Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-27
CITY CHAT.

Those Nellie Bly, caps are going like
hot cakes at Lloyd & Stewards.
Mr.. Fred Geese. cousin OF Mr.. B. Win
ter. is in the city for few days.
Buy your fall hats at Lloyd s. Stew
arts. ALI the latest styles now iu.
CIemann & Ss,zmaun today shipped
some of their fancy chairs TO St. Louis.
Mo.
! Elegant new side and dining room ta-
bles, the latest style at Clemann d Salz
mann's.
The largest assortment Of furniture and
carpets can be seen at Clemann & Salz.
msnn's.
This Is the time of year for ladies to
wear fur cspes. Lloyd & Stewards have
a fine selection.
The Rock Island pillow boys will give
their first annual ball at Armory hall,
Saturday evening, Oct. A.
On weekly instalIments you can buy
anything and everything at the Worlds
Fair, 1914 Second avenue.
Mr.. G. B. Marshall, of Cordova. demo-
cratic candidate for county superintend,
ent OF schools. was in the city today.
Rev. R. F. Sweet. rector of Trinity
| church. took his choir out TO the tower
and slide for their annual picnic today.
Clemann & Salzmsnn have shipped
within the last few days Turkish psrlor
suit to Davenport and one 10 Dubuque,
lows.
Mr.. j. 81. Buford yesterday sold lot
to John Roehr in Gen. RodmaRs addi-
| zion for $500. Mr.. Roehr will erect q
dwelling on his new lot early in the
spring.
Conductors Ed Terry and Bob Frazer
returned this morning from Hot Springs.
Ark, were they have been recuperstiDg
for the psst month. Both have gained
in health and flesh.
81 lots 81 and 90, block =, South ru... :
|. ton to Rock Island. $3.50.
j Reimers. trustee, 10 Henry Be
= lot 81. block 2. South Park addition
Rock Island, 81.
Conductor Ed. Teller, of the c., B. &
O.. is very ill at his home on Seventh
avenue. A few days ago while going out
on his regular St. Louis run. he was
seized with two violent hemorrhages
has not been sole TO leave his home since.
The sixth annual ball of the Switch
mems Mutual Aid association was held
at Armory hall last evening. and proved
very pleasant affair. Sixty couples
were present, Bleuer's orchestra furnished
music. and supper was served by Mrs.
Herkert In Turner hall.
In the circuit court yesterday after
noon an injunction was granted by Judge
Smith to the Moline Central electric
railway restraining the highway commits
sioners OF South Moline from bringing
any more snits against the comps>
ny until the present proceedings in court
are disposed OF.
Jacob korb, q we'll known farmer liv-
ing near WATERFOWL, died at midnight of
q complication of troubles. He was born
in Germany Feb. 90. 1889. and came TO
this county in 1857. He leaves wife,
three sons and an adopted daughter. The
funeral will be held Monday afternoon.
Rev. Mennicke. of this city. officiating.
Chss. MOTT. the barber on Second ave.
nue. near Fifteenth street, has decided
not to use the shears or clipper hereafter
when wanting his hirsute adornment re-
duced. He will hereafter submit the
undertaking to little image of himself
| that has just arrived and does not take
up much room as yet, either.
A number of Rock Island clothing
merchants are engineering q movement
for Sunday closing and 1t will be success
full il their Davenport contemporaries
| will Join with them. A few years ago
such plan was insugursted and all the
Rock Island stores closed, bat the Dav-
export merchants refusing TO cooperate
it proved failure.
A correspondent signing himself "'Sec.
| ond avenue merchant and subscriber to
the ARGUS" has written the ARGUS an
excellent communication on the needs of
a reliable system of fire protection and
this paper would be glad to publish it in
full if il had the name of the writer-not
for publication, but simply for its own
use and satisfaction. II the correspon-
dent will send his name his article will
be published. TheARGUs does not pub
lish anonymous communications unless il
knows the author.
The remains OF the late F. c.. Evans
will arrive from Brooklyn, Iowa, tomor-
row morning at 735 and will be met at
the Rock Island depot by an escort from
Everis Commandery Knights Templar,
and conducted to Masonic Temple where
I. they will repose until 2:30 tomorrow
when the services will be conducted by
/ the cOmmandery. Rev. X. F. Sweet, pre-
late, officiating. 81. Simon of Cyrene
Commandery, of Davenport, will particle
pate as will the masonic fraternity, and
all friends of the deceased are invited to
be present.
There is report current among the O.,
r. |. Il p. enginemen, though it has not
as vet been traced 20 an authentic source,
| to the effect that the Rock Island is soon
to substitute for its original order run
ming the engine crews on tine Illinois di
| vision through to Chicago, an order turn
| ing the crews back each way at Peru as
heretofore. but running the trains and
| engines through as now. This would
enable the men on this end to
continue to live here. and the Chicago
men to remain in Chicago as far as resi-
dence Is concerned.
The Twentieth street pavement is pro-
crossing slowly but thoroughly and the
contractors expect soor to have their
facilities in shape so that they can push
the work more rapidly. They have done
well enough considering all the attending
circumstances, and the city is disposed to
be as lenient as possible realizing rs il
does all the conditions under which the
work is being done. Contractor McGugip
is now wiring the east side of the double
track of the Holmes syndicate and Mon
day the paving of the east side of the
blo,l, hatuaao Gocopd aud Third ovonnac