Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-16
CITY CHAT.

Grand illumination st the Tower to-
morrow night.
Ladies' and children's day at the Tower
tomorrow.
Clark Buford hiss returned from his
trip to Colorado.
Brilliant Examinations at tee Tower
tomorrow night.
65 cents buys 80 cent Oxford at the
NJ. s. K. reduction sale.
The Moline Light Guard band plays in
Spencer Square this evening.
Will Dill OF Little Rock, Ark, is in
the city visiting relatives and friends.
The democratic state convention OF
Iowa will be held at Davenport this
week.
You will surely save money by rur-
chasing low shoes at the NJ. & X. this
week.
left yesterday on an extended visit to
friends at Harrington. Kan.
George Wagner. Jr., who is now max
ing his headquarters at Des Moines. is IN
the CITY on a few days visit.
Miss Jennie Gleason who has been Wis
iting friends in the city the past few
weeks, returned to her home in Clinton
yesterday.
The r. l & p announces rate OF
fare and a third to Springfield aud return
during the session of the republican
league clubs.
Economy is the road to wealth, and If
so you can make start by purchasing
your oxford ties during the reduction
sale at NJ s KS.
Miss Jennie Warwick, for some time
past stenographer in the general offices
of the R 1 S P. has resigned to accept
position with the Moline Plow Co.
The terse versfier of the Monmouth
Review. says quite rightly:
The hot perspiring days are here,
Distressing old and young,
And pompadours soon lose their pomp,
And bangs will not stay bung.
Camp cleveland" is the name that
Messrs, Titus and Aiberry have christened
their camp on Credit island. Messrs.
James Msslin ane Joseph Brady of Chi
cago visited them Sunday and were royal
~ en- tertsined.
President Louderbsck has given orders
that hereafter all the traile.s on the
Union line shall be illuminated by cleo
tricity, as is the case on the Black Hawk
line. The cars are being wired now
and will be in readiness by next Satur-
day when Barnum is 10 be here.
Mary Moore, pastry cook al the Har-
per house. has begun gsrnishee suit
in Magistrate Wivilfs court against Will
liam Louusdale, steward st the same ho-
TEL, to recover some 500 she claims to
have loaned him st different times. The,
case will be heard on Saturday.
The Pittsburg on her trip north Sunday
night had the following Rock Island peo-
pie aboard: E. B. McKown and wife.
W L. Aster and family, Dr.. j. NJ.
Barth and wife, Mesdames E d. and II.
D. Folsom and Misses Anna kirkpatrick,
Olga Brapdenburg, Z.die Heitehreads
and Effie Barge.
A party composed of Misses Sue
Denkmann, Anna Reimers, Hanna Woods,
Katherine Gest, Bessie Lee, Jennie Will
cox, May Blanding. Lucia Connolly and
Hattie Jackson will leave this evening on
Weyerh s User & Denkmsnn's pslatial
steamer, the E. Rutl edge, for trip up
the river which has been arranged by
Miss Denkmaun.
Fred Appelquist has been entertaining
his friends in a royal manner today on
the occasion of his fftieth birthday.
Fifty spring chickens served in the most
delicious style constituted a part of the
splendid bill of fare that was spread be-
fore his friends who called to extend
congratulations.
DR.. Wright who has been attend
ing Allerton, SAYS that the great trot:er
has so far improved asto be in condition
to be shipped. He has received the best
of treatment, but it will be some time be-
fore he has overcome his lsmeness 1t is
hardly probable, however, that Allerton
will be brought out again this year. He
will be shipped to Independence tomor-
row morning, barring any unforeseen
mishsp.
Mrs. Bella Parsons, wife of Henry
Parsons of Daven port, suicided Sunday
by taking dose of morphine. The de-
ceased was young woman and there
seems to have been no other cause for
her act except that see frequently quar-
relied with her husband. She had a IA
cial deformity. her nose being almost en-