Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-02
CITY CHAT.

e. Crompton, of Joslin, was in the
city today.
Capt j. B. Ladders has returned home
| from the south.
Landlord j. E. Montrose, of the Har>
per, has returned from the east.
Miss Eva Normoyle left this morning
to take charge of school in Rural town.
ship.
Rev. T. W. Grafton breaches this even
ing at the Twenty ninth street Christian
chapel at 7:45.
| A burglar entered the house OF James
Vogle at Hampton, Sunday evening, and
stole $50.
Chas. Battles. prescription clerk in
| Thomas drug store, has gone TO Peoria
on pleasure trip.
A stray horse and buggy at police
| headquarters Owner may have same
By paying charges.
Simon Goldburg rides in a newly
painted laundry wagon and he thinks it
| is the finest in town.
Miss Define. returned missionary,
| will speak at the NJ E. Church tomorrow
evening. The public is invited.
Conductors E D. Terry and Robert
Frazer of the c., B. & @, leave tonight
for Hot Springs for four weeks recrea-
zion trip.
Mr.. ii. D. Folsom has to let C. ]. W.
Schreiner a contract for re6tting the
Ellis bulldog on Third avenue recently
Quilted bv fire.
Lost--Young white dog with black
spots. short hair, with collar. number of
check (342). Return to Morris
Rosenfeld and receive reward.
The conferees on the river and hsrbor
bill reached an agreement yesterday.
The Mississippi river appropriation is re
duced from So 100000 Uhe amount
agreed to in the senate) to IS 10000
Stamp Deputy NJ. Lee Calls collections
for August came from the following
sources: beer, 81, 2S2 rs; cigars. $463 80;
tobacco. SIS 96; total, "a 1921.
The eight hour crew system was inaug>
usrated at the waterworks yesterday the
engineers are Tom Redicker, John
Meehan and John Krtson, and the tiremen,
Victor Beck, Andrew Greaser and NJ.
Coughlin.
Engineer Jim Harris, Of engine No.
70. pulling the Rock Island and Ster>
ling daily c.. B. & Q freight. ran into
fiat car on which were three section hands
at Gait the other night, and all three were
killed-one of the number being dccapi>
tated as completely as guIllotine could
have done it.
Now comes j. W. Cavanaugh of the
committee in charge of the arrangements
for the part the Rock Island organiza-
tions took in Yesterdays labor demon
strstion, end says it was the fault of him
self and Harry Bostock that there was
Misunderstanding as to music and that
Biebl's band was not to blame as charged
by some of the labor societies.
10 the terrible fatal accident on the
Davenport electric railway yesterday IN
which Principal w. G. Preston, of that
city. was killed. as chronicled yesterday, a
young lady named Rosa Patten, of Mus
catine, and a young man OF the same city
whose name could not be learned, hsd
legs broken. Other passengers were bad
ly bruised The car was new
number 16-in charge of Lee Lewis.
motorman, and was making its first trip.
Who are the "public shirted" either
mentioned in this mornings Union re-
port of the council proceedings? And
for that matter, who are the private
shIrted people, who are particu>
larry known as such2 The Union mus,
have reference TO the men who usually go
about without coats, but why should
they receive more thanks than the gen
tlemen who wear coats? Ii the matter
cannot be settled otherwise let it be res.
pectfully referred to Zone Who Knows"
Judge Smith reconvened the circuit
court this morning, appointed Fl. o. Nor.
ton, of Hampton, foreman Of the grand
jury, and sent that body to work under
the direction of the states attorney.
This afternoon the jury is being selected
for the second trial of the case of ex>City
Attorney VIM. McEniry against the city
for $3.50 Messrs. j. NJ Beardsley and
j. T. Kenworthy appear for the plaintiff
| and City Attorney j. L. Haas for the de-
Tense.
The council did two wise things last
night. 1t abandoned the tower system
of street lighting aud letting the contract
to the Merchants company for low lights,
and decided to improve Market square.
For the latter improvement the mayor
this morning closed a contract with Davis
& Co. to repair the Jack fountain, and
an enterprising citizen is going to put
clock in the top of 1t. The mayor fsvors
the retention of the tower at Thirty
eighth street as it Eliminates the c., r.
|. & P. yards. and it would. therefore,
not be a bad ides to keep this, and per-
haps locate one or two others In the sub
urbs. But for thickly settled portions
the Low, lirhfs are the hast