Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-05
CITY CHAT.

A dishwasher wanted at the Rock Isl,
and house.
Al. Caldwell, OF Freeport. was among
the callers at the ARGUS Office today.
VIM. McEniry returned this morning
from weeks business trip to Nebraska.
A six year old son of DR.. Sloan, of
Moline. was drowned in Rock river near
the camp this afternoon.
The Davenport Democrat is agitating
the idea of permanently improving and
identifying the river front on the Daven.
port SIDE.
Capt Rock well. of Rock Island arsen>
al. has gone to Chicago TO act by invita-
ton. IS one of the judges of the parade
| and drill Of the Patriarch's Militant.
Mrs. C. H. Ritter desires to extend her
heartfelt thanks to all friends and neigh.
bors here and at West Liberty for many
| acts of kindness during her recent Attic
| ton.
I The annual camp meeting Of the Rock
Island District Camp Meeting association
| will open at TiDdall's grove next Monday.
Bishop Merrill will preach the first Sun.
| day.
Miss Jennie Warrick gave up her posi-.
| ton as stenographer in the general Office
of the r. ! & p. railway on August /,
and was succeeded by Miss Belle Fay, of
Fulton.
Mr.. j. L. Haas leaves for the lower
end of the district tonight for the pur-
pose of attempting to brace upthe forlorn
hope of the Gestiles. and breathing
consolation upon the demoralized post
masters.
The contract for remodeling the build
ing on Second avenue to be occupied as
the new quarters of the U. s. Express
company has been let by Mr.. NJ. NJ
Briggs to John Volk & Co and the work
will commence next Monday.
On the farm of Geo. T. Wake, in Yuma
township, Sunday night. lightning
struck pig pen on one side of the house
and killed eleven pigs, and poplar tree
| on the other side, and split it in two. and
did not damage or touch the house.
Representatives of an English syndi-
cate are examining the books of the Mo-
line Pillow company with a view of msk>
ing bid for the industry. These alien
nabobs are getting an uncomfortsbly big
share OF the industries of this country.
Suit was begun in the circuit court to-
day by Mr.. Bermond. of New York City
through his attorneys McEniry & T.
Entry. against the Mississippi Valley
Mutual Insurance company for 81, 500,
for a loss which occurred last January.
Bert Cunningham, Moline's crack
ball player. now one of the star twirlers
of the Buffalo N. Y. Brotherhood club,
and Miss Ines Leach, daughter of Mr.
schoolmate with Cunningham, were mar
ried at Buffalo on Friday last.
The ARGUS is in receipt of an invita-
tion to attend the annual reunion of the
Henderson County Soldiers and Sailors
association at Stronghurst, commencing
Wednesday, August 20. and continuing
three days. A large crowd and general
good time is anticipated.
Word comes from Rev. J. S. McCord,
still at Ocean Grove. New Jersey, that be
is better and steadily gaming, and that
his New York physician says that he can
60 back to his work again on the first of
October if he keeps improving as fast as
he has been doing.
The Rockford Construction company
is using every effort to get down to bus
mess and increase the capacity. Baker
Il Housman delivered to the factory ves-
terday astack made wholly of steel. This
with the other draft chimneys which
have heretofore been put in place. will
enable the company to turn out third
more brick.
The executive committee of the Rock
Island County Old Settlers society, met
at the Office of Secretary ]. T Kenworthy
this afternoon, and changed the date of
the annual picnic to August 80. at Rod>
man place at the bead of Twenty-sixth
street. The speakers are to be M. ].
McEniry in the forenoon. and Sherman
Searle In the afternoon.
Messrs. John Moore. of Coe township,
and Orrin Skinner, of Hampton, are in
the city today. both Of whom report
cOpious rain in the upper end of the
county Sunday. Mr.. VIM. Kistler, of
Buffalo Prairie township. says the ele>
ments treated the lower end of the county
equally as WELL This, which the farmers
hope will he followed by few more,
will insure fair late potato yield, and
greatly benefit the growing corn.
Mrs. P. V. Newcomb, of Davenport,
through her attorneys. l.. NJ. Fisher. W.
H. Wilson and Dawson & Lane, has filed
her answer to the suit brought by S. F.
Smith who was appointed guardian for
herself and property. and who alleges
that she is insane. She denies all the
allegations contained in the petition and
states that she is in sound mind, and knew
what she was doing at the time she made
the transfer of part of her property 10
certain of her relatives.
MIR. F.. /. Leveen. accompanied by
Messrs. j. H. Maux and g. Joseph, also
of the London d Liverpool Clothing COM
pany, arrived in the city last night and
completed all arrangements with Mr. M
G. Mills for the ninety nine year lease of
the Dimick property on Second avenue
and also opened negotiations with Col
Inns Bros. for the erection of the business
block upon it this fall in which to estab
lish the immense clothing house that the
company proposes to bring to Rock ISL
and.
Barnum's great shows will be in Rock
Island Sept. 10 The tents will be
pitched cast of Twenty-sixth street. and
between Fifth and Seventh avenues
Sixth avenue being closed for the day
The grounds will then be reached by
three lines of street cars-the two Moline
avenue routes and the Elm street line.
Supt. Schnitger will have cars to the
grounds every minute. which means an
item of several hundred dollars alone to
the Barnum management.
The first installment of the Spencer
park furniture has arrived in the shape
of two chairs-those donated by Dr. s.
G. Plummer and Capt. II. q. cleveland
Commissioner jackson is momentarily in