Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-16
CITY CHAT.

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mems suits Simon & Mosenfelder are
making move.
Do you want an es suit for $5f Call
on Simon s. Mosenfelder who are making
room for their fall stock
G. A. Rose and family left this morn
ing for Marquette. Mich. on an extended
visit for the benefit of his health.
Mr.. T. H. Thomas. the druggist. put
painters at work brightning and beauti-
flying the ceiling of his store this morn
ing.
A cyclone struck Simon & Mosehfeld-
er's immense clothing house, ripping
preces in twain; Sc boys suits now sell
| ing al 81.
Park Commissioner Jackson. Of Spen-
Ger square. is in Chicago arranging for
the shipment of the various articles for
the ornamentation Of the square.
The Rock Island base ball club go to
Muscatine on the Phoenix Hose com
pany's excursion, and cross bats with the
Muscatine club Sunday afternoon.
A social basket picnic to Linwood by
the steamer White Eagle leaves the land-
ing here at ESQ p. m. Friday. Round
trip SOC; children. csc. All are INVITED.
Judge Glenn arrived today, thinking
this was the date to which the circuit
court was adjourned by Judge Smith.
Tomorrow is the day for the converting
of court.
Fire damaged the kitchen attached to
Mrs. Egsn's house on Twenty. third street
this afternoon to the extent of $50. The
fire was extinguished by means of a gar
den hose.
Orrin Skinner, of Hampton and resi-
dent of this county for many years, was
in the city yesterday looking up old
friends of former days and patronizing
our merchants.
Geo. Barker has moved his Office to
1912 Second avenue where all orders may
be left heretofore sent to the Rock ISL
and Ice company. and all business tran
sacted for Barker & Co.
The Rock Island Union band gives a
moonlight excursion on the White Eagle
tomorrow night. The boat will go down
the river leaving Rock Island at 8 o'clock.
Gents twenty five cents; ladies fifteen
cents
Geo. ID. Hoffman, of Chicago, general
western manager for the ]. F Pease Fur
mace company, manufacturers of the
Economy heaters. is in the city on busi-
ness with Baker & Housman, the local
agents.
Frank a. Curley and family, of Chica-
CO. arrived in the city last night on a
visit to Aid. and Mrs. J. E Larkin. Mr..
g Al -
furnishing goods house of j. E. G.. Scott
& Co., and has numerous friends in the
city.
The members of the county board of
supervisors have gone out on their annual
visit to the poor farm today. Steward
Dow had arranged to feed them on the
best on the place. and to receive them iu
right royal style.
John Shug. treasurer of the Moline
Mannechoir society, is reported by mem-
bers OF the society. missing with short
age of $50 in his accounts. Two differ
ent friends who have endorsed promissory
notes for $500 also mourus his untimely
departure.
Edgington. which has already fur
nished its quota of members of the Rock
Island county bar. has sent another as
pirant TO the city for legal honors in the
person of Earnest Harris, who has been
taken under the fatherly care of E E
Parmenter and has commenced to Tread"
MISS Ionic Weyerhauser entertained
her class and other little ones of the South
full manner at her beautiful home on Elm
cts
and cakes were served and Miss Weyer-
hauser also had her class photographed.
John Bergreen and Ed. Swanson.
of Moline, were before the county
court today charged with robbing an old
colOred man of various sums from time |
to time. amounting to SIS or So. A jury
was secured by Sheriff Silvis to try the |
case, bnt before it got to trial the states |
attorney dismissed 1t for want of evi |
dence.
The stockholders of the Rock River & |
Mississippi Power & Navigation COM
pany held another meeting in the psrlors |
of the Rock Island National bank this |
morning. the Messrs. Sears and A. G.
Dart, Phil Mitchell. T. ]. Robinson and |
F. Il. Griggs being present. Nothing of |
public interest was done.
The Rock Island has gotten out one of |
the most unique and useful souvenirs
yet seen. 1t is glass and porcelain paper |
weight so inscribed as always to keep the |
Great Rock Island Route" before the |
possessor. Local Ticket Agent SHELTON |
presented an ARGUS representative with |
one of these beauties this morning.
Read Simon s. Mosenfelder's remarka-
BILE cut prices for this week-mnst make |
room for fall clothing: Boys sailor suits |
Csc, worth 81 so; boys satinet suits 81, |
worth 80; boys cashmere suits 81 SO.
worth 81 75; mems jersey shirts 75c,
worth 81 SO. Straw hats 5, 10, Is cents ,,
all must 60 for a song.
The Rockford Construction company
got its vexatious smoke stack up last |
night and will soon be in readiness to |
the manufacture of paving
brick. The company has already dis |
tributed its curbing on Twentieth street,
and men are working on it preparatory to |
setting it.
Notice has been served on the tenants |
Of the Dimick building on Second ave,
nue., between Seventeenth and Eigh>
teenth streets. now In possession of NJ. |
G. Mills. under ninety-niue year lease.
to vacate as soon as possible in order to |
permit the speedy erection of q handsome |
new business block on the site. 1t will |
be similar in design to Mr.. David Don's
new building.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
railroad COMPANY has completed the de-
tails for the erection of a double track |
railroad bridge over the Mississippi at
Burlington to take the place of the old
structure. The work will commence this