Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-23
CITY CHAT.


Mr.. N. T. O,Neil, OF Macomb, is in the
city today.
Mr.. Daniel Mosher, of Hampton, was
in the city today.
Lock your house securely. if you 60 to
see the carnival tonight.
Frank Horn. of Kalamazoo, Mich, is
wishing his son. Frank Horn. Jr.
Mayor McConochie and Mr.. Fred Hass
have returned from Chicago.
Lost Seal skin pocket case of surgical
this office.
Messrs. Liphardt. Toner and Feaster, a
trio of upper end democrats, paid their
respects to the ARGUS today.
The Milan cars will make An extra trip
at O'Clock this evening. and will make
another extra trip after the carnival.
The city council meets at O'Clock this
evening to 60 in a body to Davenport as
guests of the Carnival central committee
A concert will be given at the South
Park chapel two weeks from next Friday
at which the singers from the Broadway
will take the leading parts.
Mr.. S. d. Crabs, of Hamlet. Mercer
county, was in the city today. Mr.. Crabs
is one of the stsunch democrats, as well
as pioneer citizens of Mercer county.
The Rock Island Turner society will
have private opening dance next Sat-
urday evening. Tickets can be had al
Tarner hall and at Csrse & Ohlweiler's
The Switchman's Mutual Aid associs-
tion-lodge No. 2-was to have given a
dance on Thursday night last. but on ac-
count of the rain it was postponed till
Friday night of this week.
The Day of Atonement, most sacred
occasion in the Hebrew church, begins al
6 o'clock this evening with servi ices 81
the synagogue. and will continue I'm til 6
o'clock tomorrow evening. Tomorrow
will be gwen entirely to fasting and wor>
ship.
Mr.. T. Fl. Thomas, returned last even>
ing from his two weeks visit to Nebraska
and Kansas He attended the state fairs
in both states, and had a splendid good
time generally. Mrs. Thomas and also
Mrs Frazer will return Saturday.
The republicans are endeavoring TO get
Uncle Dick" Oglesby here to help them
out Their cause is becoming more hope
less daily as Cables popularity increases,
and they have resolved that the most
desperate measures must be resorted to-
Mr.. F. w. Wilson, of Rural. brought
in pair OF AS fine ears of corn today as
one would care to gaze upon. They were
plucked in his field. and says that half
his crop will be equal to these sans
pies.
Manager w. H. Judge donated IS
worth of coal tar and Wsrnock IL Ralston
an s. barrel of rOsin for Saturday nights
Hennepin canal demonstration, and DR..
G Speidel 50 worth of coiored fire, all of
which escaped mention in the list of subs
scriptions published yesterday.
Thel Union speaks of poor old Capt.
Bracket, whose weakness we would glad
ly have hidden" To a stranger this
might appear that Captain Bracket was
suffering under some mental malady or
else the victim of inebriation. The ex-
pressions of the Eighteenth street organ
are beyond human comprehension.
Chas. Anderson, man in the employ
of Gilpin Moore. was unloading u load of
cinders in Mr. Moores yard this morning
when the team ran away and Mr.. Ander-
son was thrown from the wagon severely
spraining his ankle. DIR. Plummer at
tended him and does not regard the in.
juries as very serious.
The Rock Island railroad will sell round
trip tickets to the Davenport fair for
twenty-five cents on the 23d. Gath and
25th inst. There will be special trains
leaving the Rock Island depot at 9:10
11:10 and ITO, returning shortly after 5
O'Clock. The advantage in purchasing
these tickets will be readily seen.
The death of Col. Baylor makes Col
]. NJ. Whitremorc, commandment at the
Rock Island arsenal the ranking officer
in the ordnance department and in direct
line of promotion to the post of
chief of ordnance on the retirement of
Brig Gen. 8. V. Benet. L,eut.-Col. A.
r. Burlington, of Springfield arsenal,
ranks second, and Col. D. w. Flagler
third.
State Secretary Brown, of the Y NJ G.
A. writing under date of September 30,
says of the new Y. NJ C. A. building:
Il sm much pleased with the new build
ing folder just received and am impressed
again with the value of your plans for
a building which contains offices instead
of stores. / do not see how the arrange
ment of your working rooms could well
be improved. The roof trusses of the
auditorium of this building are now in
place and that portion will soon be ruofed
in. This work should not lay for lack of
prompt making and equally prompt pay
ment of subscriptions.