Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-18
The Weather We May Have
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
Today's temperature 80.
] SHEHIER, Observer.
CITY CHAT.

Buy home of Reidy Bros.
Buy one-a KinshiP cigar.
Damson plums at Horizons.
Michigan peaches at Longs.
Basket peaches % cents basket at
Passig's.
For reliable fire insurance call on
I. J. Burns
Fresh river fish at Hess Bros. to-
morrow. Phone 1881.
Plenty of dairy butter and fresh
eggs at Nelson's cash grocery.
Sweet milk, cream, buttermilk and
ice cream at Ill and 113 Nineteenth
street.
Last week of summer opera at the
Watch Tower. Grand free trapeze
act Sunday.
Business property, residence prop
erty and lots for sale in all parts of
the city by E. j. Burns.
$3.50. Rock Island to Milwaukee
and return Saturday evening, Aug.
20 via the c., NJ. & St. p. railway.
Nothing like it since the busy shop
ping days just before Christmas. The
August clearing sale at McCabe's is a
world beater.
The better it becomes known. the
farther the advertisements get circu-
lated, the larger the crowd at Nc
Cabe's great closing August sale.
Last performance this season of the
summer opera at the Tower Sunday
night. Grand free serial act by the
Zorgorows Sunday afternoon and even
ing.
If you couldn't get waited on at
McCabe's this afternoon go again to-
morrow. A dozen extra clerks will be
an additional help in serving these
enormous crowds.
Miss Nellie Scully while wheeling
along Fourth avenue this morning
collided with a wagon. Her bicycle
was badly damaged, while she sus-
tanned a bruise in the face.
William Ccdghlin, of this city. had
his right hand severely and painfully
injured in the carpenter department
at Rock Island arsenal last evening.
DIR. Carter dressed the wound.
Plenty Of watermelons, muskmel-
ons, peaches, pears. grapes. celery,
sweet potatoes. fresh fish and every
thing in season at Nelson's cash |
grocery. 329 Twentieth street. Phone !
1890.
There will be a sleeping car at |
tached to the special excursion train |
for Milwaukee Saturday evening, !
Aug. 20. Parties who desire to use |
this car should make their reserva-
tions early.
The August closing of dress goods,
the harvest time for shrewd shoppers.
is proving again and again the supe-
riOrity of the McCabe methods to
clean up. to clear out everything at
the end of each season.
Save your money and take in the
cheap excursion to Milwaukee. Train
leaves Rock Island Saturday evening,
Aug. 20. Returning train will leave
Milwaukee Sunday evening, Aug. 81.
Only $3.50 for the round trip.
An especially attractive program
has been arranged for tonight's prom
enade concert by Petersen's orchestra
at the Watch Tower Inn. A feature
will be singing by Miss Bertha Son n
tag. Davenport's we'll known con-
tralto.
Tickets for the excursion to Mil
waukee Saturday. Aug. 20, are on sale
NJ Hartz X Ullemeyer's, Marshall IL
Fishers. Louis Glockhoff's, Bleuer's
iewelry store, and c.. NJ. & ST. p.
depot 81 for the round trip.
The Marie Belle company gave n
highly pleasing performance of the
Mascot at the Tower theatre last
evening. Tonight the "Mikado." an
opera in which the company has won
considerable local success, will be
put on.
Don't forget to read Dolly Bros.
ad. page 3. and that for tomorrow
thew have placed number of bar
gains at the disposal of their Gus
toners. So come early and have first
choice of the shoes they are giving :
away free. Dolly Bros.
The lO-year-old daughter of W. o. I
Gronen, an engineer at Rock Island s
arsenal, residing in Davenport. while i
playing with matches yesterday, ac- '
ignited her clothing. and
had narrow escape from being s
burned to death. AS it was, the ]
child received severe injuries. al
though they are not considered ser c
ous.
On Saturday evening. Aug. 20. the !
Chicago. Milwaukee * ST. Paul railway .
will run 4 special excursion train TO :
Tickets for this eNcur- /
sion will be sold at rate of $3.50 for :
he round trip. Train will start from :
Rock Island at about $50 =. m, reach I
ing Milwaukee At 8 n. m. Returning \
train leaves Milwaukee II p. m. Sun G
lay Aug 2l. arriving At Rock Island