Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-19
CITY CHAT.

States Attorney NJ. NJ, Sturgeon has
returned from his trip.
L. Il. Trent, of Port Byron, was in
town few hours yesterday.
George P. Stauduhar returned last
night from visit to Chicago.
The Josephine brought up large ex-
cursion from Muscatine last evening.
E. q. Guyer and wife left this morn>
ing on two weeks visit to Chicago.
A. c. G.oger left this morning on a
visit to his old home in Watertown, Wis.
The social at the Broadway church will
be held next Tuesday evening instead Of
tomorrow night.
Fred Weyerhauser and son Rod. ar
rived a. the Harper this morning from
their Alaska trip.
Louis D. Bowman, of Chicago, assis-
tant state secretary of the Y. n. c. A., Is
home on short visit to his folks.
Miss Mae Montrose and Mr.. Charles
Spencer are guests of Miss Whistler this
trip north on the steamer Denkmann.
The Rock Island Citiz ems improvement
association meets tomorrow night to con-
slider the improvement of Seventh avenue.
Bridge travel yesterday amounted to:
Tesms-north, 715; south, no; total
1925. Foot-north, $50; south, SOC;
total, 1.641.
Miss Nellie Mshsns, cashier at McIn-
tire Bros, has returned from a few
weeks visit to Belvidere camp at Lake
Geneva, Wis.
The third subscription concert of
Strasser's famous second regiment band
will be held at Schue,zen park. Daven-
port, tomorrow night.
Mrs. j. V. Bailey and daughter have
returned from a visit to Mrs. Bailey's
nephew. of Lyons. Iowa, who is a mem
Der of the Hawkeye legislature.
Prof. W. R. Gould, the aeronaut, left
for Keithsourg this afternoon where he
makes jump tomorrow. The next
jump il this vicinity will be at Schuetzen
park. Davenport Aug. 81.
The Horace Boies Democratic club, of
Davenport, was organized last evening
with Henry Vollmer, president; J. j.
Ryan, vice president; George Campbell,
secretary, and b. c Struck, treasurer.
W. W. Washburne, formerly of Gales
burg but now of Oakland, CAL, Mrs.
Mitchell and Miss Hartman, of Gslesburg,
spent last night and today in the city the
guests of the family of Capt. J. NJ. Mont.
gomery.
Bleuer's band gave the regular weekly
merchants subscription concert in Spen
Ger square last evening. The park wa:
prettily Illuminated at intervals. 1t i;
understood the Moline Light Guard ban
is to give the mex. concert.
William Frey has given up the position
SO long held as travelling salesman for J
8. Gilmore and is now on the road for {
Davenport business house Andrew
Coleman, who has been with Mr.. Gilmor,
IA years succeeds Mr.. Frey.
D. 81. Loud back, managing directo
of the Davenport & Rock Island, and
Rock Island & Milan railway companies
arrived from Chicago this morning, anC
will remain in the tri-cities some tim,
looking after the compauy's interests.
The father. mother, sisters and broth
ers Of the late Henry Limburg desire t,
publicly express their thanks to theil
friends and neighbors for kindness an,
sympathy at the funeral of said Henri,
Limburg.
Hart Division &. of P. of Clinton
who vNited St. Paul lodge, of this city
last spring, took first prize at Sioux Cit
last week as the best drilled division o
the state OF Iowa. the prizs was an ele
CANT silk banner valued at $3.50.
Among the callers registered at Cam
Comfort yesterday were: Mrs. T. 3
Thomas, Mrs. E. G.. Frazer, Miss Bryant
Fred Whistler. Irving D. Burgh, MI
and Mrs. Fred Denkmsnn, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Davis, Miss Reimers, Miss Gle
land and John Stafford.
The Rodman Rifles arrived home on
special train over the c.. B. & @ at
O'Clock last night, short one man job
Dauber got off the train at Beardstow
but didn't get on in time. and the con
sequence was the special came on withou
him. BE reached home today.
The Central District Telephone com
psny has determined to cable its wire
from the station on Second avenue be
tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth ives
to Sixteenth street, along Second avenue
This will do away with large part O
the complicated network of wires in tn
business part of town.