Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-27

Bros.
Travel over the Rock Island bridge
yesterday amounted to: Foot, north,
602; south, 573; total. LIS:
Teams, north, 566; south, SOL; total,
1.l27.
G. B. Russell. formerly night clerk
at the Rock leland house and now
manager Of the Dixie show company,
was among kock Island friends yes
terday.
Magistrate Schroeder oficiated at
the marriage Of Conrad Grautz, IT,,
and Miss Nettie Jasper at the brides
mothers residence in Moline last
evening.
Morris Rosenfield took another
long drive yesterday, going over the
island and coming back by way Of
Moline. He seems steadily improv-
ing daily.
The matinee prices for the "Inside
Track" at Harper's theatre tomorrow
will be Is and 25 cents, and for the
Private Secretary" in the evening
So and so cents.
Thirty children take part in the
Mother Goose entertainment at the
Central Presbyterian church Friday.
Adults 10 cents; children cents,
from to 5 p. m.
We have bought big stock of fur
niture for the holidays, and marked
prices that will sell it. Come early.
Wall & Spicer. 3l7 and 3l9 Brady
street, Davenport.
General Manager W. II. Truesdale,
of the Rock Island and praty who
have been cunning for game about
Texas and other points, passed
through on their return to Chicago
yesterday.
Follow the crowd and you will
find yourself in McCabe's store this
evening at 1880. You will also find
12 of the keenest cut bare aims await
ing your selections. Look about and
ask to see them.
Nov. IL at Sheepscot, Me-, oc-
Cured the death OF Rufus Stevens,
father of Mrs. DIR. w. A. Paul. He
was SO years of age. The deceased
will be remembered by many Rock
Islanders as having resided with Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Paul five years when
living in this city.
The funeral of Miss Matilda Col
lin. formerly employed as domestic
at the residence OF A Loeb on Sec
oDd avenue. and who died of dia-
betes at st. Anthony's hospital Sat-
urday. occurred yesterday from the
home OF the deceased's cousin, j.
Sundin, in Moline. Miss Collin was
II years Of age and a native OF Swe-
den.
In view of the fact that it is the
custom to skate on the canal during
the winter holidays and in anticipa-
ton OF the plan of several to do so
tomorrow, Engineer L. l.. Wheeler
desires it said. while the purpose is
not to deprive any of-this privilege,
the ice is not yet safe and as the
water is Of sufficient depth to result
in disaster should an accident occur,
he hopes the waruing thus given will
serve purpose to avert catastrophe.
Lee j. Mittinger, who has been in
Rock Island several months as a rep
resentative Of the Western Stamping
company, Of Cleveland, O., which
proposes removing its plant to East
Moline. has departed. leaving an I'M
paid board bill Of some. 1915 at the
Harper house. the larger portion of
which the hotel management, how
ever. has security for. Suit has been
commenced against the Stamping
company by the Barnard & Leas
company Of Moline. which furnished
the iron material for the company's
East Moline building.
Observer Walz, of the weather
bureau. has prepared data concering
the month Of December for a period
OF "a years, showing the normal tenn.
perature to have been %; the warm
est month being that of 1877 with an
average Of AZ; the coolest that OF
1876. with an average OF Is. The
highest temperature was Is on the
| "a. 1889; the lowest 90 below on the
%, 1856. The greatest amount OF
snow fall recorded in any "a consecu-
tive hours was 1872 inches on the %
and 26, 1888. The average number
OF clear days was 8; partly cloudy
IL; cloudy ~.
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