Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-31
CITY CHAT.
The last day of January.

ldlumt HL 10 us IIleDuS lOQl80l.
It will pay you to pstronize the intel
ligence column" of THE ARGUS.
The Tri-City Press club meets at the
Kimbsll house at Davenport tonight
At Gilmore's packing house today 200
hogs were killed which will be cut up
ton orrow.
An infant child OF Mr. and Mrs. Casper
Trenkenschuh died at II 80 this morning
after brief illness.
A great crowd has been streaming in
and ou', ST Lloyd & Stewards on account
Of the SOC necktie sale.
Do not miss the chance of getting a
$3.50 tie for 50 cents tomorrow and
Thursday, at Lloyd & Stewards.
John Silvis, son of Ex-Sheriff T. s.
SiIvis. b. 5 accepted position as clerk in
Wright & Greenswslts shoe store.
An important meeting of the Steven
son club is to be held at 1:30 this even
ing at the rooms on Second avenue.
Some people take 6 and 10 ties. Why
shouldn't they at 50c1 Any tie in the
house for the above price. Lloyd &
Stewart
Do say. how we can do it. Come and
pick them out. ANY tie in the house for
SOC, tomorrow and Thursday, at Lloyd
& Stewards.
Gospel meetings will he held every
evening this week in the Fist Baptist
church. The meetings are held in the
large aud cheerful Sunday school.
St. Michael's guild of Trinity parish,
rnn 70 nff-bf 81 IN
Women's Improvement guild meets at
the rectcry st o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
Mrs, Catherine Ihrig desires to publicly
express her thanks to all who extended
help and sympathy in her late bereave,
ment, and especially TO the Druids and
Buford post.
Charter T, Names. representing the
Fred Pelham literary and musical agency
which presents Miss Laura Dainty at
the First NJ. E. church FEB. IS, was at
the Harper this morning.
In view of the approach of Lent, the
Knights of Pythias have changed the
date Of their ball and entertainment in
homer OF the opening OF their new castle
hall in Csrse block from Feb. 90 to Feb.
10.
Guy BOwmsu has resigned his position
as messenger al the Mitchell & LYnde
bank to accept place as bookkeeper for
Hartz d Bahnsen Company. Will Gest
succeeds Mr. Bowman at Mitchell &
Lynde's bank.
Secretary and Manager E. II. Guyer is
taking considerable satisfaction out of
the fact that the Moline Central road has
not been blocked for an hour so far, de-
spite the severity of the storms and that
the three ears are running at regular in
tervals.
One of the wagons belonging to the
Rock Island Fuel company broke down
while crossing Fourth avenue and Twelfth
street this morning, blocking the street
cars for some time. The wagon was
loaded with four-ton base to q menu-
ment for Richard Msnsill that is being
put up IN Chippisnnock cemetery.
AT the meeting OF the tri-city brewers
and the tri-city Labor Congress commit
tees at Davenport Yesterday afternoon,
every point asked by the committee as
regards hours OF work and compensa-
ton was conceded by the brewers and
the scale signed, the conference ending
with the most amicable feelings existing
all around.
Il. Won kOeckritz while driving along
Fort Armstrong avenue on Rock
Island Arsenal yesterday afternoon had a |
narrow escape from serious injury. By |
a strap breaking the horse became IN. |
manageable and dashed across the island |
AT the turn in the avenue wheel of the |
light wagon was caught in the street car |
tracks wreLchiHg it off and throwing MIR.
Won koeckritz out but fortunately not
lnJuring him. The horse was finally /
stopped on the viaduct.
A letter has been received IL Rock ISL
and by friend of Joe L. Rhea, dated
Iowa, In which Mr. Rhea
expresses his surprise that his name
should have bfen mentioned in connec-
ton with the disappearance of Miss Hat
tie Hengstler, He says the last he heard
Of Miss Hengstler was July %, when the
couple determined to part company. This
exonerates Mr. Rhes from any association
with Miss Hengstler's disappearance and
probably verifies the theory that the miss
ng young lady is at Peoria.
''Zibe" Gibson, who has been tending
bar at the Manhattan Tor some time. re.
'lgned his position yesterday morning
and Jim Collins has since been doing duty
N MS place About daylight this mosn-
ng Gibson went down to the Manhattan
and proceeded to take drag out of Col
ins: The latter finally, after a little
'cnhh9 in which things were somewhat
stirred up. took Gibson out doors and
acid him in the chilly air until he cooled
III. No one was seriously injured in the
found.
I. Il. Dolly, of Dolly Bros, met with
painful accident while at work in the ]
Machine shops on the Island Saturday. |
de was working with ladel of molten
cad when an explosion occurred. and
PARTICLES OF the fiery fluid struck him in b
ne face, one piece hitting him in the eve d
md causing most painful injury. He n
vas conveyed to his home in this CITY aud ! ;,
Dr.. Garter attended him. Happily the
injury will not prove serious in effects. b