Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-23
CITY CHAT.
School election tomorrow.


Lost bracelet at Kingsbury's art store.
Vote against bigotry and fanaticism to-
morrow.
Mr.. Andrew Donaldson, of Rural. was
in the city today.
The Standard Theatre Company is at
the Harper house.
Mr. B D. Buford is contemplating a
trip to the far west.
Mr.. d. T. Robinson of Taylor Ridge,
was in the city today.
Supervisor J. A. Wilson, of Rural.
was in the city today.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. has ordered over
seven miles of paving extensions.
The Union band has An engagement
for the Fourth of July at Coal Valley.
The Standard Theatre company opens
a weeks engagement at Harper's theatre
tonight.
Mrs. j. G. Mott leaves tomorrow for a
three months visit with relatives at Oil
vette. Mich.
Yesterday was Children's day in the
Rural Sunday school. Interesting exers
cises were held.
DR.. W. A. Paul has returned from a
three weeks visit to his mother in the
pine tree state-M Maine.
o. j. Dimick, of Chicago, is in the
city. he moves his family to Chicago
tomorrow morning.
Ed. Bengston, former Rock Island
boy, now located at Joplin, Mo. is visit
inc relatives in the city
Ed Lieberknecht left for San Jose,
Cal, Saturday night expecting to make
an extended visit on the Pacific coast.
Mr.. John Ohlweiler has gone to New
York to attend the national funniest as
delegate from the Mississippi Valley
society.
The marriage of Rev. Frederick Kroe-
ger, of Pendleton county. West Va. and
Miss Maria Mennicke. takes place this
evening.
Crawford. the great republican. was in
the city again today. He says he's got
it in for all who don't want him to be q
senator in the Legislative.
DR.. ]. w. Scott and son, of Edeing-
ton, were in the city today. The doctor
is en- route to Chicago, where his father,
a retired physician, is very i'll.
The Masonic lodges of Cambridge. Ok
ford, Presumption. Orion and Coal Valley
will unite in a picnic on James Clark
farm in Rlchlsnd Grove tomorrow.
MIR. Louis May left for Chicago at noon
today to purchase the finest line of gro,
ceries ever brought to the three cities. and
with which he will stock his new store
Mr.. A. F. Fleming left for Chicago
Saturday night to visit his daughter
Next Thursday he starts for San Jose
family.
Mrs. Lutte DimIck and children have
gone TO Omaha for permanent residence,
Mr.. o. j. Dimick having provided for hel
comfort there for the remainder of hel
days.
Mr.. Henry Holdorf left by train Sunday
morning for New York, where he will
take the steamer Victoria Augusta
Wednesday for a three months trip in
Germany.
President R. R. Cable, of the Rock
Island road, and wife went through Rock
Island in Mr.. Cables private car this
morning homewari bound from Colo>
RADIO tour.
DR.. Chas Champion, president Of the
National Board of Chemistry at Wash.
ington, and Miss Lilly Dunn. daughter
| of DIR. L. ID. Dunn, of Moline, will b.
married this week.
Ticket Agent c. II. Shelton. of the
Rock Island route. spent yesterday with
relatives in Chicago. He brought bach
with him some neat stars for his private
police force about the depot.
Rock Island cannot afford to have the
interests of its public schools impaired by
religious prejudice. Go to the polls to-
morrow and emphasize your disa pproval
| of this unpatriotic motive.
The samples of carpets expected by the
ladies of the Nj. +. church have arrived
and will be on exhibition at Clemann Il
Sslzmann's tomorrow afternoon at $50.
All ladies of the church are requested to
be present.
Elsewhere appears the call of Henry
Wheelsn, chairman of the democratic
city stow nship committee, for the ward
caucuses Saturday night to select dele
gates to the county convention to be held
Tuesday. July 1.
The Rock River and Mississippi Power
company held meeting at Black Hawks
tower Saturday afternoon and designated
a committee to solicit stock in the com.
pany and adjourned. Interesting develop
ments may be expected in the company al
almost any time now.
Miss Helen Van Patten. with a number
of other young ladies, left Saturday morn
ing for Dubuque for weeks trip. She
is the guest OF Miss Lucia Mackenzie and
| they go on the Gen. Barnard. A pleas
anter excursion could not be imagined -
Davenport Democrat.
MIR. Swan Lundberg, whose misfor-
tune in connection with the recent
cyclone has been mentioned, has
| started out with subscription pa
per and is meeting with much en-
enlargement. Any subscriptions for Mr.
Lundberg may be left at the ARGUS of
| fee.
The inlet pipe of the Fl. Madison wat
erworks was stopped up by drifting mud
and sand one morning last week and con.
tinued that way for some time before il
could be cleared. The town was withou,
water for boiler and domestic use during
that time, and also without fire pro tee.
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