Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-19
CITY CHAT.


For T days more Of the great curtain
bargains at McCabe Bros
Fred Schultz vas hned IS and costs
this morning for intoxication.
wsnted-Girl for kitchen work In
restaasans- S045 Fifth avenue. rs
Blind Boone gives . concert ct the
Methodist church in Moline tonight
Ncsrgumsns needed sitter rssdinR Nc
Csse Bros. curtain ID. IL this paper.
Wanted al Oace Twenty men to
work Ia brick yards. Atkinson q Oioh
For Ssle-Steaaboas. The transfer
steamer. Milwaukee. Inquire OF Thomas
C. LAWYER. Prairie du Chen. Wis,
Mrs. n. C. Hoffman hes returned
from Cod Water. Mich. where she has
spent the greater part Of the winter.
Mrs Henry Curtis and daughter. Miss
Hope, left this morning for Chicago to
be gone about 10 days visiting frien is.
The matrimonial bans were an
neunced in ST. Joseph's church on Sun
dsy between Russell Bsrth and Miss
Mary Kinney.
McCsbe Bros are offering q lot OF
STARTERS to direct sharp attention to their
immense new curtain department on the
second floor.
Washington 8. Huey. an old resident
of Moline, was buried this afternoon. He
was 81 yesrs Of age. and his death &C.
CURED Sunday from pneumonia.
The water will be shut of on Third
avenue, between Sixteenth and Ninth
streets, tomorrow forenoon - after 8
o'clock, until the mains can be repaired.
Richard Yates, Of Jacksonville, VINO
aspires to the republican nomination for
congressman at large. was in the city to-
day looking after his chances with the
faithful OF the county.
Senator Bassett, of Peoria, the repub-
lean candidate for state treasurer, was
in the city yesterday instilling hope into
the wavering ones and at the same time
trying to gain little in his own cause.
A small boy broke one of the lights in
Grotjsn's drug store Sunday with
marble which he threw with considerable
force from the opposite side Of the street.
The miscresnt escaped before he could
be spprehended.
Did you know. or don't you care, that
McCabe Bros. are selling curtain poles
for one cent. and Tribes brass sash rods.
with fixtures complete. at &c each all this
week to customers buying curtains with
which to use themi
TIE patrons of Pat Tueys, or "The
Lions Den."of Davenport. challenge the
patrons OF the Club sample room Of this
city to play q game of base ball to take
place at the hop fields one week from TO-
morrow afternoon.
Tae Columbian committees in charge
of the house to house CANVASS are earn
estty urged to attend to the work as
signed them this week. 80 that they may
make 6lsl report to the general commits
tee next Monday night.
There was wrestling match last Sat-
urdaE night at Msquokets between Far.
mer" Burns and George L Gordon, le'
cal athlete Burns agreed to throw Cor.
don four times in one hour or forfeit $25
Each Of the four bouts lasted about si1
seconds. Burns kept his word.
At a meeting of the trustees Of the
Central Presbyterian church last evening
they 5cconsidered their determination ts
build parsonage on the Cobb lot, snt
resolved that in view of the restriction!
imposed by the will. they cannot see the
way clear to comply with its PROVISIONS
and are forced by circumstances to declin.
the gift.
Tue dsirymen Of Moline have createc
an organization for mutual advancement
enderotection. Unlike the dsirymen o
Rock Island and Davenport. the frs
thing they did was to reduce the price o
milk TO cents per quart. or 16 cents pc
gallon, on the goth of this month. and Il
restrict the dealers to exact measure
meuts.
James Taylor. residing in Munsol
tewsship. Henry county. about fv'
miles northeast of Cambridge, was fount
dead at his barn Thursday evening, tn,
14,h. with bullet hole in his head. 1
is said that the deed was committed b,
his scn. q 15-yesr-old boy, who was in
ceased because his father had told hin
to GO to work blowing q field while b.
weut to town.
Joau F. Mackey. fielder. and p F
Lyuch. short stop. for the Twin City,
arrived this morning, and all the boys ar
of ca jaunt across the country will
Manager Sage this afternoon. The man
syeueut this morning leased the McMas