Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-01

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

! Mrs. L. G. Eddy is quite seriously
Mrs. r. c. Willerton has returned
from the east.
Thomas Donahue. of Edgington
was in town yesterday.
DR.. E. E. Rogers, the Port Byron
banker, was in the city today.
/ Hon. William Jackson and grand
son have returned from Omaha.
| William Hartz arrived home today
from a visit at the Omaha exposition.
H. Custer, cashier at the Burlington
office, is i'll at his home, 1917 Sixth
| avenue.
Chief of Police Fender and Magis-
trate Stafford returned from Omaha
this morning.
Mrs. W. p. Flanders, of Denver,
Col, is visiting her sister, Mrs. j.
Frank Starkey.
w. G. Besler. division superin-
tendent of the Burlington, was in the
city yesterday
Mrs. Robert Bennett, of Montpelier.
Iowa, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Thomas Smith.
Miss Mabel Latter, who has spent
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, returned home to-
day.
Henry Terry, of this city, who en-
listed with the Sth Illinois (col-
ored), now in Cuba, writes that he is
we'll.
Ike Clements, of Carbonate, is
registered at the Harper. He speaks
at repubiica meeting in Gable to-
night.
f. A. Head, vice president of the
pillow works, accompanied by his
mother, left over the Burlington last
night for Dallas, Tex.
Frank Downs, who went with Com
pany A to Porto Rico, returned to his
old position as conductor on the Tri-
City Railway lines this morning.
j. S. Coulter, of this city, mem Der
of the 50th Iowa band, who has been
i'll with typhoid fever at hospital in
Davenport, is able to be around again.
Tri-city society gentlemen are agi-
tating the revival of the Salt club,
under whose auspices many pleasant
dancing parties were held in bygone
seasons.
turned last night from the east ac
companied by their granddaughter,
Miss Dolly McHugh. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles McHugh will be home to-
night.
Mrs. Lucy Castleman. of st. Louis,
has arrived in the city. Hon. asd
Mrs. Ben L. Cable come tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cables children remain
abroad, where they are attending
school.
Eugene Ramser arrived home last
night from Galveston, Tex, where he
was stationed as membe of the 1st
volunteer infantry GmmuRes) having
been mustered out of the service las,
week.
Lieut. CHARLES Keller is daily eX-
pecting official orders for assignment
to his new field of duty in the east.
His understanding is that he is to be
made an instructor in government
engineer college.
Mrs. Mary Rough Jordan, of Rock
Island, ILL.,, is the guest of the family
of Rev. G.. w. Snyder. She was for
some years the soprano singer in the
church in Davenport, when Rev. Sny
der was Pastor.-Des Moines Register.
Fred Kinney, who has been danger
ously sick with pneumonia, is re-
ported considerably improved today
"a fact which will be gratifying news
to his numerous friends, who have
missed his smiling countenance about
town the past few days.
A delightful Halloween party was
given last night at the Y. NJ. G. a. |
the rooms being visited by upward of
600 people, who were entertained with |
a program of vocal and instrumental |
music, arranged by the Baptist Young
Peoples union, after which refresh |
ments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bahnsen have
moved into their new home at 723 |
Twentieth street, the house recently |
purchased of Frank Mixter, who has |
moved his family temporarily into the |
former Mayer Rosenfield homestead,
now owned by c. p. Stockhouse, on
Seventh avenue.