Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-28
CITY CHAT.

Dressed chickens AT r. u. fOunSs.
Little Gem melons at F. G. Youngs.
Peaches and plums by the basket at
Mays.
Nice peaches and plums at F. G..
Youngs.
Mr.. Morris Rosepfirld sailed yesterday
for home.
Boys waists and knee pants at the
Golden Eagle.
School suits at remarkably low prices
at the Golden Eagle.
Miss Belle Everett, Of Aurora, Ind IS
the guest of Miss Mary Mcdonald.
Mrs. J. G. Junge and children have
gone to Weaver county Iowa, on visit.
Just received full line of boys. school
and children's clothing at the Golden Ea-
gle.
Miss Peterson's store will be closed
until after the funeral of Mrs. Geo. L
Quist.
George Blakesley arrived home last
evening from Geneva Lake where has
been rusticating.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Johnston gave
dinner at the tower today in honor of
Francis Murphy.
From today until Monday the Golden
Eagle will sell boys and chiliren's cloth
ing at % per cent discount.
Mr.. H E Casteel has deserted the
camp on Vandruff's island and moved his
family back to Rock Island.
Summer vacation is nearly over and
the Golden Eagle is selling school suits at
rices that will astonish you.
John Bahnsen arrived from Coleridge,
Neb. this morning to attend the funeral
of his brother, DR.. VIM. j. Bahnsen.
Francis Murphy, the great temperance
advocate. is in the city, the guest OF the
parents of his affianced, Mrs. Rebeccs
Fisher.
Mrs. Heanv, of Cordova. and Mrs.
James E Abbott, of Brooklyn. N. Y, are
here on visit to Mr.. Frank Heany, $50
Elm street.
Messrs. Julius Junge. Otto Huber and
Walter Dauber left for Independence.
Iowa, last evening to attend the Buchanan
County Fair.
The annual picnic of the Rock Island
County Old Settlers society is TO be held
at the head of Twenty-sixth street
tomorrow.
A bicycle was stolen from hall lead
| ing up to the second floor OF Beans
block today. The wheel belonged to a
| boy named Alva Hawthorn.
Spring Cove will be illuminated and
Bleuers band will discourse music for the
dancers tomorrow evening. Last car
leaves watch tower at 11:30 p. m.
Miss Nellie Allen. of Geneseo, who
has been spending several days with her
sister, Mrs. E. Fl. Bowman, Jr. left for
| Wilton last evening for short visit
with friends.
Miss Katie Kelly entertained about
| sixtyti five of her young friends al
| her home 2511 Fifth avenue last evening.
There was pleasant evening spent in
| dancing and various other smusements.
A horse attached to one of the wagons
of Gilmore's pork packing establishment.
kicked up racket on Sixteenth street
and on Second avenue this morning, but
was caught finally before any great dams
age was done.
Great preparations are being made for
Il
Monday and will continue week 1t
promises to be in every way the most at
trsctive exhibition the Port Byron society
has ever held.
After the election of Mr.. Phil Mitchell
as president and also treasurer of the
Rock Island Pillow company. as stated
in last nights ARGUS, the directors chose
Fred Head as vice president and w. j.
Kahlke secretary.
Architect Schuremann has been en-,
gagged by the Harper estate to furnish the
design for the remodeling of the interior
of Harper's theatre which has already
been thoroughly cleaned, the seats re,
paired and everything placed in readiness
for the general improvements.
Chas. Fiebig the expert locksmith, was
summoned to Davenport this morning to
open safe in the store of J. P. Thee the
defrauding butcher who recently fled from
that city, leaving many mourning credit
ors. The safe was opened at the instiga-
ton of Ions Hannaman, one of these
creditors, but nothing of any value was
found.
The Elm street cars now run down to
the cross over track in front of the ARGUS
Office instead of stopping at Nineteenth
street and Second avenue. Supt. Schnit>
ger worked gang of men all night put
ting in the curve of the west bound track
at Fifteenth street in order that the
bridge line traffic need not be delayed.
As soon as these curves are put in, the
Elm street cars will run around and out
| on Ninth street.
ka lrnaolyaI
wife down on Perry street near Third, in
Davenport, last evening, and after kick
ing and pounding her several times, fed
The woman was picked up unconscious,
| and very soon seized with commissions.
She lived In Rock Island before
she married Perry-who is, too, well
known here-and her parents live on
| Thirty-ninth street. Jealousy is the prob
able cause of Perry's ill-treatnent of his
| wife.
Mr.. E. P. Reynolds, who has just re-
turned from the southeast, where he has
spent several months, having left Mrs.
Reynolds at Old Point Comfort. received
| a telegram yesterday announcing the
death at Wymore, Neb., of Mrs. j. ii.
Reynolds. his dsughter-in-law, a charm
| ing woman, whose maiden name was Miss
Mary Claibourne, of Glenwood, Iowa.
Mr.. Reynolds lost little son few
weeks ago and the affection is therefore
doubly severe.
| The Concordia- Germania Turner so
ciety has of late been preparing an addi-
tional school room in its German>English
school, and this room will be furnished
and ready for occupancy at the reopen
ing of school on Monday next. In view
of this fact the society last evening voted
to employ Miss Woltman. of Rock Is
land, as the additional teacher. The
new room will be on the second floor not