Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-03
CITY CHAT.
No ARGUS tomorrow.
Bananas at F. g. Young

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! Nice new potatoes at F. G. Young's.
II Oranges and lemons at F. G.. Young's
Choice red and black raspberries. at F
g. Youngs.
Fresh Oregon salmon and halibut a,
Lloyd's fish market.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Sudlow will spent
the Fourth with friends at Muscatine.
i Mr.. ]. G. Kinney leaves this evening
for Omaha to visit few days with hi
sister.
There will be half hour trips all day TO-
morrow on the Rock Island s. Milar
road.
Conductor Ed Teller. of the c., B.
O.. has returned from his health seeking
trip to North Carolina.
Fine apples. nice sweet California
plums. apricots and all kinds of fruit, and
hot peanuts, at Boro's.
DR.. p. T. Hubbard and wife, of Sagi.
nav, Mich, are in the city visiting with
the family of Edwin Ward.
Lost-On July 1st. pocket>book, con.
tanning $50 and papers. Finder please
leave at ARGUS Office and receive reward.
Mrs. Roessler. proprietor of the Ger,
man English school, it has been lear ned
was omitted by the census enumerators
Mr.. Geo. Marten, night clerk at the
Rock Island house. has gone to Chicago
to spend the Fourth to his hearts con,
tent.
A proclamation by the mayor pertain
ing to Fourth of July observances should
be read and heeded-especially by We
small boy
j. w. Whip, assistant secretary of the
state board of charities, was in the city
last evening acquiring statistics of the
county farm, jail. etc.
Nels Lindquist. the long porter at
the Rock Island house. is now night clerk
| at the ComTercial--and he wears his silk
hat every day in the week.
Messrs. Chas. Weyerhauser and Fred
Denkman are going to treat their friends
To moonlight steamboat ride on the F
q. A. Denkman tomorrow night
Miss Wilhelmina Peterson leaves for
New York next Sunday night and on
wednesday she sails for Europe expect
ing to be abroad several months.
Herman Schmacht will have a grand
opening at his new location, 800 Twen
| tieth street, tomorrow, TO which be in
vites all his friends. Fine lunch and
music by the Union band
George Coinwell. of Moline, died a, st.
Louis at $3.50 yesterday afternoon of cons
sumption. aged forty -four. Accompa
MED by his wife and sister he was on his
way to Eureka Springs. in hopes OF re-
gaming his health.
G. G. McIntire left for Chicago this
morning. where he will remain several
days visiting and looking at the future
worlds fair. His wife and little son who
| have been visiting with his sister at Chi
cago for two weeks will return with him
the first of next week.
Luther s. Pearsall came down again
yesterday to view the demoralized and
shattered condition the nomination of c.
ID. Gordon has left his prospects in. 1t
| Is wonderful the secret confabs that are
being held within the steel walls of the
vault in the county clerks Office these
days.
A sample of water from the Rushvill e
| artesian well was sent to Rock Islam d
expert for analysis, who says the water is
| 80 charged with active mineral substances
as to render it unit for constant use as
drinking water, and mo good" for me-
chanical purposes as it is liable to form
boiler incrustations. Carthage Repub6
can.
A new pest has made its appearance
IN the vicinity of Cedar Rapids, says the
Gazette of that city, but it is yet too early
In Its history to tell whether its work
will prove serious. A black and white
worm. similar in size and shape to that
found on the ears of corn in the milk
stage, is attacking the growing corn
plant. 1t starts in at the top leaves,
burrows its way downward, and ends Its
work by eating the stalk entirely off near
the ground
But few persons who view passenger
train as it goes laundering past have an
idea that it represents a cash value of
from S75 600 to $120, 900; but such is the
case. The ordinary express train repre-
sents from $50. 600 to $4,000. The en-
CINE and tender are valued at $40, 500,
the baggage car 81 900. the postal car
$1,000. the smoking Car So 900, two or
binary passenger cars SIC. 900 each, three
palace cars SIS. 600 each, tota, $50, 800.
The new lows tramp law which goes
into effect July 4. provides that any per-
son sixteen years and over going about
without having a calling or business. to
maintain himself. shall be deemed a
tramp. He is to have five days of soil.
tary confinement or ten days of hard
labor. And il shall be unlawful for apy
sheriff or keeper of any jail to permit
anyone convicted under the act to have
or possess any tobacco, newspaper, cards
or any other article of amusement or
pastime, or to permit such person TO be
kept or fed otherwise than stated in the
commitment; any sheriff Or Jail keeper
who violates the provisions is SUBJECT 10
fine not exceeding 800, or less than
$25.
Mrs. Georgiana Bixby. chief operator at
the Rock Island Telephone exchange, re-
ceived leave of absence for one month
from July 1st and expected TO go to Mill
waukee on visit to her sister, but was
taken suddenly sick Sunday and could
not start. She is now some better, and
expects to start Saturday morning. Miss
Fannie Knox will act as chief operator
until her return, and will endeavor to serve
the public. Owing to the new and extern
sive improvements which have been made
in the office interrupting work for some
time past, she feels as though the public
has not received the service they were
entitled to. and takes this opportunity to
explain the condition of affairs.