Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-09
TOWN TALK.

Canned pumpkin only &c at Driflill
& Gleim's.
Home grown straw berries at
Buncher's.
Jersey sweet potatoes 1Oc a can at
Drit1iil & Gleim's.
Pickles from Sc a bottle up at
Driifill Il Gleim's.
Fresh vegetables of all kinds at
Buncher's grocery.
II. G. Cabeen, of Alexis, is visiting
relatives in the city.
Miss Healy. of Muscatine, is visit
ing Miss Mary Brennan.
Adam Schuessler and son, of Pre-
emption, made The ARGUS Il pleas
ant call today.
Miss Linnie Barnes. formerly of
this city. now of Quincy, is visiting
with her friend Miss Edna Webb.
Fritz Kautz, of Frick & Kautz. of
were married at Davenport yester
day.
Cucumbers, wax beans, strin g
beans, turnips. beets. peas and pars-
lev at Buncher's Twentieth street
grocery.
Mrs. John Hawthorne and daugh-
ter. Miss Sadie, left yesterday morn
ing for Milwaukee where they will
visit with friends.
Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise"
Qobgesang) will be given at Daven-
port cathedral Eleventh and Main,
Sunday. June il, ) p. m. Full
chorus and Otto's orchestra.
NJ. Arnold. who is now interested
in the Phoenix Mills Distilling com
pany of Chicago. with that city as
his home is spending n few days
among old friends in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. August II. Lift and
daughter, Miss Alma, leave tOmor-
row morning for Chicago for n two
weeks visit. during which they will
of course attend the Worlds fair.
The steamer Silver Crescent
brought up an excursion from Mus
catine to-day under the auspices OF
the Luthern church of that city.
Black Hawk Tower and the Jubilee
were the objective points.
The committee on new court house
of the board of supervisors at its
meeting yesterday afternoon decided
, to recommend a solid stone structure
to cost 1925. 900. Oh, if the county
board will but approve of that prop
osition
John w. Welch returned this
morning from a months visit to his
old home at Honesdale, Pa. where
he recanted early "reminiscences tC
his hearts content. A neice, Miss
Jane Blake, accompanied him home,
and will reside here in the future.
= Staff Captain Addie of the Illinois
division of the Salvation Army will
conduct the services ut the barracks
of the Rock Island corps this evening
: assisted by the Moline corps. He
will present the corps here with the
. flags of the Unl,ed States and the
Salvation ARMY. Several soldiers
Will be sworn in
The body of Miss Laura Dade. who
disappeared SO strangely from Fulton
last week. appeared upon the surface
of the river at Fulton Wednesday.
: and was brought ashore at the ferry
landing. Arrangements were at
once made for holding an inquest.
The generally accepted theory is that
the Young woman committed suicide.
Announcement is made of the
forthcoming marriage of Miss Jessie,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Tucker. of Tacoma. Wash. to George
Henry Ballou. The event is to take
place Thursday, June %. at 8 o'clock
in St. Luke's church. The fortunate
young man is the son of the late
George II. BallOu. for many years
city editor of the Democrat at Daven-
port and the groom formerly resided
in this city.
The funeral of the late Mrs. vii
liam Bleuer will be held from the
residence of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Christia Hubble, $50 Fourteenth
street. at l o'clock Sunday afternoon.
a touchingly sad circumstance sur
rounding the young lady's death is
that her father had just completed
for her enjoyment n handsome new
house desigted in accordance with
her special wishes and the occu
pancv of which she had looked for
ward to with anticipation.
Con Doyle. who fights Williams,
the colored pugilist at Chicago to-
morrow night. is said to be in eX-
cellent condition. He has been hard
at work the past week and every
morning can be seen out on a little
! haunt of several miles. Doyle has
quite a reputation as a. bag puncher
and the way he gives the inflated
| leather round now is caution.
Several of the locals will 90 up to
see the mill and from the way the
knowing ones talk Doyle will have
the best of it all the way through.
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