Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-18


the thing for this kind Of Weather
$50 Per 0ent discount on spring over
coats.
With . purchase Of q or over
we present each purchaser ticket
to Mrs.. J. r. Conwell's cooking
school at tho Y. n. c. a. Young 1
McCombs.
Cd. Dempsy Home Forum lodge
s will give IN entertainment and 30
cial Monday evening, March ~, ct
Csrse's hall. Admission 10 cents.
All are cordially invited.
Now 10 the time to get . spring
hat. thereby getting . full seasons
wear on: Of It. We can suit the
most particular at most reasonable
price. Stewart, the halter.
The second day Of the n. & X.
special sale Of boys clothing drew
another big crowd. It's . money
saving sale and 10 being literally
patroDized. - it dessrvedly should be.
Additional books returned to the
oity clerks Office show the registra-
tration in the second precinct Of the
Fourth ward to have been 271, and
the second precinct Of the Fifth ward
1872.
The Junior association of the
Broadway church viii give . social
In the Sunday school room tomor-
row evening. leo cream, confsc-
lions. etc. Proceeds for the build.
ing fund.
The Ladies' Sewing society Of the
First n. E. church will meet Fri
day at 2 p. m. in the church parlor.
All ladies interested In the work are
requested to be present, o. business
OF importance demands immediate
attention.
E. g. Carlisle, Of Chicago, is in the
city. He has number of friends
here. He has great faculty for
story telling; In fact, his yarns have
become % we'll known that the Chi
cago Sunday papers have reproduced
them several times.
George, 5-year.old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. J. Irwin, of South Heights,
set fire to his home Tuesday. while
playing with matches in the attic.
where the flames were discovered
and extinguished, however. before
any serious damage followed.
jeremiah LIE Quatte. Of Drury
township. was adjudged mentally in
cspaci,ated BY jury composed Of
DR.. w. NJ. Twigg. J. H. Foster.
Lewis McGreer, John C. Hesser. Al
bert Bowser and Frank P. Gillett,
yesterday. and the appointment of q
conServator ordered.
The corner store of Star block,
formerly occupied by j. B. thinner
& Co., has been leased by the Rock
Island Peaslee Shoe company, which
will open it by the first Of April with
. foil line Of Peaslee shoes. G. A.
Hurst will be the manager Of the re-
tail ablishment.
The streets are receiving . much
needed cleaning. The merchants
along Twentieth from Third to
Fourth avenues have enjoyed the adj
vantage Of comparatively clean pave
ment for some time. having BY
means Of mutual assessment provid-
cd funds for that purpose.
At Simon & Mosenfelder's, be-
tween 9 and 10 .. m. tomorrow.
boys suits. age s to IL. at SO cents;
boys waists, age 4 to IS. ut 8 cents;
boys pants, age 9 to IS. extra heavy,
at 10 cents; boys Fsuntleroy blouses,
50-cent grade. at Is cents; boys knee
pants. worth SO cents. at 10 cents.
A school room has been established
in the building at the corner Of
Thirty-eighth street and Fourteenth
avenue by order Of the board of edu.
cation, to relieve Building 8, which
is in . crowded condition. Misa
Estelle Vandruff has charge OF the
new room. being transferred from
Building 4.
Jim Mccoy, Of this city. and Billy
Lambert, who 10 stopping across the
river At present, have signed arti.
cles OF Agreement to fight at Claus
Groth hall. Davenport. next Mondsy
night. The battle will continue nm.
til decision is rendered. It will b<
for $50 aside and gate receipts
| winner to take everything.
Tho ordinance committee, mayor
and city attorney Of the Davenpor,
city council, has been instructed &
} confer with committees from Rocl
} Island and Moline with reference t.
drafting . similar ordinance cover
! ing the franchise Of the Mississippi
|. Valley Telephone company. which /,
, endeavoring to locate exchanges il
the three towns.
, Mrs. Melissa Beardsley, colored
> died ct her home on Third street be
! tween 8 and 6 o'clock this morning
. aged so years. She came to Rocl
D Island in 1868 from Little Rock
{ Ark, and was . widow. She Va
= one Of the best known coIored peopl,
in the city. The funeral will be hel,
from the Second Baptist church at
p. N. tomorrow.