Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-25

friend and pleasant time- WAS had.
w. H. Cation. Of this city lelds.
in the Bhort sop billiard tonfna4ent
at Pittsbdrg. Last night he Ind.
Gallagher piayed, the score being
400 TO 260 in favor Of. caston. whose
average was IS. His highest run
wag80. -
MRS. 7. ;. Donahue entertaiasd 80
Of her. tsi-city lady friends sat her
pleasant Home, $500 Eighth avenue.
yesterday afternoon. Il was pinkl
tea. the dissertations and appointments
being in Keeping with the favored
color. A dainty luncheon was
served.
Davenport has been considering
the question Of street sprinkling, and
II the psople petition the council for
. Systematic plan of municipal cam
paign on the dust, the council will
advertise for bids. The taxation
feature is likely to make the propo-
sition impracticsble.
An armature for the Metropolitan
Street Railway company. of Kansas
City. weighing las. 600 pounds. passed
through the city this morning be-
hind Rock Island engine. It 10
being shipped from New York, and 10
riding . Wabash box car. specially
built for heavy shipments.
Chairman Hoeft, of the democratic
city-township committee, has called
. meeting Of the committee at Tur-
ner hall tomorrow evening to take
action with reference to the issuing
Of the call, and other matters relat-
Ing to the spring campaign.
Another batch of republican candi-
dates is presented in this mornings
Union. and some of those given
receiving the gracious favor of
gratuitous mention, too. These in
clude Aaron Anderson for alderman
in the Third ward, Horatio N. Wood
in the First, Andrew F Soderstrom
in the Seventh. and William Straw
horn in the Sixth. J. L. Freeman
for denomination for assessor, and
John Bladel for collector are also
honored with mention.
j. c. Kille w OF Denver, for
merly of thiS has written George
w. Henry letter in which he speaks
Of mines and mining. 'sThings in this
coantry are moving along very we'll.
They are developing lots Of gold
mincs. Quite lot Of money is be-
ing invested in them. Mr.. Gordon
has . good Investment in the Banty
mine. Also in the Black Lion mine.
This is in one of the best and most re-
liable mining districts in Colorado.
The Banty is now q good ore pro-
Queer. and with little development
the Black Lion will be-"
Attend the grand carnival of ma
tions at the Rock Island rink tonight
and see the boys and girls Of Amer
lea skating with their foreign cous-
ms, japanese ladi-s, Spanish girls,
Dagos. Russian Jews, southern dar-
keys. COW boys, Rubes, clowns, red
men, mortimer and John Chinaman,
making a gorgeous and varied dis
play of all the colors in the rainbow
on the floor at one time. Go your
self and take the children to enlov a
happy evening among the bright
faced young people and merry roller
skaters a the tri-cities. Admission
only 10 cents.
DR.. B. F. Hall, assisted by DR.. s
B. Hall, removed the right eye OF
Clemens Valentine, of 528 Thirteenth
street. at st. Anthony's hospital yes.
terdsy afternoon. Mr.. Valentine il
carpenter. He was working at
Kahlke Bros. boat yard when o fly.
ing chip struck him in the optic, the
sight Of which was destroyed. In.
fammation set in and the safety Of
the other eye was threatened. and
necessitated the immediate perform
ance OF the operation. Mr.. Valen-
tine had just secured employ ment
after an idleness of five months when
the accident beiell him. He has Z
wife and four children. the youngest
of whom 10 two weeks old.