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

Nice fresh dressed chickens at F. G
Young's.
Rev. R. H. Rudd, s. T. D., of Knox
vile. and family. are now occupying
Trinity rectorY.
The Rock Island Athletic club will give
a sparring exhibition a week from next
Monday night.
Mr.. James Donaldson. of Beatrice,
Neb. is visiting his brother, County
Clerk R. A. Donaldson.
Rev. Cummings. of Geneseo. is in the
city today on business in relation to the
| campmeeting grounds.
Choice peas, peaches, grapes, black
berries, large watermelons. and little gem
nutmeg melons, at F. G. Young's.
Spring chickens, Muscstine muskmel.
ons and watermelons. and full line OF
vegetables of all kinds, at Browner's.
Dr. r. T. Ehrhardt, examining physi.
clan for the Burlington Relief associ alton,
with headquarters at Beardstown, is in
the city.
The new hearse ordered by Undertaken
Chas. Wheelan has been received and is
| at Kerrs livery. 1t is magnificent piece
of workmanship.
One week from today there is to be
another matinee at the Rock Island Trot>
pacing race combined, contest for the
roadster class, and bicycle race.
Michael 0'Connor has again returned
to his first love. but only temporarily and
is steward at the Harper where he
has consented to serve until Mrs. Harper
| turns the hotel over to Lessee Montrose.
Will NJ. Narvis, city editor of the Mus
cstine Journal, is candidate for grand
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, at the
state grand lodge of Iowa, which assem>
bles in Des Moines next week.
Dannie Craig. aged fourteen, and Geo.
Wooders, aged twelve. are missing from
the Soldiers Orphans home at Daven-
port, and are reported to be in this city.
They are dressed in the uniform of the
home.
Contractor Bick has completed the
work of remodeling Mrs. Grady's resi-
dence on Moline avenue east of Twenty
fifth street, and Mrs. Grady now has one
of the most convenient, comfortable and
pleasant homes in the city.
Mrs. j. F. Robinson returned last night
from Asbury Park. Mrs. 9. l.. Walker
expected to leave the park last night for
N. Y. before returning home. while Mr..
Z. S. Sweeney and Miss Sweeney expect
| to remain until September /.
Mrs. Fannie Johnston, of Reynolds,
died last Sunday aged eighty years. She
had lived there since 1S4S and was
affectionately known as aunt Fannie"
Her husband James Johnston, died there
eighteen years ago.
Miss Emma Johnston. night operator
at the Central Telephone Office has
| resigned her position aud will soon depart
for the west on an extended visit. Miss
Fannie Knox. will succeed Miss Johnston
Miss BERTHE Olstrom taking Miss Knox s
place.
Commissioner Jackson, of Spencer
square today received letter from the
| Mott Iron Works folks, stating that the
| ornaments for Spencer square would be
| shipped from New York tomorrow, and
| that the class OF goods was such that II
had required time to make them.
Morris Mulcahey. stone hauler en-
ployed on the Mitchell & Lynde building,
fell into the cellar of the building this
morning with a wheelbarrow of rock and
sustained a severe shock. though it is not
believed he was seriously injured. He
was conveyed to his home.
| Edison says that no electric railway has
been or can be made a success except by
the overhead wire system. Many new
ways of conducting the electric current
have been tried. but none have been sue
cessful The storage battery systems,
however, have been tried in many places
lately. and they are giving moderate sat
isfaction.
| Chas. Jenkins, Moline oolored man,
was held in bonds of $1,000 today to
answer two charges at the September term
of the circuit court-attempt to murder
and carrying concealed weapons. The
trouble grows out of disturbance in
which the colored circles of Moline were
concerned.
1t is reported that 10 Haas has gone
down over the district on hunt for his
| political twin McPheeters, before enter
ing upon the task of attempting to rec,
oncile the better element of the g. o. o.
VINO nave ueSerteu Inc rankS tn1S year
and who, despite all the little opens
concerts presented gratuitously by the
twins. will vote for Cable on election
day.
The Davenport papers speak with grea
praise of the Stone directory about to be
issued, and of which they have received
advance copies. The Stone folks viii
commence the canvass of Rock Island
aud Moline at once. and it is to be hoped
they will receive the encouragement that
will warrant reliable directory, To-
Rock Island has not had one since 1885
i A local chemist has been experiment
ing with the different kinds of water ",
drink. samples of hydrant water thu
Mitchell & Lynde artesian well. and tn,
court house well having been submitted
to tests, and the temperature of each
has been found to be: hydrant, "a; ar
tesian well. SO; court house well, "a
Further tests will be made.
= Geo. w. Park, of South Moline, who's