Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-30
CITY CHAT.

Hammocks cheap at Iaylors.
Mr.. Martin Schoonmaker. of Reynolds,
was in the city today.
Something new in shelf paper and
toothpicks at Taylor's.
Miss Gertie Scofield, of Omaha. is Wis.,
iting Miss Anna Oswald.
Latest Little Katie Dooley is my Wife,
now 10 cents, at Taylor's.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Sax, of Ottumws,
are visiting relatives in the city.
Miss Fannie Bamberger. daughter of l.
Bamberger, is visiting relatives in Chi.
cago.
Mrs. F. NJ Young, of Milan, leaves
next week for Chicago for permanent
residence.
A meeting of the South Park syndicate
is called at the Office of Sweeney &
Walker tonight at 80 O'Clock.
Frederick C. Werlich and Miss Tony
Stenger, of Moline, were married by Rev.
Mennicke yesterday afternoon.
The Baptist Sunday school of Reynolds
came in this morning on Conductor Pal
mer's train, and is spending the day at
the watch tower.
Ell Henry. stone setter in the employ
sprained while at work 10 River side cem>
etery, Moline. today.
The Rock Island Turner society are re-
Quested TO meet at Turner hall this even
ing to make arrangements for the funeral
of their deceased brother, G. ii. Ritter.
The first of the second series of subscrip.
ton concerts given by Strasser's Second
Regiment band at Hincher's Elm street
concert garden occurs tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Morris Rosenfeld and children,
Mrs. NJ. Levy, Mrs. Schmidt and children
and Mrs. Amelia Huber went up to Clin>
ton on the Verne Swain yesterday to
spend couple of days.
Rev. r. w. Grafton and family left
this afternoon over the Peoria for Eu
reks, H.. where they will spend a week
in attendance at the encsmpmeht of the
Disciples of Christ of Illinois.
Thomas johnson, of Milan, left last
night for California, having received tel
egraphic news that his father, James
johnson, the old Camden miller, was
critically i'll near San Diego.
The Peoria JON nal, in speaking of the
recent charges of plagiarism made against
Rev. Mr.. Cue, of this city. says that the
whole secret of the matter lies in the
fact that these making the charges are
Unfortunately jealous of Mr.. Cues popu-
larity, and that he is a candidate for
presiding elder.
Mary c.. four weeks old daughter of
Joseph Klenmeier, corner of Seventh
| avenue and Fifth street, died at $50 last
| night of inanition. Mr.. Klenmeier
| is stepson of Reinhsrt Geiger, and is
known more by that name than his right
| name. 1t was his wife who was adj
judged insane in the county court Mon-
day. His sffiiction is doubly sad.
The alarm of fire from the Fourth ward
at $50 last night was another Illustration
of the sbomination of the present unsys>
| tematic fire department. The alarm was
needless, yet it created as much disturb
snce as if half the town was in peril.
Speed the day when Rock Island will
have abandoned entirely and forever the
present nonsensical arrangement.
The contract on the new main building
of the Orphans home is off Messrs
Ritchey & De Gear. the Rock Island firm
that took the job, failed to furnish the
resident surety that was asked for the
completing of the contract, and the award
was Withdrawn. The plans and specitica-
tons are again open as before to the con-
tractors of the three cities, or any other
place for their action. These later bids
will be opened Aug 2.-Davenport Dem
0crdt.