Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-30
BRIEF MENTION.
Leaf lard at Gilmore's.
Onion setts at Maucker's.

Union sets at Maucker'S.
The best broom-Lse's Little Gem.
Easter cards, booklets and novel;
ties at Eckhart'e.
Carse 4 Ohlweiler's bottled goods
are recognized as the best.
James Moran was down from Full
ton to Sunday with his parents.
Huntoon will sell good hay for the
next six days at IS cents per bale or
IS a ton.
Tickle your palate by smoking
Sweet Moments cigarettes. They
are the best.
Mrs. Jessie Liston and son. WAL
don. are here from Des Moines visit
ing Miss odessa Wakefield.
We are again able to furnish the
Erie filter. Look in our window and
see what they will do. Davis Com
pany.
Mrs. Mary Gardner has arrived
from Coal Greek. Col, on visit to her
SOD, John C. Gardner and wife at
2029 Fourth avenue.
For nice table drink every family
should have Black Hawk spring
water. carbonated or plain. as fur
nished by Carse & Ohlweiler.
Tomorrow is the last day the Peo-
pies Power company will take or
ders for gas ranges at cost, including
connection. Do not miss this oppor-
tunity of getting a gas range at less
than half what it will cost you later
Ed Grace. of Davenport, sustained
painful injuries about the head Sat-
urday evening. while walking along
Fourth street hear the government
building there, timber flying off
the roof which struck him in the
head. A severe scalp wound was in
flicted.
Emil c. Henlipe and Miss Kate E.
CLAM were married at the Broadway
Presbyterian church parsonage Sat-
urdav afternoon by Rev. w. S. Mar
quis. The bride is one of Hampton's
charming ladies, while Mr.. Henlipe
is station agent at that point for the
Milwaukee road
The little packet Verne Swain was
given send off on her first regular
trip from Davenport Saturday in ac-
cordance with arrangements made
by E. w, Baker and other friends of
Capt. Streckfus. Otto's band was
taken on board ond the occasion
proved happy one indeed.
j. X. Johnston. custodian of the
Rock Island postoffice building, has
advices from the supervising archi-
tect at Washington to the effect that
work on the Rock Island building
will be theoretically pushed from
now on, and that no further delay on
the part of the contractor will be toll
Grated under any pretext.
DIR. w. H. Ludewig performed q
very difficult operation on the 9-year
old son of John Schiess. of Cable, at
ST. Luke's hospital in Davenport by
opening an abscess near the base of
the brain. resulting from an infiama-
ton of the left ear. The little suf-
ferer is now doing we'll and beyond
danger, under the combined care OF
the doctor and the trained nurses of
the hospital.
Tri-City union 38S of International
Machinists ia arranging for an ex-
cursion to Peoria-the first of the
season-about the middle of Nav.
The union has been agitating the
matter all winter and expects to
have one OF the largest crowds taken
out Of the city in long time. It is
the intention to have the excursion
on Sunday when the Peoria ball
club is at home.
Charles E. Blaney's up-to-date.
breezy farce comedy, IA Baggage
Check" refreshed and delighted an
audience comfortably filling Harper's
theatre last evening. While there is
comparatively nothing to the pro.
duction. dramatically speaking-it
was evidently the authors intention
that there should not bet abounds
in that nature of playing which
lightens the heart and cheers the
soul. Indeed it is a refreshing COM
edy. handled by a clever company OF
people headed by James T. Kelly,
the popular little comedian.