Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-20
CITY CHAT.


this evening.
Go and hear the Davenport male quar-
ieue at the fair tonight.
"Unc,e Pomp" Elliott. of Buffalo
Prairie. was in the city today.
Call and see the beautiful display of
spring neckwear at Lloyd s. Stewards.
Head Consul W. A. Northcott, of the
N. W. A, was in the city today on busi-
ness.
Miss Nellie Bliss left this morning on
few days visit to friends in Racine.
Wis.
The American clothing store resumed
business this morning under the proprie
torshi2 of Dederick Gilman.
The Ministerial association will meet
Monday at 1890 a. m. in the Y. NJ. C.
A. A full attendance is desired.
Wait for the grand opening of spring
hats. Lloyd s Stewart will have the
largest and best display ever shown in the
three cities
The trial of the parties accused BY
James Campbell of disturbing the peace
is being tried in Justice Halves court
this afternoon
A beautiful home with eight and ones
half scr, Of ground in South Rock ISL
and near Milan street car for sale cheap
By Reidy Bros.
To keep business moving in a dull
month NJ. & K. have placed on sale
many special bargains in mems and boys
trousers aud suits.
Mrs. C. W. Halves is still lying in a
Precsrious condition from enlargement of
the liver st her home on Second avenue,
and her life is despsired OF.
Among the new advertisements ap-
pearing in The ARGUS today will be
noted that of Rock Islands hustling firm,
n. & 4 on the eigh'h page.
Swan & Moore's Ideal Dramatic COM
psRy opens weeks engagement at Har,
per's theatre next Monday night in the
dIdmA. 4EMa Inc W all.
The TNin.Ci;y Columbian committee
meets in Moline this evening. The Rock |
Island members will leave the rooms of
the improvement association at $50.
One Of the most striking features con-
nected with the slipper display at the NJ.
& Z. is the exceedingly low price st
which these beautiful goods have been
PLACED on sale.
The Rock Island Turner society will give |
: subscription masquerade Saturday eve- |
hing, eth inst Tickets can be had from |
the following committee: E. Dorm, Ed
Goepel, Gus Stengel. Jr Fred Stsassep,
Gus Lobse, W. Horst.
Commissioner Jackson CT Spencer |
squsre. has received the design for the |
statue Of Black Hawk. which. through |
the iiber slity ard public spirit of o. J. |
Dimick is to be placed in Spencer square |
Il will be besutiful orn sment of historic |
value, and will cost 81 800.
The South Rock Island commissioners
met sgsin yesterday afternoon and dis.
cussed the proposed alteration in the
Tower road to permit the Improvements
by the street car company,
and decided 10 reserve their decision |
pending the ruling by J. T. Kenworthy
in regard to the legal status.
The tinkle of the horse car bell is again
heard on the streets, the motors on the |
Bridge line from Twentysfourth street
around the loop having been abandoned |
FOR the pres ent at least because of the
delay in making the transfers at this end |
of the visduct We will probably be
obliged to put up with the electric mule |
on this branch of the system until Uucle
Sam opens his heart al permits the use |
Of electricity on the bridges and island.
Hon. John G. Wooley, of Minneapolis, |
who is expected to arrive in the city this
evening to begin a series of gospel tenn
perance meeting tomorrow evening in the
Central Presbyterian church, is not only |
one of the most eloquent orators on the
American platform, but he is 8 philan- |
shropist. he has founded home for in
ebristes on an island in the Mississippi |
river 80 miles south OF Minneapolis which |
he has named Rest Island
Ths reunion and banquet of the alumni
and slum1se Of the University of Chicago |
was held in the Grand Pacific in Chicago, |
Friday evening. Rev. DR.. Taylor of this
city was in attendance and was ore of
the speakers. President Harper of the
new uHversity-which is in all except
legal form a continuation of the old-was
present and announced that the school |
would open the first of next October; by
which time he hoped they would have
three, il not FIVE of tie university build