Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-01-27
CITY CHAT.


SIS overcoats worth SION & h.
75 cent welt seGes Sc SON. 81 K.
Fancy winter Nellis pares at Boro's.
Oysters and celery at Souier & Sons.
Choice dressed chickens at Soud,r &
Sons.
Fine banan,s and Ms'sga grapes at
Boro's.
Fresh roasted peanuts. 8: a quart at
Boro's.
Try some grape fruit; something new
at Boro's.
Granulated sugar 20 pounds for 81 at
Weckel's.
Dried grapes foar pounds for 25 cents
a. Weckel's.
Nice chickens and turkeys at George
Browner s. Co.'S.
Dried pears and peaches 124 cents per
pound at Weckel's
Cabbage. carrots, psrsnips. rutabagss
at Souder & Sons.
A nice line of vegetables at George
Browner & Co.'s.
Apples. oranges. bananas and crsnber-
ries at Souder & Sons
Tomorrow last day-welt shoe sale at a
reduction Of $1.25 pair-M. & K.
Try pair of NJ. & KS 75c' 81, 81 25
psnts-xarranted not to rip-good wear.
ers.
Miss Eloise Bronson, OF Wyoming, Ia
is visiting at the home of Miss K Ate Bre-
heny.
Fancy dressed chickens and turkeys
at Schroeder market on Twentieth
street.
George Schneider returned this morn
ing from a business trip to Chicago and
Indiana.
A little daughter has arrived to grace
the home of Aaron Anderson and wife
Twelfth street.
You can find everything nice in the
grocery line for Sunday dinner at
George Browner & Co.'S.
Telephone your meat order to George
Browner's Columbian market. Nothing
but the finest meat handled.
The Rock island bridges will be
thrown open to the public tomorrow or
Sunday The cold weather has delayed
operations somewhat.
J. W. Mack. one of the wide awake
young democrats OF Viola, Mercer
county. was in the city today snd made
this office pleasant call.
The bridge trains on the c., r. l. &
T. were discontinued last night on &C.
count of the opening OF the bridges which
will probably occur tomorrow.
The venerable David Halves, who has
been slsrningly i'll. suffered q slight re.
laps last night aud is not so well today,
and his condition is locke upon as quite
serious.
Miss Lucy Kinner has been lying dan.
gerously ill at her home on Eleventh
street for day or two past. She is re-
ported as somewhat improved toda7,
however
By the way. while Wells civil service
commission is about il, would it not be
good icea to pass upon the qualities
tiens Of some OF the present attaches Of
the postoffice, commencing at the top, By
way OF practice.
There were many local evidences of
sorrow and regret upon receipt o: the
news OF the death of Hon james G
Blaine. and fisgs on the ARGUS. Union
and Harper house buildings were hoisted
at hslf-mast as marks of respect for the
dead statesman.
Adam Kramer, foreman of the Union
press rooms, has received notice that he
has been granted a pension OF S!2 per
month, dated from Jan. 4, 1891. Mr..
kramer's war record is one that he can
justly feel proud of, as he has a silver
medal awarded him for gsllsntry at the
battle of Lookout Mountain.
It is understood that when Wells re.
ceived the admonitioa from Washington
that the matter Of passing on the quslif-
cations and eligibility of all the en-,
ployes OF the pos.offlce for all time to
come was in his hands, he went off into
corner of the postoffice. donped the
fsmeesu suit which he failed to pawn
after election and gave one of his old
time war whoops.
Every man in Rock Island desirous of
protecting his family with life il sursuce
at 'st should join the new Council of
the Royal Arcanum now being organized.
This order is 16 years old and numbers
IA 600 members, it's assessments have not
increased during the last three years.
For full information call or address D,
Il. Still. state organizer, 1407 Second
avenue. city. @
'Farmer" Burns Against the World
W. II. Gibson. of Rock Island, has
posted forfeit of $50 with the sporting