Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26
CITY CHAT.
p D. Buford is seriously i'll.


Go with the crowd to the Indu strial fair
this evening.
Buy the White sewing machine at Benz
uetts glove store.
The White sewing machine is the best.
Bennett the glove man sells it.
All kinds of sewing machines and sup
plies, at Benefits glove store.
Mrs. Frank Horn, Sr, returned to her
home in Kalamazoo. Mich , this m orning.
Only three nights more of the fair. If
YOU have not seen it you have missed q
great sight.
Prof. John Bleuer is again able to be
out after long siege of illness with
erysipelas.
Fred Hass has been confined to his
house the past week with q severe at
tack of the quin sy.
D. T. Robinson and wife left for New
Orleans last evening, their intention being
to make an extended southern tour and
return home by way of New York.
teamsters elsewhere to which their at
tention is called. Idle teamsters can
now do the city much good if they are so
disposed.
John T. Fuhr, of Edgington, was in
the city today He has purchased the
high.bred stallion, MAJOR, formerly own
ed BY John Alorecht, and will keep him
on his farm in Edgington.
The ladies of the Central Presby terra n
church will give a supper and sociable
at the residence of Henry Csrse. on
Fourth avenue Friday evening, Feb. 81.
ALI are cordially invited to attend.
Geo. W. D. Harris has sold to Mis- s
Kate Byrnes. No. 2O17 Fifth avenue. a
small house and lot for 5000, also DR..
Masilfs store on Eighteenth street now
occupied by VIM. Don, for $500.
VIM. McGuinn, blacksmith in the
pillow shops, had the misfortune TO have
his foot badly crushed by heavy plow-
share falling on it yesterday afternoon.
The injuries are painful but not serious
The young people of the Broadway
Presbyterian church will have 1ecep-
ton from to 10 o'clock p. N. tomorrow
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. 4. 81.
McCandIess, 700 Twenty>third street.
All are cordially invited.
josephine, the one year old dau glitter
daughter of Henry Hedin and wife,
died Tuesday morning at the family home
in WATERFOWL, of pneumonia She is the
last of three daughters of Mr.. aud Mrs.
Hedin. The fuaera takes place at 10 q.
N. tomorrow.
The funeral OF Mrs. Auua Berns teine
occurred from her late residence on
Twenty second street on Tuesday after.
noon at 4 O'Clock with the sacred rites OF
the Hebrew church, Rabbi Freuder off,
chatting. The interment was made in the
Jewish burying ground at Pine Hill Gem
etery, Davenport.
Chief Clerk Willerlon. of the Harper,
has received letter from the mother su>
perior of the convent of the Good Slep-
herd at Carthage, O., announcing the
death there from pneumonia, Dec. 10, of
Mrs. Josephine Lutz, former house
keeper at the Hsrper, and lady greatly
beloved by all who knew her.
7 he government engineers who have
charge of the Mississippi river improve
ments met in Quincy the other day tc
consider the opening of canal connect
ing the river with Quincy bay They
recommend congress to appropriate
about 5000 for the building of this
canal, which will be 100 feet wide at tn,
top. The canal will be navigable at al
seasons of the year. This will maxi
Quincy bay the best harbor between St
Louis and St. Paul.
Mrs. Lucinda Salzmann died at her ON
at 31S Thirteenth street at 80 oc.ocl
this afternoon, aged SO years. She ha
been resident of the city number o
years and was a kind and atfec
Tomato woman and Will
sadly missed by larg
circle of friends. She leaves six children
three SONS and three daughters, Louis b
Salzmann, Gust q. Salznanp, VIM. +
Salzmann, Mrs. NJ. Meyers, Mrs. Lucin
da Raisch and Mrs. Emma Stremmel, a
of this city She also raised Mrs. Coura
Ia Schneider from little girl.
John McGrash and Geo. Lambert en-
tered Ranson's saloon on Market squar
at a late hour last night and after eacl
had taken glass of beer. MIR. Ranso
attempted to lock up his saloon where
upon Lambert objected to being put gu
aud an alteration ensued. during which
an alderman who was present interfere