Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-12
CITY CHAT.

Ladies wait for Thursday.
Thursday. the 14th. is the day.
It's Saturday evening-St. Pat
rick's ball.
Mrs. H. C. Marshall went up t.
Chicago this morning.
Dolly Bros. - and IS shoes cam
be beat for price and quality.
Don't fail to read Jackson & Hurst I
ad. il you have money to invest.
Don't forget to attend St. Patrick:
ball Saturday evening at Armory
hall.
Mrs. Smith sells her silk roses at
10 cents bunch. Come and see
them.
Col. Curtis, who has been confined
to his home for few days, is better
today.
Miss Emiline Tomlinson, Of Orion,
was visiting with the Misses Mont
gomery.
Mrs. Richard Gleason and daugh-
ter, Ella, returned home to Chicago
this morning.
Mrs. F. J. Mclean has been i'll for
the past two weeks, but is now much
better and able to be up.
The last accounts of DR.. c. Trues-
dale's condition last night we're that
no material change was apparent.
Charles Robbins and Miss Elizabeth
johnson, of this city, were married
this afternoon by Justice Halves at his
Office.
Fine residence lots on Twentieth,
Twenty-first and Twenty-second
streets for sale on easy terms. See
adv. NJ. NJ. Sturgeon, attorney at
law.
The sad news has been received by
A. q. Miller, that his daughter, Mrs.
George +. Warren, nee Anna Miller,
is lying at the point of death, at her
home at Lexington, Ky.
Bisant & Tobin. proprietors of the
Arcade saloon on Fourth avenue,
have changed their place OF business
to 1916 Third avenue, where they
will be ready for business beginning
with this evening.
Col. Alex Mackenzie and daughter,
Miss Lucia, Miss Mcdonald, Capt.
and Mrs. w. A. Thompson and son,
and Capt. David Upton have gone to
New Orleans on the steamer, Hick-
man, on a pleasure trip.
The Central Union Telephone COM
pany is having all places where
phones were replaced. rewired and
the instruments thoroughly over
hauled, thus insuring great i'm
provement in the service.
A number of our German citizens
are sending congratulations to Count
Won Bismarck. the iron chancellor of
Germany, who attains his SOth birth
day April l, on which date the greet
ings are expected to reach him.
The local sporting fraternity is
looking forward with much interest
to the proposed battle between
Lemon. the colored pugilist. and
Smith. a Sioux City slugger. which
is booked to come off in Davenport
about March 90.
The Tri-City High schools wi |
play series of championship ball
games the coming season, meeting
having been held yesterday afternoon
when the schedule was perfected
The games will be alternated be-
tween the three cities.
The funeral services of Mrs. David
Witcher were held this morning at
the First Baptist church. and were
conducted by the Salvation army,
which accompanied the remains in a
body to the Rock Island depot. from
whence they were taken to Geneseo
for interment.
Mayor Bennett, of Moline, tainted
away on reaching the office yesterday
morning. and had to be taken home
in a carriage. DIR. Dunn, who at
tended him, hopes that it will prove
to be nothing more serious than in
digestion, although there are symp-
toms of heart trouble.
A press dispatch from Havana
says that prominent railroad Off
cial is authority for the statement
that the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis
railroad. (the old Jacksonville South
eastern) will soon absorb the Fulton
County Narrow Gauge railway.
make it standard gauge, and extend
it to Rock Island.
City Engineer Darling is surveying
the court yard today securing the
foundation elevations for the base
ment plans of the new court house,
Architect Gum being still in the city.
plans yesterday afternoon in addition
to those mentioned yesterday.
Rev. j. II. Kerr addressed the
scholars at the High school this
morning, giving the young folks
some good advice regarding true
scholarship. Mr.. Kerr and family