Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-04

ing tuesday morning.
Trinity Improvement guild will
hold its weekly meeting at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Ben T. Cable tomorrow
afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
All this week the native Sinhalese
will serve Ceylon tea at McCabe
Bros. free to everyone. Attendants
will he attired in native costumes.
A nice lot of new scale Kimball
and Hallet & Davis pianos just re-
ceived fresh from the factory and for
sale ON easy payments. at Bowlby's.
By express-russct, cloth top but
ton boot, needle toe. very swell. See
them, as it is the nobbiest shoe ever
shown in this locality. The Boston.
| Collector L. NJ. Buford will make a
discount of 8 per cent on all assess
ments paid for the Twenty-third
street pavement within the next 80
days.
McCabe Bros. propose to stir up
things at lively rate this week.
Watch locals for special quotations.
special features and special prices for
each day.
The dwelling of James Normaue
at Port Byron was destroyed by fire
this morning. the flames originating
from a gasoline stove. The loss is
81 200, with insurance of 5000.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Kings Daughters Circle will be
held tomorrow Cruesday) morning at
10 o'clock. at the residence of Mrs.
James Buford. A full attendance is
desired.
b. c. Caldwell, principal Of the
Moline High school, has been infor-
mally rendered the principalship of
the Rock Island High school to sue
coed Principal Bishop. resigned, and
will accept.
j. l.. Pickering, former well
known Illinois correspondent for
Chicago and St. Louis papers and
new proprietor and editor of the
Springfield Telegram, spent yester-
day in the city.
McIntyre-Reck Co. are selling the
best shifting prints at &c yard;
Belfast null at SIC yard, worth
15c; French satines 16!c, usual price
2sc, and many other items in the
wash goods line at cut prices.
Not only have the NJ. 4 X. cut
prices on the cheaper grades of tan
shoes, but the finest come under the
same heading-t6 quality at $3.50;
IS grades $3.50; $4.65 quality $3.50:
IS quality $l.5o; 81 quality 99c.
Mayor-elect and Mrs. H. B. Sykes
and daughter. Gertrude, of Elkhart,
Ind. Miss Mary Sabin. of Belvidere,
H.. and Miss Alice Avery, of Chica-
go. are in Rock Island to attend the
Blakslee-Blakesley nuptials tomor-
row evening.
Mrs. f. &. Frazer gave an afternoon
reception in honor of her neice, Miss
Florence Taggart, Saturday after
noon. II was highly enjoyable
affair and prizes were given for the
best flower conundrums and efficient
needlework. Light refreshments
were served.
Manager Kindt of the Tower and
Coup of the Midway Plaisance sue
ceeded in making arrangements by
which hereafter the entire Midway
is to be thrown open to all visitors
to the Tower free of charge. This is
stroke of enterprise that should be
appreciated.
Chris Plumguist, Of Moline, fell off
a trailer. along the steps of which he
was attempting to walk while the
car was in motion, on Moline avenue
near Twenty-sixth street yesterday
afternoon, and was knocked sense
less. He soon recovered, however,
and no apparent injuries resulted.
Through the efforts of Fred Hass
and Congressman Hayes, the section
of the sundry civil appropriation
bill. asking for an appropriation of
$1,000 for new steam plant at the
Rock Island arsenal. and which sec
ton was stricken out, has been re-
stored and the bill has passed the
house.
The account of the sea fight at
Desterro. Brazil, in which the rebel
admiral's flag ship, the Aquida ban.
was disabled, is very interesting.
The event will be forever memorable
for two reasons: Because it was the
first naval battle in which torpedo
was used-and snccessfully-against
n modern ironclad; and, secondly,
because after the vessel was captured
by the government forces, the only
thing found unimpaired on board
was one of our friend Kimball's pi.
amos, upon which. according to The
Cable Dispatch, zone of the black
men Of the Nichteroy's crew began to
play Home, Sweet Home / have
heard Of pianos being carried hun.
dreds of miles in the vortex of a
cyclone. and being all the better for
the shaking up, but an instrument
that can withstand the explosion OF
torpedo that breaks up an ironclad
has established a reputation for
durability" that can never be sur.
passed.