Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-13
CITY CHAT.

business.
Dressed turkeys and chickens. at C. C.
Truesdale's.
Choice turkeys and chickens a. Geo.
Browner's.
Nice bananas and oranges at Geo.
| Browner's.
Celery. lettuce. spinach and cabbage, at
c. C. Truesdales.
Miss Kate McQuade is visiting wit b
friends in Muscatine.
Capt. j. NJ. Montgomery spent yester-
day in Gable on business.
]. s. Gilmore returned this morning
from business trip to Chicago.
Florida and California oranges. bananas,
figs and dates, at c. j. Longs.
Rock Island Athletic club masquerade
at Armory hall tomorrow night.
Senator Crawford was in the city asst
night. He refused to talk politics.
Sweet potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, cram
berries and Finnan haddies. at Longs.
land made flying trip to Chicago yes
terday.
T. A. Zellers. general superintendent
Of the United Glass company, is in the
city on business.
Paymaster Greenawalt left with the
pay car for his monthly tour of the Peoria
road this afternoon.
Mrs. NJ. T. McEvoy, OF Emmet,sburs,
Iowa. is visiting her parents. John Rash
ford and wife of this city.
Bleuer's band went to Geneseo today to
furnish music for grand Palmer demon.
stration this afternoon and evening.
Peter Frey's name will probably be
presented to the democratic city-town-
ship convention as candidate for clerk.
A sweet. faced little girl, the first in
the family, arrived to gladden. the hearts
of Mr.. and Mrs j. c. Aud this morning.
Bridge travel Yesterday amounted to:
Foot-North. 447; south. AS; total, s92.
Teams--Norih, 525; south. 526; total,
1861.
Mrs. Fred Weyerhauser gives a fare
we'll reception next Wednesday from to
p m, assisted by the Misses Wey er-
hauser.
Ex~Aldermau Fl. C.Schafer is an activ Q
candidate for city clerk. and his friends
say he will capture the republican no min.
alton from Koehler.
The last number of the Chicago Legal
News says that the Hon. W. III. Ges 1
has been admitted to prastice in the Uni :
| ted States supreme court.
The NJ. W. A. ball at the Arnory on
Wednesday evening was very largely at
tended. A fine supper was served and
general good time INDUCED in by all.
Mrs. Frank Bengston. of Andover,
Henry county, gave birth to three bows
Sunday. One of them weighed 81 pou nds
and the other two q pounds They
were all dong well at las; accounts.
A new 100-candle power electric light
is being put in place over the platform at
the c, R l. & P. depot. and the incan,
descent lights in the waiting rooms are
being changed from 16 to 80 candle
power.
Sister Payne got so mixed up over Sen
ator Palmer's election that he actually
sang. Ii is consoling to know that
Payne has at last found some way of
making himself useful, if it die take the
election OF dem ocrs,ic senator TO &C.
complish il.
The damage suit for $50 brought by
Abraham Z. Jones against Robert Young
on which former jury disagreed, is on
trial again in Justice Wivilrs cour, today
before q jury composed Of VIM. Akin.
SOD. Chss. Evans, b. A. BALDWIN. John
McDsrrah, Ben De Gear snd VIM. Young.
Maj. Beardsley appears for the plaintiff.
and Sesrle & Sear!e for the defendant.
Otto Geppert the man msngled in
Hubers brewery yesterday, as detailed in
last nights ARGUS, died at 4:10 yesterday
afternoon. He'was 80 years of age and
leaves wife with four little children by
q former husband who met with acci>
dental death several years ago. Tie
funeral will be held Sunday afternoon :,
under The auspices OF Schiller lodge.
Knights and Ladies of Honor. of which
Mr.. Gsppert was q member.
Chas Fiebig. the exper: locks NTH, has
just completed complicated task
at Davenport. Monday morn
ing the Corliss combination and time
lock on the safe 10 the First National
bank there was found out OF order and
could not be worked. while S97, 900 we're
suugly reposing within Fiebig deter
mined at once upon the course to pursue.
lint wOnfH mako M Ynnva until Unr1