Rock Island Argus., 1898-08-29
PERSONAL POINTS.
.uart Harper is in Chicago.

Ira Karr is making a tour of the
northern lakes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Ramser are the
proud parents of a 1O-pound boy
States Attorney J. NJ. Brock, of
Mercer county, is at the Harper.
Mrs. II. Potts and daughter, Mrs.
S. X. Davis have aeturned from a visit
at Des Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Meyer, of
Brooklyn, n. V, are visiting MIR. and
Mrs. Charles Oswald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Schneider
have returned from visit at Joliet,
Chicago and St. Joe. Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. III. Lippincott. of
Orion, spent Sunday in the city with
their son. c. ii. Lippincott.
Mrs. E. ID. Sweeney entertained
Saturday afternoon in honor of her
cousin, Miss Allen, of Greenfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. Benedict and
party of friends attended an old set
tiers reunion At Clinton Saturday.
Chief Engineer B. b. Braden. of the
r. L. & p, is surveying the ground
| for the company's new engine house.
Miss Ruth Ried returned to her
home at Racine, Wis. today, after a
pleasant visit with her aunt, Mrs. G.
T. Dugard.
Gus Swanson left today for Nc
Henry, Wis, where he is employed
by Henry Tappendorf, of this city,
building churches.
The Misses Marie and Charlotte
Plamondon, who have been visiting
friends in the city left for their home
in Chicago this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Maroney
and little Miss Morarity, of Peoria,
are visiting at the home of Mrs.
CathariHe Collins, 2510 Sixth avenue.
Misses Minnie Sulsur and Nellie
Holloway, of Grinnell, Iowa, have
been spending few days with their
friend, Miss Minnie Hansen, on their
way to Chicago.
Alvy Webb and Mrs. Mary Vack-
man were married Saturday by JUS
tice David Hawes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Webb will make their home in the
west end of the city.
Maj. j. F. Bell, of the regular army.
son-in-law of Capt. +. j. Buford, of
this city. has been again promoted for
gallant service in the Philippines. He
now becomes lieutenant colonel.
p. J. McHugh left Saturday night |
for IA 10-days' eastern trip. which will |
include New York, Boston, Niagara |
Falls. Washington. and n cruise on /
the Atlantic and Hudson river, etc.
Mrs. Mary +. Yates and mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Caulclesure, of 705 |
Fourth avenue, returned Saturday on /
the steamer Quincy from St. Louis, |
after pleasant stay with Alfred and
Thomas Yates.
F. w. Means, Jr., and Nick Poehl- |
mann, of this city and Roy Wittick.
of Moline, left this morning for n BIZ
cycle tour which is to embrace visits
at Galesburg, Peoria. Rockford, Chi
cago, Milwaukee and possibly some
places in Minnesota.
Gen. f. NJ. Wilcox has a letter from
George w. Prince in
which he states that Gen. ii. L.
of Washington, late command
er-in-chicf of the u. V. u, who while
in Rock Island recently received
from President Mckinley
in the regular army, has been assigned
to duty in Porto Rico.
The Argus is in receipt of copy |
of the Hawaiian Star of Aug II, psb-
lished at Honolulu, announcing the
arrival there of the American anne xa-
tion commission compos ed of Sena-
tors Cullom and Morgan, and Con-
gressman Hit and their families,
and among the list of passengers an
nounced rs having arrived on the
same ship, the MariPosa, is DR.. q. NJ.
Babcock and +. X. Dart, of this city.
The Hayward (Wis) Republican
saws: "One of the jolliest, best look
ing and all around common sense fish
ing parties that has come to Hay
ward this yesr is the one that is hold
ing forth at the Round Lake park
this week. The party is composed of
the following people: Mrs. a. G.
Dart. Miss Margaret Dart, Miss Mary
Dart. Miss Sarah Dart, A. c. Dart of
Rock Island, and Miss Lee of Mime
apolis."
Miss Annie Kirkpatrick, principal
OF school building No. 6, has returned
from her visit to the Trans-Missis-
sippi exposition at Omaha. Miss
has made the timely
suggestion that while states and cities
are having particular days set apart
in their honor to visit the exposition
there should be tri-city day which l
would serve two very desirable ends
first, to give those desiring chance
to see the exposition at reasonable
rates, and secondly, TO bring The COM
munity into prominence there The
idea is worthy of the consideration it is
likely to receive.