Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-25
CITY CHAT.
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books.
R. s. Silvis. of Carbon Cliff. was in the
city today.
Mr.. VIM. Lowe has returned from his
visit to Philadelphia.
Mrs Geo. Schneider has returned from
her extended visit TO the east.
Mr.. P. L. Mitchell returned last even
ing from his trip TO Saratoga and the
seashore.
T. J. Mcdill. Jr., returned Saturday
evening from a business visit TO northern
and southern Iowa.
Mr.. Add K. Phiileo. of Alexis, spent
yesterday and today 10 his cd home in
this city.
One week from today will be labor
day. when the tri>cities will unite in a
celebration at Davenport.
Mrs. Chas Schoede is considerably bet,
ter than she was Saturday. and indica>
lions are very good for her recovery.
Irving d. Burgh and family, of Gin
ton. spent Sunday in the city, the guests
of Col Burgh and family, on Second
avenue.
Trackmen commenced putting in the
connections of the Elm street and Second
avenue line at Nineteenth street this
morning.
The Rockford Construction company
paving tomorrow, two blocks of cnrbing
having been set.
Eddie Jackson has given up his posi-
tion at the Harper to go back to Quincy
and pursue his school studies. aud his
place has been taken by Clyde Pierce.
Lost-A twenty dollar bill between the
Commercial house and the tower between
4:30 and 8 p. m. Sunday. An honest
finder will be literally rewarded at this
office.
Charles n. Benedict, formerly of An.
dalusia, but now prospecting in business
in western Kansas, arrived this morning
for a visit to old Rock Island county
friends.
Chas. Collins. the man injured in the
Rock Island pillow shops last week, is
still in a critical state, though his
condition is somewhat improved over
what 1t was Saturday.
blew out the gas in his room in the Kea-
tor house. Moline. Saturday night and
retired. He was aroused before asphyxia
got firm hold on him.
Jimmie Dixon put in part of yester-
day fishing at Rock river, and he tells his
friends with sober face and without
culver or shudder, that he hooked fifty,
one fish in few hours.
A great many people attended the camp
meeting services at Tindall's grove yester-
day morning. Notwithstanding the disa-
greeable weather. Bishop Merrill, of
Chicago, preached an eloquent and
thoughtful sermon.
Mr.. II. w. Woodruff, OF Joliet, has
taken position as assistant prescription
clerk in Thomas drug store. Clerk
Chss Battles will soon take his annual
vacation. which will include visit to
Central Illinois, taking in the Cambridge
fair and ether attractions en- route.
Some hoodlum has been committing
depredations in Spencer square. one of
the benches already bearing the evidence
of knife maliciouslY applied. Nothing
shert of thirty days in Jail would satisfy
an indignant public if the offender in such
case could be apprehended. There
should, as the ARGUS has heretofore
stated. be special Waterman for this
beautiful square and then such evilly dis
posed individuals would be summary
disposed of as they should be.
The Chicago Herald in reciting a num-
Der of cases occurring in various parts of
the country recently, speaks of Rock
Island youth who applied match to a
powder magazine and shook the town.
The paper doubtless refers TO Tom Ken
nedy's little dynamite demonstration on
Market square the other morning, which
smashed windows by the wholesale in the
immediate vicinity. SO Kennedy's little
blowup has given the city reputation
far more extended than he contemplated.
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The Hershey company, of Muscatine,
is constructing "A large tower and tank in
their lumber yard at the upper mill there
for the purpose of sffording protection
from fire. The foundation of the struc>
ture is now being laid and the contractor
will soon have the tower under way. The
height OF the entire tower structure will
be i2 feet, with the supporting frame
work 55 feet high. On this, circular
tank twelve feet deep and fourteen feet
in diameter is to rest, aud when finished
the water will he pumped into it from
the river and used when occasion de-
mands. A similar tower will also be
built in the lower mill yard
MIR. Robert Gregg returned Yesterday
from Westphal, Wis. where he went to
pursue if possible the further investisa-
ton ss to the identity of his lately dis>
covered brother, Hiram Gregg, whose
romantic career has already been repeated
ly detailed. He found A. j. Lockery, the
man who for years lived with Hiram's
abductors, nOn-committsl and inclined to
deny some of the statements he had al
ready made as to Hiram's early life, but
Mr.. Gregg caught him in one falsehood
and was not at all satisfied with the outs
come of the interview. He will now
push the Investigation in the vicinity of
Geneva. n. Y, and If he is not success =
full will try something else. Mr.. Gregg
is pretty well satisfied that Hiram is, how
ever, the long lost brother.
Commissioner Jackson has hit upon a
plan for the distribution of some of the
larger ornaments in Spencer square that
will meet with hearty public approval
IL is to extend a cross walk aDoIt the
middle of each triangle and connecting
all the main walks. and in the center of
each will be placed an ornamental design
the Harper vase in one, the Judge
Drury stag in another, while other de-
signs yet to be received are an eagle,
which is intended to be presented,
and will be placed correspondingly in the
triangles. The square was thronged with
people all day yesterday. evincing the
necessity of more room for pIomenading