Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-24
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

l Mr. and Mrs. G.. II. Davis are visiting
in Hannibal, Mo.
Misses Grace and Leila Means are
! visiting in LIE Claire.
j. F. Kane is home from Sioux City
to spend Christmas.
A Christmas hop is 20 be given al
Harper Monday evening.
Miss Grace Hall is spending her va
cation with friends at Elkader, Iowa.
Miss Nellie Prefer has gone to Iowa
CITY to visit over Christmas with her
parents.
S. p. Henderson and family are Wis
iting with MIR. Henderson's folks in
Indiana.
Mrs c. S. Quayle went to Fulton
this morning to spend the holidays
with her parents.
III. Z. Cain, night ticket agent at the
Burlington. is visiting with his par
ents at Eldon, Ill.
John .Hvnes, who has been travel
ing in the southwest, is home to
spend Christmas.
j. p Dolly is able to be at his place
of bus ness again after 2-weeks' ill
ness with the grip
Miss Marion Potter, of Minneapolis,
arrived this morning for visit with
relatives in the city.
Mrs. j. c. Gruwell left today for
Kansas City to spend the holidays with
her son. l.. W. CRUEL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hawley, of
Topeka, Kas., have come to spend
Kahlke.
Miss Cynthia w. Halves, of Col
umbus Junction, Iowa, is visiting at
the home of her BROTHER, j. w. Halves,
on Fifth avenue.
Mrs. Virgil Warren and daughter,
Miss Fay, departed for Morrison this
morning to spend Christmas with Mr..
and Mrs. j. P. Duffin.
Mr.. and and Mrs. H. S. Fraser and
Philemon Watson, of Indianapolis,
have come to spend the holidays with
Mrs. Mary H. Wadsworth.
Rev. Father Marsile, president of
St. Viateurs college, Kankakee, Will
officiate at the 1880 mass at Sacred
Heart church tomorrow mornig.
Mr.. and Mrs F. S. Kenfield and lit
tie daughter Ruby arrived last night
from Chicago to visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. L. d. Sweeney over Christmas.
John F. White and Miss Johanna
Mcneil, of Cable, were married this
morning at the court house by Judge
Lucian Adams. The bride is 16 and
the groom p.
Robert Rexdale, supreme orator of
the Fraternal Tribunes, was in the
city yesterday. He says the order is
making fine progress. Next week he
will institute new tribunal at De-
kalb.
The scholars of Irving school, of
which Miss Anna kirkpatrick is prin-
cipal, enjoyed Christmas closing eX-
ercises Yesterday afternoon. All as
sembled in Miss Huthmaker's room,
where a program of recitations and
patriotic songs was carried out, after
which candies and nuts were distrib-
uted among the children.
III. w. Riess, of this city, who is
with the I'd army corps in charge of
the first division hospital is still at
Ga, where he expects to re-
main for time before his departure
for Cuba. In letter to The ARGTs
MIR. Riess speaks of his experience in
the south, the climate, ETC., as well
as the presidents recent visit, the
plans for the observance of Christmas
in the camp and its general conduct.
Quite a number of the Woodmen
office force have gone home for Christ
mas, as follows: f. r. Maloney and
Miss Margaret Ward, Aurora; NJ. S.
Stephens and family, Low Moor,
Iowa; William Myers. Lamoile, H.;
Miss Greene, Sterling; William Lovett
and wife, Morrison; Misses Harriet
and Carrie Fay and Miss Lenide De-
nault, Fulton; Miss Kate Purcell, Clin-
ton; Miss Fannie Divers, Columbia,
Ill.
An Ancient German" Christmas
entertainment was given last night at
the High school by the class in
German, the guests including the
mem bers of the board of education
and the teachers. All the exercises,
which opened with professional by
singing boys and girls. were carried
out in the tongue of the fatherland.
Keith Collins impersonated Santa
Claus, and stripped the Christmas
tree of its good things, which were
among those present. The
young ladies afterward served refresh
ments.
Consumption Positively Cured.
r. B. Greeve, merchant, of Chill