Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-29
CITY CHAT.

Fine line of poultry at Browner y
Co.'S.
Miss Anna Hines is visiting friends at
Galesburg.
Hon. E. W. Hurst is i'll and confnt d
to his room.
c. P. Holmes, of Indianapolis, is in
the city visiting with friends.
Charles Hart was sent down today for
80 days for vagrsncy by Magistrate WI
viii.
William Dowar is in St. Louis spend
ing the holidays with relatives anc
friends there.
The glad tidings come from HastingI,
Neb., of the arrival of q bouncing boy 10
the family of W. B. McIntire.
The CITY Ice park will be closed
tomorrow afternoon and evening. but will
be open again Saturday.
Mrs. n L. Myers and little daughter
have returned to their hsme in Sterling
after visit to friends in the city.
Mr.. and and Mrs. ]. W. Potter left this
morning for Freeport to attend the mar
rage of cousin Of Mr.. Potter's there.
Edward Lieberknecht. who recently
returned from Chicago, has accepted
position wit. the insurance firm of Dom
aldson & Hurst.
The grand Jurors for the January term
of the circuit court are being notified
that they need not report until Tuesday,
Jan. 8, and the Petit jury to report on
Monday, Jan. 8.
The illness of Mrs. T. J. Buford is
matter of much concern to her MAN.
friends Though she is somewhat i'm
proved Ter condition is not yet out of
danger. and it is sincerely hoped that she
will now get along all right.
The proposition to form a Tri CITY
Press club meets with favor by all the
papers of the three cities, and it is to BE-
hoped the meeting to be held at the AR
GUS office next Saturday evening 10 take
preliminary action will be well attended
George Hanson. brakeman on the c.,
B. & Q road, had the misfortune to have
the middle finger of his right hauo
crushed between the bumpers of some
cars this morning. which necessitsted the
amputstion of the finger, Dr.. Truesdsle
performing the operation.
Freight train No. on the R l. s. P.
had quite an accident at Summit, Just
outside Coal Valley, on Tuesday night
While coming toward this city the ca,
boose and car of merchandise were
overturned and considerable damsg9 and
delay was caused thereby.
The Peoples National bank this morn
ing received $50 of the Columbian half
dollar souvenir pieces from Chicago and
they have been going rapidly during the
day only 9 or 10 being left at the time
OF closing. The souvenir is a very pretty
pocket piece and may be had dollar
apiece.
Miss Emma Porter died at the home OF
her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, 54s
Thirty-flrst street. al 8 O'Clock this morn
ing. aged % years. Deceased was an as
sistsnt in the postof1ce at Wilton, Iowa.
Snd had been suffering from consum ption
for some time. The remains will be
shipped to Wilton on Saturday morning
at 9 o'clock.
Mrs. Georgia BixbY. chief operator at
NJ the Rock Island telephone exchange.
who has been detained at home several
months on account of sickness, is again
back at her post, as the patrons of the
telephone are pleased to know, but she
Is not sufficiently strong to yet assume
her duties permanently, but hopes TO De
soon.
A prominent farmer living near Rey-
nolds, H.. who five months ago WIS
treated for the Morrell Liquor Cure Co.
Of this city. was few days ago presented
with an elegant gold watch by his neigh
bors as token of their appreciation of
his taking the Merrell treatment and the
very satisfactory results obtained by him
from the treatment.
J. S. Wivill has an offer of position
with the Adams Express company under
Agent Stsnsberry al La Crosse. The po-
sition is good one and Mr.. Wivil Gill
probably accept 1t. His many friends
here will regret his removal from the city,
but should he accept, their best wishes
will accompany him in his new location
Mr. Stansberry has already gone to La
Crosse and his family will Join him there
soon.
". A. South wick, who played Faust"
30 we'll at Harper's theatre last evening
in John Griffith's csmpsnV, leaves u e
company and the stage Jan. l. His
home is at Springfield H., and he is
regarded as one of the most expert abs
strsct men in the state of Illinois He
has received an offer ut q good salary
from firm at Springfield and has de-
cided to abandon the dramatic profess
sion.
An exchange pays fitting tribute to
The primary teacher: Lift up your hat
reverently when you pass the Teacher
OF the primary school She is the grea,
angel Of the repablic. She takes the
bantling fresh from the home nest full
of pouts and passions, an ungovernsole
little wretch, whose own mother admits
that she sends him to school o get rid Of
him. The lady who knows her business
sakes q whole carload of these anarchists,
one of whom, single handed and alone, is
more than match for his parents, and nj
once puts them in way Of being useful
and upright citizens. At what expense
Of toll patience and soul wearinessi Lift
M your hat to her."