Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-23
CITY CHAT.

o. j. D1mick. of Chicago, is in the city
on business.
Mr.. Daniel Mosher, of Hampton. was
in the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Renfro have moved
to Chicago for permanent residence.
Remember the Japanese lecture to
morrow evening. Admission, 25c.
A. H. Lambert returned last night
from two weeks visit to Chicago.
Geo. Reed. of Chicago. is in the city,
and is thinking of locating here in bust,
ness.
Go and hear the great Japanese schol
ar at the Central Presbyterian church
tomorrow evening
Miss Eva Lloyd. of Chicago. sister OF
Fred Lloyd. of Lloyd s. Stewart, is visit
ing relatives here and in Davenport.
Trio Lodge No. 81. A. F. & A. NJ,
will meet in special conclave tomorrow
night to conduct work in the Third de-
gree.
Rev. and Mrs. George Plat, nee Lillian
Channon. of Franklin, Ind, are visiting
Mrs. Platt's parents in this city.-Daven-
port Democrat.
The r. !. & p. announces a rate of
50 Ga. to Peoria and return during the
Masonic conclave, good until July 26 and
| in effect now.
land and Henry county Liquor Dealers
association will be held at Turner hall.
Rock Island, Aug.
The Misses Louise Whistler, Lucia
Connolly and Annie Frysinger returned
from their pleasant up river trip on the
Denkman last evening.
The Rock Island Turner's gave their
Des Moines brothers little banquet at
Turner hall yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
| Herkert having laid out an elegant
spread.
Concert and dancing every Saturday
Ievening. with good music at Joseph HUI
ber's garden on Moline avenue. Every
| other day in the week except Saturday
| the garden is 10 let.
Mr.. J. I'll. Yore, of st. Louis. who is
visiting former friends in his old home,
| this city. is now proprietor of the Mer-
| chants hotel in the Missouri metropolis
| and is meeting with great success as a
landlord.
Ishikawa Kizs. the Japanese referred
to few days ago, will lecture in the Cen
| trail Presbyterian church tomorrow
evening. His subject will be the "Edu
cational and Legal Characteristics of Ja-
PAN" Admission, csc.
The ARGUS mentioned Bleuer's band as
accompanying the children of ST. Joseph s
school on the Verne Swain excursion and
picnic yesterday. 1t was Biehl's band
| which so delighted the hearts of the little
| ones and all who attended.
Arthur Mead entered suit in the circuit
court today against the village of Port
| Byron for 5000 damages for injuries
sustained in marching through the town
| with Harrison and Morton torch during
the campaign of 1888. when he fell and
broke his leg.
Albert Genung. Chas. Oberg. August
Kruser and Ferdinand Gross made up a
party who left at daylight this morning
for three days stay at the camp of
Messrs. Samuel Webb. Albert Owens,
| Chas. Parker and August Souter on the
Big island between Andalusia and Buffa-
| 10.
Something new in the city. Mr.. J. W.
Jones has added new enterprise to bis
second hand store 10 the way of paw n
| brokers shop, something that the city
needed very badly. He is now prepared
to do the business in a legitimate way,
having his license procured from the city
MIR. G. FL. SHELTON retired from the To-
cal ticket agency of the Rock Island last
night, turning over the Office to Mr.. F.
| ii. Plummer. Even in the short time
| that he has been here Mr.. Shelton has
made great many friends, and there is a
prevailing feeling of regret at his de.
| parture.
A number of exchanges are cali ng the
attention of mothers to better ca re OF
their young daughters. especially in the
evening. One heading reads: Mother
Where is your girl tonight? Do you
know or do you only think you know Il.
II pou don't know, you are not tit to be
a mother" Though the foregoing is
rather strong language. yet it may have
some application to Rock Island mothers
as we'll
Mr.. H. Myers, of Indianapolis, prom
inent and popular representative of Nc
Donnell & Sons. quarry owners and gran.
lite monument manufacturers. at Quincy
Mass, was in the city today. He wa:
much taken with the poem written re.
Gently by "Reddy." the printer, on 1.-THE
Ragged Jacket" published recently il
the ARGUS, and secured the only copy b.
could find. He regarded it as ont
of the most touching little poems he haG
ever read.
| Just at present it looks pretty blue for
Harpers theatre being opened the coming
season. Owing to the lease to Mr.. Man
the Harper heirs seemed disposed to lie,
it remain idle rather than repair it or at
tempt to manage it, This is bad state
of affairs and warrants movement look
ing to another theatre in Rock Island.
firstciass modern theatre would pay nice
ly, and the old one has so run dowr
since the death OF Mr.. Harper that j
would have to be repaired before being
opened again now.