Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-17
CITY CHAT.
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buy = home OF Reidy Bros.

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Have you seen .Americus" yet?
"Americus"-have you seen it?
Fish chowder tomorrow night at
Joseph Gutzweiler's.
California pears. plums, peaches
and grapes ut Buncher's.
Kindling wood for sale by f. b.
McKown. Phone 1I9s.
Egg plant. celery, squash and
sweet potatoes at Buncher's.
THE ARGUS Worlds fair, series is
in popular demand. Preserve it.
Money to loan on real estate secur-
ity. Apply at jackson 4 Hurst's.
Mrs. Janet Judson, the clairvoy-
ant, at 1929 Second avenue, give her
call.
Take out your insurance policies
with George l.. Quist. He has the
best companies only.
Those $3.50 suits Simon Il Mosen-
fielder are closing out are going fast.
II YOU want one You will have to get
move on you.
The w. C.. +. U. day Mt the Milan
camp meeting grounds occurs Aug.
2s. Rev. W. A. Hiss and Others will
deliver speeches.
Shoes ds-Slaughtered. Big
gain in footwear. Low prices pre-
vail. The Boston.
They will not last long-frst come
first choice OF the entire stock of
summer suits-choicc $3.50 ut ST.
mon & Mosenfclder's.
The slaughter still goes on in OK
fords and summer footwear-every-
body well pleased. See us for shoe
bargains. The Boston.
Fifteen-dollar. SIS and $50 summer
suits all 20 at the uniform price,
$3.50. ~ Simon & Mosenfelder's.
Prof. streif made another of his
excellent balloon asccnsions NJ the
Tower yesterday afternoon for the
benefit OF the excursionists Of the
Baptist Union.
Hon. James II. Paddeliord. of
Hanna township, Henry county, is
dangerously i'll. He was one of the
first settlers in that county, coming
there with his father in 1910.
The barber firm OF Flemming &
Wiesler is the first to occupy one of
the stororooms in Hurst's new bust
ness block on Twentieth street. and
il j. one OF the uealest and most in
wiling shops in town.
The l.. !. n p. brought in an ex-
cursion OF five coaches and $50 peo-
pile this morning to witness Amer.
Gus" The train was pulled by loco
motive Is. Engineer Anderson. and
was in charge OF Conductor Brook
bank.
A cheap excursion 10 Indiana and
Ohio points is announced for Tues.
day, Aug. 2s. The rate from Peoria
is q for the round trip, tickets good
80 days. This unusually low fare
will no doubt attract large number
Of people.
The Edwards * Walsh Construc
tion is already at work on the prep.
arations for the new inlet pipe to tn,
Rock Island waterworks. A new
well is already commenced near tn,
waterworks which will be Il feet il
circumference at the bottom ant
sunk eig hi feet below the low watel
mark. with total depth of % feet
The marriage of Alexander Rob.
crts. the well known porter at the
kimball house, Davenport, and Mis-:
Ollie Jones. was sOiemnizcd Mt The a
NJ. +. church. Davenport. last eve
ming at 8 o'clock. 1t was one of the
leading events of the season in tri
city colored circles. and was attended
10y the elite OF that society, so t,
speak.
Lena Rain. who has been con
nectcd with the Rock Island division
OF the Salvation Army, was arraigne,
in the police court this morning
She confessed to have stolen money
from her employer at different times
the total aggrcgating Si2. She wa
bound over to the grand jury under
bonds of $500, and went to Jail in dc
fault OF bail.-Davenport Times.
The assessors books of Henri
county disclose some peculiar facts
Cambridge, the county seat of tn
county, has not one burglar proc
safe while Geueseo has a.. Kewane
Is. Galva Is. OF carriages ant
wagons, Galva has 517, Gcneseo i03
Cambridge $50, kewanee only 65 il
both city and township, and Alba nc
one. They all 20 afoot or horseback
There are 3,264 sewing and knittin,
machines. Kewancc has ij5. Galv
AS. Geneseo iOi. Annawan l6. o.
fort has neither u sewing nor knit