Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-15
finder win please notify Singer Manufac

Hinder Will please notify Singer Manufat
turing Co., Davenport.
Mr.. Frank Wheaton. of Beaver Fall
Pa, is at the Harper. being in the cit
Of his old home on business.
| Another lot of those nice glossy blac
ostrich tips (three in bunch) 25 cent
per bunch while they last at McCabe's.
| Can you talk bsckf When you ca
buy bunch Of three nice black ostric
tips for 25cs McCabe Bros. think not.
Capt. w. A. Thompson and Mr.. ]. ]
Cooke. Of Maj. Mackenzie's enginee
corps. arrived home yesterday from VI
river points.
Rev. hcWright, of Milan, united II
natrimony this afternoon at the residenc,
Of B. Grasher. Mr.. q. Nice and Mis-
Anna Adams.
Lamps are selling very rapidly at Loos
ley's. because he sells them cheap. aut
gives you your moneys worth. Try
him when you are In need.
The new Bsdf ord stone walks In from,
of Weyerhauser & Denkman's block
on Second avenue and Nineteenth street.
will be completed this week.
Hundreds Of bargain seekers have beer
delighted with the bargains the Golden
Eagle is offering 10 Its oyercoat depart.
ment. Are you one OF themf
''In This, Our Native Land" there lie no
place wher1 you can buy winter clothing
80 cheap as the special bargain sale now
in progress at the Golden Eagle.
Mrs. Bahnsen, of Nineteenth street
and Ninth avenue, entertained party of
her friends to German coffee last even
Ing A delightful time was spent.
The Golden Eagle folks do not quote
prices in this issue, but If you want to
buy any winter clothing give them call
and they will save you 10 to 90 per cent.
Does this not interest your
Notwithstanding the predictions re.
garding "Old Sol" cold weather is bound
to come. Are you prepareds If not call
at the Golden Eagle and secure one of
the oyercoats which they are selling
away down.
Mrs. Georgiana BixbY, the chief opera
tor in the Rock Island telephone ex>
change, is recovering from her recent
illness,a all patrons of the telephone ex-
change and mvny others will be happy TO
learn.
The will of the late Franz Sonnen-
schmidt, Of Moline, was filed for probate
yesterday. The deceased leaves quite 9
valuable estate to his wife, Catherine
Sonnenschmidt. and daughter, Bertha
Sonnenschmidt. The latter is appointed
sole executrix,
While two handsome shipments Of
those stylis h plush jackets were received
last evening at McCabe Bros. there are
fully twenty-five ladies waiting for special
styles and sizes and 1t looks as though
their stock might be broken again within
the next two days.
There was very pleasant dancing
party OF fifteen couples at the residence
OF c. ]. Dart last evening the handsome
dining hall on the upper floor being at
the disposal of the merrymakers. Schil-
fingers orchestra furnished music, and
hne refreshments were served.
Billy Cation. the billiard player, is
home from New York, where be has been
with his friend. the great knight of the
cue. Harvey McKenns, of whom he
brings sorrowful tidings. McKenns lies
at the point of death in New York hos
pital. his great match with Wizard
Schsfer, having in consequence been de,
clsred of.
Levi Davis has just had one and it was
his ruth. Mr.. Davis bears the honor of
the veteran printer and newspaper man in
Iowa He did most of the work on the
nrst number OF Davenport; Gazette, issued
In 1s4l. He introduced the first power
press in Iowa In 1854 Mr.. Davis would
be taken for a man of about fifty wears;
iSSi Any OiutE.-DhVeupOlL
Democrat Gazette.
Moline Camp OF Modern Woodmen
adopted resolutions Wednesday evening
for publication in the Echo, suggesting
to the editor thereof that 1t would be bet
ter to conduct that organ in the interest
Of the order. not for any one clique; ask.
ing the head finance committee to refuse
payment for the publishing Of the Echo
until it is published In the interest of the
order. and asking that the Echo publish
the resolutions.
For years the sloughs and lakes along
the upper Mississippi have been full Of
wild rice, growing luxurisntly and Afford
Ing food for thousands of water fowl
1t has been noticed that the flesh Of the
birds which got their food from these
wild rice swamps was unusually sweet
and tender Not until recently. however.
has the wild rice itself been used as an
article Of diet for man. The wild rice
far surpasses the common variety in
favor and nutritive qualities. 1t is Just
coming into use in Dubuque. In few
years the wild rice swamps of the north
Will be as valuable as the rice swsmps of
Mississippi and Louisiana.
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