Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-26
CITY CHAT.

Diaries for 81 1t Crsmpton,s.
Your own prices on holiday goods Al
Champions.
Miss Agnes Bixby " spending few
days 1t Princeton.
Mr.. Charles F. Cooper went to Chicago
last night on business.
william Simpson and wife. of st. Louie.
are visiting in the city.
Fred Copp came homo from s.. Louis
to spend the holidays.
Mr. Pat McHugh came up from Boards
sown TO spend Christmas.
Mr.. George P. Lyman OF st. Paul spent
Christmas in his old home
Clearing up after the rush. Every
thing In the way must 60. 1t Crsmptons.
Major c. W. Halves came down from
Fulton to eat Christmas turkey at home.
Mrs. }. B. Durham. of Ithica. N. T..
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. CrandslI.
You who have missed making Xmas
presents should buy diary for 81 of
Champions.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. j. Morey. of Sioux
City, are visiting at the reoidence of Capt.
Robinson.
Mr.. II. s. Fraser OF Indianapolis. spent
the winter festival with his fsmily 10
Rock Island.
Chas. N. Osborne aud family of Chi
csgo. are visiting at the residence OF
Col. Curtis.
Mr.. and Mrs. 81. Balderston. of Phila.
delphia. are holiday guests of DR.. and
Mrs. Eyster.
The great slaughter of 6ne toilet cases.
pictures and all holiday goods continues
at Champions.
Miss Beatrice Ostrum. ASST. ,ant operator
Of the Rock Island telephone exchange is
spending the holidays at Viola.
The Office of the r. l. & p, at Daven.
port was broken into last night and two
two-thoussnd mile tickets we're stolen.
Buford POST g. A. r. goes to Moline /,
body next Friday night to witness the
installation Of Graham post of that city.
Tax collector Fitzgerald publishes a
notice In another column to the eff,c.,
that he is ready TO receive the taxes of
1890.
Invitations have been issued for tho thir.
tecnth annual dance Of O,Sau -Kee tribe
is. /. o. r. NJ. at Armory hall on We'd
nesday evening Jan. 4.
Miss Hartman. OF Black Hawk, who
has been visiting at the home of Capt.
Montgomery. lef. this afternoon for Den
yes TO spend the winter.
Il is the firm of Sievers & Anderson
instead of Contractor Anderson alone that
has the contract for Mr.. Solond's new
house on Twenty third street.
Mr.. C. W. Darlington, OF the Dubuque
Daily Ledger, accompanied by his wife. Is
In the city on q visit to relatives. The
ARGUS acknowledges . pleasant visit.
d. g. White, Ed. Mccartney and F.
Kramer of this city. won first honors ut
poultry show at Maquoketa. Iowa. last
week, at which 1. 900 birds were exhibited
Mr.. ]. F. Everett. of Oskaloosa. for
merly superintendent of schools in Rock
Island. Is on q visit to Superintendent s.
8. Kemble and other old friends in Rock
Island.
This Is the twentieth anniversary of
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Alex.
Montgomery. and the day is being ceie-
brated in very happy manner by many
friends Of the couple.
Mrs. E. n. Bracket, VIM. 8. Bracket
and Master Willie Bracket. of Living.
stone. Mont. are at the Harper They
are relatives of Capt. Bracket and will
spend the winter here.
Messrs. Sam Leveen and NJ. Leon, of
New York. are in the city to spend the
holidays with Mr.. f. 1. Leveen of the
London Clothing company. and to look
after business matters.
Mr.. g. Weiss who has been at SPRING
field directing the erection of new
building for Concordis college. there
for which Volk s. Co. have the con-
tract. lie home for the holidays.
The house of Edward Mattaush, of
South Rock Island. was damaged by fire
u the extent Of si0Ossrly Wednesday
morning. The loss ia covered by in
surauce in Loosely 4 Knowlton's agency
The Rock Island sports who took their
birds to Dubuque to participate in the
cooking main there last night came home
with ssddened countenances. They lost
seven out Of ten birds and nearly 5000 in
cash.
Engineer Charles Francis who directed
the construction OF the new draw pier at
the Rock Island bridge has been assigned
to government work on the Hennepin
canal surveys and has moved his family
to Milan.
Mr.. j. ]. Sullivan. OF Wichit4 Falls,
Tex. is in the city greeting old friends.
Mr.. Sullivan shows the effects of that
midnight accident when fellow sports,
man had the audacity to take him for a
wild animal and blaze away at him in the
dark. He is recovering. however.
Mr.. VIM. Cation the billiardist. Is ar
ranging for a match and exhibition 10
Rock Island between Schafer the worlds
champion. and Eugene Carter. 1t will
take place about the middle Of January.
Messrs. Cation and Carter have just re-
turned from the west where they have
been giving exhibitions. Messrs. Schafer.
Cation and Carter play at La Porte.
Ind, next Tuesday night.
The Davenport Democrat sent around
a. Q Christmas present and New Years
gif, combined. one Of the most attractive
calanders for the coming year that has
ever come TO our notice. Above the cal