Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-22
CITY CHAT.
Fresh cocoanuts at Mays.

Fresh cocoanuts at Mays.
Fine sweet apples and ounces at Mays.
At Young's opening for prices in gro
eeries.
&c. Adams returned to Chicago last
evening.
For fine bottle goods, wait for Young's
opening.
Wrap. cloak and jacket week at Nc
Cabe Bros.
Window shades in many beautiful pat
terms at SATELLITES.
The Redpath entertainment at Hsrper's
theatre tonight.
T. c. Herchell. of Coon Rapids, lowe.
is in the city visiting friends.
Aids Bladel and johnson of the First
ward are sightseeing in Chicago.
A little daughter has been born TO Rob-
ert Burton and wife on Second street.
Ex-Postmaster Frederick Freeburg. of
Coal Valley. was in the city yesterday.
For beautiful sign go to Sutcllfe t.
He is always prepared to do l6ne work.
Watch for the crash in prices at
Young's opening the first of next week.
Young expects to have all his new
stock OF goods opened by the first of the
week.
Mrs. Alphons Mosenfelder left this
morning on short visit to friends in
Chicago.
Go to SATELLITES for wall paper. He has
the largest stock and the lowest prices
He has no opposition.
Congressman Ben T. Cable returned
from his trip through the lower end of
the district last evening.
Wanted-Pa,nters and paper hangers
at Adams Wall Paper Company. Come
ready to work tomorrow morning.
Striking values are being shown in Nc
Cabe Bros cloak department this week,
which may not be duplicated later on.
A brush attachment to the life guards
as means Of sweeping the rails as the
car moves, is being tried on some OF the
cars.
The Twin City Columbian committee
meets this evening at the rooms of the
Rock Island Citizens Improvement asso.
citation.
John Mulhern laid fine Carbon Cliff
tile walk in front of Murrin' new block,
corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty
first street. Yesterday.
Nrs. L. Bauer. who has been visiting
with her daughter. Mrs. Louis Mosen-
fielder. the pat few days. returned this
moruing 10 her home in Chicago.
This has BEEN great week so far in
McCabe Bros cloak department. More
garme nts sold than during the same num-
Der of DAYS at any time in their business
experience.
Edward P E lott. the burlesque char
acter imper, Orator. Miss Ella NJ. Cham
Serlain, the wonderful whistler, Miss
Edith Christie, violin soloist. John Fran
els Glider. accompanist. and Master Cecil,
the child artist, at Harper's theatre to-
night.
T 81 Ellis and Postmaster Howard
Wells were witnesses before the United
States grand jury at Peoria Yesterday, in
the criminal case of the government vs.
Mechanism. Mr. Ellis former employe,
VIII o stole postal orders amounting to
S62 so from Mr.. Ellis and decanped
with the money.
Should vote be taken by the patrons
OF the Great Rock Island route as to
which is the most popular conductor on
the Illinois division. we believe that Gen.
eseos own Charley Grain would be elected.
His passengers look upon him as trusted
guardian, mentor and friend He is a
friend to everybody, and everybod is his
friend. -Geneseo News.
Gen. D. W. Flagler left Washington
Tuesday to inspect number of ordnance
posts. including Rock Island arsenal,
where he expects to arrive early next
week. The general has lately purchased
q lot in Washington Heights for SIC 900
and intends to erect handsome residence
shortly.
An awkward workman in attempting
to shut off the water in the main on
Twenty-second street and Fourth avenue
this morning. turned the valve the wrong
way and the force of the water blew out
the cap op the plug pipe running into
Twenty second street. The consequence
was the street was flooded for time, and
until Superintendent Murrin arrived and
righted things. Murrin has faculty of
always proving himself the right man in
the right place.
A conferences OF railroad men was held
at Davenport today to consider methods
of improving the transfer OF cars in Rock
Island and Davenport betweep tho n