Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-10
the Y. NJ. c. A. excursion tomorrow

morning.
By pa.ronizing Cralle & Co.'S liv.
cry you get the best of turnouts at
the most reasonable prices. Exper-
fenced men are in charge and only
careful drivers are furnished.
Boat leaves at a NJ, but 10 min
utes past you can make it, but no
later. SO plan to come early d get
the coolest place on the boat. Y. NJ
c. A. excursion on the steamer City
o. Winona.
Miss a. Merriug. Of Maryland, de-
parted for home Saturday after q
visit TO her neice, Mrs. L. S. McCabe
Ernest X ok panied Miss Mer-
riug as far as Chicago, where she
visits week.
Emmett Reeves. who was so badly
injured in an a,ciden. in the Rock
Island Il Peoria yards, has recovered
sufiic' entity to allow his reno val from
st. Anthony's hospital to his home
on Taenty-first street.
Beildune Hill and William Kreig,
formerly Of the Rock Island base
ball club, but who have been out of
eng gements since the dissolution OF
the Western Base Bali association.
are getting up semi-professional
team in their home city, Galesburg.
Hill is to be manager.
a class o. Rock Island Turner's
competed for a medal in North West
Davenport yesterday. Robert Kim
ter was the winner, this being his
seventh prize in two years, breaking
his record in vo!tiugof LOG and plac-
Jog it ut Jos inches. having made
the highest mark of the day.
W. ID. Lewis, workman on the
Western Insane hospital at Water
towo, while waiting for material
drew n perspective of the building.
He has had it photog aphed and is
going to sell the pictures onlthc day
OF the dedication. He also prepared
an illustra ed article for Stone, a
Chicago magazine.
John Glass. Joseph Henderson, T..
NJ. Astell and Nj. W. Addy, work men
on the court house, fell about thirty
feet down the elevator shaft into the
basement of the building Saturday.
AL escaped With bruises and q severe
shaking up. The accident was
caused by the breaking OF the wheel
at the top of the building on which
the elevator cable travels.
The Chicago Brewing company has
placed on sale today one of the pur-
ct and best malt foods ever pro-
duced for invalids, loss of appetite
or lanquid feeling. 1t works like a
charm and as an invigorator it can
not be eIualed. The directions for
using are on each bottle. The malt
food can be had of any druggist or
direct from the ompany. The COM
pany has also placed on the market
its bottle beer in pints and quarts.
Telephone 500, Rock Island.
+. 2. Blair, OF the Davenport
Bridge e Terminal and the Rock ISL
and & Eastern Illinois railroad pro-
ject. returned from Minneapolis and
Chicago Saturday evening. Mr..
Blair states that his engineer, G.. S.
Loweth, will be in Rock Island thi:
week, by Thursday at the outside, to
locate the river front tracks, and
that thereafter the city will have no
more willing ally in promoting the
improvements there than his corpor.
alton will prove to be. Mayor Knox
has a letter from Mr.. Loweth to the
effect that he will be here Thursday
and meeting OF the council will be
held that evening to act on the new
grade and improvement ordinances
Manager Mackay's Black Hawk
Opera company concluded it.
S-weeks' engagement at the Watch
Tower theatre Saturday evening. the
finale of the performance o.
The Chimes of Normandy" being
followed by the rendition of verse
of "Au!d Lang Syne" by the com
pany. The matinee in the afternoon
was. a farce. The extreme heat was
such that the company might have
been excused somewhat had it mani.
tested spirit to do the best it could
but this it did not. 1t made a spec
tacle of itself and the Performance,
was an insult to those who attended
The company left the city yesterday
most of the members going to Peoria
where an engagement is to he filled
under Mr.. Davies management at tn,
Tabernacle.