Rock Island daily Argus., 1892-12-26
CITY CHAT.


few days with friends in the city.
Bert Wait, of the Peoria Offices, spent
Christmas At his home in Reynolds.
Miss Elizabeth Montgomery has gone
70 Reynolds to spend the holidays.
s.A Lynde, OF Chicago, is spending
the Christmas season in Rock Island.
Miss Daisy Campbell came home from
Chicago to spend the holidays with her
folks.
The Lyceum theatre success, THE
Grey Mare, at Hsrpers theatre tomor-
row night
James Cook and Geoege BIakesley are
home from school at Champaign TO spend
the Christmas tide.
Seats are now on sale for the Grey
Mare" but pools will not be sold before
Tuesday evening, 9Th, al Hsrper's thea
tre.
Clark q. Connolly, of Sioux City, Ia,
spent Christmas with his parents. Major
and Mrs. Fl @. Connolly. He leaves
again for his home tonight.
Charles job son, who has been out on
,wo-months' drumming tour for the
Rock Island Plow company, is home to
spend tbe holidays.
Fred J. Kinney attended the rece eption
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Artemus Lamb al
the rooms of the Wspsipinicon club at
Clinton on Friday night
Notorman Charley Brown has hung a
thermometer on the front end of his car.
Funny il Charley can't tell how cold it is
out there without g thermometer.
The pupils OF ST Msry's school on
Twenty sc cond street give a literary en- =
tertainment 81 the new building this af
tsrnoon aud another one tonight
Lyceum Theatre company of New
York that had so successful a run in the
Grey Mare" at Hooley in Chicago, will
be at Hsrper's theatre Tuesday, Dec. 81.
The ferry is now beyond all hope OF
reaching her winter quarters, and her po
sition will in q probability be hsz.
ardous one when the lee goes out in the
spring.
The company that plays the "Grey
Mare" at Harper's theatre Tuesday night
is Frohman's company of New York aud
is the company that played at Hooley's
in Chicago.
The wedding of Miss Marie Kenworthy
aud Prof. Msgee. principal OF the
schools at Hinckley, Ill. is announced to
occur at the residence OF J. T Kenworthy
on Wednesday.
II is now a current rumor that John g.
Jones. who jilted Miss Sbellman at Mi.
Ian. has wife and two children living in
the east. II that was the case it wasn't
such bad shake after all.
A man with horse and cutter had
quite an exciting experience at Second
avenue and Fifteenth street this morning,
ihe horse getting away from him three
siffere Mt times. but each time he succeeded
in catching 1t.
Farmer" Burns and Billy Gibson have
opened their new saloon at the corner of
Seventeenth street and Fourth avenue,
which is finely ftied up with handsome
fixtures. Il will probably be a head
quarters for the sporting fraternity.
Messrs. John and Rudolph Weyer-
ksueser have gone to Minneapolis to al
tend the wedding of their sister, Miss
Kisie. to Rev. Hail, we'll known divine
Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, which occurs at
the home Of the bride next Thursday.
R Champion & Co. propose continu-
ing the discount of rs per cent on
pictures and frames this week, A line
Of very desirable etchingf, water colors
reproductions and photogravures. new
and very desirable are included in the
sale.
The express messengers running into
Rock Island over the lines OF the Bur-
lington system for the American Express
will 1nf hn h..A
positions by reason Of the Adams com,
pany succeeding to their territory. They
simply go over to the Adams company to
= man.
A collision occurred near the Moline
avenue car barns Saturday afternoon, be-
tween car 80 Of tbs Davenport g Rock
Island railway, and a teamster named
Brandt. wi ose condition led him to see so
many cars approaching that he could not
get out OF the way, and hence the acci-
dent. A broken shaft and wheel was the
extent of the damage.
The fourth entertainment in the L.c.
ture association course will be the concert
by the RemenYi Grand Concert company
next Friday evening. Remepyi. the
worlds greatest violinist, will be assisted
bv Mile. Florence Sage. pianist: Mrs.
Minnie Methoh, soprano, Jas W. Marsh-
bank. baritone. Reserved seats 30 and
Us cents at Y. NJ. G. A building Wednes-
day. at 7:30 8. m.
The young people down town are
highly indignant over a dastsrdly trick
that has been served them by some un-
Known parties who scattered ashes over
the skating place known as Long Pond
ost on Twelfth street. 1t has been IA
vorite resort for the young people, where
they had fine ska'Ing surfacs. and this
unwsrranted piece OF meanness that Is
depriving them Of their sport is worthy
Of severe criticism.
70 all who attend the entertainment to
bs presented by Daniel Frohman's COM
pany at Hsrper's theatre tomorrow niglt
an extraordinary treat in the amusement
line awaits. The comedy Of the "Grey
Mare" is the joint work Of George r