Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-02

today with view to making certain
changes in the material to be used
in the wainseoting Of the building
The board meets tomorrow.
Furniture. carpets, lace curtains,
stoves. crockeryware, and every.
thing in the store is being sold 1t
and below cost in order to close out.
Am going into the manufacturing
business. &. y. Huckstaedt.
A. the old ball park yesterday A.
ternoon the East Eads defeated the
Tenth Grade team by . score Of ~ to
3. The batteries were: Harrington
and Reilly for the East Ends and
Schillinger brothers for the Tenth
Grades.
The ladies af the First NJ. f. church
will give their afternoon tea and
social at the residence Of DR.. G. E.
Barth, 92S Twentieth street, Satur-
day afternoon, June 9Th, instead of
Friday. June 5th. as previously an
nounced.
As the ladies Of Rock Island 90
down town they ought to take look
Mt the show windows of the Fourth
avenue shoe store. Mr.. Schmale has
on exhibition q line Of the Peaslee
Shoe companycs 81 so and t3 shoes.
He carries full line OF the home
factory's shoes.
The Edwards & Walsh Construc-
tion company has let the contract
for furnishing LeC!aire stone for the
foundations Of the Western Insane
hospital buildings to Capt. A. j.
Whitney and to Capt. Bedar Wood
the contract for delivering sand on
fstboats for similar use
Manager Z. w. Lewis. of the Lewis
Roofing company, has just returned
from Chicago, where he secured the
contract for putting their felt, as
phalt and gravel roofing on THE
Seavern's" Office building in Chicago.
This building is very fine structure
and covers surfa'e Of 450xS5 feet.
Assistant Engineer w. X. Rich.
ards. OF Col. Kings government en-.
cheering corps, is the proudest gen.
tleman who holds forth on the fourth
floor Of the Mitchell & Lynde build.
ing nowadays. It's q girl-their
first born-which has arrived to add
sunshine to Mr.. and Mrs. Richards
home at 500 Sixteenth street.
Ladies, il you will try a pair of the
Peaslee shoes you will not want anv
other. They have them in lace and
button, in black and the latest tan
shades, also Oxfords. at the Fourth
avenue shoe store. They are beauties
and elegant filters. See them in the
show window at the Fourth avenue
shoe store, 1901 Fourth avenue.
Attorney H. a. Weld and Deputy
Collector James Lamont went to
Illinois City awheel last night. This
morning James arose bright and
early and started homeward. When
away out his tire got punctured. He
walked back, took Mr.. Yields wheel
and came on. Now Mr.. Weld will be
obliged to return with Lamont's
punctured wheel.
Special reduced rates to Buffalo
and return via the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railway July s
and 6. Extreme return limit Sept,
/. Stop at Chautauqua on return
trip if desired. A splendid opportu-
nifty to visit Niagara Falls. Circu-
lars giving full Information will be
sent on application to NJ. S. Giles, T.
Z. A.. Chicago, or c. X. WILDER, A.
q. p. A., Chicago.
Young & McCembs have evinced q
thoughtful and enterprising spirit in
endeavoring to aid the cyclone suf-
ferers Of East st. Louis. They will
donate 5 per cent Of their total sales
the coming week to that stricken
community. Their donation will be
made in cash. but all other goods or
money left ut their store will be for
warded by them to the proper
sources so that it will reach the suf-
ferers.
An effort is being made to have
the encampment OF the Third brig
age. /. N. e.. located somewhere in
northern Illinois, and it is said there
is good prospect for success. Two
locations, it is assured, have been dis
cussed-one Galesburg, the other the
Island Of Rock Island. 1t is not
known whether the island can be
had, but il it could be, it would be
an ideal place for a camp, especially
q military camp.
The most remarkable OF the many
features Of Buffalo Bills Wild West
is the fact that it still has the
famous military exhibit which the
five great military nations of the
world contributed to the Worlds
fair at Chicago. despite the strained
relations existing between the
European powers. OF course this
could be accomplished only BY ire
mendous personal influence, and the
fact that the exhibition is given in
America. In no other country on
earth could armed soldiers of England,
Germany, France. Russia and the
United States be seen together. and
not only associating fraternally, but
takinU mart in q mn hlic nv ;h;t;ou