Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-21
by Mrs. Denora tombstone Bishop, of
Chicago, assisted by local talent.

1or the liVing pictures. tsociety
fayorites OF the three cities) everyone
should 90 to Harper's theatre tonight
and see the ..Fete of ST. Christie
Pher."
An elderly man named Kirkbride
was instantly killed by c.. b. & Q.
freight traintnear Bushnell Saturday
night He was stealing 4 ride, and
being intoxicated, lost his hold and
fell beneath the wheels.
News has been received in Dayen-
port OF the death at San Diego. Cal /,
of Mrs. Nancy Alvord, sister of j. p.
Van Patten. and formerly of Daven-
porS, aged as years. The remains
will be buried at Davenport Thurs
day.
Oliver W. Marble, the Chicago ar
chitect who designed the Monmouth
court house that was erected last
year and is so much commended,
spent Saturday and yesterday in the
city. He will submit plans for the
new Rock Island county court house.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Nicholson and
family, of Moline, were agreeably
surprised Saturday evening bv
Bleuer's mandolin orchestra. Music
and general sociability reigned su-
preme. and a palatable repast was
served by the hostesses before the
departure of the guests.
The c.. B. & Q. bridge at Warner,
about fifteen miles from here. was
discovered to be on fire Saturday
evening. by passing freight crew,
and extinguished before auv serious
damage was done. 1t was supposed
to have caught by spark from the
St. Louis passenger leaving here
at 1:i0.
That was sort of summer biz
zard that came upon US last night
with thunder. lightning and other
characteristics of summer storm.
The wintry effects came later-this
morning. The wind did some dam
age, blowing down section OF the
base ball park fence, among other
things.
Yes, giving them away, and rapid-
ly are they disappearing at one-third
price. Of course. they are all small
sizes. but just such sizes as ladies
having small feet find difficult i'm
getting fitted. 'Tis an opportunity
in ladies' shoes that will never again
present itself-Sl for So grade: 81. GO
for So grade-M. Il Ks.
In 1895 there will be five eclipses:
y fol E IL
1O-1l. visible here; partial eclipse
of tho sun, March %. visible in the
United States; partial eclipse Of
the sun, Aug. 20. not visible here; a
total eclipse OF the moon, Sept. 81.
visible here, and a partial eclipse of
the sun, Sept. IS, invisible here.
Albert Reynolds, of Port Byron.
indicted by the grand jury for biga-
my. was brought into court this
afternoon and sent to jail, being una
bic up to the present time. to furnish
the necessary security for his appear
ance. Reynolds. ashamed TO face the
charges he expected to be brought
against him. attempted suicide sew
eral days ago.
Washington advices indicate that
the Lake Superior candidate for in
spector of steamboats, for the Fifth
district of the upper Mississippi will
attempt 4 fight on the nomination of
W. X. Tibbals. of this city. who was
recently appointed on the ground
that a lake man is better qualified
for the inspection of the marine laws.
Evidently the lake men think a sailed
tar is better Judge of river mat
tiers than one who has put in his lite
on the father of streams.
Get catalogue containing 1000
pieces of choice sheet music sold ut
10 cents per copy-for piano. organ.
guitar, mandolin, violin. either. cor
net. banjo or vocal. The pieces con-
tanned in it are the regular editions
of full size sheet music. printed on
best music paper, has nothing about
1T TO indicate its remarkable cheap
ness, but is identical with that for
which you are usually asked to paw
from four to ten times our price.
Charles c. Taylor. 17l7 Second ave-
nue..
A Galesburg dispatch to the Chi
cago Herald mentions George W.
Prince, Clark +. Carr and Nels Nell
son as republican candidates in Knox
county for the congressional nomi-
nation. hut says that Prince leads.
although his friends are more anx-
ious that he hold back and run for
attorney general again. Evidently,
they desire that he have an opportu-
nifty 10 use that house that ne leased
while running for the Office in the
state election in which one Moloney
interfered with his plans. The same
dispatch says that Rock Island coun-
ty will have the democratic candi-
date, and that Ben +. Cable should
he the man.
Tax Collectors Notice.