Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-27
CITY CHAT.

"Jim the Psnman" At the theatre To-
night.
Dancing school At Armory hail to-
night.
The Misses Mary aud Agnes Egan are
spending the holidays IN Chicago.
Bananas ten. fifteen, twenty-five and
thirty, i've cents per dozen at Boro's.
Hurry up and take in one OF those bar
gains in ladies' and gent's toilet cases, at
Crampton'e.
Col. Whittemors gives dinner at his
mansion At Rock Island arsenal early the
coming week.
A diary for 81 will be q good New
Year present for either lady or gentleman.
Champion has them.
The hest attraction Of the season At
Hsrper's theatre tonight There viii in
oil probability lie large audience pres
emit.
Evangelist Bliss viii conduct . meeting
ct Harper's theatre tomorrow night for
men only. Admission will be by tickle,
only.
The Christmas decorations at Trinity
church this season are the most lovely
and besutiful that have ever been seen in
the church.
Three immense boilers for the syndicate
power plant have arrived and Lsrkin &
Stephens have hauled them to the new
building on Second avenue.
A number of young people were skst-
ing on the slough last night when the
ice broke through and m any of the party
were thoroughly drenched, though the
water being shallow no serious results at.
tended the little csusslty.
Col. William s. Bracket. iuspector
general Of the Illinois national guard. is
at the Harper house with his family.
Col. Brackett has just returned from his
ranch In Montana. and will spend some
months in Rock Island before returning
to his home in Peoris.
The ferry. Spencer became fast on n
sand bar short distance from the Rock
Island shore again this morning at 6 80.
and has been held by the sand and ice all
day. Capt Robinson states that he has
no apprehension about getting the steam,
er on. as the river rises before it freezes.
At Omaha last Monday evening oc-
CURED the marriage Miss Mary Kinney,
sister of Mr.. ]. C. Kinney of this CITY. to
Mr.. J. G. Fitzpatrick. The couple at once
started fer Colorado where the groom
Is popular and successful ranchman.
His bride is very well known and much
admired in Rock Island.
The new line of the Rock Island road
to Colorado will he opened January 4 and |
thereafter the through trains between
Chicago and Denver will run through
Omaha instead Of around by Kansas CITY |
which will insure faster time and saving |
OF forty miles. The new Union Pacific
depot at Omaha will be used by tie Rock |
Island
Mr.. l.. Allen, of Chicago, whose pro-
]ect of establishing q mandatory in |
Rock Island was brought before the last |
meeting of the Improvement association.
Is at the Harper. Mr.. Aliens enterprise
Is one designing and ma nufacturing wood |
patterns. and be Is looking the ground !
over and explaining his project to local |
capitalists.
The surprise of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Alex
Montgomery in honor of their twentieth
wedding anniversary yesterday was q
complete success and proved an occasion
Of memorable JOY to host. hostess and |
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery
received fine dinner set. silverware and
other articles of use and value. There
we're about sixty people present.
Mr.. Fred Hass has received letter from |
General Manager Merrill of the c., b. e.
Q road stating that he woul advise the
roads attorneys at Washington to look
up the status of the viaduct case and
explain 1t to the Law department Of the
government in order that the expense of
sending an attorney to Washington might
be saved il possible. Mr.. Hass took the
letter to Sweeney & Walker. the COM
pany's local attorneys who will at once |
prepare brief fully explaining the situa-
ton and forward to the st,orpeys NJ