Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-24
CITY CHAT.


ception tomorrow afternoon.
Hon. E. W. Hurst left yesterday for
Nebraska on a business trip.
Mr.. J. T. Kenworthv is to be the
Fourth of July orator at Coal Valley.
Sheriff Silvis was skirmishing in the
upper end" last night on court business.
L. P. Friestedt, OF Chicago. hove into
town again last evening and put up at the
Harper.
Mrs Peter Holtzhammer wishes to say
that she is not divorced from her missing
husband.
Swan Youngren leaves with his family
for Minneapolis tonight for permanent
residence.
Whoever may be elected school direc>
tors today will have earned the honor.
II was a little hot for hard race.
Mr.. G. NJ. Snyder. travelling freight
agent of the c.. B. & Q. road, is in the
city. the guest of Division Agent Mack :.
The township board of review met yes
terday at City Clerk Koehler's Office and
heard number of complaints Of excess
sive taxation.
DR.. G. B. Kinyon returned last even
ing from Waukesha, Wis, where he at
tended the American National Institute
of Homeopathy.
J.E. Burrows, of Sugar Creek. Iowa. is
in the city on business. Mr.. Burrows
was for a number of years a resident of
Rock Island county.
The ninth annual commencement exer.
cises of st. Joseph's school will be held
tomorrow afternoon. The graduating
class of 1890 is composed of Misses Rose
McHugh, Agnes Sexton and Alice Kane.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Shinstrom died at her
home on Big Island yesterday morning
in her seventy eighth year. She leaves
two children, Frank at home and Mrs.
Matilda Anderson. of Oakland, Neb. The
funeral occurred this afternoon.
Hilda g. Peterson, of Moline. girl
aged seventeen, is in the county court to-
day for inquisitiou as to her mental con-
dition. She was sent to the Jacksonville
asylum June 25. 1888, but was afterward
released.
Commissioner Jackson has received an
other beautiful ornament for Spen Ger
square in the way of statue-Ca nova's
Hebe standing five and onehalf fee. in
height and which is the gift of Mr.. and
N Gilpin Moore, and will be placed in
the southern triangle.
c.. E. Dodge arrived from Council
Bluffs and Omaha last Friday. He says
wonders have been wrought in the latter
city since he was familiar with it eight
years ago. A reunion with friends in
both cities was a happy feature of his
visit.-Spirit Lake, Uows,) Beacon.
The Moline Republican declares that
"Cowden. of Rock Island. failed TO cover
the $3.50 put up by Robinson, of this
city. for 100-yard race, therefore Rob
inson comes into possession of the $50
forfeit money put up by Cowden. and the
race is declared off"
The corner stone laying exercises in
connection with the Y. NJ. C.. A. build,
ing will be held at O'Clock Thursday
afternoon, and will attract a large con-
course of people to the site of the inn
posing structure at the corner Of Third
avenue and Nineteenth street.
The Elm street drug store has new
process of making soda water without
mineral acid. The soda water is manu-
featured by the Liquid Carbonic Acid
Manufacturing company, and is guarsn
teei pure and heslthful. Anyone having
| soda fountains can have them charged at
| this place.
Rarely can three of the brightest pan
| cts be seen in such favorable positions
| for observation at one time as Venus
Saturn and Mars can just now. Mars is
high enough in the southeast to be
| visible at the close of the even
ing twilight, while Venus is in the west,
| and Saturn far above the horizon in the
same quarter of the armament.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Chase, of Drury
township, celebrated their China wedding
on last Saturday. and royal good time
is reported. The old folks were invited
to the dinner and fully seventy five re-
sponded. while in the evening the young
people held forth and had a pleasant time
until late hour. Each one present ex.
tended hearty congratulations.
The Union gives the ARGUS the credit
| of making Tom Campbell laugh The
| ARGUS is glad of having afforded Tom
| any consolation now, as after election he
will not be so clipper. Especially, too,
is the ARGUS pleased when it considers
| that the Union has never given its own
candidates the least cause for light heart
edness either before or after election.
Three more omissions by the census
| enumerators have been reported to the
ARGUs-Mrs. Eliza Gentle, living with
Mr.. and Mrs. David Donaldson, in the
Second ward; Mr. and Mrs. s. w
Searle, living on Fourth avenue and
Eleventh street. and MIR. B. T. Gable
at present at the Harper. and his fam.
lily. These should all be looked after
by the proper enumerstors and re-
| corded
| Ramage's Standard Theatre company
com menced weeks engagement a,
Harper's theatre last night in The DC.
| toroon. There was a large audience
present, attracted by the low prices. The
piece was very well presented, the com.
pany being strong one all the way
| through. -Four sacks of -four were giver
away. Tonight "a Celebrated Case
will be presented. and q handsome parlol
lamp given away.
Ii. w. Haislip, the commercial traveller
brings the news of the terrible murder oil
| a travelling man named Moore at Ottaws
last night. the body being found this
morning in secluded spot. He had sold
a bill of goods for $4,000 yesterday and
an order for the same was found on the
| person of an adventures who has beer
arrested for the crime. The murdered
mans watch was found on the woman's
husband. 1t is supposed the man was
enticed to the spot of the crime and
murdered for his money.
DIR. j. W. Cowden leaves tomorrow
morning on his European trip. He frs,
attends the British Medical association
meeting at Birmingham. and then the In
/ Il Id.