Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-10-17
CITY CHAT.

Nice dill pickles at F. G. Young's.
Fine Missouri apples at C G.. Trues.
dale's
Caul'flower. celery and oysters at F. G.
Youns's.
Fine hubbard squash for winter use, at
c. c. Truesdale's.
New currsnts, raisins, prunes and ap.
ricots at Longs.
Choice Concord and Catawba grapes at
F. e. Young's.
Fine cstswbs and Concord grapes. at
{. c Truesdsle's.
Choice crauberries, celery, oysters and
eating apples at Longs
La Msscotte" matinee at Harper's
theatre tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. VIM. Nevins is home from Gales.
burg for Sunday sojourn.
Leave orders for fine dressed ducks sud
chickens at &. G. Truesdale's
Go to Twentieth street Laundry for
hrstclas5 work. w. B. Hill. proprietor.
The new scenery at Harper's theatre
will be exhibited for the first time tomor-
row afternoon.
Mr.. q. l.. Wynes and wife returned this
afternoon from their wedding trip and
will make Davenport their home.
pany.
Wine sap. Golden Pippin. Northern
Spy. Ben Davis and Bro ions thau apples
hy the barrel, bushel or peck at F. G..
Young's.
The ladies of the Twenty linth street
Sunday school are arranging for festi-
Val in the chapel Thursday and Friday
evenings, Oct. 80 and 81.
Miss J. H. Bancroft, of st. Paul, is
forming classes In physical culture in the
three cities. She comes with high en-.
dorsements personally and as a teacher.
G. Joseph and family departed last
evening for their home at Rock Island.
They leave many friends here who wish
them good luck in their new home
Centralis Sentinel.
Mr.. Joseph is associated with Mr.. f.
|. Leveen In the management of the Rock
Island store of the London Clothing con-
There will be regular Friday evening
service tonight at Trinity church at 100
with lecture on Church History" by
the rector, Rev. K. F. Sweet. Tomorrow
icing the Festival of St. Luke there will
be service at 8 o'clock a. IN.
Larkin & Stephens have received a
contract for the building Of the founda.
tons for the engines and pumps at the
Holmes power station. The contract
strictly specif1,s that the foundations
must be in readiness for the engines in
thirty days.
Two important changes to result from
the new time card which goes into effect
on the Rock Island road Sunday will be
the abandoning OF trains IS and IA, the
Vestibule flyers TO and from the south
west and arriving now at 11:41 p. m.
going southwest. and at B 80 a. m. east
bound.
Downing Bros, the epterprising
founders and machinists, are very busy
lust now getting out the columns and
beams for the new engine house. They
have just received the contract for the
iron work in the large new addition to the
Moline pillow works.
telegram was received by Mr.. VIM.
Jackson from Albuquerque. N NJ, yesteI-
day afternoon announcing the arrival
there of Mr.. Whitridse and family. Mr..
Whitridge having stood the Journey thus
far nicely They expected to reach Kan
sss City tonight and Rock Island tomor.
row night.
Mr. B. Willard, superintendent of
electrical appliances for the Thomson.
Houston system. arrived yesterday and
took charge of the work of construction
in the three cities. He says the striupinp
of wires and other work will be pushed as
rapidly as possible, different forces being
employed In the various lines of work.
and that all will be done simultaneously
He expects to have the Rock Island lines
running firstly Dec. at the outside.
Mr.. J. D. TAYLOR was surprised by
about twenty-five of his friends on the
SEVENTEEN anniversary of his birth last
evening at his home on Nineteenth street
and Ninth avenue. The ladies of the
house had been spprised of the event in
advance, and while they had kept the
matter from Mr.. Taylor. they had pre-
pared sumptuous spread. and the even.
ing proved q very pleasant one to the
bonored host and all participating.
A dispatch from Hurley, Wis, shows
that Weyerhauser. the lumber king. of
this city. is still specializing. 1t saws:
William Irvine, secretary and manager
of the Chippewa Lumber and Boom com
psny. of Chippewa, Falls, and Edward
Rutledge, member of the Mississippi
Logging company. who are interested
with Frederick Weyerhauser in his con,
templated purchase of half interest IN
the Geneva mine, are here. and il has been
authoritatively given out that the deal
had been consummated