Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-17

Iurtnef particulars call.
Buy the Kranich & Bach the piano
of excellency, the only one made in
the world which don't suffer from
atmospheric changes, at STEMS, 307
Brady street. Davenport.
Wouldn't something useful make q
nice Xmas gift? Say q bat, cop
gloves. necktie, or umbrella. Fu
line at T. Richter & Sons, PIG Wess
Second street, Davenport.
The improved Chautauqua board
for children is admitted to be the
incest article Of the kind made. II
you wish to order one address W. j.
Marsden. this city, until Dec. p.
The ladies of the First NJ. E. church
will hold fancy work sale and give
1O-cent tea in the church parlors
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Go and buy your Christmas presents.
Weyerhauser & Denkmann's tow
boat. r. d. Kendall, with Capt. o. E.
Mckinley. left winter quarters last
night for Hyler's bay. where . raft
OF the company's logs has broken
loose.
AS the bridge is now open the
Vienna Steam bakery is ready to Gil
all orders in the lire of baking at q
days notice. Telephone SO. H.
Korn & Sons, 317-319 Harrison street,
Davenport.
Shields, the pioneer cash grocer
who knocked the bottom out OF high
prices, celebrates the third anniver-
sary of his cash system tomorrow
with a grand sale. Read his smashed
up prices on page five.
The postponed grand opening and
exhibition at the new Turner hall
occurs Saturday evening, Dec. 10.
1t will be made a very pleasant occa-
sion and an entertainment provided
that will be well worth attending,
We are teaching a school of dress
cutting by the Worlds fair dress
system. 1t is taught in q very short
time; cuts seamless waists and
French darts. Ladies please call
and learn. Misses White, 1891
Twentieth street.
The contract for the erection of q
14-room double front residence on
Seventeenth street and Eleventh
avenue for W. r. and C. E. Willis,
plans for which were drawn BY Drack
& Kerns, has been let to Hudson &
Parker. The house will cost IS, 100.
What might have been q disastrous
fire occurred at the South Heights
school house yesterday morning
while school was in session, when
the floor caught fire from the furnace.
1t was soon extinguished by q few
buckets of water and no serious
damage resulted.
Rev. John P. Nesbit's sermon last
night at the United PRESBYTERIAN
church was q strong and forcible one
on the text, what Will it Profit q
Man Should He Gain the Whole
World ard Lose His Soul?" The SER
mon this evening will be just as
good and profitable to hear.
Ore OF tloss rousing shoe sales
for which the M. & X. are noted
opens today. Those who have been
watching and waiting for this an
nouncement will now have an oppor.
tunity of having every wish gratified
there are no shoes like those of the
N. & X. Call early and often.
An immense piece of sandston
weighing 1850 pounds, while being
raised into place on the base of one
the overhauging towers of the Wa.
tertown insane hospital. fell through
the roof and to the floor of the
basement. the other day, three men
narrowly escaping injury in conse'
quence Of the accident.
Mrs. DR.. o. P. Sala, of Blooming
ton, Wis.,, stepmother OF Hea lth Com.
missioner E. NJ. Sala, died of couges
ton Of the brain at ST. Anthony's
hospital at 8 o'clock last evening
aged SO years. The remains will bt
shipped to Bloomington this evening
via the c., B. & Q. for burial. DR..
and Mrs. Sala will attend the fu.
neral.
George Sudlow is home from hi
studies at Andover, Mass, to speu(
the holidays. George is nursing al
injured leg. and is only able to ger
around with the assistance o
clutches. He is q member of one o
the college foot ball teams for which
he plays end, and during the pro
gress Of q game about a month ag,
had a ligament Of his right linn
| snrained