Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-02

soralist, has added two bath tubs to
his parlor at 1884 Seventh avenue.
He charges only Is cents for baths.
Mrs. Douglass Bisant and children
returned home to Denver last night.
having been called here by the death
of Mrs. Bisant's mother, Mrs. Tobin.
One hundred pairs soft. fleecy grey
blankets. 80 cent ones SO cents at
MeIntyre-Reck Cos. big clearing
sale.
The time Of Mrs. Nicholas Lagos
funeral has been changed to 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, at which hour
services will be conducted at the
German Lutheran church.
Manager G. M. Huntoon. OF the
Central Union Telephone company,
is passing the Havanas among HIS
friends. 1t is an 8-pound girl. The
young lady arrived last evening.
Miss Winnie Parmenter aud Frank
McCrary and Miss Vida Parmenter
and Charles McCrary. the brides
both cousins of E. 4. Parmenter. of
this city, were married at Hamilton,
Mo. 1t was . double wedding.
As an inducement to the pablo.
the Eastern Fair will give one.half
dozen first class photographs of any
member Of your family free with
every IS purchase for the month of
December only. 2l07 and 21O9
Fourth avenue.
William Jackson left for Chicago
this afternoon to meet General At
torrey ]. G. johnson, of the Modern
Woodmen, and to prepare with him
the papers for the proceedings af-
fecting the Woodmen Injunction in
the appellate court.
The trial of Capt. j. N. Long in
the district court at Davenport for
murderous assault upon Capt. James
Osborn is abso' bling the attention Of
the public on that side Of the river,
and every particle Of testimony Is re-
ceived with closest interest.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the First Methodist church
will meet at the parsonage on Nine
teenth street tomorrow afternoon at
8 o'clock. Topic: Missionary News
from all Lands" This is the first
meeting with the new pastors wife.
A full attendance is desired.
A sale of Poland China hogs will
be held Monday. Dec. IL, 1896,
commencing at IL O'Clock sharp on
the farm Of Henry E. Winter. one
mile southeast OF Milan; As head of
thoroughbred Poland China hogs,
consisting of % bears and % sows,
will be sold. Don't forget to attend
this sale. Come one. Come all.
County Clerk Kohler has q letter
from Arthur Loewy. superintendent
Of the Illinois northern hospital for
the insane at Elgin, in which he asks
friends of the hospital to aid in max
ing the coming holiday season one of
enjoyment and interest to every pa
tient of that institution. To this
end the superintendent asks for con-
tributions of wearing apparel,
money. books, pictures, fruits, nuts,
confectionery, etc.
The will of Mrs. Anna Tobin,
drafted Oct. 10, 1896, has been
admitted to probate in the county
court. Mrs. Tobin leaves 81 to her
son David; $25 and a portion of lot
9. block 8 in c. Lynde's addition to
her daughter, Mrs. Douglass Bisant,
on condition that she assumes the
payment of one half the incum bency
thereon; and to her son John Tobir,
who is named as executor of the will,
Mrs. Tobin leaves all the remaining
property.
1t may interest the people in gen.
eral to know that some of the restric.
tions that surrounded the use of the
old Rock Island bridge will not gov.
ern in the new one. Not only may
cyclists run as fast as they please, so
they do not scorch. but drivers Of
teams may move on q trot, or any
gait that is permissible on thu
streets, and where it is safe to speed
up the street cars this may be done
There need be no fear on account o.
rapid street cars. The Tri.City
Railway company will see that NJ
person on the bridge is subjected Il
any risks Of any kind on this &C
count.