Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-01
CITY CHAT.

August /.
New sweet potatoes at Mays.
| Bananas and berries at Browner's.
California fruits specially at May s
Mr.. r. Schwecke leaves for California
tonight.
Fine assorted ba5kets of Californi,
fruits at Mays.
Corn, tomatoes. cucumbers. blue ant
black berries at Longs.
Spring chickens and potted meats OF
all kinds at Browner's.
Mr.. j. F. Robinson arrived home tbi.
morning from Asbury Park. Mass.
Mexican hammocks very cheap a.
Cameron & Sons, Davenport, Iowa.
Mr.. Lewis Wilson, of Rural, and MIR
WIN. Moore, of Coal Valley. were in the
city today.
Fresh berries. chickens. apples. wster'
melons. and nutmeg melons at F. G
Young's.
Uncle" Sam Goode. of Andalusis. was
In the city today. dressed in his best
suit of clothes"
Mr.. Fred Hass has returned from Min
nespolis. Mrs. Hass will visit in st
Paul before her return.
Mr.. G. B Marshall of Cordova. demo
cratic candidate for county superintend.
ent. was in the city today.
Stamp Deputy NJ. Lee Galt's collec,
tions for July were: Beer. 1929 25
cigars, S471.15; tobacco. $7.20; total.
| SO. 10000.
A bay horse sixteen hands high, go,
out of the Stable near Raible & Stengel's
brewery last night. and has not been
| found
why, they are far better than had
| any idea orr Such are common expires
sions regarding Simon & Mosenfelder's
Sc so and 81 pants
Mr.. Fl. p. Stoddard and DR.. J. w
Scott. of Edgington. were in the city to :
day. Both report Gordon stock" on the
| boom in their section.
Frank Mcdonald will give a grand
free lunch TO his friends at his saloon
on Fourth avenue and Twentv-secont
| street tomorrow night.
While passing Simon & Mosenfelder's
| stop in and take a look at the Sc so and
"a pants. 1t isn't every day one meet:
with such snap.
A letter from Aid Ill received this
morning stated his determination to sail
for home on July 10. He may be ex-
pected home at any time now.
Simon & Mosenfelder's fall stock i.
now in the hands of the tailors and will
| arrive during this month. All summer
goods must 60 regardless of price to make
room.
Misses Ella Blakesley. Florence Stew
art and Nellie Mahana. of this city. Miss
Sykes, of Elkhart, Ind, and Messrs.
Will Stewart and George Blakesley
formed party that left yesterday fol
Belvidere Park. on Geneva Lake, Wis,
for two weeks pleasure and recreation al
the Blakesley Sykes cottage.
The first of the second series of sub
scription concerts given by Strasser's or
| chestra at Hincher's Elm street garden
occurred last evening. and was enjoyed
by large number of people. The even.
ing could not have been more delightful
and the music was such as only Strasser
is capable of producing.
The body of Edward G. Woodward
whose drowning at Cordova was record,
ed id last nights ARGUS. has not yet been
recovered. The deceased was the young
est son of the late G. M. Woodward, OF
Port Byron, and was nineteen years OF
| age. Edgar Humphrey. guardian of the
young man, offers reward for the recov.
cry of the body.
fr 1ol
Island for few days working our mer,
chants and getting as much from them as
they are disposed to contribute for few
inches of fiattery and puffery In the col.
umns of his paper. The way II
is worked is this. The Chicago man spots
a business man; writes him up in most
| complimentary manner. gets the matter
in type and has a proof taken of it. This
he reads to the merchant subject, and
tells him that for whatever amount he il
willing to coptribute-S10 or $50-i,
matters not what, he will send certain
number of papers containing the puff to
the addresses the merchant may furnish
Some of our business men have taker
kindly to the idea. but many have not.
approaching the compliments hesped
upon them no less, but failing to compre.
bend the substantial benefits to be de-
rived.
MIR. Edward Leberknect returned this
| morning from his western trip. He went
by way of st. Paul and the Nor
thern Pacific and returned via the south
ern route. At Fargo, South Dakota, b,
met our former townsman. Jacob Helms
furtur. who is in the cigar business there
| He also visited Spokane Falls and Seat
tie aud he was carried away with the way
the latter city is rising from the flames
Phoenix like. nine and ten-story build
ings being the standard in the bushes.
| portion. He took in many other places OF
| prominence. including San Francisco and
San Jose. In the latter city he saw his
brother Louis, who left Rock Island years
ago to make his way in the world and is
now successful sign psinter at San Jose,
and is rich. He met Mr.. A. F. Fleming,
also Geo. F. and G. r. Fleming and states
that the latter gentleman was expecting
to start east with his family in a few
DAYS and may be looked for in Rock ISL