Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-26
CITY CHAT.


Harper tomorrow.
Get your Thanksgiving dinner at the
Harper tomorrow.
Rasmussen's gallery VIII be open until
O'Clock tomorrow.
Found-A Newfoundland dog. Owner
can have the same at $50 Ninth street and
paying charges.
HOLSTERS. the first OF the season, nice
fresh oysters and celery and poultry OF oil
kinds at II. Tremann s. Sons.
Rasmussen is making his usual holiday
offer. This year q beautiful frame 10
given with every dozen cabinets.
Turkey and duck lunch at Theo. Frees.
7l2 Twelfth street tomorrow morning
and evening: patrons and friends are In
vited.
j. E Swan, foreman of the Rescue
hose company. has removed the engine
and cart TO Dmick's livery until the new
building is done.
Sheriff Silvis is moving ont Of the res
idence portion Of the Jail building and
taking possession of his new home in
South Rock Island.
Manager Montrose has arranged for a
particularly elaborate Thanksgiving din.
ner at the Harper tomorrow. Psrtake of
II aud avoid the trouble of home dinner.
Oiof Olsen, of Moline, and Miss Sophia
Weidner. of Rock Island, were married
this afternoon at the Christian chapel par
sonage by Rev. T. w. Grafton.
In spite of Mansills prediction for
cold wave Thanksgiving. the weather
bureau has 1t that il will be fair and
warmer. We shall see who is right.
Lost-On the ferry boat. a ladies' silk
and velvet hand bag containing pocket.
book and letter addressed TO owner
Leave at this Office and receive reward.
Local Agent Plummer, of c., r. l. &
+ Is distributing among his friends the
calendars of the road for 1891. They
are beautiful and artistic in design, and
convenient and useful in style.
Mr.. 8. A. Marshall has purchased
more turkeys than his friends can possi.
| oily eat Thanksgiving morning and even
| ing, and will this evening rattle of the
surplus. which amounts to one dozen and
| a half
| Tomorrow being Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. Schmscht OF No. 800 Twentieth
street. will render thanks by setting out
grand lunch of pig roast. poultry and
game, which will lsst all day and TO
which he invites his friends.
Any donations OF clothing for the relief
OF the poor. taken to the union Thanks
giving service in the Methodist church.
will be received at the southeast door next
the parsonage by q committee Of ladies
from the Relief society.
After Thanksgiving dinner try a Uni
ted Presbyterian supper at the church.
corner Fourteenth street and Third ave.
nue. on Friday between 5 and z O'Clock.
Fancy and useful articles for sale by the
ladies in the afternoon.
| The funeral OF the late Arthur L. Woods
was held from 81. Josepbs church this
morning. Rev. Father Mackin officiating.
| The pail bearers were: James McCor-
mick. Geo. Perry. James Maroney. Sam
McMshon. John McDarrsh and Geo.
Knowlton.
| The impression has gained currency
that because Mr.. Geo. Barker has sold
the ice houses. tools, teams. etc. OF the
Rock Island Ice Company, that he has
gone out of business. This Is erroneous.
de still retains his original plant aud is
still in the ice business
Fred Appei9uist wishes to snno uuce
that be has msde grand preparations to
entertain his friends tomorrow. He will
have grand big lunch which will be
served all day. Everybody who has
ever called 1T Appelquist's place on
thanksgiving knows what a nice lunch
be has.
Rev. g. w. Cue is anxious that none
who attend his church tomorrow neglect
the apple and the potato. He saws Il
will be surprising to see how thew viii
count up and how soon the barrels win be
niied for 81. LuSe's h,spitsl, He states
also that II anyone is inclined TO bring a
peck or a bushel or even a barrel that
there will be no objection and that room
10 the church win be found for all that is
contributed.
Negotiations have been practically com.
pleted by which the thirty.two miles OF
road of the d. /. & d. road extending
from Davenport to New Liberty, are e
pass under control of the B., @. r.. en-.
for period of five years, thus giving the
latter road an independent line into Day,
export. The B.. g. r. g. N. will expend
SSO.oOO to $4,000 In depots at Daven-
port. Blue Grass and other points.
Assistant General Manager W. j. Allen
General Superintendent II. r. Royce
Division Superintendents r. II. Cham,
oerlain and G. L. Ewing. Master Me.
chanic Geo. F. Wilson and Traiumaste,
w. M. Hobbs. Of the c.. r. I. & p, ar,
rived In the city last evening by special
train over the R. I. & p. which Supt.
Sudlow sent out for them. The officials
went over TO Davenport last evening and
today returned to Chicago.
The newest game and one that Il
spreading as rapidly as roller skating die
is indoor baseball. The game is PLAYED
In gymnssiums. dancing halls or ons sur
faces forty by sixty feet in size. The bal
used Is stuffed with hair, is sixteen inche,
in circumference and very much resem.
bles boxing glove. The bat is two ant
three>quarters feet long and one and I
quarter inches in diameter Gloves aud
masks are unnecessary. The bases ar,
twenty>seven feet apart. aud the pitchers
box twenty-five feet from the home plate
onlv straight-arm pitching lie allowed.
The new engine house on Fifth avenu,
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth street,
is fast assuming proportions that vii
afford the public an idea OF how Il siI
appear when completed. Contracto
Bick is pushing the construction a.
rapidly as possible. On the front of tn.
building cut in the stone is, the inscrip
ton Engine No. 1" and 1880" Tn,
building is 10 have q cupola for q bell II
the front end and stower for drying hos
: IN the rear. Architect Schuremsn de-
signed the structure which has alre I'd
been described in detail.
, AT its last meeting the Rock Islam,
public library board appointed q commi,
tee TO negotiate for more desirable suit
3 OF rooms for the accommodation OF III
library. The committee expects To ar
range with Mitchell & Lynde either 70
, rooms in the new block or for an cn,ir
Encouragement OF the present rooms. Tn
board feels that one OF the other Is I'm
! peratively necessary as the present room
; are not only inadequate as far o. accom-
modations are concerned. but do not NEE
D the idea of the board as to arrange
4 ments. The board thinks there IL nothin
{ too good for the public library. and ID
board is right.