Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-05
BRIEF MENTION.
You pay your clerk high salary.
And hours twelve per day he works,
The I'D. works longer, costs much !sse.
And sells more goods than seven Clerks.

You pay your clerk high salary.
And hours twelve per day he works,
The I'D. work. longer. costs much !sse.
And sells more goods than seven Clerks.
Hard coal at McKown's.
1.-The Lovely Malincourt" next.
The best broom-Lee's Little Gem.
Watch for the opening chapters of
1.-The Lovely Malincourt."
j. P. Weyerhauser and F. C. A.
Denkmann have gone east.
Frederick Weyerhauser, of st.
Paul, was in the city yesterday.
C. E. Flaherty, day operator at the
Milwaukee depot. is laid up with ILL
ness.
For healthy table drink use Carse
& Ohlweiler's Black Hawk springs
mineral water. Telephone No. 10l4.
THE ARGUS has an entertaining
letter from George Weiss at Jack son.
Mimi, for 80 years a reader of the
WEEKLY ARGUS. and who compare,
weather and crop conditions in Min
nesota from those in Illinois.
Rinaldo j. Muckle died at his
home in Davenport yesterday morn
ing. aged 3S years. Deceased was
born in Rock Island. but his parents
moved across the river when he was
10 years old. He leaves wife and
four children.
| Observer F. j. Walz meteorological
summary for January places the
mean temperature at q, the highest
having been So on the 18th and the
lowest s below on the 3rd. There
were five clear days. IA partly cloudy
days and IL cloudy days.
The Misses Mollie and Clara
Mayors were surprised last night by
a number of their friends at their
home, 220S Second avenue. The
evening was spent with music and
games. Refreshments were served
and the occasion was much enjoyed
by all.
/. H. Ellis visited Rock Island to-
day and called on his old college
friend, j. j. Roach, with whom he
studied law at the Northwestern uni
versity. Mr.. Ellis is now q full
!ledged barrister and will in all prob
ability hang up his single in
Moline.
The number of bodies cremated at
the Davenport crematorium during
the year ending Feb. was eight, oil
which five were males aud three
females. OF these six were adults
and two children. The total number
cremated up to date is So, of these
81 were males and ~ were females,
and 81 were adults and six were
children.
Joseph White was loading 8
revolver yesterday afternoon al
the residence of his father, Thomas
White, in South Rock Island
when the weapon accidentally dis.
charged and sent one of the bullets
through the palm of his hand. Drs
S. c. Plummer and j. De Silva at
tended the young man. who is 1s
years of age, and succeeded in re-
moving the ball, which had pene
trated the back part of the hand.
! States Attorney Emery C. Graves
of Henry county, has brought suit
against the Chicago Chronicle fol
$4,000 damages for having pub
lished an interview with State Game
Warden Blow last August in which
the latter openly charges the state'l
attorney with having been bribed by
H. Clay Merritt, the Kewanee colo
storage man. to drop the prosecution
of the case against him for violating
. !. the state game laws. The Chronicle
last Sunday published a complete re
: traction and apology as far as Mr.
1 Graves is concerned under the beat
of "Justice to States ATTORNEY
, Graves"