Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-31
CITY CHAT.


st. Joseph's fair at Armory hall every
night.
California pears and grapes at Ar
nold's
Choice Maiden Blush and Snow sweet
apples at Arnold's.
]. q. Atkins of Chicago is in Rock ISL
and visiting frieud'.
P. J. Culligan csms down from Savan-
ma on Saturday ana spent Sunday with
his folks here.
John Kennedy was fined So and costs
this morning by Magistrate Wiviil for
pain drunk.
McIntire Bros call attention 20 big
values in lsdies' muslin night robes this
week-50 and rs cts.
The E. Rutedge was dropped down
TO her winter quarters nt Weyerhauser g.
Denkmann's boat yards today.
There were 100 mn obtained their sec>
ond papers in the county on Saturday.
and the Judicial mill is still grinding them
out.
The Second Ward Cable club will hold
its meeting Wednesday evening instead
of tomorrow evening. on account of to-
morrow being registration day.
Pia-o a1d violin duet by Misses Young
and Koehler at First Baptist church Nov.
/. A classic and artistic rendition Of
Senate Andsnte by Hayden.
Call at Blake & Burke's plumbing es-
tabiishment and see the ''gss econom-
iser" on exhibition every evening. 1t re
duces gas bills from 30 to 40 per cent.
Have an Economizer placed on your
gas meter and thus save from 90 to 40
per cent on your gas bills. On exhibi-
ton at Blake & Burke's every evening.
Tonight is Halloween. and citizens
who have loose gates, etc, will either
have to keep an all night vigil or take
their chances on buying new ones.
Tickets are on sale at Thomas drug
store for the Gilmore musical entertain
Dent and matinee. which are to be given
ut the Bur;is at Davenport next Thursday.
John Taylor the engineer at the Brush
Electric plant has returned from Lafay-
cite, Ind. and brings with him a bride
They will make their future home here.
The matrimonial bans were announced
in ST. Joseph's church yesterday between
Miss Mary Flsherty and Thomas Burke
aud Edward Walker and Miss Mamie
Carroll
It is reported that shortly the Adams
Express company will run 6 600 miles of
of the %" lines now being operated by
the American Express company, which
will include the lines into this city.
The regular meeting of the W C. T. U.
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5
O'Clock in the Y. VI. G A building All
ladies interested in the temperance work
are invited to be present.
John Smith was srtested in Moline on
Saturday for forgery. haYing drawn 300
from the Moline Savings bank by forging
the name of Claus Wagner. He will
have his hearing todsy.
Constable Eckhart has seized the fix
lures in the saloon of 81. G. Wood ward on
Twentieth street between Third and
Fourth avenues, on the strength of a
chattel mortgage held by G. W johnson.
Cards are out ann ouncing the marriage
of Miss Kate Carse to Will NJ. Pratt.
which occurs at the residence of the
brides parents. Ex- Mayor Henry Csrse
and wife. 1116 Fourth avenue. on We'd
nesday evening, Nov. 9th, at 8 O'Clock.
The pneumatic cistern cleaner which
FL Cogswell is introducing does perfect
work. leaving the water pure and clean.
He will lake orders for cleaning day or
two longer at the Commercial and guar
sntee satisfaction.
The Rock Island Dairymen's combiu ,,
will tomorrow morning advance the price /
of milk to ST cents per quart. The con- !
sumner can do little else than pay it. un>
less he be fortunate enough to obtain his
milk supply from some source other than
the local combine.
A large excursion of the A. P. A. Or
der from Clinton and Savanna came down
tn Moline Saturday night where a meet
ing was held which was addressed bv G |
c. Hawley of Chicago, State President |
Csssell of O tswa and Supreme President |
B. F. Bowers OF Clinton.
The Rock Island & Davenport Ferry |
Co, has made arrangements to have the |
steamer Augusta put in service here as
soon as the bridges are closed. The
Augusta, which WAS recently sold to
LIMB & Son, OF Clinton. has undergone
n thorough overhauling at the boat
yards.
At the annual meeting Of tie Illinois
Baptists at Peoria last week Hon Owen
Scott, congressman from the Blooming
ton district, was moderator OF the meet
ing and Rev. g. E. Taylor of this city was
secretary both being reelected for the
coming year. The meeting showed some
very gra flying results both in numbers
and progress made in the past year.
The local committees and others inter-
ested in securing the head offices of the |
N. W. A. at Rock island propose to take
steps this week such as will put them in
position to present Rock Islands Calm
properly before the head camp meeting
at Omaha. Nov. is. A committee will
start out in few days to solicit sub
scriptions looking to the purchase Of
Af