Rock Island Argus., 1894-03-13
CITY CHAT.
Fresh celery at Buncher's.

Jap dolls sc at the Columbia.
DIR. Asay is reported better today.
Choice California pears at Bunch
er's.
Garden and grass seeds at Hess
Bros.
Democratic primaries tomorrow
night.
A full line of fresh vegetables at
Hess Bros.
Barbour linen thread &c at the
Columbia.
Rakes. spades and hoes at the
Columbia.
Today is the first day of registra-
tion for the spring election.
Lettuce. radishes. onions. spinage.
and cauliilower at Buncher's.
McIntyre-Reck company still offer
&c tennis flannel for Sc yard.
Don't forget that Hess Bros. are
selling their bottle goods at cost.
The board of supervisors convened
this afternoon. Chairman Sinnet pre-
siding.
The wrapper sale at Mcintyre
Reck company's is success. Come
and see the beauties.
William Emig. the merchant tailor.
has gotten out a neat card with the
seasons compliments.
McIntyre-Reck company offer to-
morrow MANY desirable things in
domestics, satines. lawns and wash
goods.
+. +. LaVelle left this afternoon
for Louisville. Ky. in response tc a
telegram informing him Of the death
OF his uncle.
Take advantage Of the Adams Wall
Paper company's offer to place your
wall paper on the wall for l0c per
roll before the time expires.
Travel over the Rock Island bridge
yesterday amounted to: Foot =
north, sg5; south, 9l4: total l.S09.
Teams-north. $50: south. CSC; total.
1876.
The Rock Island Heating and
Plumbing company has now opened
for business and all orders NAV be
left at 119 and l2l East Seventeenth
street.
Mai. Mackenzie and Col. Durham
went up to the Galena river yester-
day and took charge OF the govern
ment work there, appointing lock
master and necessary attendants.
The revival services at the First
NJ. +. church to continue until Easter
open tonight. There will be bright
singing and sermon by the pastor
each night.
Major e. &. Carter. surgeon Of the
Second brigade. /. y. C.. leaves for
Chicago tonight TO attend the quar-
terly meeting OF the surgeons Of the
state militia at the Rush Medical
college.
The former volunteer firemen OF
Rock Island are to meet at the Nor
rell club rooms next sunday after
noon to take action relative To the Y.
NJ. &. A. reception to the liremen the
following week.
The most useful Of coupon offers
appears in Warnock * Ralston's adj
vertisement in another column. A.
house cleaning time il here every
practical housekeeper should take
advantage Of it.
The body Of Michael Riley. the
young man drowned off the Silver
Crescent below Davenport last No.
vember. was recovered at Fairport
yesterday by William Dormann and
=. Dolan Of that place and shipped to
Davenport.
Mayor Medill this morning an
nounced a. the council committee TO
act with himself and the city attor-
ney with the improvement associa-
tion committee on the union depot
project. Aids. Bladel. Corken and
kuschmann.
Supervisor John 4. Wilson excited
the envy of all his associates on the
board today by the dude trousers he
wore at the opening session, having
them turned up at the bottom and
nicely creased in accordance with
the latest edict OF Maurice Barry
more and Freddy Gebhart.
Those desiring wall paper will do
well to remember that the Adams
Wall Paper company show the larg
est stock in the three cities. Their
new patterns have been so carefully
selected that for artistic beauty, as
for cheapness, they cannot be equaled
BY any other house in the three cit
les.
The old frame building known in
years past rs 1.-the Farmers Retreat" :"
and located at Ninth street and
Fourth avenue. is being razed. In
pioneer times il was one of the best
known structures in Rock Island,
Mercer and Henry counties. 1t was
built way back in the 40's, and had a
history peculiarly its own.
Work has so far advanced upon K.