Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-18


o'clock ut the residence of Mrs. Roff-
man, HOS Second avenue.
c. w. Negus continues to improve,
and before long expects to get out
among the voters and prosecute his
candidature for the shrievalty.
In the circuit court Saturday after
noon the jury returned q verdict al
lowing Mrs. Bridget Mooney $56S. GO
from the Home Forum Benefit order.
The Theodore Martin Concert COM
pany will give fine musical enter
! tainment at X. p. hall for the benefit
OF St. Paul lodge next Friday eve
ming.
1t is getting almost too late for
flowers. so come and get some Of our
fine perfumes at the sale this week.
-McIntyre-Reck Dry Goods COM
pany.
Rev. b. F. Boiler, pastor of Ed
wards Congregational church. at
Davenport. has resigned to accept
the pastorate OF the Chicago taber-
| nacle.
The Rock Island Stove company is
prepared to do all kinds OF nickel
plating on short notice. Old stoves
made to look as good as new. Do
not wait until cold weather, but send
your work to US at once.
There will be a special meeting of
the Y. w. c. +. U. at the home Of
Miss Josie Phillips this evening
at 1880. Every member is urged to
be present. as business Of Importance
comes up at this meeting.
Those who desire to purchase tick
cts for the Mikado, and those holding
tickets for same will remember that
the reserved seat sale opens tomor-
row morning. Be on hand and Sc
cure good seat.
Bailiff Bisant left this morning for
Joliet with Ed Florence and James
Kelly, sentenced for two years for
larceny, and AXel johnson, given
one year for the same offense. Suf-
fering from mslarial rheumatism
prevented Sheriff Gordon from going.
Thousands of people are looking
Californiaward. They want to know
where to go to raise fruit and how to
travel cheaply and comfortably. For
full information to these questions,
address, California Bureau of In
formation, lock box No. 1, Cedar
Rapids. Iowa.
Last night NJ. & X. the leaders of
low prices. gave a pair of suspen-
ders and cap free to every caller.
They regret that they had to exclude
the boys as the crowd was too large
to handle-however, NJ. & X. will
prepare special date for their juve-
nile friends as they never forget the
little folks.
Rev. w. S. Marquis, of the Broad
way Presbyterian church Of Rock ISL
and. occupied the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian church yesterday morn
ing by exchange with DIR. Little.
Rev. Marquis is a forcible speaker
and his sermon yesterday made a
very favorable impression on the
observation-disclosures Times.
The river has risen SO rapidly in the
past few days that Mayor Medill this
morning removed the restrictions as
to the use of water for sprinkling
requiring it to be done by districts.
and now sprinkling may be done be-
tween the hours Of 6 and q. m. and
6 and $ p. m, without regard to the
recent regulations governing the
| same.
Thomas Leary, book keeper for
Blake 4 Murphy. has resigned his po-
sition. to take effect Saturday, and he
leaves Monday for St. Louis, out of
which city he will travel for the
Western Brass Manufacturing COM
pany. Toms many friends will DE
glad to know that Rock Island is in
Guided in his territory.
Judge" Thorpe and esquire"
Underwood, two prominent citizens
Of Drury township, are in the city
today. They report corn in their
vicinity yielding 80 bushels to the
acre. and everything in grand shape,
except the toll road. They construe
the entire construction failure, and
OF no advantage to the locality at
any season Of the year.
Rev. F. W. Merrell, of the First M.
+. church, left today to attend the
meeting of the Central Illinois Meth
odist conference which convenes to.
day at Lewiston. Fulton. county.
Bishop Mallalieu will preside at the
conference. The First church OF
Galesburg is the only one in the state
of Illinois which has a larger men,
bership than the Rock Island church
The Barnum & Bailey show.
packed the big tents last night al
the second performance. it being es
timated that fully 10000 people wit
messed the two entertainments in
Rock Island. The immense crowd.
were more than delighted with the
character Of the show, which is away
above anything before given here
either by Barnum T. Bailey or any
other aggregation, and this is saying
a good deal. The performance il
complete in all respects. every fea
ture being iirst-class, and there il
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