Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-29
CITY CHAT.
Attend the mass meeting tonight.
Pitted and stuffed olives at Mays.

Frontage de Brie and Roquefort cheese
at Mays.
Champion s. Co.'S job lot of pocket
books are yet on sale.
Mr. II. w. Haislip leaves tonight on a
business trip to Sioux City.
Mrs. f. f. Abbott, of Clinton. arrived
in the city This morning on visit.
If you have any pride or interest in the
city's welfare attend tonights mass meet
ing
Cheap stationery. good linen octave
note. at 35 cents per pound. at Cramp-
tons
Miss NJ Bauer has returned 10 her
home at Chicago after visit TO friends
in this city.
Mr.. Ernest Strate has laid a fine Ca
BILE brick walk in front of his residence on
Eighteenth street.
A nice new line of purses and pockets
books for ladies and gentlemen just re>
ceived at Champions.
It is to the interest of every merchant
meeting at Harper's theatre.
Bert Cunningham, the Moline pitcher,
has been transferred from the Philadel-
phia players league to the Buffalo club.
Mrs. c. G.. Gaver. wife of Landlord
Gaver, of the Rock Island house, has
been very i'll for several days, but Is bet
ter now.
Four lots were sold in South Park to-
dsv-two by J. j. Reimers and two by
III. j Lowrey. Property is on the move
up there again.
Mrs. Ella Weber, accompanied her
son, Chss. Webber, who has been visit.
ing here. to Minneapolis last evening,
Mrs. Tim Murphy also departed for the
Mill city for q short visit.
The game of ball at the Rock Island
park Sunday between the Moline Browns
and the Robert Krause nine. of Davens
port, resulted IN victory for the latter
club by score of 2 to /.
Mr.. III. B. Potter. of Buffalo Prairie,
and Mr.. William Sanderson, of South
Rock Island, leave tonight for months
visit to relatives and acqusintances in
their old home. New Haven, Conn.
An attempt has been made to rob Rock
Island of portion of its population
Will you he Indifferent to such an out
rage. or will you lend your influence TO
tonights meeting at Harper's thestreH
Let the mass meeting tonight prepare a
remonsirance such as will be respected by
the Rock Island road, and if il is not let
another meeting be held and indignation
expressed in manner that will be felt.
Mr.. August Ryberg, of Boelus, How
ard county, Neb., who has been visiting
relatives in this city and Coal Valley, left
for home this afternoon. During his
stay Mr.. RYbert invested in South Park
real estate.
The ladies of the Central Presbyterian
church expect to make happy success
of their moonlight excursion down the
river on the steamer Libbie Conger to-
night. 1t will be delightful trip for all
who take advantage of it.
At its meeting last night John Morris
camp 315, unanimously expelled F. G.
Ellis, the bigamist, from the order. He
was second lieutenant of the camp, but
the order does not care to have any,
thing to do with men of his stripe
A. Seaburg. well known painter and
paper hanger, has a card in another part
of the ARGUS to which he invites the at
tention of the public. Mr.. Seaburg is a
tirstclsss workman, as all know who have
ever had work done by him. All he
asks is fair share of the custom.
John WiXon, of the livery firm of
Wixon & Peal, Moline. died at 2:40 this
morning. Mr.. WiYou had lived in Mo
line since 1876 and had been in the livery
business there since 1857 He was born
in Niagara county, n. Y November 6,
1882, and married Miss Eliza Palmer at
Galena, June %, 1859. He leaves with
his wife, three children. He was prom
inent republican.
Ia the county court this morning City
| Attorney Haas having been notified that
| there were technical errors in the manner
| of serving some of the notices to prop
erty holders affected by the Twenty.
fourth street sewer, entered a motion that
the hearing of the case be continued to
| the November term to afford time for
serving proper notices, and the order
was so made by Judge Adams.
The Orion flour mill was totally de-
stroyed by fire about 8 a. m. Saturday,
entsiling loss of from IS 900 to SIC, 900.
There was no insurance on the structure
or its valuable contents. The origin of
the fire is unknown. but three theories are
advsnced-namely. by trsmps. by hot
cinders or by spontaneous combustion.
The mill had stood there fully twenty
years, and was operated by the firm of
johnson & Co, consisting of Henry
johnson. who had active supervision, and
l.. r Boutwell,, A. M. Peterson, William
Love and Levi Higgins, all residents of
Orion. Ii is not known whether it will
be rebuilt or not
The Rock Island Turner society which
won such lanrels at the funniest of th e
Upper Mississippi bezuk at Davenport
last week. was given feast of honor last
night. Previous to the fest. Mrs. Her.
kert had volunteered to give the Turner's
| u banquet in case they would win first or
second prize, while Dir. b. Winter prom-
ised in the same event to provide a case
| of wine. The boys having more than
met these expectations, Mrs. Herkert last
night gave the banquet, Mr.. Winter pro-
vided the wine, and this was an incentive
to Mr.. Emil Jacobsen TO donate box of
cigars and Raible & Stengel a keg of
beer, while Bleuer furnished music gratis.
There was street parade before the
spread at Turner hall.
| 10 Daaf Dad