q. Young's
Red and black raspberries at Brown
er's.
Open house. all day Saturday, at Mays
grocery.
Red and black raspberries at F. G.
Youngs.
Mrs. C. o. Mcbride. of Muscaiine, is
visiting with Mrs. W. s. Fulmer.
All will be heartily welcome at the re-
ception at Mays grocery tomorrow.
A large fine camping tent feet wall
16xlo for sale cheap. Enquire of Nc
Cabe Bros.
Mr.. o. F. Potter, editor and proprietor
of the Freeport Daily Bulletin, was in
the city yesterday.
Postmaster Zoliipger, of Port Byron.
was In the city today on business and
pleasure combined.
Fine Yankee apples. California plums,
peaches. apricots and all kinds OF fruits
at Boro's, under the bank.
Mr.. p. H. Cooney and wife. of Men,
phis, Tenn, are in the city on visit to
Mr.. John LearY, on Elm street.
Col. Charles Seeley. press representa-.
tive of Wallace & Co.'S shows, was a
caller at the ARGUS Office this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Abbott. of Clinton.
Iowa. were in the city yesterday on a
short visit, coming down on the Verne
Swain.
Would be Senator w. F. Crawford was
IN town today hobnobbing with Boss
Wells. Harry Bostock, NJ. Lee Gait and
some of the minor bosses.
The White Eagle will take social and
basket picnic party to Linwood tomorrow.
leaving at 80. Fifty cents for the
round trip; children. twenty five cents.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Rock Island Citizens Improvement ASSOC
citation called for last evening was post
poned until the time of the August meet
ing.
The regular monthly meeting of the Y.
W. G. 7. U. will be held tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock in the Y. NJ. C. A.
rooms. All members and friends of the
cause are requested to be present.
Capt Tom Fuller. of the Freeport ex.
press, is mineling with the Knights of
Pythias in Milwaukee this week. and
Conductor John Baker. of this city. is
| holding down his run. This event will
furnish Fuller with topic for conversa>
ton for year to come.
The second subscription concert given
| at Hinchers summer garden on Elm
street last evening by Strasser's string
band was largely attended. and was
greatly appreciated. The garden was
brightly Illuminated and the music such
as only Strasser can produce.
Three Davenporters landed from the
ferry this morning, looking anxiously for
the guerrilla sideshow attachment of the
big show. After diligent inquiry they
found the wagon on Market square. The
| next time they visit the chief of the three
cities they should bring with them g
guide so they will not get lost.
There is society young man in
Rock Island who is nothing if not dan
dyfied and who is just now undergoing q
peculiar torture He has recently had q
pair of his trousers made with straps fol
belt, but the perplexing question is to
get belt long enough to encircle his
| magnificent form. There is either not
enough or else too much Lee way there
Mays grocery will be at home in its re.
modelled quarters, 1920 Second avenue,
tomorrow. and will celebrate the event by
general reception all day and concert
in the evening. For the musical par,
Bleuer's full orchestra has been engaged
and will be stationed IN the rear of the
store and give a choice programme of
patriotic and popular airs. A cordial
invitation is extended to all.
Landlord G. g. Gaver. of the Rock Is
| land house, has a second letter from Bor.
| den, Selleck & Co., of Chicago, the firm
employing E 1. Eggleston, who was
| drowned Sunday, in which they express
much sorrow at the sad occurrence, sig
nifying desire to pay his hotel bill, and
| ask that his effects be forwarded to them
| The hotel has complied with these re
| quests.
The next meeting at the Riverviev
| Country Club Driving park will be
great improvement over the opening. Elk
| perience is of great value and the race.
will be for gentlemen driving their owl
horses double and single in buggies, &C
companied in the race by their ladies
This will make more of race for road.
sters and more what is intended The
whole will be followed by a concert anC
dance.
Last winter the St. Louis ice firm o
Hughes, Loomis 81 Co. slowed awav
1, 200 tons of ice from Rock river at Milan
which was subsequently sold to Wn
Ruge, of Milan, for $1,000. Yesterda
through the negotiations of the Boyle
Ice company, of Pekin. the same Ice wa
bought again by the st. Louis firm o
Hughes, Loomis & Co. for 80, 500. No
a very profitable transaction for the st
Louis firm, which evidently miscalculatet
as to the supply in sight last winter.
Squire Halves this morning held job
Grimes in bonds of $500 for assaultin.
John Arnell. of the Moline & Rock Islant
Railway company. and the amount wa
furnished; and fined John Huntoon ant
John Hensleman SO and So respectively
for assault. Grimes has changed hi
damage suit against the Street Railwa,
company for ejecting him to 81, 900. ant
has engaged Maj. Beardsley and j. T
Kenworthy as his attorneys. The railwa
company made no defense in the case
promptly taking an appeal to the circui
court.
While excavsting for a sewer in tn
rear of the Burial building on Secont
avenue near Sixteenth street yesterda
afternoon, workmen came upon a remark
ably well preserved corduroy road. whicl
had apparently ran down to the rive
many years ago before the water recede'
to where it at present flows. The rost
runs down apparently ten feet and th,
pieces of willow of which it is construct
L cd uarr in aiza and ha tho annaaraaa