Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-15
CITY CHAT.

terday in the city.
William johnson. Of Canoe Creek. was
on our streets yesterday.
N. j. Emerson, of Usage, Kas.. is Wis
ting In tue city with friends.
Beuer's full band will play at Black
Hawks tower next Sunday.
Miss Mary Maugin left this morning on
visit TO friends in Milwaukee
The Davenports and Ottumwas play
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Frank Taylor. of Wabasha. Mimi, is
visiting with friends in the city.
William Denbigh and John Hasson, of
Port Byron, were in town yesterday.
Miss Nellie Devine leaves tomorrow on
two weeks visit to friends in Chicago.
Davenport VS.. O.tumwa in champion
ship games Sunday, Monday and Tues
day.
l. Simon left last night on an extended
business trip through Nebraska and the
northwest.
Capt. L. F. Dimick and J E. Maloy, Jr ;,
of Cambridge. were in the city today on
business.
Mrs. Emil Koehler and daughters re.
turned on the St. Paul today from
pleasure trip to St. Paul.
Lost-An A. o. L. W. emblem pin
marked &c. w" Finder will receive re-
ward by returning to ARGUS office.
Music at Spring Cove Thursday nj ght.
Cars leave Rock Island at and p. m.
Last car leaves Watch Tower at 12
o'clock.
Conductor Barber, of the G. B. e. O. .,
is the latest convert to bicycle riding. and
he manipulstes it as artistic4lly as be does
the ticket punch.
Davenport Us. Ottumwa Sunday, Mon-
day and Tuesday. The Sunday game will
be championship game, with Nicol and
Sage as a battery.
Mrs. E. W Hurst, Mrs S. B. f lson
and Miss Agatha Edison left this morning
on their eastern trip. They were ac-
companied as far as Chicago by Mr..
Hurst.
Arsenal Council III National Union
this afternoon paid over 20 Mrs. Thomas
Gait and sons $4,000. they being benef =
Charles OF the late DR.. Thomas G alt whose
life was insured in that order.
The various performers in the Fore
paugh shows yesterday wore small
piece Of black and white ribbon in men,
DRY of William O'Mara who met such
tragic fate at Clinton Monday afternoon.
Hon. Ben T. Cable writes The ARGUS
tina: he expects TO start for home some.
time next month with his family. Master
Cable will by that time, no doubt, be
sufficiently robust to withstand the rigor
Of an ocean voyage.
The county court is still occupied in
hearing the motions 10 QUASI the infor-
nations in the cases against the Moline
parties charged with gambling. number
of differ ent motions having been made
yesterday and today.
The German Lutheran school will have
its annual picnic at Elm street concert
garden tomorrow, the procession leaving
the school at 10 O'Clock. Bleuer's full band
furnishing the music. A concert will be
given in the evening.
The Schnell Social and Literary club
has engaged the steamer Josephine to-
gether with her double decked barge to
give the friends of the club an excursion
on the evening of July %. 1t is a strictly
invitation affair and no pains are being
spared 10 make ID grand success.
Mrs. w. H. Whistler and daughter Miss
Louise, the Misses Gilmore and Mesdsmes
Eddy and Dodge were special guests on
the F. Q. A Denkmann on her outgoing
trip today. The latter ladies go only as
far as Clinton, the others, however, max
ing the round trip 10 Saltwater.
The Davenport 81 Rock Island railway
company with the improved electric serv.
ice handled good many thousand people
Yesterday ond did so without an accident.
Last year with horse cars Superintendent
Schnitger carried 1900 people to and
from the Barnum show. This year with
less of an exertion though VITA equal
skill he must have handled u thousand
or so more. IL order to this the supply
OF trsilers rightly belonging on this side
of the river was supplemented By all that
could be spared in Davenport Among
these latter were two little red boxes
marked Davenport Railway Company
aud numbered l and 3. The people of
Davenport may tolerate such excuses for
street cars. but over here they are some.
thing new aud are not such as excite adj
miration for the system. They caused,